How To Have A Happy Dog

By the time your puppy is six weeks old he will have all 28 of his ‘baby’ (milk) teeth. The adult teeth have usually come through by the time the dog is between four and six months old.

As with a baby, you can make your teething puppy happier during this uncomfortable phase by providing him with lots of tough, safe toys and chews on which to work his teeth and gums. Your vet will check his teeth at his annual check-up and may advise professional teeth cleaning, but in the meantime you can help him stay a ‘happy mouth’ dog by learning how to brush his teeth.

Why Brush?

Brushing your dog’s teeth is the best way you can help to prevent gum disease. It’s important to do this, because if your dog has untreated gum disease the bacteria that cause the inflammation can enter the bloodstream and may cause or aggravate problems with other organs such as the heart, liver and kidneys.

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Shopping for a pure-bred puppy can be such a headache, with all of the false adverts out there and the sad puppy tales of calculating breeders.  When you’re looking for a sweet addition to your home, it’s difficult to know where to start to look.  A great place I’ve found is Dogs For Sale at puppies-forsale.co.uk, where the people who have masterminded it have gone through the same frustrating process of looking for their perfect puppy.  It’s shocking how little thought or TLC some breeders have for their puppies- but at Puppies For Sale, they vet the breeders and the puppies or dogs.

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Use these owner profiles to help you choose your ideal dog. Read each set of questions to find which profile best describes you, then read on to see which type of dog suits you best.

Which is the right dog for you?

CITY SLICKER

1. Do you live in an apartment in the city?

2. Do you want a dog as a companion?

3. Do you love sitting down with your dog on your knee?

4. Is your favourite pastime grooming and playing with your dog?

Your ideal dog is something small, cuddly and with a low exercise requirement. A Chihuahua is ideal if you are single and want a real lap dog (but don’t over-pamper). If you have children, check out the Bichon Frise – especially if you love grooming. Other dogs to look at include Dachshunds, Fomeranians and Pekingese Read more »

Are you looking for a hounding/hunting dog? Do you want a dog with keen smelling sense and good tracking instinct? Have you searched everywhere: dog clubs, internet, dog magazines, but haven’t got substantial information? No worries. Just relax; here is an end to your search.

I was having a hard time finding a desired breed. And, one day I came across dogchannel.com, which is an amazing site. It provides remarkable information on all dog breeds. The site provides you ample information to choose the right pet for yourself. It provides you extensive information on everything related to dogs, from dog breeders to dog adoption, from dog care to their life span. You just name and its there on the site.

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There is absolutely nothing wrong with owning a mutt or mongrel dog, and the good news is that there is no evidence that they are any more or less happy than their pedigree cousins.

Mongrels can still be beautiful to look at, and even those that are not quite so aesthetically pleasing can have fantastic personalities and make brilliant pets and loving companions. The great thing about mongrels is that they are totally unique in every way – you’ll never see anyone with a dog that looks exactly like yours!

What’s the difference?

Pedigree: When you buy a pedigree dog you will receive papers giving full details of the dog’s family tree, going back at least three generations. Pedigree dogs are sometimes called purebreds.

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