Category: Tips & How Tos
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How to Stop Dogs From Urinating on Plants
Part of the way dogs establish their presence is by marking their territory. For most pet owners, this practice occurs outside on neighbor’s lawns or on their daily walks. Rarely does this function become a problem for a pet owner, when the dog is well trained and past the puppy (accident-prone) stage. However dogs tend…
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How to Make Homemade Air Fresheners
In many ways our pets rule the roost of whatever home they live in, Whether the smell is caused by wet pet coats, dirty paws, or poo-poo accidents, most pet-owners are willing to put up with quite a lot for the love of a pet. Nevertheless, we still find ourselves looking for some sweet-smelling fragrances…
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How To Tell If Your Pet Is Your Therapist
Let’s go through a little logical exercise, shall we? Dogs are considered man’s best friend. Best friends (real best friends —not the people you hang out with casually in bars) are good listeners. Dogs and cats are both good listeners. Nearly 90% of a therapist’s job is listening. Therefore it is not that big of…
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Necessary Cleaning Supplies for Pet Owners
Cats make messes discretely, while dogs can just haul off and leave a soiled wake of destruction in their paths. The first line of defense in keeping your house clean is to stock-up on supplies. If you have been a pet owner for a long time, you can sympathize with how important having the proper…
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How to Tell If Your Cat is Fat
We will let you in on a little secret: most pet owners have NO CLUE that their cat is fat. You would not believe how many people just give their kitty whatever kind of pet food they want, in whatever portion size they see fit, whatever time of day. But if the cat is licking…
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Great Ways to Get Rid of Pet Hair
When you are the happy owner of several cats or dogs (or maybe just one long-haired breed) it sometimes seems as if there is pet hair everywhere. From the carpets, to your shoes, chairs, rugs, upholstery, even collecting in dust bunny colonies under the kitchen table; how does one get ahead? Fortunately, instead of being…
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Tips For Keeping Your House Clean With Pets
When you are a busy individual with time allotted for specific activities, it can be disheartening to spend hours scrubbing the floor or fluffing the couch, only to have your pet bring it to swift ruin. House cleaning takes a serious turn for the worse whenever muddy paws come into play; and for those of…
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Hurricane Preparedness for Pet Owners
Last week’s horrendous hurricane disaster that left hundreds of homes flooded in South Carolina, has challenged us to look carefully at our own disaster-preparedness. Not every state faces the same natural disaster threats; California is quake-prone, Oklahoma has “Tornado Alley,” and the Southern states can suffer from devastating tropical hurricanes. If you and your pet…
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Dog Park Rules and Etiquette
Whoever invented the idea of a dog park must not have considered just how potentially INSANE such a place could be. Dogs are surrounded by dozens of strangers, other pooches, and given the space to romp and roam as they please? With all the predatory drift, alpha male dominance, and rambunctious young pups, it seems…
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Indestructible Dog Toys
All right, no dog toy is completely indestructible. But some of them are so hardy that even the most persistent chewers will be engaged for days and days trying to tear them to shreds. From the time puppies are born until their young adult years, they have a strong desire to chew, bite, gnaw on…