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It's no coincidence that a dog is a man's best friend; they're more faithful than most other animals, and more faithful than many people.
Life With Dogs
Have you ever had one of those mornings where you spring from bed knowing something isn’t right? I had one this morning. You see every morning my wonderful hubby gets up at the crack of dawn (because that is when the doggie alarm clock tells him to get up). He makes a pot of coffee and takes the dogs out for their run.
By Janette Hamilton8 years ago in Petlife
Loving the Snow
My three year old dachshund, Zack, loves the snow! This wasn't always the case when he was younger. Early on he'd hop around getting used to the cold but soon figured out that he loved the taste and the cold on his tongue. He even likes ice cubes from the freezer! As much as he loves the snow, he hates the rain. The first time he was out and about and the snow turned to rain, he looked pissed! How dare his precious snow turn to rain! I couldn't put the umbrella up fast enough! Anyway, getting back to the snow, he'll try to eat the snow and even make a path from our front walk to the grass and sidewalk beyond. He'll push the snow around with his snout in a zig zag pattern wandering from place to place. He even tries to eat the snow as it's falling! Just like a kid trying to catch a snowflake on his tongue. My family laughs every time he ends up with snow on his snout. I'd say he almost loves winter more than any other season just because of the snow. And if there's a "big snow" he seems extra excited to get outside.
By Karen Hojnacki8 years ago in Petlife
How to Prevent Your New Puppy From Getting Parvo
So you’ve brought home your new puppy and have purchased all the usual necessities like food, toys, and bedding, but are you prepared to keep him safe from parvo? Unfortunately, every summer veterinary hospitals get hit hard with a huge onslaught of ill puppies with parvovirus, and it is anything but fun. Without intensive hospitalization and treatment, (often even with) these puppies are doomed to die within several days after the onset of symptoms. And it’s always the cute ones; though I suppose I have never met an ugly puppy.
By Erin Patterson, RVT8 years ago in Petlife
George, the Family Pet... More Like My Pet!
This is George, the family pet… he is more like my pet though. George is a full breed Pitbull and he is 3 years old. Our family has loved George since his mother Remy, she was also our dog, gave birth to him and his siblings. He got his name from his facial features. George looked like an old man in the face and would always sleep. My mother actually named him and it had become a family thing. Although, I am the one to name all of the dogs we have or get. However, I let my mother name him this time because she actually grew more attached to George than I did when he was born. George’s birthday is 3 days after mine and 4 days after my little brother's. So you can say that our house is full of Capricorns, haha. But anyway, back to the story, George is a one of kind, kind of dog. Although, he doesn’t always do what a regular dog would do, George tends to slug around and sleep, haha. He loves to ignore people, he only gives attention when he wants to go outside. George is also a very sneaky dog, haha. He climbs on couches and beds when no one is looking or around. He thinks he is slick but somebody is always watching him. Also, George doesn’t like to be watched when he is eating or drinking his water, I have no clue why, but it is funny.
By BeautyxPower Clothing8 years ago in Petlife
Finding a Lucky Penny
It was 2004. I was in the first half of the fifth grade and my sister in the second grade. I had been asking (begging) for my parents to get a dog for as long as I can remember. And one day, seemingly out of the blue, they casually mentioned that they were considering it. Now I don't quite remember how I reacted, whether it was stunned silence or screaming my head off, but I know I was excited beyond belief, and so was my sister. This was the first time we really had a chance at getting a dog.
By Celina Campbell8 years ago in Petlife
5 Careers for Aspiring Canines
Human beings and dogs have an incredible shared history of working together as a team to accomplish a singular goal. Even when the family pooch is just sniffing around the dinner table looking for fallen crumbs he’s providing a cleaning service, and of course, when snuggling on the couch, companionship. Dogs are very driven, determined animals and humans have been more than happy to let their four legged counterparts excel in their chosen fields. Canines can find a purpose for themselves in nearly any aspect of life and below are just a few of the excellent careers dogs can build for themselves.
By Laura DiNovis Berry8 years ago in Petlife
My Life with Penny
Hello, my name is Miranda and I want to write a story about my dog Penny. She was a Jack Russell Terrier. I loved her very much and I miss her every day. She was my life and love. She was my birthday present on October 23, 2009. My family made sure to find the right pet for me. Penny was seven at the time in dog years and had a loving couple as owners. I remember they wanted to meet me and a couple other people to be new potential owners. So we took a trip to finally meet Penny and when I first saw her she immediately came running to me with pure excitement. Then and there I knew that we would be a perfect match. So once a couple of days had passed her owners chose me to be her new owner. I was so happy and we went to go pick her up. When we got home I remember how she was curious to search our home and to see what was up. As the years passed she was my rock. We would play together, sleep together, and eat together.
By Miranda Lucas8 years ago in Petlife
Cocoa
Cocoa Mo is what I'd call her. She was so full of personality but I think a better way to describe her her would be to tell you the story of her life. On one nice sunny day my dad and his girlfriend Crystal at the time took me and my sister to what I thought was Crystal's friend's house. The most special thing in this house was her. The first day I met her we played for as long as my little legs could handle running back and forth in the backyard, with a cat. Throwing toys for her, taking her on a walk to the park, and enjoying her radiant presence. Little did I know this wasn't Crystal's friend's house really, my dad was looking to adopt Cocoa Mo! It was a bittersweet moment. As it was the beginning of my love and passion for her pit bull breed, it was also a heartbreaking end of the bond she had with her previous family. I felt terrible to know this family that loved her so much, was crying and waving at her as we took her home. What I was certain of though, was we would ensure her to be the most loved, taken care of, spoiled little girl. She was pretty scared at first, a new place, new people, she couldn't help but to poop (although she was potty trained) at the thought of her whole life changing. Dad was upset with her but he let it go because of the enormous events she had for the day. It took only but a few days for her to get comfortable. We lived in an apartment but my favorite part of the day way taking her to run in the church field next door. The way she'd sprint into the sticker bushes after the bunnies, the way she was so curious of everything that moved or made sound, the way she stalked her prey before they'd outrun her over the fence. She was so beautiful. I fell in love with her form, her smile after a few hours at the field, her warm snuggles I'd get the whole night after the field. All I wanted was for her to be happy and healthy. Unfortunately at the time, there weren't very many studies or information for consumers about dog food but we'll come back to that later. She has forever taken a spot in the hearts of me and my family. She was a Staffordshire bull terrier, beautiful fawn color with white socks, tummy, and face strap. We lived in the apartment until she was about four or five and she moved to her forever home on an eight acre farm in Corbett, OR. Her days were FILLED with her favorite hobby; stalking her prey. She had all the room she needed to run around and let her natural dog instincts come out. We'd always fill her food bowl but anytime she saw it was empty she through a huge fit, picking her metal bowl up in her mouth and slamming it all over the back room with her loud yelps of despair. When you'd fill it, most of the time she would look at it, see its full, and not even touch it. She'd definitely let you know when she needed to go outside too! She didn't care she just went out five minutes ago, she wanted out again and she would stop at nothing to make you let her out. She was like having a person around, she'd listen to you and you may think I'm cray for saying this but she would respond to you. She'd respond with facial expressions, whimpers, barks, a tail wag, or even snuggles. She was the most wonderful thing in my life for some time, when I felt everyone and everything was against me I knew she would always love me. As the years go on, my dad feeds her the same NutroNugget advanced formula he had fed her, her whole life. But, I start to notice differences. Her stomach is widening, she's getting small random bumps that don't go away under her skins, and she's not going outside as much anymore. I wish I had known when I was ten and first got her what I know now. It could have made her life even better. After some research I found out the truth behind dog food. It's a very sad and terrible reality for our best friends. The dog food companies don't care about our dogs. I found out that dog food was never meant to be in middle form like it is now. Back in the World War II days, they didn't want the dog food supply getting mixed up with the human food supply since they were both canned so the government made the dog food companies turn to putting the contents in bags. Who'd imagine animals weren't supposed to eat kibbles? (Sarcasm). Kibbles are filled with a bunch of grains and preservatives to make the shelf life last longer and kibbles are cheaper to make. Many words they use on the packaging are patented by large animal food companies to sound good but not hold up to what we would consider the wording to mean. Words "flavor," "dinner," "organic," and "grain-free." These are all patented words and a lot of the time the food only has to contain less than three percent of what they claim to be. These marketing scams caused the drastic ending for my best friend. Years of feeding your pet these things causes many health problems, one of which being cancer.. As I mentioned before Cocoa started getting lumps in her last years of life, we were told by vets that they were nothing and they were normal and would go away. They didn't go away a year or two later, they got worse. They ended up getting so bad her neck was double the size and she was having trouble breathing. In her last few days the lumps grew and grew noticeably bigger. She was so miserable my dad thought she'd be happier being put down in the backyard. The very next night my dad took her out back and buried her in the ground of her favorite place on Earth, at home. I will never forget my first best friend, Cocoa.
By darian bentz8 years ago in Petlife
Porn Dogs? Disturbing Video Trend Online Raises Animal Abuse to a Sickening New Level
Dog lovers often turn to the web for their daily fill of videos showing cute puppies, funny dog behavior, clips of dogs acting surprisingly human and, unfortunately, stories of abandoned dogs with (hopefully) a last chance for adoption by a caring human.
By Reid Moore8 years ago in Petlife
