Category: Pets
How to Train Your Puppy Dog to Ring a Bell to Potty
After you have housetrained your puppy dog, you might find it useful to train your puppy to ring a bell when he wants to go out to potty. Believe it or not, this is not a difficult trick to train if you follow these instructions. Your puppy will only ring the bell when he or [...]
Yuck! My Dog Eats His Own Poo!
Coprophagia – that’s what vets and animal behaviorists call it when dogs eat their own feces. To us, it’s possibly the most disgusting thing a dog can do. Is Coprophagia harmful? What can we do to stop it? Will it make our dogs sick? Does it mean that something is missing from their diet? Unfortunately [...]
Are You Over-Using Your Clicker?
Browsing the various internet email lists for clicker training, you might get the idea that the clicker is the most over-used tool in clicker training! Let’s examine that more closely… “Over-used” suggests that something is used more often that it should be. What might be the problem with this? I guess your clicker might physically [...]
Stop Puppy Biting Hands and Clothes
This article explains in plain English the fastest way to stop your puppy dog biting at your clothing, hands or other body parts. If you have “tried everything” or simply have no idea what to do, the answers are all here and made easy. Methods are humane and pet-friendly, utilizing positive reinforcement and ‘time-outs’ instead [...]
How to Replace a Lost American Kennel Club Registration
Owners of purebred dogs can register their dog with the American Kennel Club. As a proud dog owner you like to show off your purebred dog and the American Kennel Club registration papers to anyone willing to stick around long enough to read them. Imagine the shock when you run to get your AKC registration [...]
Should I Buy Pet Health Insurance?
Insurance for a pet? You’re joking right? … No, I’m not. We love our pets and want to keep them healthy. Keeping them healthy costs money. Let’s face it, they need to be spayed/neutered, they need to have vaccinations, sometimes they eat things they shouldn’t and require medical attention. They also get human type ailments [...]
Rats as Pets: 5 Myths Busted
History has depicted them as filthy creatures that brought about the Black Plague of the Middle Ages. Hollywood has shown them as vicious killers ready to attack humans at the slightest provocation. Is it any wonder most people are fearful at the mere mention of their name? How can such a small animal elicit such [...]
Is Your Pet Rat Sneezing?
Being a “rattie parent” can be worrisome when your little ones are doing things like sneezing. My goal with this article is to take away your confusion, so that you’ll feel better and your rat will be okay. Below are the things that can cause your rat to sneeze: Mycoplasmia This very common and incurable [...]
Your First Pet Rat
Many people can be squeamish about rats. After all, they carry disease and live in the sewers, don’t they? And as for that long tail! This is exactly what ran through my mind when my husband suggested buying a pet rat. We lived in a tiny flat that couldn’t possibly support a dog or even [...]
Rat Training Mistakes
It can be very rewarding to train your pet rats to do tricks and learn obstacle courses. Since they tend to be highly intelligent creatures, rats can actually learn a lot (and get bored if they have nothing to do). Furthermore, because they’re people-pleasers, rats enjoy the challenge of striving for your reward and praise. [...]
