Feed decides how fast your birds grow, how many eggs they lay, and how well they fight off illness. Yet feeding is where many keepers make quiet mistakes. Too much protein, the wrong feed for the age, or a dirty feeder can all hold a flock back. This poultry feeding…
Since dogs are interested in pleasing their masters and cats are not, the training methods that work with canines may not work with cats. Teach Your Cat Tricks Using Behaviors They Already Know For your first trick, find a behavior that your cat already does. As an example, felines like…
Some people don’t realise that kittens and cats need regular vaccinations just like puppies and dogs do. Getting routine vaccinations for your feline companions will greatly reduce their risk of getting several feline diseases. Vaccination Schedule A kitten should be vaccinated around nine weeks old, and a second round of…
One of the most prevalent eye problems in dogs is cataracts. These can show up in dogs of all breeds and both young and old dogs. If your dog develops cataracts, the only treatment at this time is surgery. Understanding Cataracts in Dogs: Causes, Symptoms, and Vision Impact The word…
It seems that dog health is on the decline. Depending on the breed, dogs can live to 20 years or more. Today, you’re lucky if they reach eight. Why is this? Years ago, dogs were fed table scraps, kitchen scraps, and homemade food, as commercial pet food hadn’t been invented.…
Whilst attempting to keep hens can potentially be a fantastic activity for the family, and whilst I consider that chickens make wonderful pets, there are some disadvantages to always keeping hens as well as positives. Whilst trying to keep chooks can potentially be a fantastic activity for the household, and…
If you have children who are grieving the death of a pet, it is important to help them understand what they are experiencing. The first time anyone experiences the grief of the death of a pet, the feelings may be confusing. Of course, the depth of emotions and feelings will…
When training your dog to stay off the sofas, there are a few simple rules that should be followed to optimise your success. Firstly, it is important to ensure that everyone in the family follows the ‘no dogs on the sofa rule’ as failure by anyone in the family to…
Prehistoric man appears to have partnered with canines over 20,000 years ago for hunting. How exactly this occurred, we will perhaps never know. However, what we do know is that cave paintings, murals, and other pieces of archeological evidence suggest that this partnership began at around the same time that…
It has always amazed me how dogs are so closely related to their ancestors, the wolf, and still, to this day, display an instinct to live and participate within a family “pack”. Teamwork and partnerships are the natural order in which canines think. A good analogy to explain this better…