Successful dog owners know that positive dog training is a method that works. It’s a beneficial teaching tool with short and simple commands to achieve the desired behavior in our canine companions. Understanding the differences between positive and negative reinforcement, developed by leading dog specialists, results in positive behavior and rewards your dog. Canine training books […]
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We all have an exotic animal that resonates with us. Some of us find birds, with their superior intelligence and mating rituals, fascinating. Others would like nothing better than to rub the belly of a tiger or lion cub. Then there is a new interest in keeping exotic reptiles and amphibians in our homes. However, […]
Thousands of people fight daily to protect our environment, our animals, and our aquatic habitats and call out industries and politicians to take responsibility for continuing to ignore a gigantic problem. Humans are ‘literally’ pooping in their drinking water! We depend on our water to survive. US residents are lucky to have 7% of the […]
Dogs don’t have sweat glands like humans, and therefore, their pink tongues act as an internal cooling device. In a way, a tongue acts like air conditioning to control a dog’s body temperature. Panting helps to circulate cool air and aids by evaporating water from the upper respiratory tract and mouth. It’s an effective way, […]
Humans have long been fascinated with taming animals. It’s how our canine friends made their way into our homes and how we trained wild cats to control rodent populations to keep our harvested foods safe. We even took on native wildlife like horses and elephants and domesticated them. But there is a fine line between […]
The Lone Star State evokes many images, and our minds are often drawn to instant stereotypes about the second-largest state in the US. For many, Texas is synonymous with cowboys, guns, big oil, vast open landscapes, and ranches hosting a barbeque, y’all. Yet, Texas can be a contradiction. Instead of cattle grazing on native vegetation, […]
There’s nothing more satisfying than cheering for the underdog and winning. However, before we define what nanny dogs are, we must clarify the term pit bull. For some strange reason, we lump five classes of dogs into one umbrella term. This group has gotten a nasty rap in the last few decades when so many […]
Every 60 seconds, an animal is suffering abuse. Hundreds of millions of animals die in the US alone yearly. That’s not an exaggeration when you count the animals we eat, harvest from the ocean, or use in lab experiments. These staggering figures confirm we’re quickly losing our grip on an already fragile moral compass as […]
Animal rights groups aim to spare animals the immense cruelty humans continue to inflict on them. In the USA alone, close to 40,000 organizations and individuals fight to save animals and work toward ending the status that animals are disposable property. Although animal rights groups and the ethical treatment of animals started in the early […]