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• Caring For Dogs With Disabilities
  A dog’s disability may occur from an illness, injury or physical handicap. The degree of disability may be slight or may be incapacitating. Whatever reason for your dogs suffering will have a great effect on you as your pet’s guardian.
  Published 30Apr2007, viewed 241 times

• Are Your Pets Part Of Your Family?
  Our household consists of two sons with furry coats and four legs each. Is this unusual? Not in a majority of homes that have pets. Pets are considered family members and are treated as such. Not only do we provide the basic necessities for our beloved dogs, we also lavish love, attention and gifts upon our furry family members.
  Published 18Apr2007, viewed 184 times

• Adopting an Older Dog
  Making the decision to share your home with a canine is one step towards a rewarding experience. Why not take the next big step and adopt an older large breed dog. There are many beautiful large breed older dogs that are just waiting for someone to invite them into their home. They will repay you many times over with love and devotion.
  Published 12Apr2007, viewed 198 times

• Safeguarding Your Dog from Poisons in the Home
  Along with your veterinarian’s phone number, you should have posted in prominent vicinity by the phone the number to a 24 hour emergency pet hospital and the ASPCA Poison Control Hotline (888-426-4435). Make sure you know where the pet emergency hospital is before the need arises. Having these numbers available before you need them may save your puppy or dog’s life.
  Published 29Mar2007, viewed 193 times

• Medical Conditions Affecting Large Breed Dogs
  There are many ailments and conditions that are more prevalent in large breed dogs. Until further medical studies can be conducted and a pattern of inheritance established for these ailments and conditions, dogs that have a risk for these diseases will be said to have breed predisposition.
  Published 22Mar2007, viewed 262 times

• Grooming Your Puppy or Dog
  Grooming your pet should begin when they are puppies as this will help them become accustomed to being touched all over their bodies while they are standing still or lying on their stomach or side. If you adopt an older dog you will have to introduce him to grooming gradually unless he is accustomed to being handled and touched all over his body.
  Published 20Mar2007, viewed 252 times

• Behavioral Training for Your New Puppy
  It has been shown that obedience training is very important for a puppy and behavioral training is just as important. In some puppy/dog training camps, behavioral training is considered to be training a puppy/dog to be “good” or “well behaved”. In other training camps, behavioral training is considered to be “correcting a puppy/dogs bad behavior”.
  Published 19Mar2007, viewed 198 times

• Nutrition For Your Puppy
  This article focuses on some of the nutritional foundations needed to insure your puppy grows into a healthy adult.
  Published 18Mar2007, viewed 1293 times

• Life Expectancy of Large Breed Dogs
  Large breed dogs have a shorter life expectancy than smaller breeds which is unfortunate for the owner/guardians of large breed dogs. We love our big dogs even knowing their time with us will be short. We don’t focus on the quantity of time but the quality of time we spend together. Sharing our homes with our big fur balls is like having a small piece of heaven for our own.
  Published 12Mar2007, viewed 297 times

• Obedience Training For Your New Puppy
  Obedience training for your new puppy should begin the day you bring him/her home. You should make obedience training fun and incorporate the training with play sessions. It is so easy to train a puppy when they are having fun and the puppy has no idea that they are learning valuable lessons.
  Published 02Mar2007, viewed 212 times

• Finding A Vet For Your New Puppy.
  This article will assist you with finding a vet for the newest member of your family.
  Published 27Feb2007, viewed 216 times

• Finding A Responsible Rottweiler Breeder
  Take your time selecting a breeder. You may ask for recommendations from vets, friends who own a Rottweiler, local breeding clubs, if available, or you may contact the American Kennel Club. If you see advertisements in newspapers for "puppies for sale", do not inquire.
  Published 25Feb2007, viewed 166 times

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