Eggs: Eggs for feeding dogs can be bought by the dozen in the grocery store, by the hundreds from hatcheries or by the thousands from egg ranches. Regardless of how many or where they are obtained, an egg should never be fed to a dog raw. Raw egg whites react with the vitamin, biotin, and prevent a dog from using it. In fact, feeding raw egg whites is the exact way scientists produce experimental biotin deficiency in a laboratory.

Milk: Much controversy has raged over feeding milk to dogs. Milk has been accessed of causing diarrhea and other digestive upsets. While it may produce these problems in large amounts, if milk is kept to about two ounces of fluid milk or two tablespoons of dry milk per pound of food, few problems will be encountered. The value of the milk, when fed in proper amounts, exceeds the risk of upset. Milk supplies calcium and phosphorus in the proper ratio and amounts, a host of vitamins, and also a protein which approaches the value of whole egg.

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The leaves are now gone and the snow is blowing in but Corona sure took advantage of the leaves when they were here.

Not being able to contain this girl we had her tied to the tree but she had plenty of room to go bonkers.

It won’t be long before we have pictures of Corona in this years snow but we’re holding off until it the snow is too much to bear.

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I wanted to take just a minute to cover some typical dog training mistakes that occur when dealing with working dogs. We often see failure or poor performance from working dog teams because of a failure to properly train. It is usually pretty simple to correct these mistakes by simply thinking about what it is exactly that we are conditioning the dog to do.

For example, all too often I see police patrol dog teams training for building searches incorrectly. They set up scenarios to mimic a building search of a house or other structure by hiding a “suspect” inside of the building. The dog goes into the building, finds the suspect, gets the apprehension and the dog is placed back in the patrol car. End of training session. As many of you know, in this day and age, burglaries and break-ins are rarely committed alone. Generally, there are multiple suspects to be dealt with when searching buildings that have been broken in to. The problem arises when we have two or more criminals hiding inside a building and we are attempting to search it with a dog that is trained in the manner described above. Typically this dog team can successfully locate and apprehend the first suspect, but the handler will often have a very difficult time redirecting the dog back into the building to search for any other criminals that are hiding. That’s because the dog has been conditioned through training to locate a suspect, apprehend them and the exercise is then complete. In order to correct this we should constantly vary the number of “suspect” that we have hiding in buildings during training. This will keep the patrol dog proficient and will have them wanting to continue to search even more during actual deployments.

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Twas the night after Christmas
when all through North Pole
Not a helper was stirring
Not an elf nor a troll.
The snowflakes were falling
Out the window with grace
In plans to have St Nicholas
Storm stayed for days.
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List of more common ailments in dogs is to be taken care of by the dog owners. The dog owner often needs to prepare a list of such problems even before the purchase of the dogs.

When the list of more common dog ailments is to be prepared, consult other pet owners who have some experience in the dog rearing. The list should reflect the problems that are often encountered in the dogs of that region.

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If you want a sweet and affectionate pet who doesn’t cause you to break out in hives, then a Bichon Frise may just be the perfect dog breed for you and your family. If you want a dog who is a happy, well mannered little companion, then a Bichon may be the right dog for you.

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You can never go wrong with flowers on a date and that is why flowers remain one of best gift ideas for guys. No woman can ever resist a guy giving her a bunch of flowers on a date. Unless you are giving your date something that is plucked out of your local parks or garden, chances are you will leave a very favorable impression on her.

Flowers are also great for anniversary and in fact I feel that it is a must have especially on special days like Valentine’s Day, her birthday and of course if you are married your wedding anniversary. One thing is always get ready and order your flowers in advance because special days like Valentine’s Day requires advance booking to avoid disappointment.

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“Scooby” is one of our very famous dogs in the whole Sit Means Sit dog training organization. Not only do a lot of our graduates hear stories about Scooby before they even get out of our dog trainers school, but everyone loves stories about Labrador Retrievers. Now Scooby is even more famous by being in a country music video by the group Crossin Dixon ! Their new song ‘I love my old bird dog’, has Scooby (he’s the yellow lab, not the singers :-), in some of the scenes in their music video. You can see the video by going to this blog that is about car racing, and scrolling down to see the video called “I love my old bird dog”. You can find the link HERE. Scooby is owned by Carla Collins from our Dallas Texas Location. Scooby is also a certified FEMA dog, and past both of his difficult tests on the first try! Carla Collins also travels a good bit of the country doing Sit Means Sit dog training seminars on a variety of things. Keep an eye on our seminars/events page, to see when Carla and Scooby come to your town!

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Dogs are very curious animals and as omnivores and natural scavengers, can get into and eat just about anything. However, there are many toxic substances found in your home that could potentially kill your dog. The following is a list of ten common household substances that you should make sure to keep out of your dog’s reach.

1) Antifreeze: Many people do not realize it, but common antifreeze kills many pets each year. It smells and tastes very sweet to your dog and is very appealing to him. Ethylene glycol is toxic however, and each winter, many animals are killed by it. Symptoms of toxicity include seizures, vomiting, stumbling and lethargy leading to kidney failure. Make sure to keep your antifreeze out of your dog’s reach. If you suspect that your dog has ingested antifreeze, take your dog to the veterinarian immediately.

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This post on dog food blog is about a complex technology (which I won’t dig into) and it amazes me that this technology is used ‘just’ to get dogs to say ‘mmmm… boss, that food you bought smells really nice‘ and at the same time I think this is so interesting and exiting. It makes me curious as to where dog food is going these days. Perhaps you recall my posts in July 2007 about K-9 Genetics and dog food in the age of the genome. I’ve heard ‘down to earth’ people say these developments are over the top, but I just love progression and fine tuning.

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