Dog Park Etiquette
New to the dog park scene? Here are some guidelines: Only friendly, well-trained dogs are welcome at public dog parks. If you can’t control your dog off-leash, exercise him …
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Calming Your Dog’s Anxiety During Noisy Fourth of July
Dog owners everywhere feel a pang of anxiety as the Fourth of July approaches. Will their pooch simply hide under the bed when fireworks go off or run for the …
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Understanding Dog Behavior
Ever ask yourself “what was my dog thinking?” Sometimes dog’s do things that seem really strange, but once you get a better understanding of dog behavior, you won’t have to …
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Why Dogs Cock Their Heads Sideways
It wasn’t accidentally that advertizing for the company “RCA” once displayed a dog cocking his head looking at a speaker horn. There’s something with this position that a majority of …
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Understanding Your Dog’s Hearing
Dogs hear a lot better than people do, partly because their ears are incredibly mobile. They have 15 different muscles that can move the ears in all directions. This helps …
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Why Do Dogs Bury Their Food?
Ancient dogs survived on whatever they could find or catch. If they managed to get more than they could eat in a sitting, they had to make sure it would …
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Many years ago dogs were considered as domestic animals for their functional value; hunting assistants, village and stock guards, even body-warmers in bitter cold climates. These basic functions are no …
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Dogs use their bodies and paws to express a diversity of different things. Below are a few examples and what they mean. Your dog bends with his front legs extended, …
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How Dogs Use Their Tails As Signals & Gestures
Tail position is an important indicator of social standing and mental state of a dog. There will be some variations, of course, depending upon the natural tail position of the …
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Dogs & Open Car Windows
Experts estimate that dogs can catch a whiff of something that’s one million times less concentrated than what humans can detect. With so much sniff power, it’s hardly surprising that …
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