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Top SIX Invaluable Life Lessons Kids Learn From Dogs

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Pets are not only lovable companions but also life gurus who teach invaluable lessons about being a good human being. Children can learn a lot from dogs as they help them learn good things and inculcate values in their life. These life lessons make children grow into great human being. Let us treasure out these essential lessons here and help our kids learn important things about life.  Trust It is quite difficult to earn trust in a relationship. Seeing you build trust with your dog helps your child to learn the importance of trust. As dogs are amazing trusted animals, they can teach about trustful and fulfilling relationships throughout life. Respect As the famous quote goes – Give respect and take respect, showing respect towards your furry pals, will help your child to learn to respect other people. Children should learn to respect others – whether it is their four-legged animals or a sibling. Not hurting them, not disturbing them while they are eating or sleep...

3 Ingenious Ways to Train your New Puppy

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When you own a new puppy it is one of the most memorable days of your life. You would want to shower him with kisses and love them unconditionally by cuddling them. But they are also prone to naughty behaviors like chewing up and biting with extra sharp puppy teeth. No matter how cute they seem it is very important to select a private trainer or teach your puppy basic training with the help of a book. Basic obedience is very important for a new pup. Let us look at some of ingenious ways to train your new puppy .   Train your puppy to learn ‘Drop it’ command Puppies have the habit of picking anything and everything off the ground which includes kids, shoes, toys, old nasty food from the sidewalks and wrappers. If you teach your little pup ‘drop it’ command it will protect them from ingesting some potentially harmful things. You can commence the training by displaying their toys. Have them on a leash so that you can enough control over them and then hand them a toy. Once it is...

4 Ingenious Ways to Teach Children Proper Pet Care

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Surround your children with animals, for they are the teachers with purity of heart. According to Gail F. Melson, PhD, professor Surround your children with animals, for they are the teachers with purity of heart, “It has been estimated that 4 out of 10 children in USA commence their family life with domestic animal and as many as 90% of all kids live with a pet at some point during their childhood.” This is a great statistic and proves that children love being around pets. But what happens when they promise to do anything to get a new pet and then back off when they come to know about the chores that they will have to follow in order to make it work with the pet? It has been observed that with the help of proper planning, parental involvement and open communication this challenge can be resolved and the lives of children along with pets can be made easier. Let us look at some of the pointers that will keep the children interested in pets long after pets are part of the big fam...

4 Popular Dog Restaurants in USA

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It is often said that healthy dogs are the best friends of human beings. But it is criminal of some food restaurants to disallow these lovely fellows from entering the restaurants. With times, this has changed and now we are seeing some restaurants that not only allow dogs to be there with their owners but also provide dog friendly food to them. This is a blessing in disguise for dog lovers. There are certain restaurants in US which are providing canine only menus especially for your pooch. Let us look at some of these restaurants in details: Besa Grill Located in Clearwater, Florida, this dog friendly restaurant offers K-9 beef meatballs with meat-flavored Bowser Beer for your canine. This novice restaurant has a Latin outlook combined with an American feel near Old Tampa Bay. It is one of the most popular dog places in USA where you can treat your canine with egg brunch bark bowls, meaty entrees, and non-alcoholic dog beer. Sea Glass This amazing restaurant is located ...

Now Dog Owners can Enjoy Outdoor Dining with their Dogs in New York

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WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. - In June 2015, the New York State Senate passed legislation that would enable restaurant patrons’ dogs to roam in the outdoor dining areas. The “Dining with Dogs” bill passed by the assembly would enable customers to get their pets into outdoor dining areas of the restaurant that wish to provide this service. But care should be taken by the restaurant that there will not be any contamination of food and tainted utensils or equipment. Dogs would be required to be leashed and any authority can choose not to allow pets in the outdoor dining areas. There are several restaurants in the USA that already allow dogs to accompany their pet-parents for outdoor meals. One of the prominent places include Bridge View Tavern in Sleepy Hollow, which plans to open a dog-friendly beer garden in a couple of month’s time. According to the owner of the place, Chris M. “Pet dogs are a regular feature, especially on weekends that are sunny and there has never been a problem with ...

Activyl For Cats- A Super Active Flea Treatment

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Are you parenting or fostering a cat? If yes, then the ongoing summers may be hitting hard on you as well as on your felines with the rising temperatures and the prevalence of flea infestations in this season. To avoid the various diseases like Flea allergy dermatitis and severe itching catching up your tabby, use of efficient flea treatment is a must. Today, there are several flea preventives helping the pet parents fighting these nasty parasites. Activyl for cats is one such flea preventive that could be trusted for its efficacy on removal of fleas. Manufactured by the house of Merck, Activyl is a spot-on treatment that manages to remove fleas from your feline’s skin easily. This flea preventive is tested safe for kitties older than 8 weeks. Activyl is termed as a unique treatment for it’s out of the box mode of action. But, how is it different from other treatments? How would it help your felines? Is it economically beneficial to use Activyl? Well, let’s find out ev...

6 Best Flea Tick Treatments for Pets for the Summer of 2015

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Do you want your pets to be free from flea and ticks this summer? Summers can be the worst time for your darling pooches and kitties with all the heat and the threat of parasitic infestation. Parasites like fleas, ticks and mosquitoes are found in abundance in this season as the heat and humidity help them to hatch faster. It is very necessary to pick the best flea & tick treatment for your canines and felines this season. There are many types of flea and tick treatments prevalent from many years like preventive collars, shampoos, dips, spot-on, and oral controls. The two most popular and recommended of these treatments are spot-on and oral flea preventives. Pet parents mostly prefer to use either of them to keep their pets safe from these multi-legged pests.  Treatments Available for dogs Available for cats Active Ingredients Application Kills Adult fleas Kills juvenile stages of fleas Ticks Repels parasites Fron...