Dog Food Company Makes Condiments

When looking up Paris topics for the HubLove contest at HubPages, I found this interesting article about how a dog food company in Paris has created this dog condiment. It's rather interesting. It looks and sounds better than the piss-poor dog food sauces that I've seen on the market today. I've tried the American made dog food toppings, and my dogs refused to eat their dog food.

This topping is supposed to be nutritional and dog approved.

You may want to check it out if you have a finicky eater or if you just want to ensure that your dog is getting all his vitamins and minerals.

The below link provides two links where you can purchase the dog food topping. It seems to be on average 8.99 per 14 ounce bottle.

Paris Dog Food Company Makes Condiments

What Dog Breeds Make The Best Pets?

Sorry, I've been away for a few days. I'm trying to keep up the blog thing, really, I am. I've been a little preoccupied with HubPages. They have introduced a new contest which started yesterday and will end on March 15th. If you want to participate the winner received $5,000 worth of electronics. Just click the link about and it'll take you to the home page to which you can sign up and join the fun.

But, with other news. I've created another hub about what dog breeds make the best pets. Honestly, they all do, but that doesn't mean that all dogs are for everyone. So, you may want to check it out HERE

Dog Tricks

Dog tricks are fun for you and your dog. There are so many tricks that you can teach your dog. Show them off for friends, too. Try teaching your dog wave and spin. Why stop there? Why not try teaching your dog to put up his toys and to say he's sorry?

Correcting Problem Behaviors

Dog problem behaviors can be rough to live with. Whether they be digging, chewing, barking, jumping, or any other nuissance behavior. You can untrain your dog of these problem behaviors as easy as you trained him. Yes, more than likely you unwillingly trained your dog to jump.

When you dog was a puppy, and he jumped on you, what did you do? More than likely, you pet him. Right? The you just rewarded the behavior. From that point on the dog associated jumping on you, or any other person as getting pet, so anytime he wanted your attention or to be petted, he would jump on you. But, now that the cute 10 pound puppy is no longer 10 pounds, but 60, what do you do?

Find ways to solve the problem behaviors. That's what you do. Once you have found the cause to the problem behavior, you can begin to fix it.

But, not all problem behaviors are as simple, as you'd think. Some behaviors are caused be some fear or emotion within the dog. Yes, dog's can be scared, too. Some dogs are scared of thunder and storms, whether it be because of the loud noise, the rain, or the change in barometic pressure. But, either way, you can fix... Well, unless it's the change in barometric pressure, otherwise, I have a few tips. Try drowning out the should with loud music or television. Occupy the dog during the storm. On a sunny day, play a recording of a thunder storm, slowly raising the volume, until the dog doesn't care.

In any sense, you CAN fix the problem behaviors that are ruining your lifestyle. In many cases may even be embarrassed of your dog's behaviors. Well, fix them. Don't hide or crate the dog, that's a quick fix, truly dig deep and fix the problems. It'll be worth it in the end.

Revolution for Dogs

Revolution is one of the better flea and tick preventatives on the market today. It can be purchased at your veterinarian's office, sometimes Petco, but always online. Various online petstores and discounts will sell Revolution.

Revolution comes in various sizes to include:

for puppies under 5 lbs PINK

5-10 lb dogs PURPLE

10-20 lb dogs BROWN

20-40 lb dogs RED

40-85 lb dogs TEAL

85-130 lb dogs PLUM

Revolution is a great preventative to keep fleas and ticks off your pets as they carry diseases and viruses that can harm your dog.

Pet Snakes

I'm a lover of snakes. Of all sizes, shapes, and colors. Now, don't get me wrong, I do have my preferences. I'm a huge fan of ball pythons of any morph, but again I like piebalds, mohaves, pastels, and of course the plain and simple standard ball python. I like red tail boas, California kingsnakes, and even the temperaments Emerald tree boa.

I find that as pets, snakes are very easy to care for. They only get fed a minimum of once a week. You can even go a month without feeding a snake, of course all depending on the size and species of the snake. You wouldn't wait a month in between feedings to feed a hatchling burmese python.

Fake Rock Instructional

Making Fake Rock is rather easy as long as you have the time and patients. It's a messy crafy, but seeing it in you reptile's enclosure makes it worth.

You can make the designs as elaborate or simple as you choose. You can make perches, ledges, hides, humid hides, rocks, backgrounds, and more!

I've made full backgrounds, regulare hides, humid hides, rocks, perches, and bridges for my leopard geckos, African fat tail geckos, and bearded dragons. I've made full backgrounds and partial backgrounds, as well.

It's all up to your creativity and imagination. But, don't worry if you think you're not the most creative or imaginative. It's a simple project. And you know the husbandry for you reptile, so have fun with it.

Dog Behavior Problems

Dogs aren't perfect. Not anywhere near it. Ha. Many dogs have common behavior problems like barking, digging, chewing, jumping, and mouthiness. To Stop Chewing and Digging you can try a variey of things, but you really need to understand why your dog is doing what he's doing. In many cases, boredom is the key. But, sometimes the dog maybe teething, mimicking you, or other reasons.

If you want to figure out Why Your Dog Digs, you should look at where he's digging to start. Is it everywhere? In one place? If in one place, where's that place?

Dog Breeds

Puppy Food

What is the best dog food for my puppy? is a great question to start off your new puppy's life. It means you truly care about what your dog intakes, versus just picking up the cheapest brand at the store. You should take into consideration the brand, is it a premium brand? The ingredients, is the first ingredient a protein, how many fillers are in the first five ingredients? And the size of the dog, is my dog going to be a small dog or a large dog?

I feed my dogs the best that I can. My dog's get Nutro Natural Choice. My 7 year old yorkie gets Small Bites, and my 4 month old APBT gets Large breed growth control.

More Training Thoughts

Ever have a dog that's scared of something? I mean, it's possible. I have a dog scared of thunder and another scared of water (well, unless it's in his water bowl). You can work with your Dog's Fears and Phobias. Just follow a method or two and get things going.

Untraining Your Dog's Behaviors can work when trying to stop an unwated behavior. You don't want you dog to bark nonstop for the rest of his and your life do you? That's like having a wife or husband that just won't shut up... I.E. an unhappy relationship. Well, there are a few things that you can try to stop the behaviors before you just can't take it anymore. Well, there are actually eight different methods of untraining that range from 'shoot the dog' to 'change the motivation.' There are four negative and four positive methods of untraining.

Don't Get Stuck

According to a recent article on yahoo news, a new Online Scam is in the midst... But, unfortunately it involves innocent people wanting to open their lives to a new puppy. You assume the puppy in the picture is the puppy you're going to get... Not all the time... The classifieds and online ads that float all around the interent are filled with puppies. Breeders getting the word out about a new litter of pups. You take the bait, and get screwed....

I will admit that I have searched for days on online classfieds and adds. Searched tons of breeders and looked through many photos. Luckily, I did not get caught in one of these scams. I received my pit bull puppy from a loving pet parent in Atlanta. His ad was different than most of the ones I had seen. Just listing that he had 11 puppies, 4 males and 7 females available, serious inquiries call xxx-xxx-xxxx or xxx-xxx-xxxx. I called. Met with him the day after, and brought home a gorgeous blue pit bull.

Some people aren't so lucky. Read the following article to hear a few stories... Find ways to protect yourself!

Online Puppy Scams

Training Your Dog

The oldest training method is the technique of punishment. But using Punishment as a Training Method you can encounter many problems and big concerns. Whereas, using Reinforcement Training, you come across fewer problems. Reinforcement training is the quickest and most effective way to train ANY dog.

When Training a Dog always think about the dog first. Configure your training method around the dog's personality. You do not want to be as forceful with a passive dog as you would with a more dominant dog.

Have fun when training your dog. It's a great bonding experience.

Digging Doggies

Many people have a problem of holes in their yard caused by their best friend. In some cases, holes are by the fence, in the garden, or just all over the yard. In any and all places, it can be a problem. It looks ugly. It can cause someone to trip, if not looking. Hole just are pleasant to have around the yard... First thing you should do is figure out Why Your Dog Digs. Then try to correct the problem...

Breeding Leopard Geckos

Breeding Leopard Geckos can be a fairly easy task if you have your mind set on it. But, at the same time there are a few factors that are involved when breeding. You MUST have an incubator, incubation medium, a male and female pair, and a lot of patients.

Growing Puppies

Everyone who gets a puppy want s the best for it. Yes? Well, I personally want my puppy to grow up into a big and strong adult. Healthy, too... I supplement her dry dog food, which is Nutro Natural Choice large breed puppy, with K9 Puppy Gold. She LOVES it. The other dogs try to eat her food as well, due to the K9 Puppy Gold, so it really does have a dog approved taste.

Dealing With the Loss of A Pet

As I have experienced lately, dealing with the loss of a pet can be a hard thing to undergo. There are many different emotions that are involved when grieving the loss of a pet, whether it be a dog, cat, bird, reptile, small animal, or fish. There are different steps to the grieving process, and there are different things to aid in the recovery.

Dealing With The Loss of A Pet

Moving and Have a Reptile?

Read the following article for a few suggestions about moving with a pet reptile.

Moving With Your Pet Reptile

Ball Pythons

Ball pythons are by far my favorite snake. They're very docile and reach a decent length- not too big or too small. But the one thing I absolutely HATE about ball pythons is their known reputation for being finicky eaters. Feeding Habits of Ball Pythons will give you some guidelines when it comes to feeding ball pythons. Some tidbits and experiences of my own and stories of experiences of others. Hopefully, by reading the article you will figure out why your snake isn't eating and what you can do for him.

Feeding Frozen is another good article about the frozen feeder rodents versus live feeder rodents. Now, I will go ahead and say that I feed live. Not by choice, but because my ball python won't eat frozen. Now, his last feeding, he grabbed and fully took a thawed mouse before I gave him a live small rat. That, to me, means he's ready to comply. I'm choosing to wait 3-4 weeks before feeding him again, so that he's good and hungry. Then I'll be attempting a thawed small rat.

Caring for The Two Most Popular Pet Reptile

I have two bearded dragons. After researching and begging for one for probably two years, I finally got a baby bearded dragon for my birthday one year. She was so small. I knew right away she need crickets and veggies. Many people don't know that...

Bearded Dragons join leopard geckos on the top kept reptile. Although the two vary in size and diet, they are both docile reptiles, which make great pets, especially beginner pets. But, sometimes their diet, isn't followed through correctly. I've heard people say that they've NEVER fed their bearded dragon veggies. WHAT? Not good. Well, reading Bearded Dragon Diet you can see the different produce items that you can feed bearded dragons as well as how much to feed them.

Leopard geckos are one of my favorite gecko species. They come in SO many morphs (colors), ranging from tangerine, yellow, albino, jungle, red eyes, black eyes, etc. There are so many possibilities out there for the Eublepharis macularius species.

On top of that, leopard geckos are one of the most owned reptile species due to their ease in captivity as well as their very docile temperaments. But, just because many people own leopard geckos, it doesn't necessarily mean they know how to properly take care of them. Here is a basic caresheet for Caring For Leopard Geckos.