We understand working dogs as being dogs who help people in their work, as it were “working” dogs. Today the best known are probably police dogs and dogs in service authorities. Here, they are used to search for traces, to detect drugs, explosives and people (missing children, vulnerable persons, escaped suspects or convicts), and dead bodies, but also on the patrol as a weapon and to guard people. Some breeds Read More ...
It’s that time of year again, winter has arrived and we are all pulling our wooly jumpers out from the back of the wardrobe and turning the central heating back on to prepare for the big freeze. However, whilst we are making sure we don’t catch a cold, we shouldn’t forget about man’s best friend – our dogs. While most responsible pet owners will make sure their pets are warm Read More ...
There is a reason why there are hundreds of manufacturers that make dog food for your pet to eat, because there are some human foods that dogs should never touch. Despite the fact that your canine is likely to eat anything that you sneak them under the table there are a few foods that they should never receive no matter how hard their face says otherwise. The following is a Read More ...
Your aging dog may not be as eager to chase that tennis ball or as quick to get up out of his doggy bed as he used to be, but there’s no doubt that he’s just as loving and loyal as he was in his puppy days. As caring pet owners, it’s hard to watch your sweet pooch slow down as he enters his golden years, but luckily there are Read More ...
It is a dog’s natural instinct to want a chew things, and the fact that they have very sharp teeth and a strong jaw means that their chewing can cause quite a lot of damage to items in the home. It is important to stop your dog chewing on items that you treasure and to provide them something else to chew on, and this is why many good pet stores Read More ...
Dierenvilla Petcare UK has been selling parrot and bird cages since 2002 as an online shop that offers speciality pet products. Now it has announced that it will also offer indoor dog kennels and Rattan dog cages using the name ‘Rattan dog Cage Company’. In addition, the company is able to offer a large range of products for pets including the kennels and dog cages which can now be purchased Read More ...
Dogs have taste buds on the papillae of the tongue, but also on the palate and at the entrance of the oesophagus. Overall, the domestic dog has more than 1,700 of these taste buds (man has 9000). In order to be able to perceive taste, molecules have to be resolved in the saliva, which is why dogs have about four pairs of salivary glands. There are two types of saliva Read More ...
