Best Pet Care

Archive for December, 2010

All like to play with their dogs, weather it is inside the house or outside, apart from this, it is an entertaining activity for you and your dog and also keeps away from getting bored, moreover it also keeps your dog healthy and physically fit.

If you are playing regularly with your dog, this fill build mutual understanding between you and your dog, respect, loyalty and communication which will remain forever. Games are the fun way to train your dog, by this they will obey your orders and not the other way round.

Some interesting games you can play with your dogs outside your house

Fetch – Dogs are natural fetchers, some dogs like to do this and some dogs not, overall many dogs likes this game to play, you can use their favorite thing or their stick to play this game

Frisbee – you and your dog can do exercise by playing this game as this is a very physical game which is perfect of over active dog.  Once if your dog becomes expert in this game, you can also compete with others. This will increase the confidence level of your dog.

Treasure Hunt – Dogs loves to use their noses when it comes to search anything.  This game can be played inside your house or in the garden where you can start with a treat which he/she really likes the most, show it to your dog, and put it behind the couch of behind anything, they will find their treat for themselves by using their noses.

Apart from this end the game if your dog is getting bored, this is one of the good techniques to have good control over your dogs.  And do reward your dog with its favorite treat when he/she performs anything successfully.

Training your pet is an integral part of building healthy relationship between you and your pet. Here are some pet training tips which you can try on try pet at home itself.

Good Dog’s can be identified with their good discipline. This is also very simple because canine species is the most trainable pets. If you don’t want your pet to bark at someone who comes at your door, or if you don’t want your pet when company comes, so in order to train your pet, make them feel that you are their boss.

Act like a leader in front of your dog. This will make your pet to follow you when you are in and out, never allow your pet to lead you and if he/she tries to do so, cut off their path, shorten your leash if your pet continuously pulls forward the leash. Teach your pet with best discipline and never reward for it, this is the crucial part of the pet’s behavior and health and pet owners should have patience to do this.

Another important thing of training is your pet’s exercise. Some breeds require more exercise than others, breeds which require more exercise should be done atleast for 45 minutes. Whenever you get spare time take your dog for a long walk, or just walk around the street, this is the integral part in bonding with your pet.  Dogs who are very much destructive and over aggressive don’t get good exercise.  If your pet is not tired at night, take them in the morning for a long walk, adequate exercise will allow your pet to calm down.

Rewarding is the best thing which pets like, reward to a pet means giving them a good treat, a nice stretch on a butt or playing ball with him/her in the ground. Remember your pet  sees attention as reward.

When you are unable to understand what is wrong with your dog’s hair? And if you want to know that what should be done to maintain the beauty of your dog’s hair, then this article is perfect for you to get some good suggestions that help in caring your dog in both shedding and non shedding seasons.

Grooming or cutting say whatever that means of hair care that you want to keep for your dog, you have to be sure that and always make a point if that suits your pet.

Dogs also hate hair loss just like humans hate, some breeds of dogs like Pomeranian, Indian Spitz etc have very long strands of hair and by that they look very attractive, if you want to stop their hair loss here are some suggestions which will help them to stop their hair loss.

• If possible make your dog bath daily, by this, His/her hair will look shiny and its fur will be strong.
• Make sure to feed your pet by just its daily need, don’t force them.
• Avoid giving them asafoetida; it results in heavy loss of fur.
• Always provide good quality dog food to your pet, this will also keep their health good.
• Shedding season comes once in the year, don’t worry about this, their hair growth will start again once this season will over.
• Always use right and good quality shampoo for your pet, and always use the shampoos and soap which is prescribed by their doctors to whom you take your dog for regular check up.
• Rinse your dog properly after shampooing.
• It is necessary to check the flies and ticks in your pet, if they found, bring flies and ticks removing sprays from the dog shop.

Moreover, take your dog to the professional groomer for the better results.

Cats are very delightful pets even though they are indepentdent, but before buying cats, you should know how to take care of your cats.

If you are buying female cats, femals cats generally very much cautios, quite and gentle unless you have spayed your cat. Same way male cats are different than femal cats, they are larger in size and they usually want to go outside more,  though unneutered mal cats like to spray their urine to make thweir territory and like to fight with stranger cats, just like dogs do.

When it comes for keeping their care, it is necessary to haver proper bath, feed and groom to your cats for happier relationship. But normally cats don’t require bathing, but if your cats needs a bath, ask for your friend to assist. Cats gets panic of slippery surface where it get on foothold.  Before you take you cat for a bath, put mineral oil inhis/her eyes to prevent irritation from soap.

For feeding, never give bones to your cat, they can splinter the boens into sharp pieces which can catch in your pet’s throat. It is safe when cats eats grass, many animals actually graze and on a hot day provide cold drinking water to your cat, they will be safe from hot winds.

Proper health is very important for you cats, if your cat is very sick to keep clean itself,keep it brushed and rubbed down, wipe runny eyes often. And when it comes the time for medicine, hold your cat firmly on your lap or between your kness.

Sometimes kittens dies suddenly without any illness, this is the result of feline ditemper,your other cats should be vaccined immidiately.

There are atleast three important points to take care of your parrots. These three trhings are very essential for your brand new parrots and they are also very necessary for their long life span.  These three things are well balanced diet, large bird cage and endless supply of fresh water.

Many parrots owners thinks that , parrots are bird so they only need seeds ion their food.  Seeds are very far from this case. Parrots eats whole list of different foods and if you want to make your parrot happy, then you should be ready to provide your parrot a proper diet. They can eat lot of fresh vegetables and fruits which includes apples, bananas, pinapples, watermelons etc and some vegetables like sweet potatoes, corn, green beans by providing this type of food you can keep your parrot’s health good.

You can also make your parrots happy by keeping it in a huge birdcage.  The cage should be big enough that your parrot’s feathers could not stick on it.

Everyone in the world need fresh water, so as parrot’s want. A constant supply of fresh drinking water should be provide to newly adopted parrot and it should be changed everyday because parrots may go quite messy and stale water sucks! You should provide proper diet to your parrot just like you have in your.

When it comes to taking of your parrot. These three things are very necessary and nothing should be go wrong in it.  Taking care of your parrot is difficult task for you but if you pay kind attention to it then it will eventually be like second nature of you.