Category: Tips & How Tos

  • The FURminator - pet brush

    The “FURminator” De-Shedding Tool: Does it work?

    We have all experienced that wits-end moment with our animals when we just can’t seem to kick the pet hair issue. Tufts of fur seem to appear everywhere, from floor corners, to chairs, car seats, and bed spreads. Nothing is worse than sitting on the couch in your new work pants, and standing up to…

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  • How to Train Your Dog to “Heel”

    Is your arm sore from yanking your lunging Labrador back with the leash? Many pet parents experience great frustration and dread when it comes to taking their pooch out for the daily stroll. Dog-heeling training can be exhausting when you compile house breaking, obedience and skill training and crate training all at the same time.…

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    Adopting an Abused Dog – Guide to Interaction

    Integrating a new dog is always a difficult challenge, as you try to set up boundaries and establish love and respect in the home. This process is intensified if the adopted dog was abused by the previous owner. Even doing something as basic as petting your dog or summoning him can be translated as a…

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  • How to Create Home-Made Enzymatic Cleaning Products

    Cleaning dog’s pee-puddle or your kitty’s accident on the living room floor does not have to be a traumatic process.  We have addressed how to remove urine stains with home products, and a recent blog on described how enzymatic cleaners work to literally devour the nasty small of waste.  But for those who want to be resourceful and…

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    How to Kill the Cat Urine Odor with Enzymes

    Most people know how awful “cat smell” can be. The rancid odor of litterboxes and feline urine are not only reserved for the houses of crazy cat ladies; unfortunately every cat-owner is familiar with and loathes the smell. Cat urine has a pungent stench for many reasons, whether it is feline kidney disease, digestive issues,…

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  • What To Do When Your Cat Runs Away

    Unlike dogs, there are usually several different “kinds” of runaway cats: the lost/escaped indoor-only cat, or the lost/escaped cats who have regular access to the outdoors. Cats are less likely to get lost as they are to hide if they are in an unfamiliar area (such as out on a picnic, camping trip, or visiting…

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  • Practical Uses for Pet Hair

    After brushing our pet’s coat, it rarely occurs to us to save the fluffy piles of loose fur. For pet-owners that do not own hypoallergenic pets, most of the time we are running around trying to rid our clothes, furniture, and floor of the fur piles. For allergy-sufferers who own pets the idea of hoarding…

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  • How to Choose the Right Daycare Service

    Before leaving your precious pooch in the arms of a stranger, it is important to considered the Pros & Cons of Doggy Daycares, and review a list of questions to ask the care service provider. Upstanding Doggie Daycare companies will welcome your inquisitiveness with transparency and patience, having a sincere desire to set your worries…

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  • 5 Pros & Cons About Doggy Daycare

    Adoring pet parents who work long shifts, or have to travel for their jobs often try to find a means of helpful support for the pups kept at home. Instead of leaving their pet pals to fend for themselves (and potentially destroy the house) when they are gone, many caring parents have considered bringing their…

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  • Separation Anxiety In Dogs: Remedies and Solutions

    It is natural for your dog to miss you when you are gone, or to even howl with remorse whenever you leave the house. However, as with all conditions, there is a clear distinction between natural loneliness, and what may be full-blown dog depression or anxiety. One important note to remember is that your dog…

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