Category: Tips & How Tos
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Maintaining a Dog-Free Garden
Whether you prefer growing roses or creating your own private pumpkin patch, cultivating a garden is no small undertaking. With all the weeding, bending over shrubs, watering and waiting for a highly anticipated payoff, gardening requires hours of work and dedication. If you are also a dog owner, this could pose a problem, since you…
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Backyard Barriers: Tools to Keep Good Dogs in and Bad Dogs Out
Whether your neighbor has a pesky Husky on the other side of the fence, or you have spotted coyotes prowling near your yard at night, even with physical barriers we can still feel vulnerable to intruders. Help fortify your boundaries with a few of these protective measures to keep the good dogs inside the yard,…
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How to Find Good Homes for Your Pet’s Litter
Your cat or dog recently gave birth, and though you are in love with each of the fur-babies you know you can’t keep them all. Instead of wanting to get all the right paperwork, and sell the puppies or kittens for a high price, you are more concerned about finding them good homes as soon…
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How to Stop Your Puppy From Crying At Night
Your new furry buddy is just a blast to be around all day, but the nights have started to pose a problem. Whenever you settle the small pooch in his cozy bed, he whimpers, whines and even howls for hours. This could be because he feels insecure, frightened, or is merely trying to settle into…
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Adopting a Second Cat
For some people, one cat would supply all entertainment and companionship they would ever want. But for others, once the feline love-bug has bitten, they can’t imagine stopping at just one cat! For those who are considering adopting a second kitty into the mix, here are a few tips on how to integrate kitty #2…
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How to Use Flea Shampoos
When it comes to defeating an insect infestation, you don’t want to take any chances! Some pet parents find that even after washing their pet with a generous dose of flea-killing shampoo, the little buggers just won’t go away. This may be because they are not washing the animal correctly, or they are forgetting some…
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How to Treat Hot Spots
Hot spots are an unpleasant side effect of diseases, infestations, topical infections, allergies and rashes, etc. They can be caused by a number of triggers that may be challenging to amend. Though we have discussed preventative measures that can be taken to protect animals from developing hot spots, how should pre-existing ones be treated? From…
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How to Prevent Hot Spots
Both cat and dogs suffer from bald patches when they scratch one area of their skin too often. Though there are many contributing factors to what causes hot spots, it is important for pet owners to learn how to help their pets avoid discomfort and pain by helping prevent the skin sores from developing. Like…
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Trouble In Paradise: When Your Cat Doesn’t Like Your Significant Other
Cats tend to live by their own rules, and when they don’t like something, it is obvious. This can be particularly demoralizing to budding relationships when the feline apparently doesn’t approve of the new boyfriend or girlfriend. When dogs dislike someone, they may sense something negative about the individual, or distrust them for some reason.…
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How to Keep Predatory Animals Away From Your Pet
Pet parents are understandably devastated when a predator attacks their pet. Whether it was a wily coyote, a watchful bird of prey, or a defensive venomous snake, there is always great remorse when a domestic pet is lost. Fortunately, with a little foresight and care, these kinds of traumatic events can be avoided. It is…