2) Your choice of grooming products was reason of his constant itching.

Commercial pet shampoos contains many toxic and destructive chemicals such as foaming agents sodium laureth sulphate and cocamide betaine. These strong chemical de-greasers strip hair of up to 4/5 of its natural oils and eventually produce sore, dry scalp/skin conditions and irritate eyes.

3)You lead him to degenerative diseases that put him in that cold, stainless steel table wondering: "What's next?"

If you would have considered holistic pet care, for your furry friend, you could have been able to treat conditions even before symptoms showed up and maintain your pet in balanced wellness avoiding him unnecessary pain, because holistic is not something metaphysical as many people may think, it simply means treating body as a whole.

You don't have to kill your dog (or cat), you have a choice: PREVENTION- that is GREATEST act of kindness. It's never too late to start taking good care of your pet, remember, we're talking about one who's proud to be seen with you even if you're ugly, one who stays by your bed when you're sick, one who in event of inverted positions, would not hesitate to take good care of you. Start now!

A proficient horseman at work should be cool, calm and collected, three essential qualities to maximize productivity of a training session as well as create an all-around positive aura over human-horse interactions. Keep in mind that you are horse's leader, and as such horse will take his cues from you. If you are agitated horse will recognize something is wrong and either feel you are angry with him or you are annoyed with something else he cannot detect but probably should be also be concerned about. The horse will not be able to focus on lesson or your requests well at all, nor will he be able to draw strength from you when he becomes concerned about a foreign object or behavioral request.

It is essential that you try not to visit or work with your horse when you are in a negative frame of mind since these undesirable emotions will disturb your equine partner. Try to take a few minutes, or even hours if necessary, to collect your emotions and clear your mind of life's daily irritants.

When we see a loved one is feeling down, it often puts a damper on our day too since negativity tends to breed negativity. The same will happen with your horse, so do not underestimate your horse's ability to detect your feelings.

Jeffrey Rolo, owner of AlphaHorse and an experienced horse trainer and breeder, is the author of the above article. You will find many other informational articles dealing with horse training and care as well as games and other horse fun on his website: http://www.alphahorse.com.