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There are many health advantages to owning a pet. They lower your blood pressure. You are 8 times more likely to live after a serious illness. They block chronic pain. Pet owners take fewer medications; see the doctor less and hospital stays are shorter. Some dogs can smell disease and have been trained to key in on the issue. I pay attention when my dog starts to smell a new area on me, family member or another animal buddy.

Animals mask their illnesses. Why? In the real world what isn’t healthy becomes prey. If you notice your dog drinking more water that is one indicator of poor health. If your pet sheds more, stools are softer or have mucus, if you notice any new lumps and if a wound won’t heal, are all indicators of poor health. Do the once a week pet check to be aware of changes. Your dog’s temperature should range from 100 to 103 degrees and you can check it easily with an ear thermometer. Washing your hands before and after playing with your pet will achieve a cleaner lifestyle for both you and your pet.

Pick up stools to keep parasites under control. Use live traps or traps that your pet can not get to the poison. I use tomcat boxes with block baits to keep rodents under control. You can find tomcat at Menards and Fleetfarm.

Can you feel your dog’s ribs? Can you see a tummy tuck from a side view? Can you see a waistline from a top view? Remember that food does not = love. Your dog didn’t up its portions, you did. An over weight dog will not live as long and will have more health issues. If your dog is bugging you for food due to boredom, change the routine, add new toys to their environment. There are food puzzles/toys that you can put their daily food into instead of putting the food in their dish. Your pet will not be able to woof its food down in 30 seconds but will have to work for 30 minutes or more to get its food. If you want to give your dog a treat have it do a trick. Use small pieces of carrots, beans, peas, and dehydrated salmon. Feed healthy foods and avoid the junk.

If you need to give medication to your pet, give your pet a treat, then give a treat with the medicine inside the treat and finish with a third treat. If the medicine is liquid you can make a funnel with the back part of your dog’s mouth (lower cheek) and pour the liquid there. If your pet spits out the pill open their mouth. Lift their nose up, wet the pill, put the pill to the back of the tongue, close their mouth (nose is still lifted) and blow in their nose. Let your pet have a drink of water. This works great for heartworm pills.

Should a dog go through one heat or have a litter before being fixed? If you are not planning on being a breeder there is no advantage, only disadvantages. Fixing your pet at the recommended time will make your pet healthier, less aggressive, and less roaming; less disease (cancer), less skin problems and the list goes on. There is less marking (lifting legs) and prostate issues with neutered males.

There are basically 3 times that your dog wants to go to the bathroom.
1. When it wakes up.
2. After eating
3. After playing

I like to use a command for my pets to go to the bathroom; be quick, find a spot or do your business. If you use the phase “go potty” your pet might relieve itself when visitors/family ask their children if they need to go potty.

Be aware of changes, listen to what your pet is telling you and you will be a great pet owner.

Minnesota breeder of bichons, shih tzus and poodles (toy, tiny and teacup). Use the grate/crate methods of kenneling instead of the traditional kenneling.

Owning a dog is a big responsibility. You want to make sure you know as much about obedience training as possible before you bring your dog home for the first time. Fortunately, there is a lot of dog obedience training information available online. That being said, you have to be selective as to what you learn and the order in which you pick up information. In other words, learn as much as you can about what you consider to be important and then go forward from there.

When it comes to dog obedience training most people think about one thing: housebreaking their dog. This is something you cannot afford to overlook. Once your dog is housebroken you have overcome a major detail. There is nothing better than watching your dog go to the door. As you probably know, this is much better than it going on the floor!

What about commands? This is also something to think about when it comes to dog obedience training. There are many “tricks” you can teach your dog such as sit, stay, speak, lay down, heal, etc.

Even though it may not sound like it, training your dog can be a great experience. The more you learn about dog obedience training the better off you are going to be. Not only is this good for you, your home, and your family, but it is also very important to the overall well being of your dog.

With the right information, dog obedience training is a fun process that you and your new pet can share.

The ingredient list may read something like this” Cereals, animal derivatives, vegetable derivatives . . . ” so it is impossible to know what is in it.I am often asked to describe what exactly is wrong with the “normal” pet foods. Even when it is apparent from the health of the pet, it may be difficult to say what it is about the food which makes it unsuitable. Unlike for human food the law allows ingredient listing on pet food to be generic.Why are manufacturers so vague? There’s five reasons that come to mind.First, if you knew precisely what you were feeding your pet you would not buy the product.( Commercial Dog Food ) !

The second reason is that this vague wording allows the manufacturer to alter the ingredients without having to alter the labeling. Why would a manufacturer require to alter the recipe? Because massive manufacturers are constantly on the lookout for cheap ingredients and it is more profitable to purchase whatever happens to be available than to stick to the same recipe regardless of cost.

Over 87% of Pet Food Company’s in the world use Dead Animals in their ingredients.The title of a food can be misleading. A food may be called “Chicken and Rice” but the manufacturer require only put 4% chicken and 4% rice in to the formulation in order to be able to do this. In Burns foods the brown rice and meat ( meat – meaning dead animal meat ) make up over 80% of the total. Five needs to know what is in the food and that the recipe won’t alter if food intolerance is to be avoided. Dietary intolerance has plenty to do with health problems, this is caused by the pet food ingredients.In general the price of the food gives a clue as to the quality; nice quality ingredients cost over poor quality ingredients. Protein from soy or dead animals is a lot cheaper than protein from fish or venison. Sometimes it is apparent from its appearance that a food contains artificial colors.Most customers and people I talk with believe it’s cheaper ( and so much better ) to make your dog food at home.

You can find some Free recipe’s at http://www.RichiePetHangout.com and more about commercial dog food dangers.In theory it ought to be possible to tell from the condition of the pet whether its diet is right for it. But this is fraught with difficulties. To the untrained eye it may appear that the pet is perfectly healthy but to the expert there may be plenty of signs that a problem is present.For example I encounter plenty of canines which have a “doggy” smell, the coat may feel greasy or disagreeable to the touch, the dog may be constantly mauling or is itchy, or have tooth tartar. Owners may not notice these symptoms or may assume that they are normal. Or they do not realize that diet is responsible for the condition. Toy breeds often have runny eyes where the tears stain the hair on the face; it took me years to realize that this can be corrected by proper feeding.I have found the only and best diet for your dog or cat is “Homemade Recipe’s”. When you look at all the dangers in Commercial Dog Food, there is really no choice in the matter but to make your dog healthy homemade recipe’s. Plus for some Free dog food and treat recipe’s you can always drop us an email at Support@RichiesPetHangout.com or just stop by and see us at RichiesPetHangout.com