Posts Tagged ‘pet world’
New Year Resolutions Aren’t Just for People!
New Year’s is celebrated around the globe, and in many cultures people make resolutions (though they don’t necessarily keep them). What about resolutions for our pets?
more ...Author Distressed About Wrong-Headed Dog Training
Author Jennifer Arnold couldn’t say it all in her first book, “Through a Dog’s Eyes,” so she wrote a second book, “In a Dog’s Heart” (Spiegel and Grau, New York, NY, 2011; $25).
more ...Baby on the Way? Prepare Your Dog In Advance
I’m having a baby in 4 months. Abby, our wonderful Labrador mix, has never been exposed to infants. She does love everyone, or I think so, anyway. Do I have anything to worry about?
more ...Adult Dogs Can Make Wonderful Pets
Sometimes a bond with an animal just happens. Applied animal behaviorist Patricia McConnell quickly bonded with Cool Hand Luke. The border collie was about a year old when she brought him home. “It seems we had a special connection; I just felt that,” she recalls.
more ...Prepare Your Pets For Baby’s Arrival
Lots of families expecting their first baby already consider a pet their “baby.” They convince themselves that Fido or Fluffy will get the same attention as always when their real baby arrives. Of course, that doesn’t happen.
more ...9-11 Canine Search-And-Rescue Teams Served With Heart
Cowards were responsible for the unprovoked attacks on America, Sept. 11, 2001. Heroes responded to those attacks. Among those heroes were at least 400 search-and- rescue dogs and their human handlers, who worked on-site at the World Trade Center, the Pentagon and in Shanksville, Penn., where United Airlines flight 93 crashed.
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