The Pet Your State Wants the Most

Someone interested in dog breeding should know several things. While dog breeding may look like an inexpensive hobby and a potential way to earn some extra money, this is often not the case. Responsible dog breeders often find that they enjoy the experience of raising a litter of puppies, but regularly lose money on the…

A name is as important to a dog as it is for the owner who names said dog. A dog’s name serves as a cue that it is being spoken to and should pay attention for a command. While naming a dog as a young puppy is often easier than naming it as an older…

Prison dog training programs are programs which bring dogs into prisons so that prisoners can train them. These programs have a number of important functions, from training dogs so that they are suitable for adoption to providing prisoners with therapeutic experiences, and they have become quite popular in some regions of the world. A typical…

Pets provide companionship and unconditional love. In fact, there have been numerous studies proving that owning a pet reduces your stress levels and promotes an overall feeling of well-being. However, choosing whether to get a cat or a dog can sometimes be a difficult task for a prospective pet owner. When choosing between these two…

Dogs might be man’s best friend all year long, but on one special day in Nepal, they get put on pedestals — literally. Tihar is a five-day Hindu festival of lights held every year in Nepal and parts of India that celebrates the intimate relationship among people, gods, and animals, namely dogs, crows, and cows….

Therapy dogs might seem like a recent innovation, but one of the world’s greatest psychologists understood the potential benefits of having a puppy tend to patients. Sigmund Freud, the Austrian “father of psychoanalysis,” sometimes allowed his pet Chow Chow, Jofi, to hang out in his office when he was treating patients. While Freud thought the dog…