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Puppy Socialization is an often discussed, but an all-too-often misunderstood topic. No other single thing is as important to ensuring that your new bundle of joy will turn into a well-adjusted family member. What is puppy socialization, you ask? Puppy socialization is the concerted effort to expose your puppy to as many different people, environments, [...]
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Some summers I work on training my dogs for a specialized water test designed to be performed by registered Newfoundlands. Newfs can earn three titles, each with a different series of tests or trials. It can take a whole summer to teach a dog the skills he needs to successfully pass the tests to earn even one [...]
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How a multi-pet family prepared their dog and cats for the addition of a new baby to their family.
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You may have already read Keith’s post about monitoring bird droppings for indications of health, called “Parrot Poo Patrol – A Dirty Job.” I submit now that a ferret parent’s (that is, “ferrent’s”) task of litter box monitoring is just as important — and maybe even dirtier. Bear with me on this one!
One of my [...]
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As a bird owner, I find that I spend a lot of time looking at poop. Let me explain.
About four years ago I became a bird enthusiast. Not by choice, really, but by proxy. My girlfriend at the time (my current wife) was the proud “parent” of three parrots, Chicken, Kiwi, and Contessa, who are [...]
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It all started on a vacation, away from one of northern Wisconsin’s long cold winters. The resort had this unbelievable koi pond on the grounds teaming with some of the most beautiful koi I had ever seen. On the flight back, I looked at my wife and said let’s dig a pond when we get [...]
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I don’t know how my farrier does it. He trims 20 horses on an average day. I didn’t realize how much physical strength that would require until I tried it myself a few weeks ago.
I try to get my horses trimmed every 8 weeks, so there I was the first week in July [...]
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After 14 years of being together, Kip, our dog, reached the end of her life this summer. She was such a part of our lives it’s difficult to do much without thinking about how she would have fit into the activities. Kip was always by my side when I worked in my gardens, looking out [...]
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My boyfriend Duane has ALWAYS wanted a lizard. After much research, he decided that an Argentine Black & White Tegu was the best match. Tegus are monitor lizards, the same family as Komado Dragons.
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At the age of six, my uncle took me along with him to Pier 1 imports to look at aquarium fish for his 30 gallon freshwater aquarium (I am old and yes, Pier 1 did in fact sell aquarium fish back in the 70’s!). After looking over all of these colorful and interesting fish, one [...]
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Things I did between 2004 and 2006: Moved to Pennsylvania, got a graduate degree, and fell in love.
That wasn’t the plan from the start (well, certainly not the “falling in love” part). And no, I’m not recounting how I met my wife, Felicia (that’s another story), but instead, how I came to love a lizard named Sid.
Attending [...]
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Dog agility is a sequence of obstacles, in which you run your dog through in a particular order, under a predetermined amount of time. It sounds a little scary at first, but it’s not. It’s just great fun! I think of it as a playground for my dog – fun things for her to do [...]
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