Rare is the dog who doesn’t take his sweet time deciding where to relieve himself, and this goes double if you’re in a hurry and the weather is lousy. And rare is the dog owner who hasn’t pondered their pup’s peculiar potty time proclivities. So let’s ask “Why Does My Dog …” Why does my …
Black Russian Terrier Part 1 | Part 2 After World War I, the Russian Military Council directed that dogs should be bred and trained by all branches of their military. The dogs were to be used for a variety of military purposes, such as guard dogs, mine detectors, and messengers.Many of their military dogs were …
Black Russian Terrier Part 1 | Part 2 At our front desk a few of our great customers have seen and asked about our family dog, “Charli”. Charli is a Black Russian Terrier (BRT) and I want to answer as many questions as I can so I decided to write about the BRT in two …
The ‘Timmy’s in the Well’ study of dog-for-human empathy when it comes to dogs and humans, a 2018 study suggests that not only are they empathetic, but some dogs rush to the rescue when they believe their human is in distress. The goal of the study — named for the little boy in the long-ago …
The thought processes and emotional lives of our canine companions is a huge area of research these days, and a question that keeps popping up and for which there’s currently no answer is, “Do dogs hold grudges?” As Marc Bekoff, Ph.D., professor emeritus of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of Colorado Boulder writes …
Brian was a tough paratrooper. He trained hard for his deployment with the British Army during . During his training, he learned how to identify minefields. Then, on the battlefield, he protected his comrades-in-arms — though not all of them made it back. On D-Day, he parachuted under heavy anti-aircraft fire onto the Continent. He …
June 6th D Day – The Day the Hero’s of the World Stepped Up – Including Brian Read More »
Dogs have long been considered man’s best friend, but not everyone makes the choice to own a canine. Swedish and British researchers recently conducted a study at Uppsala University that examined why some people are more likely to own a dog than others. They found a link between a person’s genes and their decision to get …
We love our Dogs, but there are those times that other neighborhood dogs wander up and down the street because no one is really paying attention to them, well those dogs we may not love so much as they come and do their daily routines in our yards or disrupt our dogs leisurely stroll. Well …
While cats are known to be independent creatures, they do require a lot of care to meet their health and well being needs. Choosing a litter with special formulas or ingredients is necessary to ensure cats maintain a healthy body through regular elimination in their boxes. Similar to the need to change pet food formulas …
