How often you feed your dog depends on their age, weight, and how your dog decides to eat. How often Your dog should at least eat twice a day, or every 8-12 hours. Waiting more than 12 hours can cause nausea, just like us when we haven’t eaten for a long time. If you just adopted… Continue reading How Often Should You Feed Your Dog?
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The Benefits of Petting Your Dog
Why it’s good for you It can make your overall mood better! Petting your dog, or any dog, has been proven to reduce stress, anxiety, and depression. It essentially makes you feel good and relaxed. Unless you really don’t like dogs, why wouldn’t petting a dog feel good? Why it’s good for your dog Petting… Continue reading The Benefits of Petting Your Dog
How Often Should You Groom Your Dog?
Grooming your dog every so often is a must in order for their coat to be healthy, and their nails to be at a comfortable length. Coat The amount of times you should brush your dog’s coat depends on the amount of hair they have. There’s long, medium, and short haired dogs. Short hair Short… Continue reading How Often Should You Groom Your Dog?
The Top 10 Smartest Dog Breeds
The dogs listed below are the most trainable, and the most eager to learn. This ranking is based on a book by Stanley Coren, an expert of dog-human interaction. These dogs were placed in the top 10 based on how long it took them to learn a new command and the success rate in remembering… Continue reading The Top 10 Smartest Dog Breeds
How Often Should You Take Your Dog to the Vet?
Having a dog means that you need to go to the vet on a regular basis. Vet visits will be more frequent if you adopt a puppy. Puppies Puppies normally have their first vet visit around 2-3 weeks old. From then until 16 weeks old, or 3 ½ months, puppies will have frequent vet visits.… Continue reading How Often Should You Take Your Dog to the Vet?
How to Recognize and Prevent Your Dog From Overheating
Unlike us, dogs can’t sweat to cool down. They can only pant, but sometimes that’s not enough to help with cooling down. Some dogs may suffer more than others. For example, a lab vs. a pug. Pugs have a shorter snout so it will be harder for them to breathe, making it easier to overheat… Continue reading How to Recognize and Prevent Your Dog From Overheating
How to Travel With Your Dog
If you’re going on a short trip for a few days, going a long distance, or overseas, then it’s best to leave your dog at home with a pet sitter. They would miss you terribly, but it would be more comfortable at home. If it’s absolutely necessary, however, then here are some tips on how… Continue reading How to Travel With Your Dog
Dog Superfoods: 10 Healthy Treat Alternatives
Instead of giving your dog a potato chip for a special treat, there’s actually better food to offer them. Here are some superfoods your dog can eat: Blueberries Blueberries are packed with antioxidants. They also contain fiber and vitamins C & E. You can buy this berry fresh or frozen. You can sprinkle a few… Continue reading Dog Superfoods: 10 Healthy Treat Alternatives
How to Find Dog Friendly Hotels
If you’re taking your dog with you on a road trip, you’ll want to make sure the hotel or B&B you’re staying at allows dogs. A great and easy way to find pet friendly hotels is through Bring Fido. You can go online or download their app. What you do First you’ll want to go… Continue reading How to Find Dog Friendly Hotels
How to Teach Your Dog to Swim
Obviously, not every dog is a water dog. But if you have a pool or enjoy going swimming in a creek or lake, then of course you want your dog to have fun with you. So if you want to teach your dog how to swim, or at least play in the water, then you’ll… Continue reading How to Teach Your Dog to Swim