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DO supervise children at all times with your dog. While your nieces and nephews may be delighted with your pet and are trying hard to be gentle, many of them (especially those who are less familiar with pets, and your dog in particular) may be unintentionally rough or handle your dog in a way that bothers him. For everyone’s safety and comfort, make sure that your dog isn’t left unsupervised with children.

DON’T expect more of your dog than he can handle. For a dog who’s used to spending a significant amount of time alone, or just with your family, it may be overwhelming to find himself in a room full of chattering relatives and active children. Find time to let him be alone if you possibly can so that he doesn’t panic.

DO consider setting up a special room for your dog to play in during the meal. You’ll be busy refilling drinks, carving the turkey, clearing away plates, and slicing pie. You’ll have a much easier time without your dog trying to get your attention the entire time.

Set up a comfortable bed or crate, your dog’s favorite toys, and perhaps try some relaxing music. Test this ahead of time to make sure that it doesn’t have the opposite effect and make your dog bark.

DO include your dog in the sporting activities. While everyone’s tossing around the football, you can engage your pooch with a frisbee or rubber ball. Make sure to get one that’s hard enough to bounce, but soft enough to be safe for his teeth and jaw.

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DO get your dog a special toy to enjoy while your guests are talking and watching television. To make it extra special, pick a Thanksgiving themed toys for your pup. If the dog prefers a favorite toy or game that you already have, make sure to get it out for him to play with. This can be a stressful time for him and you want him to be aware that you know he’s doing his best.

DO make the time for a walk or a game of fetch, especially if the weather’s good. After a hearty meal, some exercise will be just what your dog needs to recharge. It’s also a good idea to wear your dog out in the morning before guests arrive so he won’t be as tempted to jump on everyone who walks through the door.

DON’T let your dog snack all day long. Even if the treats are healthy, your dog can get pretty sick if he has too much to eat. Instead, get him a dental chew or an interactive toy to keep him busy while everyone else is watching a movie.

 

Sometimes I wish I were a people.

Today my mom was looking at a book of recipes …recipes for people, not puppies.  In fact, there were lots of ingredients, like raisins and chocolate, that we dogs can’t have. But anyway, those recipes sounded good.

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They were for things like chocolate scotch truffles, egg nog bread, pear-walnut bread, monster munch and some traditional holiday dishes that humans eat. I don’t know if my mom will make any.  I guess it doesn’t matter because she seldom lets me have people food anyway.

Oh!!! I forgot to tell you something.  I think I once told you about my little brother Watson.  Well, I have a brother who is my same age.  His name is Woodford and he lives in Florida.  And guess what!!.  His mom sent my mom a text on that telephone thing the other night.  It had been one whole year since Woodford went to live with her and she was happy.

I suspect Woodford is a little spoiled.  I think I have used some of his pictures in my posts.  You probably thought it was me.  I was trying to take advantage of his good looks and maybe catch a couple of girls.

It sure was nice to hear from Woodford and to know he is doing well.  We might see him when we go down to Florida for the dog show in December.  I sure hope so.

But now, let’s get back to food.

I spoke with my mom about that cookbook she was looking at and said, “Why don’t you offer that to my friends who live inside the computer?  It could be a Thanksgiving gift from me to say thank-you for reading my posts.”

She thought about it for a few minutes and replied, “Well, I guess we could do that.  Most people have their own recipes for the holidays, but they might find something interesting,”

So, she and I got to work and put it together.

All you have to do is click below and tell us where to send it.

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And thanks for being my computer friends.

If there were a new vitamin that would help us live longer, cure our anxiety, and lessen our chance of having heart ailments, for sure everyone would want it.

But there is such a vitamin, it is called vitamin P, and the P stands for puppies.

We all know that exercises such as yoga and meditation offer a lot of major health benefits and basically reduce a person’s stress levels. But did you know that having a dog around as a companion imposes the same benefit?

There were already a number of studies showing how having a dog actually provides social support and stress relief. In fact, a dog’s companionship is a lot better compared to our friends or even with our family. A recent study showed that owning a dog can help reduce adrenaline and cortisol (hormones that are accompanied with stress). Having a dog around the house also improves one’s immune system and pain management.

Here are some more benefits your furry friend can provide:

· Dogs can easily enhance your mood. It will only take a few minutes of petting until you notice you are now having fun when just a while ago you were filled with all anxiety in the world. Reducing anxiety also means saving your body from the wear and tear of life.

· Having a dog can help you manage your blood pressure levels. In a study, persons who have dogs have lower blood pressure levels during rest than those who don’t have dogs.  One study also showed that children who undergo hypertension have lowered their heart rates while petting with a dog.

· A dog’s long term benefit is really for the protection of the heart. A study in the American National Institute of health showed that people who own dogs have a 35% lesser chance of having a heart attack than those who don’t. This shows that having a dog in the house is not just for the petting and playing, it is even good for your  health.

· Patients who have visits from a therapy dog recover faster from an illness or stroke. Petting and cuddling with a dog helps patients rebuild strength at a fast rate while feeling calm and loved. This is due to the fact that they are just visited by therapy dogs, how much more if they are with them 24 hours a day?

· Dogs are also good in helping a person fight depression. No one can love you like how a dog does. The unconditional love they offer, the presence they provide, and the attention they are willing to give are just some of the many reasons why a dog is really man’s best friend.

If you really love dogs, it is just hard for you to stay in a bad mood when you notice your furry friend rushing towards you to play and cuddle. Even by just looking in her lovely eyes, all your worries and problems are suddenly forgotten.

Now, I’m not going to go as far as saying mutts rule the world because I rule the world and I am a wire fox terrier.  But mutts come in a close second.

I know because I have 2 mutts living in my houses.  They’re sisters and they look just alike.  The vet had to microchip them so she could tell them apart when they go in for their check-ups.  I think they’re awesome because they’re my friends.

But there are a lot of other reasons mutts are awesome. Here are a few.

1. They are unique – the number one question people ask is “what kind of dog is that?” This is typically followed by lots of cuddling, admiring, and conjecture. And even if the question may go unrequited, the one of its kind breed of dog gets the attention.

2. They are more flexible – they are not the typical breed with an explicit skill set in mind, such as hunting or herding .They’re the jacks of all trades!

3. They can still compete – . Unique temperaments may give them an edge, too. One top dog, named Brutus, is a Boston terrier mix who likes to stay close to his dog mom’s heels, making him an idyllic agility dog.

4. They make great service dogs – Being trained as a therapy or service dog is no longer narrowly to just purebreds. Mixed breeds are likewise as awesome and skilled in this regard.

5. Housetraining is provided – Most of the mixed breeds found in shelters belong to somebody else, due to allergies or for some other reasons they are left in the shelter for some housetrained. A fixed plus towards their awesomeness!

6. You can skip the puppy stage – With a mutt from the shelter, you have the choice of adopting a baby or young dog over an old one. In these cases, the dog’s size will already be pretty set, too, so there will be no surprises in that regard.

7. They have fewer health issues – Many people who think mixed breed dogs are healthier than purebreds. When in fact this isn’t proven, and every dog is a distinct with his own needs and strengths, it is a fact that there are purebreds which are more prone to specific illnesses. Mixed breed dogs are believed to be less likely to develop hereditary infections, due to gene variation.

8. They have cheaper start-up costs – There are some shelters only require a $50 to $200 donation in order for you to adopt a dog. Plus, a mixed breed from the shelter is probably spayed or neutered and complete with the vaccinations, which will save you even more money.

9. You’re saving a life – A mixed breed dog living at a shelter has the highest chance to euthanasia. Adopting one means you are saving a life, a fact your new dog will not soon forget.

10. Their awesomeness is contagious – A mixed breed dog is an explorer. With a mixed breed, a puppy particularly, you can value the spontaneity and grow with your new pet. You’ll be even more amazed for it!

1. They are unique – the number one question people ask is “what kind of dog is that?” This is typically followed by lots of cuddling, admiring, and conjecture. And even if the question may go unrequited, the one of its kind breed of dog gets the attention.

2. They are more flexible – they are not the typical breed with an explicit skill set in mind, such as hunting or herding .They’re the jacks of all trades!

3. They can still compete – . Unique temperaments may give them an edge, too. One top dog, named Brutus, is a Boston terrier mix who likes to stay close to his dog mom’s heels, making him an idyllic agility dog.

4. They make great service dogs – Being trained as a therapy or service dog is no longer narrowed to just purebreds. Mixed breeds are likewise as awesome and skilled in this regard.

5. Housetraining is provided – Most of the mixed breeds found in shelters belonged to someone else, and due to allergies or other reasons,  they are left in the shelter. Some are already housetrained.  This is an additonal  plus towards their awesomeness!

6. You can skip the puppy stage – With a mutt from the shelter, you have the choice of adopting a young dog or an older one over a puppy.  In these cases, the dog’s size will already be set, too, so there will be no surprises in that regard.

7. They have fewer health issues – Many people think mixed breed dogs are healthier than purebreds. While this isn’t proven,  every dog is distinct with his own needs and strengths, It is a fact that there are purebreds that are more prone to specific illnesses. Mixed breed dogs are believed to be less likely to develop hereditary conditions because of gene variation.

8. They have cheaper start-up costs – There are some shelters only require a $50 to $200 donation in order for you to adopt a dog. Plus, a mixed breed from the shelter is probably spayed or neutered and complete with vaccinations. That will save you even more money

9. You’re saving a life – A mixed breed dog living at a shelter has the highest chance of being euthanized. Adopting one means you are saving a life, a fact your new dog will not soon forget.

10. Their awesomeness is contagious – A mixed breed dog is an explorer. With a mixed breed, a puppy particularly, you can value the spontaneity and grow with your new pet. You’ll be rewarded for it!

Today has been terrible.  It’s been raining all day.  It’s getting colder and it’s been just plain miserable.

I couldn’t go out to play.  That meant I had to be cooped up all day while my mom was at work.  Sometimes I wish she wouldn’t go to work.  But when I mention it, she always says, “Rochester, If I don’t go to work,  I won’t be able to afford dog food.”

My answer to that…Forget dog food.  Let’s cook.

So when she got home today, I nagged and nagged until she gave in.  We found a recipe and I decided to make it all mine.  It’s called Rochester’s Rockin’ Chewey Cheesy Pizza.  It was so delicious that I wanted to share it with you to make for your dog.

Rochester’s Rockin Cheewy Cheesy Pizza

Crust

2 cups cake flour

1 1/4 cups whole wheat flour

1/4 cup olive oil

1 egg

1 cup water

1 teaspoon baking soda

Sauce & Toppings 1 tomato

1 cup tomato puree

1 clove garlic 1/4 cup parmesan cheese — grated

1/2 teaspoon oregano

1/2 teaspoon basil

2/3 cup cooked rice

CRUST: Mix all ingredients together. Knead on a lightly floured surface. Spray a regular sized, 12 ” pizza pan with nonstick spray. Next, spread the dough to the edges of the pan, forming a lip around the ends. Set aside.

Sauce & Toppings: In a food processor, blend tomato, tomato puree and garlic. Spoon the mixture over the pizza crust. Sprinkle the cheese and spices evenly over sauce. Cut the pizza into slices with a pizza cutter or sharp knife.
Bake in a 325 degree oven for 25 minutes. Take out and sprinkle rice evenly over pizza. Return to oven and bake 25 minutes more.

Yield: one 12 inch pizza.

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I’ve been running around outside this evening with my little cousin.  She’s only 6 months old.  But our little noses and toeses got a bit chilly out there.

Think it’s time to start thinking about a sweater or jacket for us to put on in the frosty mornings?  I do.

Here are some to consider.

Sweaters for Chilly Mornings

Click above to keep your pup warm this winter.

 

Juliane Kaminski, a cognitive psychologist quoted “We think that we are looking at a special adaptation in dogs to be sensitive to human forms of communication.

“There is multiple evidence suggesting that selection pressures during domestication have changed dogs such that they are perfectly adapted to their new niche, the human environment.”

Dogs are probably born with this inherent gift, from birth to maturity with no major training possesses it.

The research of Kaminski and her colleagues likened how well dogs and chimpanzees understood human pointing. The subject pointed to  a tangible object out of reach of the human but within reach of the animal subject. If the chimp or dog saved the object, he or she would be remunerated with a tasty food treat. (The dogs got dry dog food while Chimps received fruit juice or peanuts.)

The chimps wrecked, ignoring the human gesticulations, even though they were motivated to get the food prized. The dogs aced the test.

The chimpanzees failed to understand the referential intent of the human in the assignment. They did not see the pointing as imperative to their goal of getting the food, so they simply overlooked the people during the study.

“We know that chimpanzees have a very flexible understanding of others,” Kaminski said. “They know what others can or cannot see, when others can or cannot see them, etc.”

Chimps are consequently not clueless, but they have likely not developed the tendency to pay responsiveness to humans when trying to accomplish goals.

Kaminski clarified that even wolves do not have this skill.

“Wolves, even when raised in a human environment, are not as flexible with human communication as dogs,” she said. “Dogs can read human gestures from very early ages on.”

As for cats, preceding research found that tame felines also pay attention to us and can comprehend human pointing gestures. Kaminski, however, mentioned that “the researchers had to select them out of many hundreds of cats, ” proposing that only house kitties are on par with dogs when it comes to indulging people.

From encouraging people to be more active, to reducing the risk of heart disease, to assisting us in fighting depression, we  dogs can help you live longer and happier lives.

But as busy professionals, exactly what does dog ownership teach you? How can we benefit your unique lifestyle?

Here are some of the answers:

Go home early

We dogs have a limit for just how long they might be left on their own. Whether you are so busy at the office or are out and aboutdoing whatever, we dogs have restrictions on how long we should be out of the house. For professionals searching for that work/life equilibrium, the responsibility to go home early for your dog enables you to step clear of the hubbub and call it a night.

Plan ahead of time

We also put restrictions in that popular professional quality of vibrant impulsiveness. Last-minute choices and heat-of-the-moment decisions become considerably more difficult when you have a dog to consider. (At least if you care about us). This is not to say that we eliminate the periods of impulsive trips along with random fun, I’m just saying that if you care about us, allow a bit more preparation and planning before you do any of these things.  This helps you take better control of yourselves and develop self-responsibility.

Makes You responsible

If you are a young professional with a roommates, sharing ownership of a dog facilitates you to work together effectively. By sharing the work, designating who does this and who does that, you get great practice from the art of teamwork: “I’ll do the walks if you take care of the feeding, ” or maybe “You pay the dog walker and I’ll take care of his food, ” or maybe “I’ll come home early this Friday in exchange for a TGIF next week, ” and many others. Sharing puppy ownership fosters those sought-after skills of cooperation and service.

Don’t just think of yourself

Almost everyone else thinks of his/her future, right? But being too focused on yourselves is the same mistake everyone else is committing. It makes you less productive and is even harmful to you (because if you think only of yourself, you don’t care about others.)

 

Owning a dog changes all of these. It helps us keep things in perspective, keeping the balance in our life. You are required to take care of us and stop thinking of yourselves  just for a moment.

Why Won’t My Dog Listen To Me?

This is a common question that most first-time dog owners ask me. Before I answer your question, let me ask you a few instead:

If your answers are mostly in the negative, its time you seriously reconsider your role as a sincere dog trainer and an ideal pet parent.

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Get Your Dog To Listen To You

Before you begin any training, you must first establish yourself as the “ALPHA dog” of your family. Your dog must know that you’re the leader of the pack and it is YOU who is in charge.

Here is a list of simple DO’s and DONT’s that you must follow if you want to be the Alpha:

Once you successfully established yourself as the Alpha, training your dog and making him listen will be a lot easier than you can imagine. Remember, if your dog does not learn to “listen”, all your training efforts will be in vain!

Does your dog know his name? Does your dog look at you whenever you call him by his name? This is the first and the most critical step involved in Dog Training. If your dog doesn’t respond to his name, you cannot have his attention for teaching him any other commands.

To make sure that your dog recognizes his name, take a treat in your hand and hold it away from your body. Call your dog’s name. He is most likely to look at the treat in your hand. Continue calling his name untill he turns and looks at your eyes. Give him the treat immediately. Repeat this exercise by holding the treat in the other hand. Once you’re sure that your dog has learnt to recognize his name, just call his name and reward him for looking at you by petting or with a hug.

You must understand that dogs respond far better to positive reinforcement than they do to coercion or force.

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