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?
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 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
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 Clean Your Dog’s Ears
There’s a few reasons why you may need to clean your dog’s ears. They may have an ear infection, they’re active, or they have floppy ears. Here’s how to clean your dog’s ears, as well as what you should look for if they need to be cleaned. Possible infection/allergies Are you noticing that your dog… Continue reading How to Clean Your Dog’s Ears
What to Know Before Adopting a Dog
So you’re thinking about adopting your first dog? Here are the main things you should consider before you do so. Adopting a dog, especially a puppy, is a big responsibility to take on. You’ll want to be 100% sure that you’re willing to take care of a puppy that will need all your love and… Continue reading What to Know Before Adopting a Dog
How to Potty Train Your Puppy
Potty training may seem like a daunting task. But with some patience and some practice, everything will work out. Here’s how you can potty train your puppy. Basic Tips Take them outside every so often, and make sure they use the bathroom before going back inside so they learn that outside is the place to… Continue reading How to Potty Train Your Puppy
How to Trim Your Dog’s Nails
Trimming your dog’s nails may seem like a daunting task, whether it’s because you’re worried how your dog may react or you’re not sure how to start. Here are a few easy ways on how you can trim your dog’s nails. Getting started If you’re new to trimming your dog’s nails, here’s how you can… Continue reading How to Trim Your Dog’s Nails