fact or fiction
Is it fact or merely fiction? Fact or Fiction explores the myths and beliefs we hold about our pets, like why dogs wag their tails and cats purr.
Dog
Proper nutrition is very important for new puppies. It is important, because puppies will go through an accelerated growth phase during the first 15 months of their lives, and having a diet that can provide the optimum base for stable growth without exceeding or the depleting of necessary elements is very, very important.
By Biswajit Dey2 years ago in Petlife
Dog
Selecting a well balanced and healthy diet for your dog can be a difficult albeit challenging task if you let it. The colorful branding and trendy packaging can easily get the best of you and obscure your discernment of a dog food product. The dog's diet is one best secret to keep your pet healthy and vibrant for many years to come. It's therefore important that you purchase a diet that will supply your pet with vital nutrients and enable it to thrive.
By Biswajit Dey2 years ago in Petlife
DOG
You may all know the importance of daily brushing and flossing for regular good health of your teeth and gums, but that's as humans and also thanks to dental health education being so updated today. But, did you stop to consider the fact that since science has revealed oral health benefits us by lowering our risk of cardiac problems, it could well be the same for our canine pals? Keeping this medical fact in mind, pet owners are advised to pay extra attention to cleaning their dog's teeth regularly to keep diseases such as plaque and tartar at bay; even a simple swipe across Fido's gums with a clean damp cloth should do the trick!
By Biswajit Dey2 years ago in Petlife
Rats!
I get one of two reactions when people learn that I have rats – fascination or horror. Sometimes a mixture of both. Truthfully, I got them as a matter of elimination. My flat is too small to make having a dog or cat practical, I knew if I got guinea pigs I’d want to breed them and I didn’t feel I had the emotional or physical resources for that, I’ve always found hamsters too bitey, and rabbits have never appealed. So I settled on rats. And I am thrilled that I did.
By Claire Stephen-Walker2 years ago in Petlife
Tails from the Titanic
Allow me to introduce myself! I'm Bella, and I'm a direct descendant of Jenny, the ship's cat, who lived on the Titanic. This story has been passed down through the generations when we gather under a full moon and sing the songs of our people. Most folks think that Jenny perished that terrible day along with most of the passengers. But I'm here to set the tale straight, or as we like to say, make sure your tail follows you through the door.
By Mary Haynes2 years ago in Petlife
About A Pig
While many farms worldwide have one to thousands of pigs, not many people know a lot about these animals. I grew up on a pig farm and during the first 18 years of my life, I interacted with them on a daily basis. I learned what they liked and what they didn’t like. I learned their habits and how they communicated. On graduating from high-school, I left the farm briefly to attend the University of Saskatchewan. After becoming disenchanted with university life, I returned to the farm and became involved with the business of raising pigs. Our hog operation was a ‘Farrow to Finish’ business. We kept approximately 40 to 50 breeding sows throughout the year with about one third of them nursing at any one time. We sold anywhere from 300 to 600 market hogs per year and the returns on those sales provided a cash flow that allowed me to do most of the things I ever wanted to do in my life. On our farm, the care of the pigs was largely manual and very labor intensive for most of the years I partnered in the business. A summer tornado in 1976, destroyed parts of the various barns. We were forced to rebuild, so segments of the operation did become automated at that point, but we were still able to maintain a fairly close relationship with our animals even though some of the manual aspects were reduced. During all of my many years working with pigs I collected many interesting and perhaps trivial facts about pigs that I learned through experience or that I read about or that other hog farmers shared with me at countless auction sales and agricultural symposiums. Below, I have compiled 30 of those points about pigs that will get you up to date on everything that you should know about them.
By John Oliver Smith2 years ago in Petlife
Amazing Animals
We have always been fascinated by animals. Whether wild, marine or domestic, they never cease to amaze and entertain us. Every day we hear a new joke about our friends and pets. Here is my personal selection of unusual stories about animals
By Les Histoires de Christine3 years ago in Petlife
Pope Francis called pet owners selfish. An animal chaplain says he sells love short.
Numerous' the pet sweetheart who decides to be designated "Mother" or"Dad" rather than ace, or whose guard sticker gloats of "four-footed grandkids." But when Pope Francis as of late reprimanded the "childishness" of deciding to really focus on a creature as opposed to embracing a youngster, creature darlings harnessed, censuring the pope's "coldhearted" remarks on their decision to shower their adoration on different species.
By Bhupendra Yadav3 years ago in Petlife