Author Archives: Brigitte Smith

About Brigitte Smith

Brigitte Smith is an entrepreneur with a love of dogs and a healthy lifestyle. Brigitte is passionate about holistic health alternatives for dogs, most of which are today suffering foreshortened lifespans in the wake of a lifetime diet of commercial pet food, and further contributed to by unnecessary over-vaccination and chemicals and poisons applied topically and internally. http://HealthierDogs.com is one of Brigitte's sites dedicated to dog health, and in particular dog food reviews.

Pet Care Insurance – Choosing the Best Pet Insurance

If you are thinking about getting pet care insurance for your dog, you have to be very careful. Do not sign up with the first one that you see, and do not pay anything unless you know exactly what you are getting. Below are some of the things that you should check for before you sign up for a pet health insurance.

Dog Training of a Different Type – Assistance Dogs

Dogs that are trained to assist disabled people, called assistance dogs, are not pets; rather, they are trained specifically to help people who are blind, deaf, or physically disabled. They spend their lifetime up until retirement providing independence and security to disabled people. The choice of the perfect assistance dog is based on temperament and size, not breed.

Choosing Suitable Dog Boarding Kennels

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Choosing suitable dog boarding kennels is an issue that many pet owners have to face at one time or another – sometimes quite regularly.

If you’re lucky like me, you may have a neighbor who loves your dogs almost as much as you do and is prepared to look after them when you go away so you never need to worry about a pet boarding kennel.

Best Dog Foods Ranked

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Raw Dog Food

As you probably know, my preference is for fresh, raw food for my dogs.

But I appreciate that many pet owners are going to opt for the convenience of a pre-prepared food no matter what. So if you’re one of this group, this article is for you.

I’m going to be giving some tips on how to compare dog food and have sufficient knowledge to make an informed decision on what is the best dog food for your dog.

Dog Treats From Organic Companies

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My dog always eats the healthiest dog food and dog treats there is to offer. If I would not eat food made with sub par ingredients then why would I feed it to my dog? The foods I find that have the greatest results are Flint River Ranch Dog Food and Wysong Dog Food. Recently I have been looking into… Read more »

Pet Vitamin Supplement for Your Dog

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There is evidence to suggest that a good pet vitamin supplement for your dog not only helps prevent, improve or cure many degenerative type illnesses and disease, but may actually lengthen your dog’s life span. Really!

This is particularly the indication if you start giving your dog a pet vitamin supplement while your dog is young and healthy, rather than waiting for your dog to get sick or show the usual signs of aging and degeneration.

Dog Allergies

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Dogs can suffer from allergies just as readily as humans can.

And there can be a variety of causes of dog allergies, just as there can with human allergies.

One thing your dog can’t tell you, though, is what he or she has come into contact with that could be causing the dog allergy.

Female Dog Care

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As with humans, there are certain types of dog health care issues that are peculiar only to female dogs, and others that occur only in male dogs.

The following informative article deals with female dog care issues such as spaying your female dog, canine breast cancer, pyometra – a serious condition of your dog’s uterus, and a canine version of phantom pregnancy.

Oh Those Puddles on the Floor …

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What do you do when Fido starts peeing on your brand new carpet or having accidents in the night while she sleeps? Inappropriate urination problems are not uncommon in dogs and owners should be aware that finding unexpected puddles on the floor may warrant a trip to the veterinarian.

Basic Dog Training Commands

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Training Your Dog to “give” trains your dog to release whatever he has in his mouth on your command and helps to stop him becoming an aggressive and possessive dog.

Nature dictates that whatever he finds is his.This is just normal dog behavior. This is where you use obedience dog training. Whether it be his favourite toy or a juicy bone he has to be taught to drop it when told, without growling or baring his teeth.