BARKING All dogs bark, usually out of excitement to see people or other animals, danger warnings or just out of complete boredom. Your dog can be barking because he or she is having fun, is lonely or is frightened. Anxious dogs will bark in a tone that sounds like distress and calls us to attention. [...]
For all the scientific advances of the industrial age (since late 1930s) cats, dogs and humans are on a very slippery slope in this, the early 21st Century. Gastrointestinal and immune diseases are epidemic. There are over 150 million domestic cats and dogs in the United States alone! If only 10% of them are unhealthy [...]
How often you need to bathe your dog may depend on whether it lives inside or outside or if it has a skin condition, according to an assistant professor at Kansas State University’s Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital. If your outdoor dog gets dirty on a regular basis, K-State’s Mary Bagladi-Swanson suggests bathing it when necessary. [...]
Older dogs although appearing normal to the naked eye, will have, and will exhibit tell tail signs of age that only the experienced dog owner will be familiar with. Adding to this fact, that dogs will mask symptoms of certain ailments, makes it all the more important to know what to look for as your [...]
If you are new to the animal world, or you are not one given to surfing the web looking for articles on the animal welfare, then you might not know what PETA is. PETA is an organization that would have you believe that they have the welfare of all animals on this earth at heart. [...]
Dog bites are a serious problem in the United States. Each year, an estimated 4.7 million people are bitten by dogs, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Around 17 percent of these people require medical care. And in approximately 10-20 tragic cases per year, the bite victim is killed. The CDC [...]
