Protect your pets from the pound

Written by Donald Lee


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Pour attention and love on your pet. Why even bother having a pet if you don’t plan to give it affection? That’srepparttar whole point of keeping a critter around, right? So when your little guy (or girl) greets you atrepparttar 148409 door after work, or wants to snuggle in your lap in front ofrepparttar 148410 TV, don’t push them away. Award them for their faithfulness.

Groom your pet. Grooming counts toward that love and attention requirement, but it also is necessary forrepparttar 148411 animal’s health as well. Depending on your type of animal, grooming could involve a bath,repparttar 148412 occasional haircut, regular hair brushing, tooth exams, and paw inspection.

Hop, skip, and a jump. Animals love exercise. Whether they’re normally cooped up in a cage, an apartment, or, well, a coop, be sure to free them from these confines as often as possible. Dogs don’t just like to take walks to go potty. Cats don’t like to tear up and down furniture just to shred it. They have energy to burn, and will be better off for it.

Teach your pet proper bathroom etiquette. Speaking of going potty, it is essential to train your pet atrepparttar 148413 earliest possible age to do so properly. Of course, this doesn’t mean training them to put downrepparttar 148414 lid when they’re done (although supposedly rabbits can be taught to do so!). But it does mean getting a cat to use a kitty litter box, for instance, or a dog to wait until it’s outside. If you don’t know how to train them, learn before you own them. Ask your parents or friends, read a book, visit a chat room, or talk withrepparttar 148415 vet.

Consider a proper place of higher learning. When training becomes an issue, whether it’s for potty training or how-not-to-chew-up-your-shoes training, consider obedience school. It is not a mark of shame for either you or your pet. In fact, it may be just what your fur ball needs to liverepparttar 148416 happiest, safest, and healthiest life possible.

To put it bluntly, if you can’t follow these rules, you shouldn’t own a pet. Buy a plant instead. However, if you’re up torepparttar 148417 task—and really, most people are—your rewards will be immense. For a little bit of responsibility, time, and money on your part, you and your family will get a lifetime of love and unconditional adoration.

Donald Lee is the public relations manager for Buysellcommunity.com. Buysellcommunity provides free classified listing services for individuals and businesses to market their products and services online. Buy, Sell and trade: auto, computers, household items, real estate, pets and much more. http://www.buysellcommunity.com Free Buy & Sell Classifieds


Dog Vomiting? Help your dog now

Written by Chris Suckow, DVM


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• Undigested food-1.food poisoning 2. Anxiety, 3.simply overeating

• Strong odor-intestinal obstruction.

If no vomiting occurs in 24 hours, then you can try and give some ice cubes followed by water. If no vomiting occurs, then give a small amount of a bland diet. Ifrepparttar dog continues to vomit, call your veterinarian.

What to do for dog vomiting

1.withholding food for 24 hours.

2. Feed a bland diet, consisting of 2/3 rice, sweet potato and oatmeal and 1/3 ofrepparttar 148382 meal should be well cooked non-fatty meats like chicken.

3. Feed only 1/2 ofrepparttar 148383 normal amount of food at a time. Even better, feed several small meals untilrepparttar 148384 vomiting has subsided.

Dr. Suckow currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. His website http://www.free-online-veterinarian-advice.com has lost of free pet health information for you. Also you can ask a question at http://www.free-online-veterinarian-advice.com/askavet.html


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