So then I decided to compile up some tips for extra dog facial care! These things really do help. In our day to day pet care, we need to put this stuff in so that the little ones enjoy even more! If you have got anything to add into this please comment.
- Clean your Dog’s eyes: This is a very important thing to do, twice everyday, you should clean your Dog’s eyes, although this doesn’t mean giving them eye drops or exposing a cloth to their eye itself.
What you need to do is take a little damp cloth (NOT a towel mind you) and clean your Dog’s eye edges thoroughly, as well as the muzzle’s upper area, do this twice per day and your Dog will be hyperactive and free from eye problems for a long long time.
- Hair Trimming: If you have a Dog that has long hair, such as a Tibetan Terrier, a Lhasa Apso or the like, what you need to do is to trim its hair from time to time, the parts which need special emphasis are the hair that obstruct the Dog’s eyesight and the hair below its muzzle.
ESPECIALLY the hair below the muzzle actually because of the fact that when your dog nibbles at stuff and sniffs here and there, bacteria and germs get stuck to these hair and they could get through inside the dog’s mouth and cause it harm.
- Whisker Care: A dog’s whiskers are very important for it to move around and detect things, therefore it is advised to keep a check on the Dog’s whiskers, NEVER cut them though, just make sure there are no hair surrounding the whiskers or gripping it, because those hair could put the Dog’s senses into problems.
- Teeth cleaning: We all brush our teeth isn’t it? Well, its important to brush the Dog’s teeth as well! Although I am not sure if you can use your toothpaste but you can of course use a normal toothbrush, but make sure its a new one.
A dog usually eats quite roughly and therefore a lot of stuff gets stuck in between its teeth, now you must have noticed that when something gets stuck in between our teeth we become restless and keep thinking about it, same is with Dogs as well, they will also feel fresh if you brush their teeth, make sure you brush the big teeth found in the deeper areas of the muzzle because they very important.
- Ear Check: Keep a check on the dog’s ears! Because most of the times parasites make this a safe haven for dwelling, and it could happen to the safest and most protected of dogs as well! This happens often with German Shepherds and big dogs. So yeah its really important to check it often.
- Dog Glasses: When you take your Dog out for walks or take it in your car and the little one puts two feet on the car window to get as much air as it can, try to make it wear Dog Glasses, or more popularly, Dog Goggles. They rule if you ask me because of the fact that (a) it provides protection for the Dog’s eyes and (2) it enables the Dog to get a better view of its surroundings (this is most effective when its in the car)
So yep this is all I could think of right now but for all readers, I’ll keep giving out more and more tips for dog care! Because its these little things that help a lot. and again if you have anything to add to Facial care, leave a reply!
Woofie
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Thanks to the San Bernadino Sun for this article.
Eatery dishes out help for police dogs
Michel Nolan, Staff Writer
Sharon Gaitan Blechinger hopes community support goes to the dogs.
“Dollars for Dogs,” that is.
Now in its third year, “Dollars for Dogs” is a fundraiser adopted by Blechinger’s restaurant, The Mexico Cafe, to raise money to expand the San Bernardino Police Department’s canine unit.
“The dogs are such a good tool for the Police Department in reducing crime in the city. When they are pursuing a suspect, that puts one less human in jeopardy,” says Blechinger, who along with police Lt. Gwendolyn Waters, doggedly leads a pack of local supporters in beefing up the department’s understaffed unit.
Waters, a former dog handler for the Police Department, says the dogs make the department more effective when serving
Podcast: One Voice Q&A with Sharon Gaitan Blechinger and Lt. Gwendolyn Waters.
the community.
“They can conduct searches more thoroughly and can catch suspects more easily,” she says. “Dangerous suspects who would fight an officer will surrender to a dog.”
Throughout the day on March 26, volunteers and police officers will take over The Mexico Cafe, serving the public by hosting, tending bar, taking orders, and busing tables.
All the money raised goes to add a new dog to the department’s existing three-dog team.
Eventually, Blechinger hopes to add a fifth dog to get the department back to an adequate number of dogs and handlers for a police department the size of San Bernardino’s.
“Anything we get goes directly to the canine unit,” Blechinger says. “Realistically, we’d like to at least match the $10,000 we got last year. We’re going to have the dogs - Elroy, Zeke and Primo - and their handlers as ambassadors of the place, meeting and greeting people.”
Blechinger and The Mexico Cafe patrons helped purchase Elroy and Primo.
“We were taken aback by how generous the people of San Bernardino are,” Blechinger says.
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This is sooo true (or at least that’s what my Beagley Beatrice tells me). I found this fun declaration on Friend Lea’s Dogster diary and page.
Please can I live with you??
The Beagle Bill of Rights
Amendment I
Humans shall make no law abridging the freedom to bark, bay, or howl anywhere, anytime, and for any reason, real or imagined; or growl if moved or awakened from any chosen spot.
Squirting with hoses, water pistols, screaming, or physical intervention is strictly prohibited.
When Beagles bark, humans must listen until they understand and then perform accordingly.
Amendment II
The right to claim any spot on the bed first, not having to move for humans or siblings; covers and pillows will remain untouched until we vacate said spot.
Good sun spots must be made available throughout every house and curtains that block access are open season.
Amendment III
The unlimited right to enter and exit the back door with human assistance, performed with no grumbling under the breath.
Amendment IV
The right to at least one walk per day anywhere, anytime we want, including mud, water hazards, garbage dumps, rolling on dead animals, insects or any other unidentified smelly goo; with no censorship of items or creatures procured to eat.
No muzzles, masks, or other contraptions will be applied to abridge desire to forage.
Sniffing will have no limits as to time or object. Yanking or pulling on the leash is prohibited, as is screaming or physical intervention.
Amendment V
Eating anything is an inalienable right and humans shall make no rules regarding it, including but not limited to: the cat box, sibling’s treats or dinners, garbage can exploration, or countertop sweeping.
All packages must be inspected upon entrance to the house.
An adequate space either at or directly under the table must be provided at meal times.
Any food dropped on the floor must be pointed to and is immediately property of the Beagle eliminating any five second rule of humans, and if said Beagle is absent the item must remain untouched until his arrival whether from the next room or outside.
No Beagle is responsible for clean up of any residual dog spit.
Treats will be distributed upon human departure and arrival.
Vegetables from the garden whether on the plant or in a container, especially green beans, are property of the Beagle.
Obesity or its description will be eliminated from any handbooks, manuals, leaflets, or other propaganda upon entering the house and the Beagle will determine what weight is proper for their frame.
Amendment VI
Beagles will be secure in their possessions against any search either by humans or siblings.
No seizure of Beagle property is allowed and in the event of exchange for
another item of higher value, both items become property of the Beagle.
In counter- point, Beagles have the right to search and seize at their whim; any pocket, purse, bag, toy box, dishwasher door, countertop, or child.
Amendment VII
Chewing feet, scratching ears, rolling on the back and biting of genitals will be permitted and the only resolution will be rubbing of the belly by the human.
Amendment VIII
Under no circumstances shall any Beagle or canine brother or sister be used for human medical experiment. If caught, humans will undergo said experiment every day for the rest of their lives.
Amendment IX
Unusual human behavior, such as harmonica playing, phone talking, lawn mowing, leaf raking, bed-thrashing, etc. will be met with unlimited barking until said activity ceases.
Amendment X
No Beagle will be left behind!
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Thanks Belgian for barking in about this web site.
This was a website i came across. it is a website dedicated to stop puppy mills. The photos can be really gory. its shameful what cruel people do to dogs. i believe your fellow bloggers might be in some interest to follow into this website. it includes videos, photos, interviews and much more.
This is just a reminder to people to fix their pets.
The web site is called Puppy Mills Breed Misery and, as Belgian said, it is indeed very graphic. Therefore, I’m not posting any pictures from the site. There are also some videos inside puppy mills, as well as an interview with a puppy miller.
Thanks again to Belgian for letting me know so I can let others know. If you have a site you think others should know about, bark it in!
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My sympathies to Officer Deese and his family. Isn’t it lovely that his family understands his connection to Sonja well enough that they are letting the two of them rest in peace together?
Thanks to WSOCTV.com for this news.
S.C. Deputy To Be Buried With His Police Dog
SUMMERVILLE, S.C. — A Dorchester County deputy once named South Carolina deputy of the year and his police dog will be buried together this week,
Sheriff’s Cpl. Mike Deese, 38, was killed on patrol around 5:20 p.m. Friday when an eastbound pickup truck crossed the median of I-26 near the Harleyville exit and slammed into his cruiser, authorities said.
Deese and the driver of the pickup, 53-year-old Christopher Burnham Jr. of Summerville, both died instantly, Coroner Chris Nisbet said.
Deese’s patrol dog, Sonja, was in the back of his cruiser and also died, Nisbet said.
Three other vehicles were involved in Friday’s wreck, but no one in the other cars were seriously injured, authorities said.
Deese’s funeral was scheduled for 11 a.m. Tuesday at Faith Assembly Church in Summerville, with the burial the next day. Deese and Sonja, one of two working dogs that lived with Deese and his family, will be buried in the same coffin, Dorchester County Sheriff Ray Nash said.
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As you have probably noticed, we are in the midst of a blog redesign. We are still putting the finishing touches on the new look, but the structure for the blog is pretty much intact.
Along with the redesign comes a renewed dedication to posting more content to the blog itself. On the web, the only thing that is constant is change, so we are dedicated to keeping the site and our blog fresh. The Dog Blog is a great place for us to share our thoughts and ideas on dogs, dog products and being in the pet industry. We’ll be talking more about these topics in the days, weeks and months ahead.
In the meantime, let us know what you think of the new look. We appreciate your feedback. Woof woof!
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Catsters, here’s an article you probably should check out!
Pet finders, and I know you folks are part of the online pack, any suggestions you want to offer to Catsters and Dogsters on how to increase the chances their furbabies will be found if, dog forbid, one of them goes missing? Bark in!
Thanks to Science Daily for this article!
Lost Dogs Found More Often Than Lost Cats, Study Suggests
Science Daily — A lost dog is more likely to be reunited with its owner than a lost cat, according to two new studies.
In one city in southwestern Ohio , researchers found that 71 percent of lost dogs were found, compared to just 53 percent of lost cats.
More than a third of the recovered dogs were found by a call or visit to an animal shelter. More than one in four dogs were found because the animal wore a dog license or identification tag at the time of its disappearance.
“The animal control system is a key component in the recovery of lost dogs, but owners have to be vigilant about calling and visiting these agencies,‿ said Linda Lord, the lead author of both studies and an assistant professor of veterinary preventive medicine. “Some form of visual identification is also critical to the recovery of a pet, and can result in a faster recovery.‿
Although Ohio law requires that dogs be licensed, just 41 percent of the lost dogs in the study wore a license at the time of their disappearance. Less than half (48 percent) of dogs had an identification tag or microchip when they went missing. Microchips, which are implanted under the skin, provide permanent identification about where a pet belongs. Cat owners aren’t required to identify their pet, and 19 percent of lost cats had a tag or microchip at the time they were lost.
More than half of the cats returned on their own, but less than one in 10 dogs did.
The results of the two studies appear in the January 15 issue of the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association.
Lord and her colleagues restricted their four-month study to Dayton , Ohio , and the surrounding county. They collected information on lost cats and dogs by scanning classified advertisements in the local newspaper and by contacting the county dog warden and two area humane societies. Each agency kept a log of the phone number and date of contact for any owner who called or visited the agency regarding a lost cat or dog.
Researchers interviewed by phone owners of lost pets who agreed to participate in the study. Collectively, these owners reported the disappearance of 138 cats and 187 dogs. Owners answered a series of questions related to the recovery of their pet, including what kind of methods they used to search for the missing animal.
The researchers also asked the owners if the animal was wearing an identification tag; a rabies tag; a dog license tag (applies only to dogs); or had a microchip at the time it disappeared. Each shelter scanned animals for microchips.
Two out of three (66 percent) of the lost cats came home on their own. Only 8 percent of lost dogs returned home on their own.
“Many people think that a missing cat just comes home on its own,‿ Lord said. “Most of the lost cats that were recovered in our study did return home on their own, but nearly half of the cats reported missing were never found.‿
More than one out of three owners (35 percent) found their lost dogs at a shelter. Just 7 percent of cat owners who recovered their pet found it at a shelter.
“Cat owners tend to wait longer to call and visit a shelter,‿ said Lord, adding that cat owners waited about three days before contacting a local animal shelter, while dog owners waited about a day to do so.
“The cats that stayed missing during the study may have been in a shelter, and could have been euthanized because their owner didn’t call or visit the shelter,‿ Lord said.
One of the best ways to locate a pet may be to post a sign in the neighborhood, the study showed.
Posted signs resulted in the return of 15 percent of recovered dogs and 11 percent of found cats. Six dogs (4.5 percent) and two cats (3 percent) made it home because of an advertisement in the newspaper.
“Less than half of the pet owners in this study hung signs around their neighborhood,‿ Lord said. “But this could be a very effective way to find a pet. If someone loses a pet, they should get something visible out there to let people know about the missing animal.‿
Lord says that many pet owners may not know how to go about finding their lost cat or dog.
“For many of the owners in this study, it was the first time their pet had disappeared,‿ Lord said. “Pet owners should think about having a plan in place in case their pet is lost. Both animal shelters and veterinarians can educate their clients and the public about the best course of action to take when a pet is missing.‿
Lord said that websites dedicated to helping people find missing pets are a lesser-known alternative to finding lost pets.
“Most important, though, is adequate identification of a pet,‿ she said.
Lord conducted the studies with Thomas Wittum and Päivi Rajala-Schultz, both in the department of veterinary preventive medicine at Ohio State; Amy Ferketich, division of epidemiology, School of Public Health at Ohio State; and Julie Funk, with National Food Safety and Toxicology Center in East Lansing, Mich.
The research was supported by a grant from the Kenneth A. Scott Charitable Trust, a KeyBank Trust.
Note: This story has been adapted from a news release issued by Ohio State University.
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Thanks to Chiris Krewson for letting us know about this strong article from The Morning Call about puppy mills in Pennsylvania! Big barks and howls for the investigative journalists at The Morning Call!
More happy barks for The Morning Call’s new database on Pensylvania puppy mills! As Chris mentions, you can help others learn more about the evils of puppy mills by actually including a link on your blog or site to the extensive database.
Chris Krewson wrote:
Hello. On Sunday my newspaper (The Morning Call, Allentown) is running a major investigative story on Pennsylvania’s reputation as the puppy mill capitol of the East Coast. To do that, we used the state’s Right to Know Law and obtained 20,000 inspection reports, and assembled them into a database.
Today we launched that database on our Web site for users to search, days before the story’s running. We’re also encouraging Web site owners and bloggers to embed our search widget on your pages in the same way YouTube lets people
embed videos on their pages or blogs.
Please drop us a line if you wind up using our code. Thanks!
Who’s watching out for me?
Puppies put in peril by dog wardens with limited power, a flawed state reporting system and lax enforcement.
By Tim Darragh and Christopher Schnaars Of The Morning Call
Puppy breeding and boarding kennels throughout Pennsylvania have been virtually assured of passing grades from state regulators even with feces-filled living areas, cramped cages, dirty water bowls and diseased or dead dogs, according to an investigation by The Morning Call based on a first-ever analysis of 20,000 state inspection records.
Dog wardens are charged with protecting puppies. But the analysis of kennel inspection records from 2003-2006 shows the wardens have been the kennel owners’ best friend.
Kennels received perfect ratings — no violations in the 26 categories inspected by wardens on each visit — more than nine times out of 10 during that time, the newspaper’s analysis of the state’s computerized records showed.
This record of perfection flabbergasts animal welfare organizations, including the Humane Society of the United States and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals, which have long criticized Pennsylvania for allowing substandard kennels and puppy mills to operate.
The newspaper’s finding “sort of verifies in a very strong way what we’ve been complaining about for years,” said Bob Baker, a national ASPCA investigator. “I don’t think even the harshest critics would have thought” nine out of 10 inspections would be perfect. “It shows [the lack of enforcement] is even worse than what we thought.”
To fix the problem, the state Bureau of Dog Law Enforcement would have to know it existed. Until The Morning Call demanded kennel
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