Dog Kennels: Safety in Confinement

There has always been a degree of controversy, regarding the use of dog kennels. While many understand in situations where space is limited, the use of a kennel within a fenced yard often raises the hackles of uninformed individuals. How can you confine him to a cage, they often ask, when you have a fenced-in yard that he can run around in? The answer is simple; for the dog's own safety. The outside...

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Dog Kennels: Safety in Confinement

There has always been a degree of controversy, regarding the use of dog kennels. While many understand in situations where space is limited, the use of a kennel within a fenced yard often raises the hackles...

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Checklist for Choosing a Holiday Boarding Kennel or Cattery

There's nothing worse than going away on your hard-earned vacation with the worry that your pet might not be safe, secure, fed properly or exercised adequately in your absence Holiday boarding can be...

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Her Dog's Aggression Is Worse After In-Kennel Training

A Bull Mastiff owner wrote me, with the following question: My problem comes in a 147-pound package. Mack is a 15 month-old Bull Mastiff. He has been in and out of training since he was 10 weeks old....

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Dog Kennel Training

There is great controversy about dog kennel training. Many believe that cages, kennels and crates are today's answer to quick convenient punishment. Although not as much controversy as there is about...

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Three Questions On Selecting A Dog Training Collar And Dog Behavior

Judy wrote to me with the following question: Hi, Adam! I enjoyed your website, but still need help choosing the right collar for my hard headed Jack Russell. She does go swimming to chase and catch my ducks in our pond, she chases cars, and she sometimes sneaks up behind visitors and bites them on the leg. She does not listen at all when she is so intensely concentrating on doing what she is not supposed to do. . . ignores us completely. Other than being so aggravating 1 4 of the time, she is a good little dog. But, when she is bad. . . she is BAD! What collar would be best for such a small dog....

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Cambodia training mine-detecting dogs (San Francisco Chronicle)
Five squirming puppies born in the outskirts of this capital city may hold the future to successful land mine eradication in Cambodia. As part of the first litter of 10 mine-detection dogs born in Southeast Asia, the puppies spend their time wrestling and...
DeWitt considering limit on dogs, cats (Quad-City Times)
DeWITT, Iowa ? As the DeWitt City Council considers adopting an ordinance to limit the number of cats and dogs residents can have, one resident says she and her fiancé are planning to leave town sooner than planned to avoid conflict with city officials over their pets.
Fireworks Scare Peninsula Dogs Into Shelters (NBC 11 Bay Area)
During the July Fourth holiday weekend, the Peninsula Humane Society & SPCA announced that rescued and sheltered 29 dogs found wandering the streets of San Mateo County.
Exercise goes to the dogs in neighborhood (The Patriot-News)
A Hershey pet-sitter has unleashed a summer exercise program that's getting her neighbors and their dogs out walking the streets and working toward prizes.
Dogs running wild, trappers spinning wheels (WPTV West Palm Beach)
Delray Beach Animal Control is on a mission to track and capture a pack of wild dogs terrorizing a neighborhood in Delray Beach. But catching them is easier said than...
Sick Dogs Force Marion Shelter Closure (WESH 2 Orlando)
Some sick dogs are forcing Marion County Animal Services to close its doors.
Outaouais SPCA to sterilize all stray dogs and cats (CBC Ottawa)
Starting in September, the SPCA in western Quebec will sterilize all stray animals that end up in its care, in an effort to reduce the numbers of cats and dogs in its cages and kennels.
Free-Roaming Dogs Problematic In East Nashville (News Channel 5 Nashville)
Metro Animal Control has received more complaints about dogs roaming the streets in parts of East Nashville. Some residents said the stray animals are being dumped where they do not belong.
Police dogs set for life (FOX 13 Tampa Bay)
They hit the streets every day with their partners, patrol your neighborhood looking for burglars, and spring into action a moments notice. They are police K-9 dogs, and a Polk County veterinarian just founded the first organization to take care of them when they get old.
Update: 36 Dogs Rescued Getting TLC (FOX 16 Little Rock)
More than 30 flea invested dogs get much needed TLC after the Pulaski County Humane Society rescued them from a breeder in Saline County.

Shih Tzu - Ways A Breeder Can Influence Healthy Litters

Nutrition is probably one of the most important variables that influences an outcome of healthy puppies. I learned the hard way that extra pampering and attention is almost as important, and limit the things you change in the lives of your pregnant shih tzu. During the first four weeks of pregnancy you should monitor your pregnant shih tzu's food intake. During this time fetuses don't have a lot of weight gain, and there is no need for the mother to gain extra weight that may hinder delivery later. During the last half of pregnancy feed a food that is high in protein and about 8 percent fat. A...

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