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COCONUT OILS HEALING POWERS Most dog owners have heard of the benefits of feeding fish oils. There are however, a variety of oils that you can also use to your dog’s benefit, each with different advantages. Coconut oil consists of more than 90% saturated fats, with traces of few unsaturated fatty acids, such as monounsaturated fatty acids and polyunsaturated fatty …
Urinary tract infections (UTI’s) are common in both dogs and cats, affecting more females than males due to their shorter urinary tract. As with humans, UTI’s are extremely uncomfortable, if not down right painful, and if they aren’t treated promptly, can become serious, infecting other organs such as the kidneys. Infection can contaminate just one area, such as the urethra …
Why Do Dogs Lick? For the most part, dogs are licking for the very reason you think they are, to show affection. However, affection licking is commonly confused with other reasons, some of which may surprise you. Dogs are known for licking. It is one of the first survival skills they learn and is a basic instinct with many purposes …
Obsessive Paw Licking Excessive and frequent paw licking in dogs can be triggered by a number of different issues such as stress, an underlying medical illness or even boredom where the dog is using its own body as a toy to keep it occupied. Finding the cause is vital towards correcting this behaviour. When your dog licks its paws continuously …
Companionship – Dogs are pack animals, making them naturally sociable creatures. Some dogs are friendlier than others, so you’ll need to think carefully about just how sociable you’ll want your dog to be. Would you prefer a breed which will only have eyes for you, or a dog which wants to make friends with everyone they come across? Nearly all …
Assistance Dogs There are three types of assistance dogs to assist people with physical disabilities: Service Dogs – are placed with adults with physical disabilities, these dogs are the most highly trained to help their owner inside and outside of the house. All service dogs have full public access right so they can accompany their owner anywhere in the community. …
Commonly known as the Tasmanian Tiger, the Thylacine (Thylacinus cynocephalus) is one of Australia’s best-known native marsupials. The species was first described in 1808 by Tasmanian naturalist G.P. Harris, as Didelphis cynocephala (‘dog-headed opossum’). Its genus was corrected in 1824 by Temminck to mean ‘dog-headed pouched-dog’. Over the following years the Thylacine evoked alot of attention, and thus in 1917 …
We can help bring back native wildlife to the suburbs and encourage native birds, lizards, frogs and insects into our own backyards by simply providing a wildlife friendly garden. Urban development has destroyed much of the bush regions that our native wildlife depends upon for food and shelter.The suburban backyard is typically manicured lawns with very few trees and the …
For more than 200 million years frogs have survived. They were around well before the dinosaur, and have managed to endure dramatic climatic shifts – from ice ages to global warming. But today the chorus often heard by many as a child is silent. Those spring nights filled with the sounds of many a hopeful soul, croaking his heart out …
