Does your dog stinks ? Five possible reasons
We know you are a responsible owner and bathe your four-legged friend regularly. You keep track of flea and tick medication, you buy healthy and balanced food. And you swear that your pet has not been the target of the fetid burst of a pretty but fragrant skunk. Still, does your dog stinks? There are reasons that explain why. I am a dog, then I...
Do dogs and cats need sleep as much as we do?
If you live with a cat or a dog, chances are that your furry companion is at the moment taking a nap. All animals need sleep: sleep hours help us retain what we have learned and are essential for our immune system to function well. But there are species that require sleep longer than others: while humans we spend a third of the day sleeping,...
How to get your puppy not to pee at home
We know: being a perfect dog-human is hard work. The task is complicated if, suppose, your dog starts peeing inside the house. You clean it thoroughly. But it happens again, and after a few days, it happens again. And if you want to test your nerves, adopt a puppy: it is more than likely that the child uses the carpet in the room to release...
Is it good to treat dogs and cats as if they were people?
We love our dogs and cats, as much as they want us. It is normal that we talk to them as if they were people, that we worry that they have a healthy diet or that we want to share the bed with them: in fact, we do it six out of ten, studies in the field say. Thus, treating your pussy or your dog...
How often is it advisable to bathe your dog?
If your dog could bark at you the list of things he least likes in the world, taking a bath would be among them. The fact that the dog shower is often a chaotic moment, in which all involved literally end up running through water, does not make things easier either. But to bathe your dog is essential to protect the health of your friend,...
Do dogs and cats also get lice?
Oddly enough, dogs and cats can also catch lice. Although we associate these insects with the head of the children, and with the dreaded circulars of the school that warn of their arrival in the classrooms, these unwanted guests can also affect our four-legged friends. And, contrary to what happens with fleas and ticks, the risk of your dog or cat catching lice grows during...
Why cats prefer to drink water from the tap?
Cats do not stop surprising us. Nor to ask ourselves questions about his many times considered "strange behaviors." And Twitter is a reflection of this: a few months ago the social network exploded with funny videos of pussies with "drinking problems", after becoming viral a video of a cat who drank from the bathroom faucet with difficulty, and that accumulates more of six million views....
Dogs and cats, beyond the myth: five keys to get along
Dogs and cats are often presented as the worst enemies, but this is not always the case. Who assures it is Sophie Hall, a researcher at the University of Lincoln, in the United Kingdom, and co-author of a scientific paper - published by the Journal of Veterinary Behavior in 2018 - according to which the friendly coexistence between pets of both species, despite popular beliefs...
Why your cat can’t be vegan or vegetarian
The global inclination to abandon meat consumption or at least reduce it is such that The Economist has declared this...
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