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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