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Dog owners should realize that a dog should come to you when he is called. Most owners do not recognize this as a problem before it happens. The dog might break free from you and go after someone. This of course is not safe for other people or the dog. It could be serious for the dog if there are cars around when he decides to go for a “run”.

Some blame has to go to the owners. Some owners let their dogs run around without a leash. Obedience for dogs training should be started when the dog is young. The dog believes it can have a lot of fun when running around outside without its owner whether at the beach or the park. This association of fun without the owner can cause him to think that being with the owner is not fun. The dog training leash can become a negative in the dogs mind.

Because this can be negative, the dog might not come at first when called. The dog, having so much fun without the owner will continue to want to have fun without him.

You want to prevent this pattern from happening in the first place. The time it spends running around with other dogs should not be more fun than the time it spends with you. Be there when your dog is playing and take control and supervise. If your canine has already learned this negative behavior, he needs to be retrained. An important command that your dog needs to obey is the “come here” command.

Don’t use this come here command and then give any negative behavior towards your dog. If you call your dog and then right away do something to him that he does not like, like giving him a bath, then he will not be too enthusiastic to come later on first call. If you are going to do something the dog does not like, like going to the vet, first play with him after you call him.

Reward the dog when it comes to you by showing some affection or giving it a snack. This is positive dog training.

A quick visit to the swimming pool, the local creek, or the ocean helps us stay cool during the “dog days” of summer.But what about our best friends, the dog – how do we keep them cool?

The owner was frantic. Just an hour before, her Lhasa Apso, Gizmo was playing in the backyard. Now he was barely moving and having difficulty breathing.

Racing him to the nearest veterinary clinic, a concerned veterinary technician informed her Gizmo’s temperature was over 106 degrees – he was suffering from heat stroke. Luckily for Gizmo – and with the help of a quick thinking owner and veterinary technician – he recovered.

Every summer, hundreds of dogs find their way to the family veterinarian after spending just a few hours in the hot sun.

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It is important to remember dogs do not sweat like we do. Cooling themselves by panting, dogs use the moisture evaporating off their tongue as a means to lower their body’s temperature. Anything stressing this natural cooling system may lead to heat stroke. With more families away from home during the day, our dogs are often left outdoors where it may be hard to find shady, cool places and cool water to drink.

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A dog’s normal body temperature ranges from 100 to 102.5 degrees. In cases of heat stroke, temperatures over 106 degrees are considered to be an emergency situation – temperatures over 110 degrees can be fatal in a matter of minutes.

This level of hyperthermia (higher than normal body temperature) can affect every major body system and it’s imperative you get your pet to a veterinarian as soon as you safely can.

Dogs with heat stroke often show the following symptoms:
•Panting excessively
• Collapses, or is weak when standing
• Thick, ropy saliva, hanging copiously from the mouth
• Bright red mucous membranes, although some dogs may show pale or even muddy gums.

Heat stroke can affect any dog, but the dogs with short faces, such as Boston, Pugs, and Bulldogs may be at higher risk due their inability to effectively pant and cool themselves.

Many people believe that their pet will be fine outdoors. Not enough shade and/or cool water can affect even the most seasoned outdoor dog.

Interestingly, heat stroke in cats is very rare.   Most animal experts believe that cats are extremely good at finding the coolest spots to lay and also avoid the excessive, excitatory exertions that many dogs seem to thrive on.

If you discover your dog vigorously panting on a warm summer day, immediately move the pet out of the yard and into a cooler place.Getting your pet into a shady area with a fan running on him can be very helpful. Using cool, not cold, tap water on the legs and body can also help to effectively lower the body temperature, as well as rubbing alcohol placed on the skin of the stomach. Use cool water, not just ice or extremely cold water.Although it seems logical, getting the surface too cold will cause blood vessels to contract, forming an insulating area that traps heat in the body, delaying the cooling of the vital organs.

Attempting to force your pet to drink is also not advisable. If you suspect your dog is suffering from heat stroke, quickly load your pet carefully into a car and take him to your veterinarian. Never leave your pet alone in the vehicle, even if the windows are cracked.

Without these life saving steps, many dogs might lose their lives to the “dog-days” of summer. But, as Gizmo will testify, quick reacting owners and veterinary professionals can help get them back on their feet in no time.

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Spring-time means the start of the Parvo season, and there is a much more aggressive Parvo Strain that is killing dogs at a scary rate. The 2c Strain (aka F-Strain) can kill both adult dogs and puppies within 6-12 hours after symptoms first appear, even though they may be fully-vaccinated and up-to-date with all their shots.

To see whether you’re current with the latest Parvo situation, we’ve put together the following short quiz. These questions are all True/False:

1. Parvo is a puppy disease and my adult dogs are safe.
2. All of my dogs are up-to-date on their shots, therefore they are protected.
3. I’m worried that my cat can get infected from my Parvo puppy, should I be?
4. Foul-smelling dog diarrhea mainly comes from eating junk food.
5. Canine Parvovirus is not contagious to humans.
6. My vet quoted $750+ for Parvo treatments for my dog, I heard this is low?
7. Parvo cannot survive snow and desert-heat temperatures.
8. Parvo can only be spread via infected dog feces.
9. Parvo can incubate from 3-15 days before symptoms appear.
10. Parvo tests at the vet are always accurate.

There are many misconceptions about Parvo. There’s one thing for certain, it will attack your pet and can take him away from you if you don’t take immediate action. Many times, people are caught unawares and simply do not know what to look for. Parvo symptoms can appear from absolutely nowhere – one minute your dog is playing and the next minute he is moping around and looking very depressed.

The typical symptoms of Parvo can confuse you at first. You may think your dog has just eaten something that didn’t agree with him, when in fact he may already be infected and very ill with the scourge of the Earth, Canine Parvo virus.

This is the reason why we wrote Parvo Treatment 101, a FREE eBook that contains a wealth of information to help you learn all you need to know about Parvo and what are the dog Parvo symptoms to watch out for. We also talk about exactly what makes for an effective Parvovirus treatment. You will undoubtedly run across many different treatments for Parvo, and we can shed light on their pros and cons, as we’ve done tons of research into this issue.

We hope that you found this information useful and when you download and read our free eBook, that should clear up many issues about Parvo.

And finally, how did you fare on our little Parvo Quiz? Ideally, you don’t want to miss more than 1 … Well, we can help you out. If you pay a visit to our PET Blog you will find all the answers to this quiz and maybe other questions you may have on your mind.

Originally posted 2009-05-28 09:37:30. Republished by Old Post Promoter

Getting a puppy isn’t just fun and games, there is a certain amount of responsibility in maintaining them with perhaps none more frustrating than potty training puppies. It is not as if you can tell them to use the bathroom whenever they feel like doing their business, even if you could, good luck in getting them to flush the toilet afterwards.

No worries though because there are certain steps you can follow in making sure that your puppies relieve themselves when you want them to and where you want them to and it doesn't involve the use of hypnosis or acquiring the services of a snake charmer. You might even be surprised as to how easy potty training a puppy is. Just how easy? Well easy enough to summarize in three steps:

Three Steps in Potty Training a Puppy

1. Set up the mpuppes meals to promote the call of nature - There's a specific amount of time that a puppies digestive system needs to go through its cycle and get from meal to waste. The amount of time it takes your puppy to relieve itself after a full meal varies from puppy to puppy so you should monitor this time. You might need several monitoring sessions to determine the average amount of time required but once that's established you can proceed to step two.

2. Will you potty train inside or out - Make a decision about whether you want your puppy to do its business in doors or out of doors. Remember, what's important is what's convenient for you because you can go either way. No matter whether you're potty training puppies outdoors or indoors you would still must clean up after them.

3. Paper or plastic - If you're going to train your puppies to do its business indoors then you need a liberal amount of newspaper and scent spray which is available in most pet stores.

a. When your puppy needs to do its business, put down a large stack of newspapers and spray a little bit of scent spray on it.

b. Restrict the puppy within the newspaper covered area and wait until it relieves itself. Immediately after it does, let your puppy smell the scent on the newspaper.

c. Repeat b until your puppy gets used to the newspaper or the scent it will look for either of the two next times it needs to relieve itself.

You can train the puppy to do its business outdoors by simply taking it out for a walk. It will eventually find a spot after a while and assume the position. Do not forget to clean up after your puppy. Sooner or later when the puppy gets used to this system it will show signs of wanting to go outside when it feels the urge to commune with nature.

And there you have it three sure fire easy steps for potty training puppies. It's not expensive; it doesn't take a university degree, not even awkwardly over-priced tools - just some good old patience.

Originally posted 2009-05-26 12:04:35. Republished by Old Post Promoter

Crate training has been around for quite some time, but there are people who still do not understand the importance of crate training in the successful house training of a dog.

Crate training is an integral part of basic puppy training, and knowing exactly how to carte train is very important.

Crate training without knowing what to do is just as good as not crate training at all. In fact, if a puppy is crate trained the wrong way, there would be no advantages gained, the puppy would not have learned or been taught anything good and the puppy may have been given a bad habit or two on the other hand.

Crate training is not something we do on reflex, gut feelings or intuition. It has its set advantages if done the proper way. There is a specific purpose in crate training, and to gain those ends carte training has to be done properly.

The basic and most important part of crate training is the size of the crate. The size of the crate used has to be directly proportionate to the size of the dog.

The uppermost need for crate training is to prevent the dog from peeing in the house, or in places he is not supposed to pee in.

By nature and basic instinct a dog will not lie down or sleep in its own urine or faeces. It will never pee or make its business in a place it has to lie down in. A dog is confined in a crate to prevent it from doing these things inside the house. While confined in a crate of proper size a dog will restrain itself from urinating or moving its bowels.

To achieve this, the crate has to be big enough for the dog to make a full circle while standing. It should be just a few inches longer than the body of the dog from the tip of the nose to the end of the rear rump, and a few inches taller than the standing height of the dog,

The size of the crate should not permit the dog to jump up on its hind legs or move from one end to the other. If for example, a large crate is used for a small dog, it would pee at one end and sleep at the other.

What to put in the crate and when not to confine the dog in the crate is another very important part of crate training.

Apart from its chew toys nothing else should be in the crate with the dog. No food or water should be placed in a crate.

It is important not to confine a puppy in a crate for lengthy periods at a time.

The crate is not a punishment room, and the dog should not be confined in the crate just because it s being punished for doing something wrong. If we use the crate to punish the dog, it is going to distrust the crate and become anxious about it

The dog should regard the crate as a place of safety and security, for it to be happy in it while it is alone and its owners are away from the house.

Crate training also involves us knowing how and when to release the dog from the crate

A dog has to be released from the crate periodically in an area where it can relieve itself.

The dog will relieve itself immediately it is let out from the crate. Once the dog has relieved itself it should be praised or rewarded to reinforce that peeing iside the house is not allowed.

The type of crate is another important aspect of crate training.Most all crates are steel wire cages. There should be no rough or sharp edges anywhere in the crate.

The puppy is likely to get stressed confined for the first time and may attempt to escape. In attempting to do so it should not scratch, cut or hurt itself on the crate.

Crate train your puppy properly and you will have it house broken in no time fulfilling your task of basic puppy training.

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Looking for the best dog training online? Are you having hard time house training or taking care of your Shiba Inu dog or any other dog for that matter? Chances are, you’re annoyed up to your neck the way your Shiba Inu behaves, that is, if you haven’t had the best training that you have given to your pet. As everybody knows, Shiba dogs especially Shiba Inu puppies are cute and adorable pets but they can be annoying as they try to turn your house into one smelly dog hole and would bark endlessly even for no reason at all. The worst part is, your next-door neighbors would complain about the noise especially when you’re not in your house. These pet dogs could suffer from separation anxiety and it will only take a good training session to keep them disciplined. When they experience this kind of anxiety, they will be going like crazy and would find someplace or someone that they can be familiar with and neighbors won’t like that at all. It’s really very important to train your Shiba Inu, not only for personal or health purpose, but to follow the law as well. Every state has its law regarding pet animals like dogs that are not yet exposed to a dog training. That’s why, Shiba Inu breeders are also doubling as trainers to help owners train their dog or make them enroll at a dog obedience school.

But the fact of the matter is, it’s not that easy to train a dog, like, hiring somebody to do that job. It could be very expensive. However, a dog owner can also learn how to train his own pet on his own and all he needs is a kind of book guide to learn all the ropes in dog training. For a Shiba owner, it is essential to find the right Shiba Inu care and training guide that he can learn easily. Training his own pet Shiba can also create stronger bonding and relationship between him and his pet. Luckily, there are many book guides for such purposes that are now flooding the Internet Highway today.

Originally posted 2009-05-21 20:17:58. Republished by Old Post Promoter

OK, I admit, I’ve gotten sucked into episodes of ‘‘The Dog
Whisperer’’ and been intrigued by Cesar Millan’s magic with canines. The
guy’s likable enough, and he’s an animal lover (I presume), so I give him
points for that. And I’ve even tried his training methods (sort of) with my
dopey but headstrong Rottweiler. But for some reason I’m not completely
sold. The skeptic in me says that this Mexican guy hit the jackpot one day
when he realized he could make a buck by convincing desperate
shitzu/pitbull/goldendoodle/shepherd owners that he could rehabilitate
their growly, ill-behaved terrors.
You see, I don’t quite get how the whole thing works. Have you seen
the show? If not, basically Cesar is summoned to the home of an exasperated
(and often illiterate) dog owner who has allowed her pet to run her life.
Naturally they show film footage of the dog at its worst, perhaps barking
viciously at the mailman or devouring the neighbor’s kitty. The dog, it
seems, is a lost cause.
But have faith! Cesar Millan has arrived! And within the course of a
visit, it seems, he has squashed the offending animal’s spirit and cast his
odd spell on it. And all it took was a few strong yanks of the leash
accompanied by an odd ‘‘SSSTT!’’ sound!
Plu-eeeze.
Now, obviously Cesar is a trained, accomplished animal behaviorist,
and his methods seem to work… somehow. But even I know that
rehabilitating a wayward animal takes more than a few leash tugs and some
strange nonhuman verbal cue. There must be more that they’re not showing
us. Like when that evil Chow nipped two of Cesar’s fingers off and he
lobotomized it afterward; or when they performed vocal chord surgery on
that yappy terrier. Suppose that’s not suitable family viewing.
My other major problem with Cesar is that he insists on treating
these dogs like…. like, well, dogs! He frowns on allowing them on the
furniture… he discourages ‘‘baby talking’’ to them… he insists they
don’t share our food…. and, worst of all, he bans them from his bedroom.
Huh? If I didn’t have my dog to snuggle with each night, who would keep me
warm and toasty (suppose my partner could… but let’s keep her out of
this). Anyway, my point is, Cesar doesn’t approve of assigning human
qualities to our dogs. Don’t ask me why. I’ve had dogs that are more human
than, well, some humans I know! They’ve certainly exhibited more feelings
and emotions than those humans, and more loyalty, and more devotion, and
more consistency, and more love.
Anyway, those are my problems with Cesar. Of course, if Mr. Millan
were to show up at my doorstep one day, I’d invite him in. In fact, I might
even ask him about this barking problem I’m having with one of my dogs, and
this aggression problem I’m having with another. Oh, and maybe he could
help me sort out why my little boxer insists on picking on big dogs that
can devour her in one bite.
Ahh, who am I kidding. I could use Cesar’s advice, and I’m in awe at
his magic touch with animals. I love his show, and I try to follow his
advice. In fact, I wish I could communicate with dogs as well as he can.
The bottom line, you see, is this: I’m jealous.

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Many people love to travel with their dog. While many people may be excited about the chance to travel with their dog they may not have what they need to make it enjoyable. The restrictions in various locations can make traveling challenging. The good news is that there are many types of dog carriers and pet totes you can purchase to make travel with your dog safe and easy.
 
Many people may be tempted to leave their dog at home when they consider what it will take to travel with their dog. For most of us, however, our dog is a part of the family and we want them with us. There is a wide selection of dog strollers and carriers for sale these days so you should be able to find one that fits your requirements. 
 
There are so many different sizes, styles, and shapes that it should be easy to find something that you like. One of the most convenient types of pet carriers is the dog carrier stroller. They look similar to a regular baby stroller but are specifically designed to hold your dog. They are the perfect choice for dog lovers who have dogs that are not capable of taking long walks. They make it easy to take the dog on a walk and then bring him home when he is tired. 
 
A dog carrier backpack is a great option for small dogs. They are worn just as you would a traditional backpack with your dog tucked safely in the back. The most commonly used type of dog carrier is the dog travel carrier. They are what you will need for travel on an airplane. When planning a trip on an airplane with your dog buy a model which is approved by the airline. Most travel dog carriers are made from plastic. You want one large enough to allow your dog to lie down comfortably.

Originally posted 2009-05-10 22:05:24. Republished by Old Post Promoter

If you would like to stop dog digging, it is important to know why your dog does this. There are several different reasons that this could be occurring.

It’s a possibility that your dog is trying to bury something or has already buried something. Is it possible that your dog is a terrier breed that digs instinctively? Sometimes a dog can feel too hot and digging will help them cool down. If you can understand why your dog digs, you can come up with a better solution to the problem.

A dog being bored is also a really big reason behind digging. Is your dog primarily left outdoors? When this is the case, boredom often takes over. If a child were left outside, think of all of the things a child would do. Many kids would immediately look for something to do and would end up playing in mud, digging it up and tossing dirt around.

A dog is really quite the same. The feeling of moist, fragrant dirt on their paws is something every dog enjoys. It keeps them occupied and it can also be really enjoyable. Providing something more fun to do can help stop dog digging.

If your breed is an instinctive digger, then it will take more time to train. For breeds of dogs that dig instinctively, rather than getting them to stop dog digging altogether, perhaps you should provide them with a specified area where they are allowed to dig.

Giving your dog a special place to dig to their heart’s content is one possible solution. You can still permit your dog to do what it does, without your garden becoming ruined!

The primary way to stop dog digging is to keep your dog occupied with other things. Devote lots of time to spending with them, and if necessary, provide them a special spot where they are permitted to dig, and keep them busy at all times.

When you can not be at home spending time with them, fun toys can keep your dog occupied. In a short period of time you can stop your dog from digging with these tips and patience.

Dog leash training, training your pet to follow your instructions and knowing how to stop destructive dog behavior are all necessary parts of learning to be a responsible dog owner.  For additional stop dog from digging tips, go to StopDogFromDigging.com

Originally posted 2009-05-08 06:33:56. Republished by Old Post Promoter