Essential Winter Gear for Comfortable Dog Walking Winter walks with your dog can be an enjoyable and invigorating experience if you’re dressed for the weather. As the saying goes, “There’s no such thing as bad weather, only unsuitable clothing.” With key investments in the right gear, you can stay warm, dry, and comfortable no matter…
Dog Care Tips
Pet Insurance and Your Dog
What is Pet Insurance For? The main purpose of pet health insurance is to protect you from the catastrophic veterinary bills that could result from your pet being seriously injured or getting a severe illness. Insurance can cost over £1,000 to x-ray a fracture if your dog is hit by a car – that does…
Keeping the Dog Entertained While they are home alone
Unfortunately, in this day and age, it is essential for many of us to have to go out to work and leave a dog alone that has to amuse and entertain themselves. This has to be carefully managed not to cause psychological problems for him, such as extreme boredom. Boredom, in turn, can cause problems…
Kennel Cough – how kennel cough spreads
Although kennel cough is a relatively unserious condition that doesn’t mean that it should be ignored, in healthy dogs kennel cough often clears up itself, but you should still keep an eye on your pet to make sure that the condition isn’t getting worse. As the name suggests, kennel cough is a cough your dog…
Kennel Cough Remedies
Some Natural Ways to Help Kennel Cough If you think your dog has developed kennel cough, you should take him to your vet, who may decide that a course of antibiotics is an appropriate line of treatment. Tell them before you go as kennel cough is very contagious, and they may not want you in…
Kennel Cough
Kennel Cough in Dogs Kennel cough can rear its head at any time of the year and is very infectious. Outbreaks can occur when dogs are in close proximity to one another, such as kennels, dog shows and parks. Kennel Cough,the common name that is given to infectious Canine Tracheobronchitis or Bordatella, is a very…
Training Rewards for Dogs
Training Rewards We all know that it has been scientifically proven that the outdated idea of punishment training for dogs is not only desirable – it simply doesn’t work! Positive training, with appropriate rewards, is much more effective and less likely to stress the dog and you! So what can you use as a dog…
Leads and Harnesses
Choosing the Best Lead and Harness for Your Dog: A Friendly Guide Walking our dogs is one of life’s simplest joys. Still, it can come with challenges—especially in urban environments where open spaces are limited and restrictions in parks, beaches, or public areas are increasing. While letting dogs run free is undeniably the most natural…