A Speacial Recipe For Your Dog

My REX and REVA both love this special treat a lot -- even more than their regular beef meal at times. How about your "SCISSOR"? I'm sure SCISSOR will also love to have this wonderful treat. And you will just wonder how easy it is to make for your SCISSOR.

You will need:

• Whole wheat flour -- 4 cups


• Buffalo milk -- 1 full cup


• Vegetable oil (not mustard oil) -- 1/2 Teaspoon full


• Chicken liver (shreded) -- 100 gms


• Eggs -- 2 (large size)


• Water -- 1 cup

How to make:

• Mix all the ingredients together


• Put the mixture into the mixture grinder and mix it well for five minutes


• Bake it for 40 minutes at 325 degree.


• Take it out, keep it covered and let it cool down to room temperature


• It will become hard -- like dog biscuit


• Break it and give it to your SCISSOR.

If you give it as tidbits during training it would work like a real blast.

My Canine Friends are Dying to Teach Peruvian Army the Art Of Killing

What else my dog friends have to do for us mankind??? They have been doing a lot for us -- guiding the blinds to the destination, fetching the news papers to their old masters, guarding and protecting our properties, going down to fetch games for their hunter masters, carrying messages during the war times and what not?

But it's really painful to say that they are now dying to teach the respected soldiers of Peru how to kill. Shame on the Government of Peru and educated Peruvian army officers !!!

The Peruvian commandos are tought how to kill where live dogs are spreadeagled and tied between the poles fixed vertically into the ground. The muscular Peruvian heroes slash and stab the helpless creature to death. This is how they are tought how to kill. Shame on the Government of Peru and educated Peruvian army officers !!! This is not the end...

I will not put the picture in my blog but all I can do is to redirect you to read about what's going on over there. Click here. This barbarism of the Peruvian military was first brought to notice by World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA), which is a British charity. I owe millions of thanks to WSPA to bring the fact before the mass attention.

Dog Breeds -- Pure Breed, Cross Breed & Mongrels

Developed over the millions of years the dogs are the man's best friend. Historians and scientists have provided us with enough scopes to look back to the evolution and development of the animal that we love as dog and think to be our best friend. The man-dog relationship was depicted in a manuscript of 18th century and by an ancient art made on a Greek vase during a period, spanning back to about 425 BC.

During this long evolutionary period dogs have changed a lot. From the dogs with no specific origin we have now a wide assortment of pedigree dogs -- Pure breed dogs such as Labrador Retrievers, Pit Bull Terriers, Afghan Hounds, Schnauzers, Gordon Setters, Grey Hounds etc.

• Pedigree Dogs are those dogs that have been bred as the helping hands of mankind and bred actually on the basis of the pre-written standard set forth by any recognized association or a Kennel Club. The wide range of pure bred dogs are divided into seven distinctive groups -- Sporting Breed, Non-Sporting Breed, Terriers, Working Breed, Utility Breed, Hounds and Herding Breed. Until the fag end of 1998 there were only 6 groups. With the beginning of 1999 there was one more group and that was the Pastoral Group.

A pure bred Boston Terrier

• Mixed breed and mongrels are the dogs that do not have a specific origin. Better to define it as the specimen from mixed parentage. Although it's for true that many pure breeds that we find today are the results of planned crossing of two or more different breeds. For instance, Bull Terrier. This particular breed came about by crossing of old fighting dogs carrying Bulldog gene with Terriers (notably the English White Terriers, which are extinct now).

Can you imagine that this cute little pooch is a Chihuahua-Pug mixed

However the mongrels (also termed as a tyke, crossbreed, cur, a bitsa, mutt,or random-bred dog) are as appealing as the dogs of pure breed and may have as much characters as a royal German Shepherd Dog. I have often seen the hybrid vigor of the mongrels often surpasses the beauty and glamor of the purebred or pedigree dogs. If you compare one purebred to one mixed breed, either may come out ahead and you may wonder as to how a mongrel can be a mind blowing pet. I'll come up with a snap of a beautiful specimen -- LIZA (GSD+Labrador) sometimes later. Stay tuned!

Canine Breed -- Which Breed of Dog!!!

Well, I am sure that you are interested in dog world and canine breed -- otherwise you wouldn't have dropped by "Welcome Dog Lovers" (WDL). Often people ask me, which breed of dog should be the right choice for them. The answer is not as simple as "the one that fascinates you the most"!!! Not again a big deal either. All you need to understand the dog breeds. Here's a simple guide that may help you understand what a canine breed actually is.

What is a canine breed? Putting very precisely it's a specific breed of dog that have been bred to conform to a Kennel Club's pre-framed breed standard (a written blue print for the breed along with it's purpose). In the dog world three distinctive approaches have been combined to give an idea of a specific canine breed.

• Ancestry: All the specimens descending from a particular origin (founder specimen/group) are designated as a specific breed.


• Typology: Canine breeds are also distinguished by the type or physique of the dog. Canines have been categorised into five classes of breed -- toy breed, small, medium breed, large breed and giant breed.
  
• Purpose: The canine breed are distinguished by their purpose and utility.
  
  While some breeds have been bred to be an ideal family companion and watchdog(such as the Keeshonden), the others are bred to herd sheep or to go for hunting with their hunter masters. There are working breed, sport breed, gun dogs, utility group, terrier group.
  
  Spare a serious thoughts before purchasing the dog. If you want a small breed that would make a great companion and would be good with kids, a Pomerenian will never be a right choice. Because poms are sometimes agressive with children. Beagles are better. On the other level, if you want to have a giant dog with appropriate degree of aggressiveness and highly intelligent, Bloodhound may be a better pick and not a Tosa. These are only a couple of examples.
  

Dogtionary For Dog Lovers -- Dictionary for Show Titles and Ratings

Here's a list of all the typical words that you may come across while dealing with dog shows and titles. This is a Dictionary for Show Titles and Ratings that will help you know and understand the wide range of words tat are used by the dog lovers related to dog shows and sports.


A

A: Ausreichend. Used to refer Sufficient Show and/or Perfirmance Rating.

a: Used as a symbol to indicate the condition of the hips fo the dogs that are suitable for breeding

AD: Ausdauerpruefung. "AD" is a Title given to the dogs that have qualified the test called "Ausreichend", which consists to two phases -- 12 mile run and Simple Obedience.

Angekoert: Title given to the dogs to show that they are recomended for breeding. This Title is given after the evaluation of some of the most vital parameters like body structure, temperament, angulations, pigmentation, basic instincts, hereditary health disorders, etc.

B

BH: Blindenhund. TItle given to the Guide Dogs for Blind

BIS: Best in Show

BOS: Best of Opposite Sex

BpDH: Bahnpolizei Diensthund. Title given to the Railroad Police Service Dogs

BSAVA: British Small Animal Veterinary Association

Bundesieger: (Leistungssieger) Title for the Working Dog Champion of the year.


C

CACIB: Centro Addestramento cinofilo Bresciano. This is an International dog show for all breeds, where the dogs are awarded the International Beauty Champion Certificate. The CACIB show is organized twice each year at in Spring and in Autumn.

CAC: C.A.C. is an esteemed National Dog Show where the dogs and bitches of all breeds are awarded with certificates of national beauty champion candidates.

Ch: Champion

CLM: Cutaneous Larva Migrans. This is a skin problem caused when the larvae of the hookworm in dogs burrown under the dermal layer. The dog's ksin turns red causing irritation and inflammation.


D

DH: Diensthund. Title given to the service dogs


E

Europameister: The title awarded to the World Champion SchH III Dog


F

FC: Field Champion

FH: Fahrtenhund. This is the most advanced tarcking title awarded by the SV.


G

GRH: Grenzenhund. Title given to Border Patrol Dog.

Gut: "Good" Show Performance Rating


H

HGH: Herdengebrauchshund. Title for the Herding Dogs

Hutesiger: Title awarded to the herding dog champion in the German Herding Dog Championship Show.


I

IPO (I, II,III): Schutzhund (I, II, III) as per the International rules.

J

K

KKL I: Koerklasse I. The title given to the dogs that are specially recommended for breeding.

KKL II: Koerklasse I. The title given to the dogs that are suitable for breeding.

KrH: Kriegshund. Title Given to the War Dogs


L

LawH: Title given to Avalanche Dogs. Also marked as LawH-Avalanche

Lbz: Lebenszeit. Title is given to the dogs after the quality of breed is surveyed for life time.

LP: Less Promising

Leistungssieger: (Bundesieger) Title for the Working Dog Champion of the year.


M

M: Mangelhaft. Faulty show or performance rating

MH: Meldehund. Title given to the Messenger Dogs in the army.

N

O

P

P: Promising. This title is obtainable only in the puppy classes.

PDH: Polizei Dienst Hund. Title given to the Working Police Dogs

PH: Polizeihund. Title given to the Police trained Dogs.

Preishuten Sieger: Highest title awarded to the sheepherding Champion dog of the year.

PSP: Polizei Schutzhund Prufung. Title given to the Police Protection Dogs


Q

R

S

SchH(I, II & III): Schutzhund Title

Schutzhund: German word for "Protection Dog". It also refers to a dog sports or test that consists of three distinctive phases -- 1st Obedience, 2nd Tracking and 3rd Protection.

SG: Sehr Gut. This is a title obtainable as the highest rating by the dogs under 2 years old at the USA Schutzhund show. It is also the highest rating that is obtainable for the untitled dogs.

SH: Sanitatshund -- Red Cross Dog. "SH" is also a title given to tracking dog (Suchhund)

Sieger: Grand Victor title at German Sieger Show; Siegerin(used for bitches)

SV: Verein fur Deutsche Schaferhund (German Shepherd Dog Club of Germany)

T

U

V

V: Vorzuglich; Often said as V Rating. This is rating given for the Excellent show and performance.

VA: Vorzuglich-Auslese. This title is given to the dogs for their excellent show performance in the esteemed Sieger Show. This is the highest award obtainable for the German Show Dogs. Each year 12 to 15 dogs and bitches are awarded with VA ratings, titled as VA 1, VA 2 ... etc.

VDH: Verein fur deutsche Hundesweessen (Club for German Dogs)

VH: Vorhanden; Title given to dogs that have shown sufficient performance in the show ring.

VP:Very Promising. This title is seen only in the puppy classes.

W

X

Y

Z

ZB: Zuchtbewertung, which is a Conformation show rating.

ZH (I &II): Zollhund I & II; Custom Dogs.

ZPr: Zuchtpruefung; Similar as "Angekoert". Title Given to the dogs to show that they are recommended for breeding.

Evolution of Dogs

Well, I can't make out what should I start with!!
ummm!! How if I start with the very scratch level. Yes, that's best. Let's talk about something very interesting. I found a few thousands of dog lovers so far but a very few .... very very few of them really showed interest about the Evolutionary Process of Canidae. Here's how ....
Simply looking at them, it is really diffficlut to imagne as to how they evolved over millions of years. Canidae history spans us back to the era of Creodonts -- some 100 to 150 millions fo years ago. This was a time when the giant size dinosaurs used to move around the place where you are now sitting and reading this piece. WIth the change of the climate the dinosaurs had to end their journey, while the Creodonts could manage to survive. Not only with what is known as canine today, but Creodonts also shared the common ancestors with all te carnivorous animals that we find these days.

Next come Hesperocyons and Miacis. While cats went on developing down from the Miacis, the Hesperocyons are believed to be the chief ancestors of what is known as dogs today. The survey and studies followed by the fossil findings of the Hesperocyons say that it is not les than 42 million years ago that Hesperocyons came into being. They had the inner ear anatomy characteristics almost similar to present day's dogs.

Although there are two schools of thoughts. While the first group use to believe that the dogs came from Hesperocyons the other group stands deadly againt this. Doesn't matter whether directly or inderectly, the dogs are descending form Hesperocyons, says the scientists.

But by this time another animal had also appeared that had a fifth toe. It is believed that this fifth toe have been shortened in to what is called "dew claws" of dogs today. Their feet and paws resembled almost like that of our present dogs. This happened during a time between the age of Hesperocyons and the Miocene period.

Around 12 million years ago before our time (during the miocene age), appeared the Wolf-like creature called Tomarctus. They used to live in pack. Have you spare a thought on the dogs' "Pack Instinct"??? This instinct was the notable features of Tomarctus. We'll talk about the dogs pack instincts sometime later. Most interestyingly Tomarctus had marked the beginning of the tooth anatomy of our modern dogs.

Gradually, with the passage of time, the basic foundation(according to the modern researchers) had appeared by the fag end of the Pliocene era(some 2 millions years ago).These were from the Canidae family, which was the direct root of the wolves, jackals, foxes, hyenas and ULTIMATELY THE DOGS!!!!!

Up Next !!!! Some really Interesting Dog Facts. Keep in touch!

Digging - how to stop Part II

Aside from giving your dog sufficient exercise and interestingthings to do in the yard, make sure your dog is on a high-quality premium hard kibble. Stay away from foods that are often loaded with hidden sugars, chemicals and preservatives (hidden sugars in the form of beet pulp, sucrose, fructose, etc., can exacerbate the dog’s energy levels and lead to digging), such as semi-moist dog foods.

If your dog considers the backyard (or wherever he digs) to be a place of banishment, it is more likely digging will occur there. I am suggesting that your dog should think of the backyard as more than just a place of banishment.

Are you like millions of people who put your dog out in the backyard every day you go to work? Many dogs will feel a certain level of anxiety if the backyard is the place where they’re always left alone. For many owners, this can’t be helped. It is important that you give your dog other, more positive experiences in the yard, as well.

For example, play with the dog in the backyard regularly. You can also feed the dog in the backyard and obedience train your dog in the backyard. Help the dog to associate positive things with the yard and you will be eliminating one of the major causes of digging.

Digging - how to stop Part I

Digging is a common and very normal behavior for dogs. As with all problems, it is important tounderstand the reasons behind the behavior. With digging there are many motives. Dogs dig because they are bored. They dig when it is hot because they like to lie in holes to get cooler. They dig to escape. They bury objects. Sometimes dogs simply dig because they like to.

In dealing with a digging problem, first understand that every dog has a certain amount of energy to expend each day. Sufficient exercise is often an excellent way to burn off excess energy and frequently helpsin curtailing digging behavior.

You must remember, exercise programs will vary from breed to breed and dog to dog, so check with your veterinarian. Also remember that simply leaving your dog alone in the yard does not count as exercise. You must exercise the dog!

You need to giveyour dog things to do that are more interesting to him than digging holes.

Tere are a number of creative toys that can keep most dogs occupied and interested. Consider toys like a Buster Cube or Boomer Ball.


The Buster Cube is a plastic square that you can put small pieces of food in. The dog can get the food, but only after shaking and moving the cube around. This will keep many dogs focused for
hours.

Boomer Balls are hard plastic balls that some dogs love to chase around. They are generally too large for most dogs to fit in their mouths, although many dogs will certainly try. Some dogs will bat at the ball with their paws, push it around the yard with their chests and have a great time playing ball and not digging holes.

Make it a point to play with your dog and these toys in the yard.

Doing this will get the dog interested in the toys and teach him there are other fun activities in the yard besides digging. Nylabones, Kongs, and Rhino toys will also focus your dog on something other than digging.