Pillowcase Pixie

Keeping your dog active is important to your dog's lifestyle. Many dog trainers agree that one should exercise your dog 45 minutes to an hour every morning, and then feed them their morning dish of kibble after thy have cooled down from their morning activity. This keeps your dog healthy and happy.

The pay-off to the owner after getting up and exercising the dog? The owner gets exercise too, but then the pooch takes a nice long nap!

Take a look at Miss Pixie after her walk...she burrowed herself between the pillow and it's pillowcase! What a NUT!

Tips for First Time Dog Owners

• During the first 16 weeks of life puppies should meet 100 people and 100 dogs.
• Consider the time, energy, and financial requirements of a dog and choose one that you will be able to provide for.
• Consider future housing. "Landlord Issues" is sited as the #2 reason dogs are surrendered.
• Dogs take years to train...so be patient.
• No matter how overcome with love and adoration for your new dog, remember, it is your job to be the leader and to provide rules, structure, and boundaries for your new canine companion.

Quick tips for a tummy ache...

Yesterday my dog "Pixie" had a rough day. She was just plain-old not feeling well. She was a mess. Her stomach was moldy and she was throwing up. I immediately contacted my vet and asked her what I could do to make her feel better. I wanted to pass this info onto you so your pooch can feel as good as he/she should.

1. Pull her food and leave out fresh water.
2. Let you pooch rest as much as they want to...in other words, don't over-stimulate.
3. Monitor her energy level.
4. Let her sleep through the night.
5. In the morning give her some rice in chicken broth to keep her diet bland.

Low and behold after following these steps..."Pixie" is doing much better!

Keeping Your Dog Healthy from the Inside!

Like you, your dog needs good nutrition to remain healthy. Cutting corners in the area of nutrition can mean pain and suffering for your dog and your wallet in the future.

Focusing on Nutrition...

Dog food labels can be overwhelming, confusing, and misleading. Instead of trying to analyze the label, look for a food that has high quality ingredients. Look for a food that has no corn or wheat and has meat as two as the first three ingredients.