My Dog Ate Charcoal! What Do I Do?
If you love to cook with a charcoal grill, use charcoal for composting or have charcoal around for its many other uses, your dog may want to investigate this flammable, black substance at some point. We pet parents always want to include our dogs in family events, like barbecues, but sometimes we get distracted and don’t keep an eye on our furry friends. That can be very dangerous for your canine pal. This is why we should keep hazardous items away from dogs, especially when those items are used around food that may entice your pup to...
Some Show Love for Their Mates with ‘Ecstatic Displays’, and Other Fun Facts About Penguins
As we get into mid-January, you may feel like the fun, festive holidays are over. You would be forgetting about Penguin Awareness Day, though! That’s held on January 20 each year. In honor of the occasion, let’s learn some more about these adorable, waddling aquatic birds. The Number of Species is a Contentious Issue PHOTO: ADOBE STOCK / JO If you Google the number of penguin species, you’ll get a few different answers. WWF even has the figure listed at between 17 and 19. What’s with the discrepancy? Well, some species...
Parrot Town Can Help with Your Parrot’s Loneliness/Boredom and Your Sanity
Keeping birds as pets is not without its challenges. They can become sick, lonely, or bored, and it’s up to us to keep them happy and healthy. Just like kids or domestic pets, parrot breeds and other commonly-kept birds sometimes exhibit problematic behavior that their humans and caretakers can find particularly difficult to manage. While there are a number of ways that birds can misbehave and irritate the people they live with, excessive noise is frequently at the top of the list. Photo: Pixabay/picsbyjameslee Parrot Town If...
Woman Plays The Most Adorable Game Of Hide And Seek With Her Dog
When was the last time you played with your dog? For many of us, it is something that we do every day but sometimes, dogs take things to the next level. Perhaps your dog enjoys playing a good game of fetch or maybe they have a favorite toy that they tug on. Another game that is enjoyed by dogs around the world is hide and seek, and most of them are pretty good at it. Photo: YouTube/The Golden Ellie If you’ve never had the opportunity to play hide and seek with your dog, you really are missing out on one of the great pleasures in life....
Man Creates Luxury Tiny House For Dog To Keep Warm In Winter
If you have a dog that spends any amount of time outdoors in the winter, you know that they can get quite chilly. Our hearts really go out to them, but some dogs just enjoy being out in the snow and it can even be hard to get them inside again! That doesn’t mean, however, that dogs don’t need a break. In fact, some dogs will stay outside so long that it actually is bad for their health. Photo: YouTube/Drew Builds Stuff Just like humans need a break from the winter, dogs also need a break from the winter. Fortunately for a dog...
Lost German Shepherd Mix Found 14 Months Later And Over 1,600 Miles Away From Home
Who’s not a sucker for a heartwarming reunion story? Whether you just want to feel comforted with the knowledge that two separated parties finally met after an extended period of time, or maybe you’re just in a mood to cry and soak up all sentimentalities that are palpable in any reunion stories… All those feelings just multiply if a story involves a beloved pet. PHOTO: Pixabay/Myléne One such beloved pet went missing for 14 months before finding his way back to his owner. But it’s not only time that separated...
Hotel with a Heart: Traveler Posts about Hotel that’s Given an Old Dog a Forever Home
Aging is just as difficult for dogs as it is for humans. In fact, many old dogs are often abandoned or returned to shelters because they’re already slow and sickly. Moreover, they are also often the last to be chosen for adoption. Photo: Tiktok/ida2marie Dogs are considered senior when they reach 7 years old; with larger dog breeds, aging is a bit sooner. By this time, their health starts to deteriorate and they become more vulnerable to diseases. Old Dog Haven has posted a sentimental blog that will touch your heart. It made a list of...
Labradoodle
What is a Labradoodle? A Labradoodle is a cross between a Labrador Retriever and a Miniature or Standard Poodle. This can include a Poodle or Labrador Retriever crossed with a Labradoodle or two Labradoodles bred with each other. Because there is no dog breed standard for Labradoodles, the mixed breed dog can have a wide range in size, color and temperament and can inherit any combination of Labrador or Poodle genes. Dog breeders enhance certain temperament and appearance characteristics of the offspring by choosing to weigh more heavily on...
Pet Food Transparency
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Rare Footage! Farm Welcomes the Birth of Alpaca Twins Named Maisie and Rosie
Alpaca twins are rare! Twins occur at approximately one in every 50,000 births! Alpacas are relatives of the camels, llamas, vicuñas, and guanacos under the family Camelidae. Like the llamas, they are a fully domesticated member of this family, believed to have been bred by the ancient people of the Andes from South America’s wild camelids centuries before the rise of the Incas. Photo: Tiktok/lanehousealpacas From ancient times until today, alpacas are valued for their fleece and meat which is high in protein and low in fat....
