adoption
Our guide to animal adoption; learn why, where, and how to prepare to adopt a cat, kitten, dog or puppy from an animal shelter or rescue group.
Dog
A good dog food for your dog meets with a specific, high quality ingredient base that provides a high level of optimum nutrition for your pet. Dog food ingredients are selected based on their quality, and are human grade, meaning that they are also used for human consumption. Usually a greater price tag goes along with the purchase of premium dog food as the cost to find, evaluate and test a high quality ingredient can be more expensive, and because of this, some dog food manufacturers substitute quality for quantity and opt for the cheap alternative.
By Biswajit Dey4 years ago in Petlife
Dog
Proper nutrition is very important for new puppies. It is important, because puppies will go through an accelerated growth phase during the first 15 months of their lives, and having a diet that can provide the optimum base for stable growth without exceeding or the depleting of necessary elements is very, very important.
By Biswajit Dey4 years ago in Petlife
Dog
Selecting a well balanced and healthy diet for your dog can be a difficult albeit challenging task if you let it. The colorful branding and trendy packaging can easily get the best of you and obscure your discernment of a dog food product. The dog's diet is one best secret to keep your pet healthy and vibrant for many years to come. It's therefore important that you purchase a diet that will supply your pet with vital nutrients and enable it to thrive.
By Biswajit Dey4 years ago in Petlife
DOG
You may all know the importance of daily brushing and flossing for regular good health of your teeth and gums, but that's as humans and also thanks to dental health education being so updated today. But, did you stop to consider the fact that since science has revealed oral health benefits us by lowering our risk of cardiac problems, it could well be the same for our canine pals? Keeping this medical fact in mind, pet owners are advised to pay extra attention to cleaning their dog's teeth regularly to keep diseases such as plaque and tartar at bay; even a simple swipe across Fido's gums with a clean damp cloth should do the trick!
By Biswajit Dey4 years ago in Petlife
You're never going to believe what happened to me.
Seriously, you’re not going to believe what happened to me yesterday.You know how you can feel that something bad is about to happen? Well, I had that feeling when I woke up. It was a perfectly lovely day, the sun was shining and it was nice and warm, but at the same time, a chill was running up and down my back. I couldn’t put my paw on it, but something definitely wasn’t quite right.
By Conny Manero4 years ago in Petlife
Why we named our kitten Sonsie
Naming a new pet is rather important, after all, he or she has to go through life with that name. Some people immediately know what name to give their pet, others throw a few suggestions back and forth, while others still wait what the pet is like and then give him or her a suitable name.
By Conny Manero4 years ago in Petlife
Bringing Dewey Home. Top Story - August 2022.
My husband was getting ready to leave for an internship in just under a month, so the two of us were talking more and more seriously about getting a dog. We had both been talking about it for months, discussing the pros and cons, what types of breeds we wanted, the size of the dog, and how we would train it. I've had dogs my whole life, but this would be my husband's first pet aside from a betta fish when he was a young child. As often happens with decisions like this, our idea of an ideal dog was nothing like what we ended up with. We thought that a smaller dog, like a schnauzer, pug, or a poodle mix of some kind would be ideal in our apartment. I have pretty bad joint problem and osteoarthritis, so we thought having a dog would help me to exercise more regularly, which would improve my mobility and flexibility. Because of how easily I can get hurt, we figured a small dog might be safer for me to walk.
By Jolie Boyer4 years ago in Petlife
Unsung Heroes
UNSUNG HEROES The impact of grassroots animal rescue groups By: Katherine Beam The majority of animal shelters in Virginia are non-government funded, 501(c)3 not-for-profit organizations that offer a tremendous alleviation of the burden which the roughly 95 county facilities in the state have to endure. Most, if not all, of these private rescues were founded by groups of people or individuals who are passionately devoted to improving the standards of living and care of the animals within their community. In one of Wayne Pacell's (head of the Humane Society of the United States) speeches, he heralded the work and efforts of these grass roots organizations as being essential to the success of national groups' (such as HSUS) success in achieving their goals concerning animal welfare. A quick search on the internet will reveal that there are multiple rescue groups for every species of animal (Bunny Lu in Haymarket, VA only handles rabbit rescue, Alley Cats Allies in Alexandria, VA only deals with cats, etc.), and within those are groups that rescue only specific breeds of their chosen species (Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRL) located in Middleburg, VA only rescues thoroughbred horses, or Virginia Great Pyranees Rescue based in Richmond, VA, only handles Great Pyranees or Great Pyranees mix dogs). These types of organizations serve to fill in where the government run facilities get overwhelmed or fall short in terms of the housing, knowledge and resources required to care for certain species of animal or particular breeds in any given species. The aim of this article is to highlight the work that is being done by 4 animal rescue operations in Virginia who each in their own way have taken on the job of rescuing the animals who are more challenging to rehabilitate and re-home.
By katie beam4 years ago in Petlife
The dog in the subway
When I was 20 years old, I lived away from home for the first time, so I got a dog as a companion, and it was Bao Fu. Although he weighed more than me and had a mouthful of sharp teeth, he was so gentle that wherever I went, I felt safe as long as he was around.
By Moxadple ggg4 years ago in Petlife
