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    • 25th October 2006

    Sacred Paws 1 reply

    Sacred Paws, is a great site. Please check it out! Oh, the blog is here.

    The blog has been silent for awhile but it’s back and in fine form. This site and blog have a wealth of information.

    “Sacred Paws was founded by Jennifer Albertin in order to bring energy therapy to an often overlooked group of individuals, our Animal Companions.

    Whether furred, feathered or scaled, our pets are an integral part of our existence. We humans have brought an immeasureable number of animals into our inner circle of companionship. We have a long history of welcoming all manner of animals into our lives, and yet we sometimes forget that they experience stress, sorrow, pain and discomfort, just as we do. They are there for us twenty four hours a day, seven days a week and they instinctively know how to take care of us on an energetic level.

    Sacred Paws, specializing in Animal Communcation, Therapeutic Touch™ and Reiki, gives you the opportunity to do the same for them.”

    20th October 2006

    DogsRule: Holiday Safety 1 reply

    Dawn Arkin has written an excellent article about holiday safety for your dog. Please heed her advice.

    The holidays are a time of family, friends and fun. Regardless of your beliefs, the holidays are a special time of the year. But parties, family get-together, and unexpected guests can bring both fun and stress. Not only for your family, but for your four legged friends as well.

    With the excitement of seeing old friends and planning activities, it’s easy to lose track of the dangers lurking in holiday decorations and foods for your furry friends.

    Foods

    The holidays are a time for food. But remember some foods are dangerous for your pets. Turkey and chicken bones can splinter when chewed, (more…)

    19th October 2006

    DogsRule: Why Do Dogs… Part 2

    Q: When dogs yawn, are they sleepy or bored?

    A: Neither, really. Think of yawning as a kind of switching gears. A yawn increases the flow of oxygen and boosts the heart rate - actions that give the brain a good goosing. A yawn can prepare the body for action - as in the yawning of a keynote speaker waiting for her introduction or a quarterback waiting to get back onto the field. Yawning can also be a way to relax.

    Dogs yawn both to charge themselves up and to calm themselves down. It depends on the situation. If you go to a canine agility competition, you’ll often spot dogs yawning at the starting line while waiting for the signal to explode across the line to the first obstacle. They’re ready to run, and the yawn expresses that stress and excitement. In the waiting room of a veterinary hospital, you’ll often see dogs yawning, too - a sure sign that they’re stressed and trying to calm themselves.

    In training classes, dog will often yawn - and owners will often interpret this as a sign that the dog is bored. Not so. The dog who’s yawning in obedience class is more likely stressed than bored, either from nervousness or from wanting to please you but not yet understanding how.

    Just as in humans, yawning can be contagious in dogs. If you catch your dog’s attention and yawn, you may well get a yawn back. Some experienced dog handlers actually use this to their advantage, encouraging their dogs to yawn as a way to get them either focused or relaxed.

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    Dr. Marty Becker is the resident veterinarian on “Good Morning America.” Gina Spadafori is a syndicated pet columnist.

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    © 2006 Dr. Marty Becker and Gina Spadafori

    Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.

    18th October 2006

    DogsRule: Fun Dog Fact

    Why do dogs…?

    By Dr. Marty Becker and Gina Spadifori

    (MCT)

    Q: Why do dogs hate it when you blow in their face but love to hang their heads out of the car window?

    A: To a dog, the sensations of the wind sweeping by at 40 miles per hour and some two-legged primate blowing the smells of last night’s dinner in the direction of her hyper-sensitive nose are not even remotely in the same category.

    Compare your breath, even at its nicest, to the glorious smell-o-rama that is available to the dog who sticks her nose out the window of a moving car. For comparison, you might consider it the canine equivalent of our looking out the window of a high-speed train dashing through the loveliest part of the French countryside. While blowing in her face … well … that’s like looking out a window into an air shaft with some trash cans at the bottom.

    The rush of all kinds of scents is irresistible to an animal whose sense of smell is as complex and advanced as the dog. When we drive down the street, our puny noses can barely tell where the coffee shop is, and maybe the bakery. But our dogs can decode so much more from the air passing by when they’re riding in a car, and the experience is surely pleasurable. That’s why the characteristic expression of a dog with her head out the window is one of concentration and bliss - her mouth swept into a doggy grin that’s better to get those scents to her nose and also to another scent organ, called the vomeronasal or Jacobsen’s organ, in the roof of the mouth. The more smells, the merrier, in the opinion of our dogs.

    Dr. Marty Becker is the resident veterinarian on “Good Morning America.” Gina Spadafori is a syndicated pet columnist.

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    © 2006 Dr. Marty Becker and Gina Spadafori

    Distributed by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services.

    DogsRule: Adopt a Dog

    My corgi, Tillie, is adopted. I couldn’t love her anymore than I do. She is a wonderful girl. I found this article on Why You Should Adopt A Dog and found it quite interesting. Hope you do too.

    Why You Should Adopt A Dog
    By Kadence Buchanan

    Dog adoption is made easy through the countless animal welfare organizations and animal shelters existing in every city across the United States. With literally thousands of adoptable dogs listed, a prospective dog owner can select to adopt a dog that needs a wonderful family to go to and be loved. In fact, when you search through these shelters and find a puppy, you are doing a great service to the community and to the local dog rescue or animal shelter that you went for your dog, cat, kitten, or puppy adoption. Thus, you should not hesitate! (more…)

    17th October 2006

    We are back

    Technorati Profile

    I’m back and ready to get on with it! This blog has been sitting here for too long and it will no longer be ignored! The first new thing is Technorati. You will be able to bookmark this as a favorite there.

    More tomorrow.