The Danger of Dogs and Wildlife Interacting Big woofs and purrs to all my canine and feline friends. Each month I will be bringing you new and exciting information in the world of pet care, from my personal experiences to my web surfing adventures and stories from my friends. This month we need to concern…
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How To Teach A Dog To Play Dead Basic skills needed – drop and sit. Method used – Guided with Treats (reference as ‘lure’ in the steps below.) Other methods that can be used – Guided with Toys and Hands on (compulsion/moulding into position). Be prepared; – Have plenty of treats on hand. – A…
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Indoors, a great place for a cat to be. When Cats are indoors they are safe from harm. Safe from under the wheels of moving vehicles. It is the saddest thing to come across any animal on the side of the road; Let alone, one that could be someone’s beloved pet. Safe from other animals,…
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Australia’s World’s Greatest Skateboarding Cat & Other Feline Phenoms Written by Sloan McKinney. We’ve all heard the expression, “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks,” which is one of the oldest idioms known to mankind. But what about cats? Often seen as being aloof, conspicuously uninvolved and uninterested, contrary to popular belief, felines can…
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Last Sunday we hosted our very first charity event, West Coasts Christmas in July Charity Walk; Proudly Supporting Guide Dogs WA, and it was a great success. We raised a total of $950.99 for Guide Dogs WA! To view photos go to our Facebook page. The weather was lovely for a winter’s day, the sun…
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Working With Toy Obsessed Dogs Is your pooch fetch obsessed? Does your dog love playing fetch so much that they are constantly bringing you the ball? Do they love playing tug-o-war so much they want to tug everything in your hand? Does your dog run around with the toy and not bring it back. Or…
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Written by Kellyann Cope. As an Animal Carer I go to work each day wondering what my day will hold. I go to work knowing that no matter what job I will be assigned during the day, it doesn’t have to feel like work because I genuinely love working with animals. I can honestly say…
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Top 5 Easiest Dog Tricks! Everyone has their own top 5 dog tricks but what are the top 5, easiest dog tricks. These tricks are the easiest to teach any dog regardless of age, size, and breed. People may say “my dog is un-trainable”; We say that’s not quite true. You just need to find the…
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Pet Photography Tips. Love photographing your pet but they always seem to run from the camera? Here’s some top tips to get them posing perfectly. Before you even get out the camera make sure you are set up to “work with your pet”, and no I don’t mean training here, I mean give your pet…
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Teaching With Food Treats. The use of food treats in training would have to be the most popular method of shaping a behaviour. Many however tend to end up reliant on the food to obtain the behaviours they have taught. Does this have to be the case? Of course not. One of the major reasons…
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4 Holiday Games For You & Your Pet Activity 1 – walking trails Everybody loves taking their dogs for a walk, but how many of you own rabbits, cats, ferrets, lambs, pigs, etc that would also love to get out and go for a walk? There are harnesses available for our smaller furry friends, and most…
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Ideas To Keep Your Dog Active This Winter Have you always wanted to run your own sled dog team, but living in Australia never thought it was possible? Well it is possible. Become a real life musher, just like in Alaska and Canada. The WA Sleddog Sports Association and RunningWest hold sled dog races around WA…
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