A unique charity that offers employment to disabled, blind and partially sighted people to produce a range of cleaning and products is re-launching on the 1st of June their famous Dog Shampoo. The marketing manager of Clarity, David Sore, says that dogs are part of their everyday lives as Clarity, and at any one time there can be 6 or 7 guide dogs there with their owners. He added that Read More ...
Mikki, the experts in grooming, training and healthcare are launching a grooming video on YouTube to promote the many benefits of your pet having a proper grooming routine. Aimed at pet owners on the UK, this is the first in a set of videos about pet grooming that Mikki are launching. It can be viewed below: Alison Rogers, a professional groomer who has won many awards and endorses the Mikki Read More ...
Gocompare.com has found that one in four of the UK dog population are home alone while their owners are busy at work. And overworked dog owners are often too busy to offer their pet attention upon their return from the office; as many as half of dog owners surveyed admit to setting their pets out into the garden of an evening rather than taking them out for a good walk Read More ...
The sense of touch is very important for dogs because they are built on social contacts and emotional bonds with other dogs and people. By touching dogs can be measured to worry – the pulse goes slow and their breathing regulates. Vibrissae are the whiskers and they are not as pronounced in the dog as in the domestic cat. They have two different types of receptors in the skin – Read More ...
The origin of the Shepherd breeds were developed as working dogs by shepherds and these dogs were often were often white so that they could see the difference between their dogs and predators in the darkness. The requirement was a dog that had the characteristics of weather resistance, reliable, and resilient in every way and so over time they developed an essentially uniformly assessed docile herding dog whose quiet and Read More ...
The medium-sized barbet is one of the oldest European water dogs, and possibly the precursor of the poodle. In the sixth century, its ancestors were brought by Muslims to Spain and Portugal, where the dog breed spread rapidly throughout Europe. From an early date the Portuguese water dog as a breed is mention in documents in Portugal with characteristics of the barbet breed. This water dog is found in the Read More ...
The Berger Picard reached France with the Celts around 800 in Picardy and the last two world wars saw the dog population decimated and from this great loss this dog breed has not fully recovered, however this dog breed of today is showing a very high breeding potential, something that was lost after the world wars. The Berger de Picardie is up to 65 cm tall, approximately 32-pound in weight Read More ...
