Every year pet owners suffer the same frustrations. Warmer weather means more parasites, especially fleas! And, despite good, veterinary approved products, some pets are still subjected to these nasty bugs! What can we do to stop the infestation?
By: Dr. Jim Humphries, Veterinary News Network
Fleas are truly a pet owner’s curse and worst nightmare. Designed to survive and efficient at reproducing, these blood-sucking pests can quickly overrun house and home! In addition to causing misery for our pets, fleas have the potential to carry serious, even deadly diseases. In order to defeat this enemy, we need to understand their life cycle and dispel persistent myths that lead to ineffective flea control.
For every adult flea seen on a dog or cat, there are about 95 other fleas in various life stages (eggs, larvae and pupae) around the pet’s environment. The failure to address the juvenile life stages is a primary reason why owners never seem to win any battles against fleas. People also misunderstand how adult fleas interact with pets.
Is this the World's Cutest Puppy picture? If it is, it is really the World's Cutest Puppies' Picture - the two adorable pooches are a Saint Bernard + Bernese Mountain Dog Mix (Mutt) and a snowball of white fluff Great Pyrenees - all to kick off our exclusive World's Cutest Puppy series here at DogExplorer.com
Called Newton and Winter, the pups are housemates, rescues and only two of several large or giant breeds their owners have kindly adopted.
Just click on the picture to see other cute puppies but understand we are just starting our series. You are also welcome to add your own picture to the gallery but remember puppies only, and all submissions are subject to editor approval.
Enjoy funny dog videos? Then you just might like Postcards from the Dog Park, a new occasional video series from DogExplorer.com
In this pilot episode we feature some test images we shot on an overcast day at Arroyo Verde Dog Park. Dog breeds featured in this video include the Australian Cattle Dog, aka Queensland Heeler and Blue Heeler, English Mastiff, Vizsla, Golden Retriever, Boxer, American Pit Bull Terrier (briefly), Border Collie, Border Collie-Aussie mix, and an adorable Rottweiler (rotti) puppy.
There are some great action shots, funny dog play moments, and, of course, a puppy. Two puppies actually. The giant English Mastiff is also a puppy.
Enjoy funny dog videos? Then check out this amazing Boxer Otis as he leaps high into the air to grab a leash from a soccer goal post.
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The Labrador Retriever remains King of the Kennel, or at the very least, top dog in America, according to the American Kennel Club (AKC).
For the 19th year in a row the loyal Labrador Retriever has maintained the number one position in the hearts of American dog owners says the Club in a press release.
The statistics track the registration figures for 2009, and thus don't take into account the number of unregistered pure bred dogs, or mixed breed dogs in American homes.
A surprising change in the population is the increasing popularity of the German Shepherd, which is now ranked number 2, the first time that has happened in some 30 years, said the AKC. It took that spot away from the Yorkshire Terrier.
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