Pleasing 4 Pets

Dogs are very responsive creatures: they play with you, cuddle you and generally just want to please you. If you find this all a little too difficult to discipline them, remember you can say wonderful things to them in an angry tone and they will still get the picture.

That’s why you can sometimes insult a dog, but making it sound like you’re about to say ‘walkies’ will have them chasing their tail around the kitchen or reaching for their lead immediately.

Likewise, you can tell them ‘Benson! I love you!’ as though you’ve said ‘Benson! Get off the settee!’ and you can feel better for not telling them off, but knowing that they will listen to you.

It may take some practise not getting tongue tied, but Good Luck!

Getting a puppy is an exciting time for the whole family. You’ll have years and years with a beloved companion who will become one of the family.

There are plenty of considerations to make, and one of these is the breed of dog.

Here is a list of different typical characteristics of different breeds of dog. Make sure you have a think about this before you buying one ‘just because it’s cute’.

• Playful / disinterested in toys and games
• Friendly to other animals (including cats / intolerant of any ‘competition’
• Friendly with humans / reserved or maybe hostile with strangers
• Energetic and lively / cuddly and gentle
• Affectionate / aloof

Do your research and even talk to some dog breeders to see which breed would suit you and your family. Remember that some dogs – like beagles – require at least 3 walks a day, so make sure you have the time and energy to commit to getting a dog.

I dont know about you but i dont ever let my dog or cat on the sofa, i dont think that is very nice for my friends and family to come inti the house and sit where my pet has left its hair. On the other hand i do feel very guilty when i am sat on a comfortable sofa and my dog is sat in its awkwards looking uncomfortable dog basket.

I was looking for something that i thought would be more comfortable and came across bean bagsfor your pet. They look at a lot more comfortable than the basket he already has, they can come in a variety of sizes, colours and it is great place for your pet to rest and snuggle. They are made to make your pet feel like it is a nesting area which will prevent your pet from shedding fur elsewhere.

The bean bags are easy to move around so you can put them in the car or take on holiday. The other great thing is that you can take the cover off them and put it in the washing machine, they are very durable and long lasting. I think that both mty cat and dog would love one.

My best friend’s dog gets very excited every time he sees other animals on the T.V. He starts to jump, run around and bark for a good few minutes, he is not controllable. This does not happen normally when where in the park it just seems to be when they are on the TV? When we are in the park he will just stroll past other animals and not care that they are even there. When at home if he asleep and he hear’s the TV advert, he wakes up straight away and gets excited all over again

Adverts on the TV for whale watching holidays and the Eon animals in the office advert make him very excited and he keeps jumping up at the TV. It is a bit dangerous as the TV is only small and he keeps knocking it over. It’s getting to the point now where my friend has to be on guard for when the adverts come on and she has to switch it over straight away. They take turns in the family to who is on advert watch. The dog thinks this is great that he gets so much attention; I think it’s very cute when he gets like this.

Time has only told me the more someone wants to own a dog, the more I can really suggest that you think of all considerations before and particularly about which type of dog is best for you if you are certain. It’s simple to buy a dog, a puppy is easy to fall in love with and from that moment you hooked and stuck with it. After all, ‘a Dog is not just for Christmas’. But, if he’s playing tug of war with, sis’ favourite teddy, he has to be right on your pillow before he stops whining at night, he insists on eating everything in sight and refuses to eat his food until you’re out, and then decides that the Persian carpet would look better a soggy shade of brown, as well as getting car sickness and later just pure sickness all over dad’s slippers, he’s looking less and less cute as the moments go by. One small puppy equals a whole load of stress at least to start with. I’m not saying it won’t be worth, while. Just that it will be a while in the start. Say goodbye to any peace in the first week, it will be; we have to feed the dog before we go out, walk the dog before we do the housework, bath the dog before the family goes out and figure out what best to do with the dog before hitting the beaches. And not just that, the weather stops for no-one but a dog needs its exercise, so come rain or shine you have to be prepared to slog the fields, in award winning sludge and gales. Sometimes, it’s to our dismay that we realise a dog is a living thing and has needs much like we do. But he needs you and within time he becomes an embedded part of our lives, we learn to love to hate the little hassles in return for the heaps of love and affection they bring. But, not thinking can lead to an unhappy owners and unhappy doggies.

Retrievers a gun dogs, used for collecting game. These types of dogs are particularly well controlled, easily trained and willing to learn and to obey and these qualities have made the dog very popular as a pet and for assistance.

Retrievers are bred particularly with one characteristic in mind, being, soft mouthed, it is important for a retriever to bring back game in a reasonable form, as a hard mouthed dog may leave the game inedible, retrievers can carry the game without biting into it.

The most popular retriever is the Labrador which has a short, dense black or yellow coat. The dogs make good tempered pets and do good services in the community as police retrieval dogs and as guide dogs for the blind. Golden Retriever and the Flat- coated Retriever are black or liver. One has flat dense hair and the other is tightly curled like a poodle. The Chesapeake Bay Retriever also has a thick curly coat, that is slightly oily. The oil helps to make the dog waterproof and keeps it warm in the near-freezing water of the Bay when bringing home shot duck. Like the ducks it has webbed toes which help it swim.

As well as bringing enormous pleasure to people as companions and pets, dogs perform innumerable services for us. Certain breeds are so intelligent and trustworthy that they can be trained to guide blind people around obstacles and through city streets. They even disobey orders that might lead their owners into danger. As well, they can be trained to help the disabled with household chores.

Because dogs have a keener sense of smell and hearing than us, they can do certain tasks better than we can – tracking down lost people, stolen goods or the thieves that stole them. They can sniff out explosives or harmful drugs hidden in innocent looking containers, saving lives and hours of police work.

Many individuals have been saved from drowning by dogs who even if they cannot swim to the rescue will run to alert those who can. And where people have been buried in avalanches or earthquakes dogs will not only locate them, but help to dig them out also.

Scientists have also taken advantage of the dog. Thousands are used in research each year, the most famous of all being the dog who became the world’s first traveller in space yet sadly never came back.

Despite difference in their appearance, all dogs share the same body plan. Each animal has the same number of bones, and 42 sharp teeth for tearing meat. A dog walks on toes tipped with blunt claws. It’s outer coat keeps it dry and it’s undercoat keeps it warm – an overheated dog cools itself by panting because unlike us, it cannot sweat.

The important features that characterize a breed are the dog’s shape, its size and colour, type of ears and tail, and type of coat. Colours include blue (bluish grey), brindle (mixed dark and light hairs), merle (blue-grey streaked with black), roan (mixed white and coloured hairs), tan (warm pale brown), tricolour (patches of black, tan and white hairs) and wheaten (pale fawn).

From Chihuahua to Labrador, the parts of the dog are the same. Slim, long legged dogs are described as racy; compact, short bodied dogs as cobby. Heights are measured from the shoulder. There are six different types of ear; button, pricked, bat, semi-pricked, rose and pendant, the cutting off or cropping of ear flaps has been made illegal in Britain. Tail docking was recently common in certain breeds of dogs, there are five other types of tail, set high, carried upright, set low, feathered and curled.

Kennel Clubs in Europe classify dogs into particular groups. In Britain these are hound, Gundog, Terrier, Utility, Working and Toy.

The many breeds of terrier get their name from terra, the Latin word for earth. This is because most terriers were bred to dig rats, rabbits, foxes or badgers from their holes. Modern terriers come from two main groups: short legged terriers that could easily crawl inside big burrows and long legged terriers that could run fast and dig, but were too big to squeeze into a burrow.

One of the long legged breeds the wiry coated, black and tan Airedale is the largest. It is a capable hunter and is often used by the police and army, as is the smaller Irish Terrier. The Wire-haired Fox Terrier has a wiry, white coat with black or tan markings while the Smooth-haired Fox Terrier has a mainly white, flat coat. Kerry Blues have a soft, wavy coat.

Most Terriers are small, hardy British breeds with hard or even wiry hair. But they come in a variety of shapes. The Bedlington looks like a woolly lamb. The Cairn, West Highland White, Scottish Terrier and Norwich Terrier differ in colour but all have short legs, chunky bodies and erect ears and tails. The Border Terrier is a small tough breed with a broad head like an otter’s. And the Yorkshire Terrier is a tiny ‘toy’ breed.

Scent hounds tend to be strong and sturdy with broad noses. They can track prey by its scent for hours. When they reach their quarry, some attack it. Others simply trap it until the huntsman arrives.
Oldest of all scent hound breeds, the Bloodhound gets its name from its pure ‘blood’. The dogs are strongly built, with dropping ears and loose, wrinkled skin on the head. They are usually red, black and tan or liver and tan. Alone amongst the hounds they were bred specifically to hunt man but, although they can seek and find, they are too ‘soft’ to hold their victim and are rarely used by police.

The black and tan Coonhound looks like a Bloodhound but without the wrinkles. This strong hardy animal tracks opossums and racoons in its native North American and bays at them when they have taken refuge in a tree.

Webbed feet and woolly, waterproof undercoat help the shaggy coated Otterhound to hunt in water is big strong hound makes a fine retriever.

Rhodesian Ridgebacks are powerful hounds with a short yellowish or reddish coat. They get their name from the ridge of hair that runs down the middle of the back. Ridgebacks were first bred in Africa to guard against and hunt for lions.