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Selecting the Right Dog Harness for Your Pooch
Animals

Selecting the Right Dog Harness for Your Pooch

- by Elbrock Sodherock
Selecting the Right Dog Harness for Your Pooch

These days, a lot of people are buying dog harnesses instead of collars. People love their dogs, and by buying a harness they’re less likely to choke while being  how do you decide which one to buy? After all, you aren’t a dog so you don’t know what they might like.

There’s a few things to consider here:

1) What kind would work best for your pooch? 2) How much money can you spend on a soft pooch harness?

Let’s jump right in to the first question-

What Kind do I Need?

Here’s a few questions to ask yourself to figure that out:

  • Is your dog male or female? You don’t want a pink harness on a male dog, right? 
  • Does your dog love to swim? If so, leather may not be a good choice- go with nylon instead.
  • Will the harness be used on long walks? Does your dog pull hard, or is it pretty calm and gentle while being walked?
  • Is their skin sensitive? What is their fur like? 
  • Is this small dog harness to help strap your dog into the car? If so, how long are the trips you’ll be making with it? You definitely want your
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How To Spoil Your Pet Rotten
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How To Spoil Your Pet Rotten

- by Elbrock Sodherock
How To Spoil Your Pet Rotten
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Being an avid Pet Lover, the one thing hard to do is find a great store that carries everything you need to give your pet a great enjoying life. I was so tired of going store to store trying to find what I needed. Making appointments at one place and then having to travel across town to another. I currently have 3 cats and a dog and grocery stores just don’t cut it anymore. The food they offer is cheap and lacks what our pets really need to have healthy long lives. I was so tired of poor customer service and employees not knowing anything about pet care.

I’ve even tried grooming my animals myself because of all the bad experiences I’ve had.  Which I would highly recommend not! Especially when your cats have nice long claws. Ouch!!!  It’s a complete science to understanding animals and I would highly recommend leaving it up to the professionals.  There is some good companies out there you just have to really spend the time looking for them.

Don’t just settle on any vet or groomer because it’s the one closest or convenient.  Pets are an investment of time and money.  You …

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Cats

Cat Flaps – Convenience for Cats and Their Owners

- by Elbrock Sodherock

Cat flaps are convenient, provided you do actually have a cat of course. They serve as an entry and exit point that your cats can use independently, eliminating the need to be constantly worried about if and when the cat needs to be let out or indeed back in.

Cat Flaps - Convenience for Cats and Their Owners
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Since the inception of the cat flap, this “cat door” has moved along with technology and now there are different kinds of pet flap on the market. Although the principal is the same, no longer are some of the cat flaps, simply a hole in wall or door!

These evolutions in technology have certainly helped to prevent some of the less pleasant side effects of effectively having a small entrance point in the side of one of your walls or doors. With some of the more advanced flaps, you can now prevent other; let’s say less desirable cats from around the neighbourhood from simply using your home as a play palace!

It may sound a little daunting for some pet owners, but most of the functions on these cat flaps are very easy to operate and ultimately help you make your house that little bit more secure.

Of course, …

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Raising Chickens at Home - Can Be A Fun And Interesting Hobby For Anyone
Animals

Raising Chickens at Home – Can Be A Fun And Interesting Hobby For Anyone

- by Elbrock Sodherock
Raising Chickens at Home - Can Be A Fun And Interesting Hobby For Anyone

Prior to about the middle of last century, many families were involved in raising chickens at home. Mostly this was done for economic reasons, to provide food for the family. But these days-while many people still do it for that reason-raising chickens at home is becoming more popular as a hobby. Some people even consider their chickens to be their pets!

The first thing that anyone who is interested in raising chickens at home should do is to check the law in their subdivision, town, county, or state. Raising chickens at home might not be legally allowed.

If there is no law against raising chickens at home, a new chicken enthusiast should start researching all the details about this interesting hobby. It’s important to know what to feed chickens to keep them healthy.

Actually, it is fairly easy to feed chickens. They enjoy leftover foods, weeds, and garden pests. They occasionally eat mice, too. All of this makes pet chickens wonderful lawn and garden assistants. But they should be provided with nourishing corn and water on a daily basis.

It’s also important to know how to safely house chickens. There are many predators for chickens, even in city environments. Cats, …

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Caring For Your New Cat
Cats

Caring For Your New Cat

- by Elbrock Sodherock
Caring For Your New Cat
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If you have decided on getting a kitten, you will soon understand the responsibilities that come with it, such as devoting adequate time for your pet, pampering it and making sure that you take care of any cat health problems that may occur. Since different cat breeds have different characteristics, you should try to learn as much as possible about the specific health care needs of your pet.

There are officially around forty cat breeds in the world which are recognized internationally. Although there are a lot more sub breeds present, these are not cataloged officially. It can be quite easy to differentiate between the long haired and short haired cats. Some such as the British Short hair, Abyssinian, Burmese, Havana brown, or the American Short hair breed even have their own unique characteristics that allow them to stand apart from the rest. Persian cats, Siamese cats, Maine Coon etc are some other pedigreed varieties of cat breeds, among others. Although most domestic cats do not look alike, they are usually not categorized into different breeds.

Caring for specific cat breeds require knowledge about that particular breed. However, there are some common things that every cat owner can …

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