May 21, 2012

How To Brush A Dog, When To Brush A Dog, & Dog Brushes

Wet Dog Needs To Be Brushed

Brushing your dog…it sounds so simple and in all honesty it’s not a complex task at all.  However, there are some basics you should know if you want to learn the proper ways on How to brush a dog, when to brush a dog, and also a little bit about dog brushes. I never thought [...]

How Often Should You Wash Your Dog?

Wash Your Dog

When I was a kid I don’t remember ever washing our dog, but he used to go swimming just about every day in our swimming pool…I guess you could call it a daily chlorine bath.  When I picked up Linus from the animal shelter over 7 years ago I asked our veterinarian: “How often should [...]

Dog Wash To Raise Funds For Japan’s Earthquake Vicitms

Dog Wash Japan Earthquake

Is it time to take your dog to a dog wash and give him a nice dog bath?  or is it possibly that time of year when your dog needs his vaccinations?  If so, we suggest you check out the Alicia Pet Care Center Saturday, March 26th, 2011 from 3-5pm for your dog grooming and [...]

What Is The Best Dog Brush?

Furminator Brush

What is the best dog brush is a great questions after all you don’t want your dog’s shedding fur all over your house and brushing your dog helps to stimulate the follicles and skin to produce natural oils keeping skin and fur healthy. I actually have a promotional package I received with several FURminator products [...]

What Are Dog Ear Infection Symptoms?

I have two dogs with floppy ears (if I include Derby, three) and early on I learned the answer to the question: What Are Dog Ear Infection Symptoms? Only a few months after I was born my parents got a pure bred Golden Retriever, named Kiko.  I wrote a little bit about her in my [...]

How Often Do You Groom Your Dog?

Dog Grooming

I’m going to go with the easy answer on this one: How Often Do You Groom Your Dog? It depends. That’s probably not the answer you were looking for and I can only offer you information based on what I’ve seen and done which is very limited in this area. Why did this question arise? [...]

True Or False: A Dog’s Mouth Is Cleaner Than A Humans

Just the other day my dog Stetson licked my face and as a devote dog owner I had no problem with this (although as a Guide Dog in Training Stetson should not be licking). However, a friend of mine screamed out “ewwww, that’s gross!” I immediately reacted with “A dog’s mouth is cleaner than a [...]

Did You Miss Canine Dental Health Month?

Dog Toothpaste

February was canine dental health month and I missed it on my blog. However, I still wanted to get a post up about canine dental health. Last month during our Guide Dogs of America monthly meeting we were visited by a gentleman who performed Non-Anesthetic Dental care. I’ve been fortunate to be a part of [...]

How To Remove Tar From Dog Fur

Have you ever wondered how to remove tar from dog fur?  Not long ago while at the dog beach my Aussie mix, Linus stepped in tar and immediately the black sludge clung to his paw pad and fur seemingly impossible to remove. I love taking Linus to the dog beach. He gets to interact with [...]