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Is walking your dog on your list of resolutions for the new year?  You want to get fit so you head for the gym, forgetting that your pooch needs a walk too.  Why not combine the two!  You and your dog can get fit together.  You can train together.  What a great month to start.  It’s January, and it’s National Walk-Your-Dog Month, so honoring our four-legged friends, here are a few reasons you should make this your “Best Year Yet” by keeping this resolution all year. Dogs – Responsibility – Their Own Health? You think that just because your dog has a doggie door that they are running around playing all day long.  So when you come home after working a 9 to 12 hour day, you figure they should be exhausted too?  Do you think they just want to lay around, and take it easy?  Think again.  That’s why they are super energized, and expecting you to entertain them the rest of the evening.   Chances are, if given, they just might ...

As glad as you are to see your pets when you return home from a trip, recovering from vacation and readjusting back to real life isn’t always easy! You’re tired from traveling. Your vacation was either busier than you wanted or so relaxing that real life seems impossible now. Your kids’ sleep schedules might be completely off. Work, bills, dishes, and a million other things to do are still waiting for you when you get back…not to mention the inevitable unpacking and laundry that follow your return. It’s why people often say, “I need a vacation to recover from my vacation!” We’re here to help with some tips to ease you back into life without the overwhelm and drudgery: 1. Be Kind to Your Body   Eating habits during vacation might not leave you feeling great by the end of the trip if you’ve had a lot of fast food and snacks you don’t normally indulge in during daily life. But don’t beat yourself up about it; you were on vacation! To help your system bounce back, you d...

Protecting your pet is one of the primary responsibilities of being a pet owner. A big part of your pet’s protection involves complying with the regulations and ordinances in your area. If a situation arises and it is found that your pet is not up-to-date on something like rabies vaccinations, it could lead to a very costly process for you, a trying situation for your pet, and even the loss of your pet. In Gwinnett County, all cat and dog owners are required to vaccinate their pets against rabies. In addition, cats and dogs are required to wear collars displaying their rabies tags when they are allowed outside of the home or outside of the owner’s supervision. When it comes to employing pet sitters and dog walkers, this is an important requirement to know about. When you put your pet into the care of someone else, you should be sure that they know the regulations for your area. You should also show them where your pet’s rabies tags are, if your pet doesn’t wear his col...

We love our pets and we simply cannot get enough of our cats. In the USA the number one pet is the cat and that is with good reason. They are smart, funny, self-sufficient, and are always doing things that we wish we could do on our own. Many of the viral cats started out as just curiosities of their owners. They very quickly became overnight sensations and they went viral. In our cats we see ourselves and we also see what we wish we could be. Let’s face it when you think about they have the same traits as celebrities. Cats are beautiful and elusive, they strike a pose when you see them and they are also some of the most agile creatures that have ever lived. Is it curious that we love them? Not really when you think about it. Cats are in fact the people we wish we could be. When Grumpy Cat first made her way onto the screen, people could not believe the face that she had and what a face it was, one that was naturally in a frown and that kept everyone guessing. Why on earth...

When you have many dogs in your home whether you realize it or not you actually have a pet dog pack, and there is also a pack that will develop in your house. Some dogs in captivity will show these traits and some will not, it is not really clear why some have it so strongly while others do not. That means that there are many dogs that are not as aggressive in the home as they would be outside of it. The aggressiveness that is a part of the mindset has in fact been reduced through breeding, domestication, and socialization. However, in some of the dog packs there is a clear rank and order with there being one top dog that is the Alpha in the house, and all of the others are left trying to fall in line and be in agreement with the order of the rank. The order of all of these dogs can also fall in line based on the resources such as when it comes to food, water, and other resources, the top dog will always get the best resources. However, in some cases, this is not it at all an...