Category: Advice
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Whole Dog Journal – teaching your dog recall
Imagine Every Dog Owner’s Worst Nightmare Happening to You…
Your dog is running straight towards the street. You’re calling his name, yelling “Come!”
What does he do?
We know you’re careful with your dog. He’s always leashed. He never bolts out of the door. He doesn’t like to chase squirrels. Until the moment he’s unsecured and he takes off.
Is your dog trained to reliably come when called? Most of us are working on a reliable “recall,” but our pooches haven’t entirely gotten the hang of it…yet. Well, he better…
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Difference between a Podenco and Galgo?
What is the difference between a Galgo and a Podenco?
A Real Life Story written by an unknown Author…“Besides the obvious, Humans often ask;
What is the difference between a Galgo and a Podenco?I want to explain it by an example:
A Trip to the Dog Park
We Arrive;
The Galgos are running like crazy.
The Pods welcome every dog, man, tree, blade of grass with endless, constantly changing, body language and facial expressions.The First Five Minutes after Arrival;
The galgos are running like crazy.
The Pods dig up seventy small animals, they create mounds of undefinable mud, which sticks to everything it touches. -
Dogs see the world through their noses
It’s especially important to let blind dogs sniff as that is how they find their way around. -
Galgos 112 2023 calendar
The 12 photos for the Galgos 112 2023 calendar have now been chosen and the calendar itself will be on sale shortly. I’ll be posting details as soon as it’s available to order.
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Spanish shelters – Zero killing
Great news. But that means even more dogs in shelters! Now Spain needs a law for compulsory neutering of dogs and cats and handcuffing the hunters for overbreeding. -
How long to crate a dog?
https://www.peta.org/about-peta/why-peta/crating-dogs/
One woman, Nina Torres, reckons it’s fine for most adult dogs to be in a crate “nine hours maximum” during the day (with a walk in the middle), and then eight hours at night.
I cannot believe anyone would condone incarcerating a dog for most of the 24 hours of its life!! I’m with PETA!
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Vestibular disease in dogs
A vestibular problem is more likely to manifest itself in older dogs. If you notice your dog’s behaviour changing – balance, head tilting – then this could be a possibility.To learn more about the problem, click on this weblink.
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Homemade popsicles for your dogs in hot weather
Click on this weblink where you will find some easy-to-make popsicles for your hounds.