Training with treats and other food based rewards is a great way to motivate your dog and speed the training process along. Most dogs are highly motivated by food rewards, and treat training using this kind of positive reinforcement is used to train all sorts of animals, including tigers, lions, elephants and even house cats. […]
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No matter what type of fish you have, whether it’s an anemone, coral or crustacean…they will fall into one of three types of feeder. Carnivores. These types of feeders eat other fish. They are all either predators or scavengers. Predators like to hunt for their food, so they may be uninterested in what you’re feeding […]
Do you ever feel like you know just enough about dog adoption to be dangerous? Let’s see if we can fill in some of the gaps with the latest info from dog adoption experts. When considering the birth rates among animals, it’s not hard to understand why animal shelters are always filled with animals waiting […]
Crate training is one of the most effective ways of house training any puppy or dog. Crate training is very efficient, and very effective, since it uses the natural instinct of the dog to achieve the desired result of a clean house and a well trained dog. The concept behind crate training is that a […]
This was a last minute e-mail I sent to a friend in California, who contacted me only a few hours befote she was leaving to pick a puppy from a breeder she’s been researching. (EMAIL FROM ME, STARTS HERE) Actually, everything looks really good – for a show breeder. And even better, what I really […]
Knowing first aid can save the life of your dog. Just like people, dogs have accidents and need medical attention sometimes. And the thing is that sometimes there is just not time to get to the vet, that is when doggie first aid is so handy to know. Knowing what should go into your animal […]