AniCompendium

For those who have experience taking care of a prt, this might not be "new" but it's still a important reminder for those who don't know of it, pets are sensitive animals and since they can't communicate when they are in pain or in discomfort it's up to the owners to pay attention for these signs. It's not a difficult thing to do, as everytime you do something with your pet, you are checking up on it's health status(if you pay attention!). Characteristics of a healthy animal are easy to spot, they are alert, always ready for exercise, very observant of the humans in their environment and like their human owners, they also are creatures of habit. A change in their individual habits and attitude may be the first sign of illness, signs to watch out for could be:

- Loss of Apetite
- Difficulty in moving, appearing less energetic
- Breathing problems
- Dischage from the mouth, nose, eyes, ears, body or genitals
- New odours
- Increase in thirst and frequent urination
- Diarrhea or vomiting

In the outside environment many animals tend to feel stressed, signs of stress and anxiety for them include:

- Aggression/fear
- Excessive salivation
- Shivering
- Irregular breathing/panting
- Fast pulse and heart rate
- Pale mucours membranes

As I have said, irregular activity from your pet generally means something is bothering them, regardless if it's physical or mental stress, getting to know them and solving any issues quickly means a happy and healthy pet life for your companion. Depending on the animal, grooming needs might be needed on a daily/weekly basis for their coats of hair. A cat, for example, moults or sheds their coat hair in spring needs careful grooming assistance from their owner, specially if it has long or medium length coats. Otherwise it'll swallow a large amount of loose hair while self licking, resulting in a hair ball which might require a veterinary's attention.

Over the next few posts I'd like to mention different cares and methods needed/can be given to our pets with nowaday's grooming guidelines and technology, thank you for reading and see you next time!

Scared to go to the doctor?

Some hot tea would be good right now....

Merry Christmas!

Have a sparkly Christmas!

Jump forest jump!

Couch surfing is both bad for you and your pet!

Most likely everyone thought as I did when I first saw a obese animal, about how cute or how lovely they looked...maybe if I had never started this blog and looked up information about animal care I would never have had the chance to realize how harmful and even painful this is for our pet animals and all because of human indulgence.

Hello animal lovers, I apologize for not having updated for some time...exam period is always hectic and I just never had the time to finish editing the drafted posts I had made, but between now and Christmas I will publish the new posts in a timely manner! (that's Plan A)

The smart one!

Now, following my previous post on Dog Intelligence, the ranking in this post rates the least obedient breeds of dogs...this in no way means they have lower capabilities then the other breeds but reflects on their tendency to follow commands(or not!) it might take a bit more time to train them up compared to the others. Again, this ranking only takes into consideration the general capacity for obedience/understanding of commands for the breeds.

Vote for your favorite, or if you think you have a star at home, enter it to the competition yourself!(submissions open until the 15th).


This contest is hosted by Fido Solutions with the aim to find a winner dog chosen by voters to cast into a Fido Ad, the voting works as the following: while no registration is needed, users can vote for multiple favorites but only once per day. The voting will end by the 17th but meanwhile, for each vote Fido Solutions will match up with $1 for the Lions Foundation of Canada Dog Guides


As readers might have already guessed, the Lions Foundation programs aim for  the training of Dog guides for people who are blind and visually impaired, in addition the Lions Foundation also trains Dog Guides to meet the needs of Canadians with hearing and other medical or physical disabilities. All programs are offered at no charge to the client, but future care and maintenance become the responsibility of the Dog Guide recipient.


Dog Guide Programs:

Canine Vision Dog Guides - for people who are blind or visually impaired
Hearing Ear Dog Guides - for people who are deaf or hard of hearing
Special Skills Dog Guides - for people with a medical or physical disability
Seizure Response Dog Guides - for people who have epilepsy
Autism Assistance Dog Guides - for children with autism




If interested to know more, do check out the site of the foundation I linked above and help voting! Below are some of the contestants I specially liked:

For those that have dogs, even those of us who don't but may know someone who does... ever witnessed the most silly and yet cute behaviors of men's best companion? Maybe you have or maybe not, but I really enjoy moments like this and am grateful that other people have had the opportunity to capture such moments and share them with us