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Pet Safety: Protect Your Small Pets from Desert Predators

Most homeowners who allow their pets to become prey in the Sonoran desert do so unwittingly. The sunbelt states often draw retirees from other areas of the country who are unaware of the predators who prey on small animals. Keeping your pets safe is a matter of a few common-sense measures.

8 comments    pet care desert pet safety
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Guinea Pig Proof Your Home

Funny, but not recommended :-) Although coming home with a guinea pig suddenly sometimes happens, ideally you want to prepare the home in advance of Piggy's arrival. The traditional way of keeping guinea...

3 comments    pets guinea pigs pet safety
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Keep Your Pets Safe During the Holiday Season

During the holiday season, you generally add decorations that your pet normally wouldn't see throughout the year, so you want to make sure that he knows the rules. You don't want to come home to your tree on...

4 comments    safety tips pet safety
Pictures like this one - of celebrity Jessica Simpson with her adorable doggie on her lap - while cruising in her cool car - are what is making this practice so popular today...72

Pet Safety - Having A Dog On Your Lap While Driving, Is About To Become Against The Law!

Are you one of those pet owners who allow your adorable dog to sit on your lap while operating a vehicle? What's the big deal you say? After all, we see clips of dog-loving celebrities doing it all the...

9 comments    education children pets
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Signs of Heat Exhaustion in Your Dog - Keep Your Dog Cool in the Summer

In the summer, it can get pretty hot, so whether your dog is mainly an outside dog or an inside/outside dog, you want to make sure that you can keep your pooch cool while he is outside. There are many ways...

7 comments    dog health keep dog cool
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Foods That Can Harm Or Even Kill Your Dog

Every year, thousands of household pets, dogs to be more specific, become sick or even die due to regular foods that are kept around the house. Here is a list of common foods that can harm or...

3 comments    advice family home
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Not All Bedding is Safe for a Chinchilla Cage

Two chinchillas, Pedro DePacas and Spicoli, have inspired me to write this hubpage. It is important to know what is safe to put in a chinchilla cage, or any cage for that matter. Just because something is in...

0 comments    pet safety pine shavings
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Peroxide Could Save Your Dog's Life

Please understand that the dogs in this story are not my dogs and the owner of the dogs takes good care of the dogs and these were isolated and unusual occurrences so don't flood my comment box and email...

34 comments    how to dog pet
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Electronic Dog Collar: Training tool, or Torture Device?

This is becoming more and more of a hot topic nowadays. Electronic dog collars, known by some as "shock collars", are becoming more widely available and used. They first appeared back in the 1950's and it is...

4 comments    pets dogs dog training
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Toxins in Imported Rawhide Dog Chews

Rawhide dog chew toys are bought by millions of pet owners every year as a seemingly harmless way to provide their pooches with a fun and a non-destructive outlet for the chewing urge, but are you really...

1 comment    pets dogs dog
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