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New pet articles on dogs
Graduating your dog to house freedom
07/17/2009 - 16:38
So… you’ve used a crate to manage your puppy and now you’re wondering how to start giving him more freedom. Well, if you’ve done your foundation work and haven’t let your dog pick up bad habits, transitioning to full freedom in the house should go pretty smoothly. Ideally, your dog should be past the puppy and juvenile stage. For small dogs, this probably …Read more »
Should you give your newly-adopted dog a new name?
06/02/2009 - 09:37
If you want to rename your dog, go right ahead. While it may take an older dog a while to figure out what you mean, he’ll get it eventually. Dogs don’t internalize a name the way we do; they don’t identify themselves with that particular combination of phonemes. They simply understand that when you make a certain sound, it means …Read more »
Tattooing: another way to keep your dog safe
06/02/2009 - 09:37
Developed by the founders of the National Dog Registry, tattooing is a simple, affordable means of permanently identifying your dog. It is painless to a dog because as dog’s skin structure is so different from a human’s that the tattoo marker doesn’t need to be inserted very deeply into the dog’s epidermis, or outer skin layer. The best location for …Read more »
