He Looks Like A – 7/28/2010

by Jeff Van Dalsum on July 30, 2010

Bernese Puppy

It’s time for this week’s “He looks like a…” game. Your job is to help the owner come up with a name for their new puppy. It’s as simple as that! This week we have a male Bernese puppy. Simply submit what you think his names should be below. Let’s begin! “He looks like a…”

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Arthritis

by Jeff Van Dalsum on July 29, 2010

Arthritis is not just a people ailment. It also affects our canine friends of all ages.

In fact, experts say that one if five dogs in the United States is apt to suffer from arthritis. The disease, which results from the inflammation of joints, is one of the most common sources of chronic pain that veterinarians are called on to treat.

Canine arthritis is generally divided into two types – degenerative and inflammatory. It is the source of irritation is what determines the type.

Degenerative joint disease, which is also known as osteoarthritis, is a result of the destruction of cartilage that protects the bones that make up a joint. This can result from normal stress on abnormal joints or abnormal stress on normal joints. For example, hip dysplasia, which is a malformation of the hip sockets, is a case of normal stress on abnormal joints. Examples of abnormal stress on normal joints include the stretching or tearing of ligaments during exercise, injuries, falls and accidents.

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Zara – Puppy of the Week Contest Winner

July 28, 2010
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Zara
Maltese / Chihuahua – Birthday: 4/1/10
Learn more about our Puppy of the Week Contest and see how you can win a free copy of our amazing eBook, Perfect Puppy Care.

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Bringing Up Puppy Series – The Worst Lab

July 26, 2010

So finally, we’re going to get some help for our stubborn little Hershey from a woman who loves to help people with their pets. Yay! We made an appointment with this Fairy Dog Mother (FDM) and she set up some ground rules: don’t hold the dog back when I come in and don’t [...]

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Locator Chips

July 22, 2010
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It’s getting a lot easier to track your dog at all times of day and night. Thanks to the invention of locator chips, which are also known as global positioning system (GPS) tracking chips, dogs that stray from your yard can be tracked and found if outfitted with one of these devices.
Locator chips differ from [...]

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Chopper – Puppy of the Week Contest Winner

July 21, 2010
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Chopper
Boxer – Birthday: 2/19/10
Learn more about our Puppy of the Week Contest and see how you can win a free copy of our amazing eBook, Perfect Puppy Care.

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Dog Year to Human Year Equivalency

July 20, 2010

One of the most common misconceptions about comparing a dog’s age to a human’s age is to take the dog’s age and multiply it by seven.
While dogs definitely do age a lot faster in one year than a human does, there really is not any one number that you can use to multiply the [...]

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Bringing Up Puppy Series – The Fairy Dog Mother

July 19, 2010
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Yes, Virginia, apparently there is a fairy dog mother and she’s going to help us with Hershey! My neighbor, who’s fretted over my troubles with this headstrong dog, passed on the name of her dog sitter to me. “She’s kind of a dog whisperer,” she told me. “She comes right to your [...]

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