Social Networking Going to the Dogs

Posted by Clare Bristow

dogs-meeting-in-the-dog-park A trial will be carried out in Boston in the next few months to see if the city can help its dog owners get better acquainted with each other.

Dogs participating in the trial will have little tags on their collars which will allow data about them, and their owner, to be exchanged with another dog wearing a similar tag. The information will be exchanged when the dogs come within a certain distance of each other.

Once home, the dog's owner can view the information collected by the tag on a special social-networking site. Further contact can then be made if the owner thinks they might have something in common with the other dog owners they met that day.

The device can also be used to monitor a dogs behavior when he is at home. It will be able to detect when the dog is asleep, active, relieving himself and eating - and the owner will have real time access to this information via a web browser.

The product has been developed by SNiF - Social Networking in Fur - Labs Inc., and you can find out more by clicking here.

Keywords: dog behavioral problems, monitor dog health, puppy socialization

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Medication for Separation Anxiety in Dogs

Posted by Clare Bristow

springer-spaniel-looking-sad Last week, Eli Lilly and Co announced the launch of a prescription medicine that helps treat separation anxiety in dogs. The medicine is called Reconcile and uses the same compound as the human anti-depressant Prozac. The medicine will be easy to administer - it comes as a beef-flavored chewable tablet.

Eli Lilly stresses that the medicine should be used in conjunction with behavior modification training for separation anxiety. Click to Continue Reading —>

Keywords: Behavior Dog Training, behavior modification, dog behavioral problems, dog medication, separation anxiety in dogs, treating separation anxiety

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Victoria Stilwell's Top 10 Dog Tips

Posted by Clare Bristow

happy-dog-and-owner If you've had chance to watch Victoria Stilwell in her show It's Me or the Dog, then you know she has a very practical approach to dog training .

She shows owners how to calmly and effectively take control of their dog by teaching them how to implement positive reward based training .

Whenever I watch the show I find myself thinking 'oh, that's such common sense', and at the end of the day, dog training is, at least when you look at it in an unemotional way. And that's where the problems start, in my mind - we get too emotionally wrapped up in our dogs when we train them.
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