Dogs 2024, March

Initial Puppy Training 1-3 Months

Initial Puppy Training 1-3 Months

During this period, the puppy is taught to the owner and his family members, feeding, his place, cleaning and washing, cleanliness, nickname, harness and leash , approach to the owner (command "To me"), leaving the owner (command "Walk"), cessation of unwanted actions (command "Fu"), games with the owner and peers, irritants of the external environment (walks)

Alien Dog

Alien Dog

Oddly enough, but despite the fact that we live in separate houses or apartments, we live together with everyone. Because on the sidewalk, on the bus, in the subway or in the store, we can't get away from these others. And as a result of such communication, we change our style of behavior or correct someone else's style, or even just learn to forgive or get used to it

Initial Puppy Training At 6-8 Months

Initial Puppy Training At 6-8 Months

At the age of 6-8 months, the puppy continues to be taught to perform the commands " To me", "Walk", "Near", "Sit", "Lie down", "Stand", "Place", "Aport", "Fu", " Show your teeth”, to overcoming obstacles, movement in settlements, transportation in vehicles and endurance. G

Intonation In Dog Training

Intonation In Dog Training

In the process of upbringing and training a dog, we often use intonation, almost without thinking about what intonation is, does it affect the learning process of the animal and how? By definition, intonation is called the sound means of the language that form the statement: tone, timbre, intensity and duration of sounding, manner of pronunciation, reflecting any feelings of the speaker, his emotional mood

Agility: Practicing The Skills Of Overcoming Shells By A Dog

Agility: Practicing The Skills Of Overcoming Shells By A Dog

It seems that teaching a dog to jump quickly, high and beautifully is not very difficult. However, this is not the case, as evidenced by the mistakes dogs make in the competition. Skill is serious business. A skill is an action formed by repetition, characterized by a high degree of mastery and the absence of element-wise conscious regulation and control

Dog Racing: Racing, But Where?

Dog Racing: Racing, But Where?

In the "RKF Bulletin" published "FCI Rules for International Field Trials with Bait", which, as follows from point 1, are not mandatory for all FCI members, and therefore for Russian greyhounds who have long been engaged in hunting with dogs

Dog For A Walk

Dog For A Walk

Walking is contraindicated for cats and cats. There is no need for them, and the overpopulation of cities with animals, especially homeless ones, leads to the spread of various infectious diseases and parasites (fleas, lice, ear and itch mites, fungal infections, coccidiosis, plague, helminthic infestations)

The Benefits Of Dog Training

The Benefits Of Dog Training

Training is the development of certain skills in a dog in order to control it. Regardless of whether the natural inclinations and characteristics of the animal are used or suppressed during training, ultimately obedience is required from it, i

Sorting As A Game For Your Dog

Sorting As A Game For Your Dog

Applying is the best game for your dog. It is also one of the most challenging, yet rewarding skills you can learn together. Rest assured, this entertainment is worth your time.Many methods have been developed to train a dog to bring an object

If The Dog Bites

If The Dog Bites

The dog should not be allowed to bite because it can cause serious damage . Most dog owners are unaware of this, because they believe that their dog, which sometimes grabs them by the leg or scratches a little, is not capable of more.In reality, most dog owners have no idea what their pets are capable of

Puppy - First Months Of Life

Puppy - First Months Of Life

Much has been written about what, when and how much to feed the dog. This case is individual for the breed and age. But it is equally important for big and small, for fat and thin to be educated.You can start training your dog on Monday, or you may not do this painful business at all, but bring it up always, even when you really don't want to do it

Dog Personality And Training

Dog Personality And Training

The dog character test determines the herd and defensive attitudes of the dog. A few months ago, Martins brought home a wonderful German Shepherd puppy, the kids named him Cheyne after their previous shepherd who died last winter.Cheyna, like all Shepherds, grew rapidly and soon reached 50 pounds and was already walking on a leash

Circus Dog Training

Circus Dog Training

Circus training, at first glance, may seem like an exciting and fun game between the owner and his dog. This is how it should look from the outside. In fact, there are many hours of training and a great desire to show what a dog is capable of

Negative Dog Learning

Negative Dog Learning

Negative learning, or addiction , is called a decrease in the severity or absence of behavioral reactions with repeated or prolonged stimuli that do not have serious consequences and do not at the moment carry any important information for the body

Feeding Dogs At Different Times In Life

Feeding Dogs At Different Times In Life

The lifespan of a Doberman is determined primarily by proper feeding and maintenance. The type of diet and feeding methods should correspond to the needs of the body and differ depending on the stage of the life cycle and the characteristics of the physiological state of the dog: physiological rest, pregnancy, lactation, pre- and postpartum period, lack of physical activity, increased stress, psychological stress, extreme environmental conditions etc

What Can You Not Feed Your Dog?

What Can You Not Feed Your Dog?

A dog is a carnivorous creature, therefore, protein products should serve as the basis of food : meat, mainly raw, dairy products, eggs. You can't grow a good puppy on porridges and soups.So, what you can not feed dogs:- hot (directly from the stove), cold (from the refrigerator), spicy, salty, fatty, sweet, smoked food;- river fish

Basic Principles Of Feeding Dogs And Cats

Basic Principles Of Feeding Dogs And Cats

Karl Marx wrote that human life is unthinkable without three things - food, water and clothing. The life of dogs and cats in this regard is somewhat simpler, at least they do not need clothes. But our four-legged friends also cannot do without food and water

Dog Feeding

Dog Feeding

The feeding hour is undoubtedly the most enjoyable and one of the most important moments in a dog's life. A dog's nutrition, or rather its diet, has been the subject of many scientific studies in recent decades, mainly due to the fact that the dog has become an object of commerce

Feeding The Puppies Under The Mother And During Subsequent Growth Periods

Feeding The Puppies Under The Mother And During Subsequent Growth Periods

The development of puppies, from birth to the end of the suckling period, and especially in the first two weeks, depends mainly on the proper nutrition of the lactating bitches. In the first two weeks of newborn puppies, the mother's milk is the only food

Features Of A Balanced Diet For Dogs

Features Of A Balanced Diet For Dogs

The abundance of ready-to-use dog foods presents the owner with the challenge of choosing a diet for their pet. Often, it is not the feeds that enjoy well-deserved authority in the countries of Europe and America that gain popularity, but those that were the first to enter the CIS market or are more advertised, often not even by professionals in cynology or veterinary medicine

Time To Feed The Dog

Time To Feed The Dog

Dogs love to eat and people love to feed them. Although there are also very capricious eaters. Small dietary changes are often enough to solve this problem. Feeding is part of caring for your pet. With food, you can also solve problems that at first glance have nothing to do with food

How To Make Friends Between A Cat And A Dog?

How To Make Friends Between A Cat And A Dog?

In the houses of our readers, both cats and dogs very often live together, so the question of how to make friends of these notorious "irreconcilable enemies" worries very many. Here's what German zoopsychologists advise.Many are convinced that it is easier to keep a cat than a dog , since a dog, as a more social animal, needs communication, and an independent animal, a cat, does not need it

Seven Commandments Of Good Dog Nutrition

Seven Commandments Of Good Dog Nutrition

Let the magic of number 7 not affect you, reader. Perhaps another dog breeder and animal lover will choose a different number of principles or commandments of proper nutrition for dogs, nevertheless, knowledge of the proposed rules will help organize tasty, nutritious and nutritious food so that the dog grows and develops normally if she is still a puppy and was always healthy

When The Dog Urinates In The House

When The Dog Urinates In The House

A dog can urinate on the floor or carpet for many reasons. Perhaps she was poorly trained and does not know how to behave in the house. Maybe she was taught to urinate on a diaper in the house, and then the diaper was removed, and what to do instead, was not taught

Truce Between The Dogs

Truce Between The Dogs

Dogs, even avid hunters, learn surprisingly easily that they shouldn't touch other animals in the same house. The most inveterate koshen-haters, who, despite any punishments, continue to chase cats in the garden, not to mention the street, easily learn not to encroach on cats or other animals in the house

The Ability Of Dogs To Understand Human Mood

The Ability Of Dogs To Understand Human Mood

A dog living with a good owner spends a lot of time observing a person's troubles. Being constantly surrounded by family members, she soon learns to respond to the words, intonations, actions, and movements of her masters. Gradually - by these and less noticeable signs - she learns to determine in advance when someone from the family will do something, in her opinion, interesting

Fear Of Separation (fear Of Separation) In Dogs

Fear Of Separation (fear Of Separation) In Dogs

Dogs are social animals, so it's no surprise that they get very anxious when you leave them alone. With your help, your dog can learn to behave calmly when you leave him alone for a while. If you teach this to your dog, you will take care of it and it will make its life more peaceful

Feeding Puppies: What, How And When?

Feeding Puppies: What, How And When?

Puppies grow and develop very quickly . Compared to older dogs, they require nearly double the nutrient and vitamin requirements. Regular dog food cannot fully meet these needs, so during the first year of life, feed them a food formulated specifically for puppies

Orientation In Dogs And Other Animals

Orientation In Dogs And Other Animals

In the process of the centuries-old struggle of wild animals for existence, adapting to changing environmental conditions, they have developed numerous inherited skills that allow them to get food, escape from enemies, reproduce and raise offspring

We Take An Adult Dog

We Take An Adult Dog

If you decide to take an adult dog, then, as a rule, there are fewer problems with it than with a puppy. Of course, difficulties cannot be avoided. We hope our tips will help you and your new family member get used to each other.The past . Anything you can learn about the past of the dog you intend to adopt will be useful to you

Feces-eating (coprophagia) In Dogs

Feces-eating (coprophagia) In Dogs

What is the reason for eating feces? The word coprophagia comes from the Greek copro which means feces and phagy which means to eat. That is, coprophagia is eating feces. We think this habit of our dogs is disgusting, but whatever we say, dogs will remain dogs

When A Dog Chews On Everything

When A Dog Chews On Everything

In adult dogs the gnawing habit persists for a long time. It seems natural to us that most puppies chew on things because that's how they get to know the world. Their cognition is partly the same as that of human babies - through taste, touch and smell

Sound Signals In Dogs

Sound Signals In Dogs

It doesn't take much experience to accurately decipher the various sound signals emitted by the dog. Only in relation to a few, rarely used sounds, some difficulties can arise.Voice and beeps are so important to a dog that while the owner usually understands their purpose, they are worth understanding in more detail

How To Handle A Dominant Dog?

How To Handle A Dominant Dog?

Many people, including experienced trainers, misunderstand the problem of dominance in dogs . They believe that dominance can only be suppressed by force. Just put the dog down and be done with it! here is the generally accepted approach to the problem

The Ability Of Dogs To Tell The Time

The Ability Of Dogs To Tell The Time

The daily rhythm of dogs is different from that of wolves. Little remains of the original, partly nocturnal wolf lifestyle in the dog's behavior. The dog usually does not move at night, but, like a person, sleeps at this time. In addition, she sleeps a lot during the day

Introducing Your Dog To Other Animals

Introducing Your Dog To Other Animals

As a rule, a person who loves dogs treats other animals well as well. Often different pets live in his house, and this leads to the need to introduce the dog to other dogs, cats, birds and other animals.Although we flatter ourselves with the hope that peace and quiet will always reign in our home, some animals cannot peacefully coexist with each other

What Are You Afraid Of, Dog?

What Are You Afraid Of, Dog?

Often, the owners look at their dog as some kind of abstract ideal dog that descended from the pages of a work of art. They expect that from the first days of his appearance in the house he will behave like a knight without fear or reproach

How Long Do Dogs Live?

How Long Do Dogs Live?

In the wild, people do not die of old age in our understanding of the word . Those who cannot defend their lives without outside help, as a rule, quickly die. When a person comes to the aid of an animal and takes upon himself the provision of food, protection from predators and diseases, life expectancy can increase

Dog Grooming And Trimming

Dog Grooming And Trimming

Non-shedding dog breeds - Poodles, Bedlington and Kerry Blue Terriers - are trimmed regularly, and Schnauzers and Wire-haired Terriers are trimmed. The purpose of such procedures is primarily hygienic, in addition, for these breeds there is a special standard that provides for the treatment of the dog's coat in the prescribed form

Elderly Dog care

Elderly Dog care

The length and quality of a dog's life depends on many circumstances, but the main thing is proper care and concern of the owner. It is in relation to an elderly pet that one can judge a person's attachment to his dog.Behavior and character