Encouraging good behaviour in a dog starts at the earliest opportunity and requires calm handling and consistency. However, you may have inherited an older dog or a rescue dog which has some persistent bad habits already and which may be a quite hard to break. Begging at the dinner table requires all members of the family to not be seduced by big eyes and encouraging yelps into giving scraps at [ Read More ]
Guinea pigs are gentle creatures with a lively curiosity. As they are sociable animals, they need to live with at least one other guinea pig. They can be kept indoors or outdoors though if they are kept outside you will need to locate their hutch in a sheltered part of the garden, away from draughts. They do like to keep active by running around so it is good to put [ Read More ]
Most people will be able to recognise the muscular, lean Siamese cat with its distinctive triangular- shaped face and its soft, thick, cream-coloured fur. It’s a very “vocal” cat with a distinctive meow and an array of other sounds with which to communicate to its beloved owner. Siamese cats do not require a special diet, nor any special grooming and do not suffer from any particular health problems which is [ Read More ]
You may be a considerate, caring dog owner ensuring that your beloved pet receives a good balanced diet, has somewhere warm to sleep and is taken on a daily walk. However, people’s circumstances can change, sometimes temporarily or sometimes for the long term. It could be that work takes you further afield and you can no longer check up on your dog at lunchtime or maybe you need to spend [ Read More ]
Everyone knows that cats can be very particular. While some may yearn for pampering and luxury, there are some cats around which choose very strange places in which to sleep, like the kitchen sink or the laundry basket! However, if you wish to treat your cat and buy him a bed, then you will find that there’s plenty of choice in the big pet stores. The more traditional circular bed [ Read More ]
Pet trade is one of the most lucrative business opportunities you can engage in the modern times. This is as a result of the increased demand for pets among many people. In the past people did not find it worth to have expensive pets in their homes, but this notion has changed. It is possible to find people with some very many pets that are very expensive in their homes. [ Read More ]