Part 4: Progestagens.

Application progestagens (hormonal preparations for the termination bittch heat or sexual hunting at dogs) is justified only in cases when it is necessary to detain the heat, for example before trip on an exhibition or planned viscous and only for completely healthy young animal when short application of hormones is supposed. Preparations of this group are analogues of a hormone of an organism - a progesterone. There are tablets and drops, injections.
Negative consequences from applying these preparations is much more higher, than positive:
1) Stimulation of growth of tumours
2) Development of a diabetes
3) The most often complication at use progestagens - an inflammation of a uterus, and sometimes happens enough one tablet for development of this dangerous disease. The uterus is filled with pus and it should be removed immediately.

Part 3: Choose the right method of castration for the female.

Castration bitches carry out by the removal female sexual ferri lactas - ovaries or destroy ways of receipt ootids in a body of a uterus. At fastening these ways bitch remains fruitless with a normal sexual cycle, i.e. regular heating. For the heat termination delete ovaries, and it is desirable to delete during castration ovaries and a uterus since the uterus after castration has no functional value, but can inflame, that will cause of repeated operation.
Negative consequences for bitches:
1) According to researches at ovaries removal at bitches up to the first heat the risk of development of a cancer dairy ferri lactas further is reduced in 10 times.
2) The animal can remain the puppy or a kitten for all life. Children's expression of a muzzle will be kept, there will be a children's wool...
3) The rare consequence of the bitch's castration in weight more than 25 kg - involuntary utination - meets at 1 dog from thousand.

Part 2: Choosing the right method of castration for the male.

Now we need to understand with methods of castration and to pick up suitable for ours pet. At the seed tubes fastening on which spermatozoons we leave from spermary shall block it a way and we shall make impossible fertilisation but as spermary will stay in an organism, they will continue to allocate sexual hormones in blood and sexual behavior will be kept. Easier speaking, the cat will as mark furniture in the house, to shout at night and to search for cats, but posterity to receive from him already begins impossible.
It is necessary to note also display of aggression at animals. The nature of it is very complex, but depends on a hormonal condition of an animal. If a level of testosterone in blood of a cat, for example, sharply to lower, having removed speramries his desire to fight, mark surrounding subjects will be gone, i.e. the sexual behavior will disappear and aggression will decrease. At dogs it is territorial and hierarchical aggression (it is usual her level at bitches much below), i.e. fights with other dogs, aggression in relation to owners, is more often from it children and older persons in family where there is a dog suffer.
After spermary removal dogs, smells on a grass, cats and other dogs as before involve, but desire «to find out attitudes» with relatives disappears, they stop interesting in bitches during the heat period. The majority of dogs continues to lift a paw at trees and columns, is especial at castration in the age of is more senior than year. They are capable to fight and stand for themselves, but the desire to get involved in fight will be gone. Animals become quiet, the some people (but not all ! ) a little bit phlegmatic. This operation is rather simple, is carried out under the general anesthesia, therefore the animal does not feel a pain and does not test unpleasant sensations. In general, at such method of castration of a dog and cats cease to annoy the owners undesirable behaviour, thus character of them does not vary almost.
Negative consequences of castration:
1) Adiposity (at some dogs and cats after castration appetite raises, it arises if not to limit them in meal)
2) The increased risk of development of urolithic illness (urolithic illness in 7 times meets among castrated cats is more often)
3) Dogs can have illness - cryptorchism. It when one or both of the spermaries are not in sac, and in a belly cavity (in a stomach) or under a leather (in inguinal channel). In norm spermaries should develop at lower temperature, than a body temperature and if they do not fall in sac where the temperature makes 32-33. With, remain underdeveloped, but can function. Thus such spermaries in 10 times turn to tumours is more often. Attentively examine your pet and if will notice attributes of cryptorhism immediately address to the veterinary.

Part 1: Castration, general datum, methods.

People concern to a question of castration of pets differently, but always this theme causes many disputes, disagreements and doubts among owners of cats and, especially, dogs. One are convinced, that thus solve a number of problems and facilitate a life to the favourites, others prove the opposite and assure what to interfere with the nature will be not humane. Who is right?
Let's try to understand.
The word "castration" has taken place from latin "castratio" - is the termination of sexual activity by removal sexual ferri lactas surgical methods or infringements of their function by other ways. (the Veterinary Encyclopaedic Dictionary). To surgical methods of castration males concern removal spermary and fastening / cutting seed tube - ways receipt from them spermatozoons. For shefemales delete ovaries, the uterus or is tied up with ways on which ootids move ahead in a uterus. A method of castration choose depending on the purpose - to make an animal fruitless, to remove preventing owners sexual behaviour or there are any medical indications.
The sexual maturity, i.e. ability to duplication at cats comes at 6-7 monthly age, at cats - in 6-12 months, for dogs are characteristic about the same terms: bitches has the first heat usually during the period from 6 till 12 months, dogs are capable to duplication of 6-month's age. There are also pedigree features, for example, at dogs of large breeds, Eskimo dogs, Siberian husky, the British cats usually sexual maturity comes a little bit later - from 8 up to 18-month's age. The period between heats can vary, but in norm is constant for each dog - from 5 till 12 months, fluctuations of a sexual cycle more than for a month testifies to disease. Heat duration at dogs of 11-28 days, on the average 3 weeks. At cats other picture: heat 3-6 days every month last, but normal it is considered also other variant - 3-5 day time breaks at constant attributes heat.

HAND RAISING & SUPPLEMENTING PUPPIES

THE NEWBORNS
The first 36 hrs of a puppies life is the critical period nutritionally. Healthy puppies will nurse right away and then every few hours. The pups must nurse from their mother within 12 hours of birth to receive her antibodies against disease. After 12 hours, their stomachs will not absorb antibodies. After this first 12 hours, if the mother does not have enough milk, or if her litter is too large, then the pups' diet can be supplemented with commercial puppy milk replacer. Cow's milk is nutritionally inadequate for puppies.
Supplemental heat should only be used for orphans or if the room's temperature is too cold for the mother's comfort. A newborn pup can't generate body heat until it develops the shiver reflex, at about two and half weeks of age. Orphan pups need an environmental temperature of about 97°F (36°C) the first week, in the mid 80's the second week, then in the 70's. If the mother is there to keep the pups warm, high temperatures are unnecessary and will make her uncomfortable.
If you have more than one puppy to raise, provide separate boxes and beds. With separate quarters you can monitor bowel eliminations and food intake.
Orphan puppies less than one week old must be stimulated to urinate and eliminate. This is accomplished by gentle massage of the abdomen and genital area with a piece of cotton wool or tissue, dampened with warm water.
HELPFUL HINTS
-Aspirate the pups' throat and nostrils at birth
-Always pre-boil water and cool prior to using in formulas.
-A Healthy pup feels warm, and has a full belly of milk. He twitches and never lies perfectly still. (Activated sleep) - The muscles are getting stronger during activated sleep
-A Puppy in trouble will feel cold to the touch. Lays limp and refuses to nurse. This puppy needs your assistance in hope for survival.
-If you have another nursing mother you can give her the litter but you will still need to help her by bottle feeding or tube feeding the pups.
-Never feed a chilled puppy if a pup's temperature is below 94 degrees - they should NOT be nursing and you should NOT be tube feeding
-There is always the danger of a pup inhaling milk into its lungs and then getting pneumonia. Make sure your nipple hole is not too large or too small. Stick a hot paper clip in the nipple. Hold it upside down - the milk should drip out, but never flow.
-The pup may have little bubbles on the side of its lips, but the milk should not run out of the sides of the mouth.
-Encourage the pup by wiggling the nipple across his lips.
-Burp puppies after feeding, to reduce any gas they may have.
-You will know if he is getting the milk by measuring the amount in the bottle and after burping can you see if he has a full belly or if he needs more.
-Calorie and fluid intake must be adjusted so puppies consume adequate formula to meet nutrient needs for growth, but not over or under consume fluid volume.

Making up formulas and feeding a litter of puppies is very time consuming. It seems like as soon as you're finished, its time to begin again.
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What to Do, When Dog Attack You?

There some ruels for this case:
1) DO NOT RUN.
2) You must stand and do not move.
3)Do not look in to dog's eyes. They can understand this sign as an "attack invitation".
4) Do not laugh. This mean that you want him to see your teeth. And dog can understand it as if you wanted to seem more strongly than it.
5) Try to use some training commands, this can mess the dog.
6)Your voice must be calm and not loud.
7) If the dog attacking you, try to protect your neck.

Cloned cats has kitten!

8 kittens borned during last month! They feel good. Two wild cats has this kittens, but there is one father. On the 26 Of July Mudge borned 5 kittens and on the 2 of august Katie 2 more kittens. This cat are clones of the wild cat Nancy. This fact is very important, and has big value in the saving dying animals researches.

How Animals Return Home?

A large variety of animals has the ability to sense the geomagnetic field and utilize it as a source of directional
(compass) information. There are a lot of stories about how dogs, cats and other animals found a ways to go to return home. It is not known by which biophysical mechanism this magnetoreception is achieved. We investigate
the possibility that magnetoreception involves radical-pair processes that are governed by anisotropic hyperfine coupling
between (unpaired) electron and nuclear spins. We will show theoretically that fields of geomagnetic field strength and weaker
can produce significantly different reaction yields for different alignments of the radical pairs with the magnetic field. As a
model for a magnetic sensory organ we propose a system of radical pairs being 1) orientationally ordered in a molecular
substrate and 2) exhibiting changes in the reaction yields that affect the visual transduction pathway. We evaluate threedimensional
visual modulation patterns that can arise from the influence of the geomagnetic field on radical-pair systems. The
variations of these patterns with orientation and field strength can furnish the magnetic compass ability of birds with the same
characteristics as observed in behavioral experiments. We propose that the recently discovered photoreceptor cryptochrome
is part of the magnetoreception system and suggest further studies to prove or disprove this hypothesis.
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COMMERCIAL PET FOODS - COULD THEY BE HARMING YOUR PETS?

Recent studies show that many commercial pet foods may contribute to pet disease because of their poor nutritional value. But, by reading and understanding the labels, you can decide what is best for your pet.
Did you know commercial pet food also can contain condemned parts of animals that are not fit for humans to eat? These foods may contain moldy or spoiled food that is full of carcinogens. Some pet commercial foods can contain dirt, rocks and even wood shavings.
And, just because the label says there are no preservatives, doesn¹t mean that its true. If the preservatives are in the food before the pet food manufacturer receives it, they can say it has no preservatives as long as they did not add it.
Try to avoid ingredients called BHA (butylated hydroxyanisole) and BHT (butylated hydroxytolulene). These are both known to cause liver and kidney disease.
Also be aware of ingredients that have been listed more than once. For example, manufacturers can hide the fact that the main ingredient is sugar, if they ³split it² by calling it high fructose and also corn syrup.
The main thing is to make sure that the first four ingredients that are listed in your pets¹ food are meat products and not grains. Pets are carnivores and get their nutrition from meat. Most grains have little or no nutritional value and your cat or dog cannot digest them very well.
Following is some information about what the label says and what it really means:
IF THE LABEL SAYS:
Chicken and/or chicken by products; beef and meat by products
IT MEANS
It contains condemned and contaminated meat which is unfit for humans, and it is ground rendered parts of the carcasses, bones, necks, feet, undeveloped eggs, intestines, fat, water, hydrolyzed feathers, poultry and pig waste containing undigested plant material and bacteria
IF THE LABEL SAYS: Vegetable fiber
IT MEANS It contains corn husks and peanut shells
IF THE LABEL SAYS: Poultry digest
IT MEANS It contains material from chemical or enzymatic hydrolysis of poultry tissue
IF THE LABEL SAYS: High fructose, corn syrup or fructose,
IT MEANS It contains sugar
IF THE LABEL SAYS: Brewers rice
IT MEANS It contains polished rice sections discarded from human manufacturers for no nutritional value
IF THE LABEL SAYS: Ground yellow corn, corn grit, corn meal, cracked corn or corn germ meal

IT MEANS It contains the lowest nutritional variety of corn that is not digested well by dogs or cats and may cause allergic reactions
By carefully reading and understanding the labels, you can find out a lot about the food your pet is eating and he can live a longer healthier life.
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Boffins Create Zombie Dogs

SCIENTISTS have created eerie zombie dogs, reanimating the canines after several hours of clinical death in attempts to develop suspended animation for humans.US scientists have succeeded in reviving the dogs after three hours of clinical death, paving the way for trials on humans within years.
Pittsburgh's Safar Centre for Resuscitation Research has developed a technique in which subject's veins are drained of blood and filled with an ice-cold salt solution.
The animals are considered scientifically dead, as they stop breathing and have no heartbeat or brain activity.
But three hours later, their blood is replaced and the zombie dogs are brought back to life with an electric shock.
Plans to test the technique on humans should be realised within a year, according to the Safar Centre.
However rather than sending people to sleep for years, then bringing them back to life to benefit from medical advances, the boffins would be happy to keep people in this state for just a few hours,
But even this should be enough to save lives such as battlefield casualties and victims of stabbings or gunshot wounds, who have suffered huge blood loss.
During the procedure blood is replaced with saline solution at a few degrees above zero. The dogs' body temperature drops to only 7C, compared with the usual 37C, inducing a state of hypothermia before death.
Although the animals are clinically dead, their tissues and organs are perfectly preserved.
Damaged blood vessels and tissues can then be repaired via surgery. The dogs are brought back to life by returning the blood to their bodies,giving them 100 per cent oxygen and applying electric shocks to restart their hearts.
Tests show they are perfectly normal, with no brain damage.
"The results are stunning. I think in 10 years we will be able to prevent death in a certain segment of those using this technology," said one US battlefield doctor.
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Arabian Horse

Arabian horses are one of my favourite. They are amaizing!
The Arabian horse is debatably the most gorgeous of all horses. It is instantly recognizable in personality and appearance. The Arabian had been carefully bred for thousands of years and is the purest and oldest of all breeds. The influence of the Arabian's is obvious in the larger part of the world's equine population. It is the foundation of the Thoroughbred, which goes beyond the Arabian in size and speed but cannot measure up to it in terms of soundness and endurance.

There is evidence from art shows that a breed of horses of fixed Arabian type were in existence on the Arabian Peninsula around 2500 B.C. The Bedouin people can also trace close associations with these "desert horses". The exact beginning of the Arabian is not clear, although it can be traced back to 3000 B.C. to a foundation mare (Baz) and stallion (Hoshaba). Bax the tamer of wild horses, the great-great grandson of Noah, claims to have captured Baz in Yemen. In the seventh century the spread of the Arabian blood throughout the world can be credited to the Muslim conquests, which swept through Iberia into Christian Europe.
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Feed Cycle. Article 4 : The right utensils for a pets

The utensils from which the dog eats, should be not fragile. For that aluminium bowls or enameled approach. The internal surface of a bowl should be ideally smooth, not have having chopped off, differently the dog will injure toughne when will start absolutely lick it. The rests of not eaten forage from a bowl should be puting in a refrigerator or thrown out, the bowl washes. If a dog big a bowl put on a support that the dog did not drop to forepaws.

10 Things Your Veterinarian Won't Tell You

1. "Good thing you love Schatzi like a son. His care could cost as much."
After a New York City taxi struck Jessica Malionek's dog, Mojo, flinging him 30 feet in the air, she spent $4,000 for veterinarians to perform emergency treatment and then life-saving surgeries on her beloved dog. "It was like they were treating a person," Malionek says.

These days veterinary medicine can be every bit as sophisticated as human health care — and the costs reflect it. Animal lovers spent $19 billion on veterinary care in 2001, the most recent figure available, up from $7.2 billion a decade earlier, according to the American Veterinary Medical Association. And per-visit costs are skyrocketing: Between 1991 and 2001, the average cost of a veterinary visit for a dog nearly doubled, from $50 to $99. For cats, costs rose even more precipitously, jumping by 107%.

Why the steep price hikes? Chris Green, an attorney and member of the American Veterinary Medical Law Association, says vets are happily obliging owners who want to keep their pets alive at all costs. That means paying up for the latest high-tech procedures, such as feline kidney transplants and CAT scans. There are also more aged pets today, which require more care.

2. "Vaccinating your pet may do more harm than good."
For years the primary reason for seeing a vet was to get your pet vaccinated against a host of diseases ranging from distemper to rabies — either with individual vaccinations or "combo wombo" shots that could cover seven separate conditions.
Indeed, annual vaccinations have been an economic bulwark for many vet practices, but some veterinarians say they're not only unnecessary, but they can actually be harmful in some cases. Marty Goldstein, a veterinarian in South Salem, N.Y., says he sees a range of vaccination-related reactions in animals, everything from cancerous sarcomas to epilepsy. Another reason to think twice about certain vaccines: The immunity provided by some of them can last well beyond a year, even as long as the pet's lifetime, Goldstein says, negating the need for some annual shots.
Both the AVMA and the American Animal Hospital Association now say vaccinations should be assessed yearly and tailored to an animal's age, health and lifestyle. For example, an indoor cat with limited exposure to some diseases may not ever need certain common vaccinations, says W. Jean Dodds, an immunologist and veterinarian with Hemopet in Garden Grove, Calif.

3. "I have more complaints filed against me than a used-car lot — not that you'll ever know about it."
When she picked up her kitten, Pumpkin, from the veterinarian after a routine spaying, Mount Pleasant, S.C., resident Marcia Rosenberg was stunned to find the cat nearly comatose. Soon Pumpkin's body was wracked with seizures, and her stomach swelled. Rosenberg rushed Pumpkin to another vet, who saved the cat, but the distraught owner called her state's veterinary board to complain. Told that the board had no procedure for alerting consumers about disciplinary actions taken against incompetent vets, Rosenberg mounted a successful campaign to have such actions posted on the South Carolina veterinary board's web site.Continue ->


Tracking complaints against vets often requires a bit of detective work. Some state veterinary boards list disciplinary actions against vets, while others do not. And complaints typically aren't disclosed until a board investigation and judicial ruling have determined a case of wrongdoing. On her own, Rosenberg says she was able to find that the vet had previously had his license suspended in Ohio and since then had more than a dozen complaints against him in South Carolina.

4. "Sure, I can do root canal on your pup — real dentists are for people."
When John James, an academic adviser in Los Angeles, took his geriatric cockapoo, Amber, to his veterinarian for a chipped tooth, the vet told him his dog needed a root canal and that he could take care of it. Amber died during the procedure. James's lawyer later learned the vet's canine dentistry training came from a weekend course. What's more, elderly Amber should never have been a candidate for the intensive procedure.

How do you know whether your pet is in the hands of a skilled specialist? The AVMA lists 20 specialties for veterinarians, ranging from anaesthesiology to dermatology. Legitimate specialists have done graduate work in their specialty and been certified by an industry medical board. Some vets may claim a "special interest" in an area, meaning they've taken some continuing education, but they aren't necessarily certified specialists, says Peter Weinstein, former medical director of Veterinary Pet Insurance in Brea, Calif.

If your pet needs a specialist, check the vet's educational background and certification. Also, ask how many specialized procedures he performs annually. Having a "special interest" may be fine if the vet has enough experience.

5. "Surgery's a cinch. It's the overnight stay you should be worried about."
If you think your pet will be tenderly nurtured through the night after surgery at a veterinary office or hospital, think again. Many vets don't staff their offices overnight, so it's important to ask about what happens in the wee hours.

Laura Ireland Moore, an animal law attorney in Portland, Ore., says she represented a client who took her dog to the vet after stitches from a routine spaying came undone. The veterinarian repaired the stitches with metal sutures but neglected to put a cone over the dog's head to protect the wound during an overnight stay. The office was unattended through the night, and by morning the animal had chewed through the sutures — as well as 15 feet of its own intestines. The agonized dog had to be put down. The moral of this unpleasant story: "You should definitely check if anyone will be on the premises overnight," Moore says.

If the facility doesn't have a night attendant, or if you don't trust his or her credentials — a late-shift babysitter may or may not be a vet or even a vet technician — you should ideally find a facility where a licensed vet stays over, Moore advises.
6. "Personally, I think declawing is inhumane. But, hey, it's your dime."
Animal activists have long held that cosmetic and so-called convenience surgeries, such as declawing a cat or clipping the ears of a Doberman, are unnecessary and cruel. That argument is gaining broader support, as declawing, in particular, has come under fire. While the surgery — which many vets say is the equivalent of toe amputation — will usually keep a cat from scratching the furniture, it may cause other physical and behavioral problems, according to veterinarian Jean Hofve, ranging from lameness and joint stiffness to behavioral issues such as reclusiveness and biting.
In keeping with these concerns, the American Animal Hospital Association now recommends that its members inform clients about the risks of nonvital surgeries and the alternatives. "A lot of vets still feel they should do what the client wants," says Teri Barnato, national director of the Association of Veterinarians for Animal Rights. Many vets fear losing clients or having animals abandoned.

If you're considering a cosmetic or convenience procedure, ask your vet if he'd perform the surgery on his own pet. And weigh the alternatives — instead of declawing, you could get a scratching post and keep your cat's claws trimmed.

7. "Go ahead and sue — it'll hurt you more than it hurts me."
When Marc Bluestone's dog Shane died after being treated for seizures at All-Care Animal Referral Center in Fountain Valley, Calif., Bluestone decided to sue. In a precedent-setting ruling, a jury awarded him $39,000 for malpractice, claiming he and his dog had a "special and close relationship." (All-Care is appealing the ruling.)

But that's an exception — suing a veterinarian is at best a dodgy financial undertaking. The reason is that under the law pets are considered property, says Ireland Moore, the animal lawyer in Portland, Ore. More often than not, that means court awards are for the straight market value of the pet, which could be as little as $10 for your beloved mutt. Meanwhile, suing a vet is likely to be an expensive undertaking.

If your pet becomes the victim of a medical mishap, know that your legal recourse is anything but guaranteed. "It's not always the most economically smart thing to do," Moore concedes.
8. "The key to my thriving practice? Location, location, location."
While a referral is probably the best way to select a veterinarian, many people pick one simply because the office is around the corner. Indeed, according to the AVMA, only 10% of cat and dog owners choose their veterinarians through referral. That could be a mistake. If you have an aging kitty and the neighborhood vet doesn't have geriatric expertise, it won't be a good fit, says Nancy Peterson, a registered veterinary technician and a spokesperson for the Humane Society of the United States. Peterson adds that in her experience few pet emergencies happened during office hours anyway, nullifying some of the benefits of geographic convenience.

So how best to assess a vet? First, check out the facility. Is the staff friendly? Is the place clean? Look into the veterinarian's educational background, board certification and record both with the state's medical board and the local humane society. Beyond that, veterinarian Elliot Katz, president and founder of In Defense of Animals in Mill Valley, Calif., recommends studying the veterinarian's body language with animals. Make sure she greets animals in a friendly way, approaching them slowly and touching them gently. And if you have a special request, such as wanting to hold your pet when it's vaccinated, make sure you and your vet are on the same page.
9. "I haven't the foggiest idea why your dog's acting crazy."
The study of animal behavior is a relatively new specialty in veterinary medicine. In fact, the AVMA lists only 36 board-certified animal behavior specialists on its web site, compared with 1,500 internal medicine specialists. Yet many pet owners get rid of their cats and dogs, or even put them to sleep, for annoying behavior ranging from barking to eating drywall. Daniel Aja, a veterinarian in Traverse City, Mich., and president of the American Animal Hospital Association, recalls one client who brought in a St. Bernard to be euthanized because of severe separation anxiety. Once when the owner left the house, the dog jumped through a plate-glass window to chase after him. Aja convinced the owner to treat the pup with antidepressants and had behaviorists on his staff counsel the client on how to work with his dog.

Not all vets will make the extra effort to diagnose a behavioral problem, which entails taking a complete medical and behavioral history and spending hours with a pet. What do you do if Champ continues to chase his tail? Ask your vet if he has experience with behavioral issues. If not, request a referral. The International Association of Animal Behavior Consultants' web site lists professionals with varying experience in behavior training, from vets to dog trainers.

10. "Our technology may be state of the art, but our industry regulations are still in the Dark Ages."
While veterinarians and animal hospitals are increasingly working with the same level of sophistication as human doctors and hospitals, the regulatory oversight within the field is far less stringent. Under federal law, human hospitals must be inspected, but it's possible for a veterinary hospital to operate for years and never undergo an independent inspection, Aja says. The American Animal Hospital Association does accredit animal hospitals, assessing them on more than 900 different standards ranging from organization of medical records to diagnostic capabilities. But only roughly one in seven pet hospitals in the U.S. and Canada have been accredited by the oranization. Some states, such as California, perform inspections on vet hospitals, checking them for everything from outdated drugs to unsanitary conditions. Even seemingly petty requirements can have lifesaving results: After a California mandate required vets to have emergency lighting, one veterinarian used a flashlight to finish surgery when a blackout hit.
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Feed Cycle. Article 3 : Cooked or crude?

Question: with what food to feed dogs, cooked or crude, - very complex, and to answer unequivocally it is impossible. It depends on a lot of factors and usually is solved a veterinary depending on a concrete case and a specific feature of a dog.
Certainly, many crude foodstuff much more the richman vitamins in comparison with cooked. But nevertheless in an offered diet of feeding of a dog cooking is provided.
Cooking of products assumes their thermal processing at which pathogenic bacteria and viruses, and also eggs of worms are destroyed. Cellulose from vegetative forages at cooking it is softened, that promotes its easier processing by digestive system of a dog. Vitamins thus can be kept, using the receptions standard in cookery.

Feed Cycle. Article 2: To feed with this is impossible!

- Hot (it is direct from an oven), cold (from a refrigerator), pepperly, salty, fat, sweet, smoked food;
- A crude fish as infection with worms is possible. It is better to give only a cooked sea fish;
- It is impossible to give instead of a forage bones. Contrary to the taken roots error, a bone for a dog - destruction. First, they are not acquired. Second, can cause a lock, perforation of intestines, turn of a guts. Tubular bones which are in the habit to be split on sharp parts are especially dangerous. Bones also promote fast grinding of a teeth;
- It is impossible to feed constantly with macaroni, leguminous products, white bread, a potato, peas, products from wheat flour;
- The dog should not know, that such sausages, sausage, a gammon. Sausage products for a dog - poison. They spoil a liver, and the dog risks to be lost already at young age.
- The puppy should not know taste of sugar and sweets. Sweets break digestion. Besides they destroy a teeth and extremely adversely influence eyes which start dropping;
- It is impossible to feed with pork and fat mutton, crude chicken meat;
- In a forage the dog cannot add spices: pepper, a bay leaf, sharp tomato sauce;

Feed Cycle. Article 1.

Dogs - carnivores, i.e. eating products of an animal origin. However by virtue of artificial selection and conditions of the maintenanceсу they have adapted to consumption of vegetable products, i.e. became omnivores.
In an organism of a dog constantly occur complex of the chemical and biological processes during which the part of the substances received with a forage, is spent for maintenance of normal physiological functions. In this connection in an organism with a forage such vital substances, as fibers, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, and also mineral substances and water should act in enough and in a proper correlation.
For normal ability to live and maintenance of a healthy condition the dog should eat on a regular basis. Food stuffs provide an organism of an animal with nutrients, mineral salts, microcells, vitamins and in any measure water. The needs of dogs for the certain nutrients is various. It is connected to different factors: age of an animal, its physiological condition, a season, a place of residing.
It is required to puppies, and also pregnant and feeding dogs of fiber much more. It speaks that the growing organism demands a lot of "a building material ", and bitch, rearing puppies, should provide through milk the posterity not only antibodies, vitamins, hormones, but also mineral salts, including the most valuable for an organism microcells.
All nutrients which are included in a diet of feeding of a dog, go on coverings of power expenses, therefore saturability of a dog, or its appetite, also depends on nutritiousness of the forage prepared by us. And if a necessary minimum of saturation of a dog achieve, superfluous nutrients are allocated with excrements and urine or postponed in a liver, other bodies and a hypodermic - fatty layer. But in an organism of a dog there is determined limit behind which some nutrients become harmful and result an animal in various painful conditions.
At feeding a dog it is necessary to remember, that in an organism all nutrients cooperate among themselves.

Feed Cycle. Introduction

Today we start new cycle about dog's food. It will consist of certain number of the articles on the topics of the dog's food. What food is the best,different advices about companies, all what you need two know about this question, in general, and even more.

Pets Helps Children

Daily Telegraph informed the interesting fact: children who have pets, miss school less. The greatest advantage of a cat and a dog bring to the child in the age of from five till eight years. Basically, animals help children to go through stress, connected with quarrels of parents or their divorce. Scientists have made the analysis of samples of a saliva of 138 children to determine a level of the contents of the antibody (Ig) responsible for work of immune system. Presence at the house of a cat or a dog forces an children organism to resist more actively to infections, strengthens immune system, raises a level of resistibility to various diseases

Best Friends

There is Hide Park in London where is an old cemetery of dogs. Inscriptions on the little monuments include the words of gratitude and love for the faithfulness and pleasure, which dogs presented to their owners. There is even such legend that dogs has wet and cold nose, because dog chilled it while tried to close the hole in the Noy's ark!
The Maltese lap dog is one of the ancient breeds. There were in the King's and Imperator's palaces. They were washed and sprayed with toilet water, caressing them and carrying on a silk pillows. In China eunuchs took care of the Imperator's dogs, and everybody who tried to do anything bad for them was killed.
There are a lot of examples in the classic literature. Odysseus dog Argus had recognized him after long wandering. One of the ancient King's dog jumped in to the fire, where the body of it's owner was burned. Another one had recognized the killer of it's owner and killed him. Should touch the story about little dog who didn't want to leave it's mistress and accompanied with her to scaffold. The mistress was The Scottish Queen Maria Stuart. Palma in Russia waited for it's owner on the aerodrome for a year. There are great amount of such examples helps us everywhere.
They are guides of the blind people, dogs help to find people in mountains, dogs has good influence on the children. People who have and love dogs can easy transfer cardiovascular diseases, a hypertension, a flu...
During the centuries people express gratitude to the dogs for their self-denying service.
In Ancient Rome and Greece there were coins with the pictures of a dogs in VII-VI centuries.
In Corinth city a dog woke up the whole garrison to protect city from enemies, and there is a
monument in it's honor and was gifted with silver collar. Another silver collar was found at the excavation of the Pompeii. Dog protected a child from volcano and heated lava. Everybody knows the story about Irish Wolfhound, which was killed by his master Lord, when he saw it's stained with blood mouth. Lord thought that wolfhound killed his baby and killed the dog with a
sword. And after he saw the corpse of a huge wolf near the alive child. The lord full of repentance and gratitude has put to a wolfhound a monument.
Dogs are our friends indeed. They'll never let it's owner down and we have a lot of reasons to be thankful to this great animal and not to concern to it as a consumers.

Age of Your Dog

I want to show you two little tables. First is to define the age of your dog in comparison with human, the second one will be about how to define age of your dog on a condition of it's teeth.

Definition of the age of a dog according to Nemand :
The first year of a dog's life - 14 Human's years
The second year of a dog's life - +7 Human's years
Each next year of a dog's life - +5 Human's years

Definition of the age of a dog on a condition of it's teeth :
3-4 week - growth of the first teeth
4-5 month - the beginning of the teeth changing
6 month - the ending of the teeth changing
1,5 year - the central cutters of the bottom jaw are erased
2,5 years - the middle cutters of the bottom jaw are erased
3,5 years - the central cutters of the top jaw are erased
4,5 years - the middle cutters of the top jaw are erased
5 years - traces of deleting on canines
5,5 years - the extreme cutters of the bottom jaw are erased
6 years - the extreme cutters of the top jaw are erased
8-9 years - the cutters has cross-section-oval rubbing surface
10-12 years - loss of the central cutters
12-16 years - loss of the rest cutters
16-20 years - loss of the canines

Hard Bisquits for Dogs

There are some recipes of the great delicious food for dogs. You can use it as a award for tham or just to indulge your dog. Easy cooking make a great pleasure for you dog.
The first one :
5-7 glasses of Wheat flour;
1 glass of Vegetable oil;
2 glasses of Mineral water; (3/4 of milk or beer)
1 teaspoon salt.
From all components mix an abrupt dough to unroll it in a layer thickness of 3-5 mm. The layer cut with a knife on squares (approximately 5х5 sm), to lay out them on backing tray greased oil, to pin a plug in several places that simple figure has turned out, and to bake in preliminary warmed up to 200 degrees to an oven within 12-15 minutes.
The second one :
2 glases of Flour 250 of starch 60 of a butter 50 of an egg 1 glass of sour cream 110 of soda on the top of the
knife, salt on taste.
Egg to shake up with sour cream. Oil to mix with flour and other components and
make a dough. A ready dough to cool about 30 mines in a refrigerator, unroll
with a layer of 33 sm and pierce with a knife in many places. From the unroll dough
cut little hard bisquits, lay them on a backing tray greased with oil and to bake
up to 200 degrees in oven within 12-15 minutes, till golden brown color.
More information you can find here

New 2006 Year-The Year of a Fiery Dog

Some words about China horoscope : next year, on the Far East lunar calendar, start on the 22-d of January, but Chinese people don’t worry too much that almost all people in the world will celebrate the New Year in the night on the 1-st of January. Lunar calendar divided into 12 five years cycles, where each of 12 animals conform one by one five elements – wood, fire, water, land and metal. And each of the elements has a color – red, yellow, white, black. The twelve-year cycle end with the Fiery Dog and Fiery Pig Years.

On February, 10 on January, 1910-29 1911: the Metal Dog

On January, 28 1922 - on February, 15 1923: the Water Dog

On February, 14 1934 - on February, 3 1935: the Wooden Dog

On February, 2 on January, 1946-21 1947: the Fiery Dog

On February, 18 1958 - on February, 7 1959: the Earthen Dog

On February, 6 1970 - on January, 26 1971: the Metal Dog

On January, 25 1982 - on February, 12 1983: the Water Dog

On February, 10 1994 - on January, 30 1995: the Wooden Dog

On January, 29 2006 - on February, 17 2007: the Fiery Dog

The characteristic on signs on the Zodiac born in one year of the Dog

ARIES- the Dog of war. Makes the way through a fog. True hound.

TAURUS - the True Dog. But is less cynical and it is perspicacious, than others.

GEMINI - the Scientific Dog. Has kind heart.

The CANCER - the Sensitive Dog. Excessively vulnerable.

The LEO- Creates a lot of noise, barks much to surpass the opponents.

The VIRGO - this high-tech Dog. Will not give itself to carry away to a case.

LIBRA - very soft character. It is a little diplomacy.

SCORPIO - the Furious Dog. Do not trust its fighting item.

SAGITTARIUS - the Vigorous Dog. Anything will not stop it.

STAR SIGN CAPRICORN - the Cautious Dog, it is possible to expect for it, but it is restless.

AQUARIUS - the Scientific Dog. The intellectual in the environment.

PISCES - the Original Dog. Has interest to swimming.

Famous people, were born in the Dog Year:

Elvis Presly, Bridgit Bordo, David Bowie, Sharon Stoun, Andre Agassi…

Rachel Hale

Rachael Hale is the youngest person in New Zealand to have received a Fellowship with the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photographers. However her most valuable qualification is her passion for the animals she works with; a characteristic which shines through in all of her pictures.
Her style is distinctive and inimitable; her creativity adored and her reputation as the world’s foremost animal portrait photographer assured.
It would seem that Henry, Hale’s pet dog is the embodiment of patience and calm as one of the world’s most photographed pets! The Newfoundland debuted in Hale’s 1999 calendar with Pipi the parrot, and the same image won that years gold at the New Zealand Institute of Professional Photography. “I love photographing Henry” Hale says. “Each time you can tell by his eyes he’s thinking ‘oh no, not again’.”
She is prone to saying “Enjoy my images, for I enjoyed making them!”
To see wonderful pictures and to find more information click here

A Cat and a Dog

Most of us consider dogs and cats to be enemies, and for many of the readers the question how to "reconcile" the sides is quite urgent, because often cats and dogs have to live in one house. Here is what German zoopsychologists suggest.

"Many people think that a cat in the house is easier than a dog care, since dogs are more sociable and permanently need contacts with living creatures, whereas independent cats don't need such. Yes, a person may keep both animals. But before this he should get to know that relationship between these two totally depends on their "inborn nature". Most of dogs are hunters. Some like terriers, dachshunds and husky were through the ages being selected by unsurpassed hunting qualities, therefore it is in their genes to chase and snap a potential "game". Cats are hunters too. They descend from redoubtable felines and still have the habit to chase and catch a small prey. As a rule, a cat is a dominant towards a dog (and sometimes even a human). But if the hierarchy was reversed, a large sized dog may do harm, since running cat is an involuntary stimulus to chase it. A dog's bowl may also represent danger. But a cat is able to stand for itself too and seriously wound the offender, especially if it is a small dog or a puppy.

People are used to ascribing an endless feud to relationship between cats and dogs. But sometimes between the "foes" lies mutual affection. Should it be regarded as "friendship"? An outstanding expert of animal behavior Konrad Lorenz wrote: "From my personal experience a true friendship between animals of different species is extremely rare. For this reason I called the present chapter "Truce", not "Friendship between animals" or something like this. No doubt that mutual tolerance is not the same as friendship. Even when animals have similar interests (e.g. they play together), as rule, one can't say they have a true social cohesion, let alone lasting friendship". However, is it possible if not to make them be friends but just do so as to avoid conflicts between these two beloved domestic animals?

Many people ask: a cat or dog one should get first? There is no single opinion. After all, the owner is hardly to have an opportunity to choose. As a rule, most people already have a dog or a cat and want to get one more "beast".

What is the best age to introduce animals to each other? Of course, cubs easier get together. If you already have a cat and you are going to have a dog, take a puppy (3 to 12 weeks old).Continue->

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The ideal is situation when in your house lives an adult dog that is nice, or at least, indifferent to cats. Take a kitten and let him from time to time meet the dog. The first contact should apparently go under your control. Let the newcomer sniff around and get used to surroundings, while the "host" gets used to the baby's smell. Don't compel the contact, pushing the pets towards each other, since they commonly study another animal from a distance. At first feed both the cat and the dog in one room but in the opposite corners (to make them get used to each other's smell and associate it with something positive). However even if your cat and dog will later eat from a single bowl (the dog's, as a rule), you should feed them separately.

If the dog wags the tail and by typical postures invites the cat to play, you may be sure, the dog is in sympathize with cat. Strike the cat, since such dog's thrusts are most likely not comprehensible to it. Later the cat will learn how to join the game.

The cat may display its' sympathies with the dog by biting the dog's tail or using it to sharpen claws. Cats adore warmth and quickly grasp that a dog is a living "heating pad", therefore they often lie beside the dog or even on the dog. Animals that got used to each other take care of their "friend": wash, clean ears, and sleep together.

In some cases the truce between a cat and a dog doesn't come. Then it's not bad if "foes" try to avoid each other. But incessant conflicts increase the chance for both sides to be injured, therefore if pets are irreconcilable, you must separate them or do your best to isolate from each other.
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Phytologer

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