Designer Dog Beds Your Best Friend Will Love
If your dog is your best friend, you don’t want him to
sleep on the cold, hard floor. Chances are, however, that
you probably don’t want him to stretch out on your
beautiful suede sofa, your leather easy chair, or your
great-grandmother’s antique divan. The solution? One of
the many exceptional designer dog beds that are available.

These days, dog lovers can find dog beds at nearly any pet
store, online or offline. However, if you want to find a
high-class designer dog bed, you may need to head to an
exclusive online dog store or a brick-and-mortar pet
boutique. Read more »

Dog Bite Injuries: Frequently Asked Questions

“How many people die every year as a result of dog bites?”

Answer.
Ten to 20 people die every year as a result of dog bites in
the U.S. By far, the majority of the victims are children.
In a three-year period between 1999 and 2001, 33 people
died after being bitten by a dog. A vast majority of these
victims (24 of 33) were under 12 years of age. Read more »

The Best Dog or Cat Food for Your Pet
Feeding a high quality dog or cat food will add years to
your pet’s life and reduce the chances of developing
many common health problems. This article will help you
identify and choose the best diet for your furry companion.

How do you know what dog/cat food is right? For many the
choice is a homemade diet. If you have the time and the
resources, I agree that this is the preferred way to go.
This is usually the best, and occasionally the only choice
for animals with multiple food allergies. The choice is
yours whether to go cooked or raw, with bones or without. Read more »

Arthritis and Your Pet
Arthritis is one of the most common ailments seen in aging
dogs and cats. This article offers some treatment options
for easing the discomfort of your dogs or cats suffering
from arthritis.

Arthritis is an inclusive term for a number of degenerative
joint diseases. Pain, swelling and/or stiffness occur in
all of them. Read more »

Useful Ideas On Potty Training A Dog
Potty training a dog is one of the first things every dog
owner faces. Many times it is harder than it sounds and
owners get frustrated when they really should not be. Here
are a few ideas that will help you with potty training that
you can start right away.

You want to make sure that your dog is eating healthy meals
with out sugar and fiber. Make sure that you do not feed
your dogs treats in between meals. By giving your dog
healthy food it will help them with their teeth and there
coat. Read more »

Who Else Wants Attractive Pet Friendly Furniture
Pet friendly, or pet safe, furniture is a bit of a misnomer
just like the term ‘child proof’ you can’t get furniture
which is immune to damage, but you can make sure that
things are as safe and durable as possible. If you want to
allow your pet access to the house, but want to make sure
that there is as little possibility for damage as possible,
then consider pet friendly furniture and decorations.

If you have pets in the house, then wall to wall carpeting
may not be a great idea, unless your pet happens to be a
gold fish or a small bird. For popular four-legged pets
such as dogs and cats, a hard floor with tiles or special
flooring is most pet resistant and attractive too. For
additional color to the floor, try adding small rugs,
though if you have expensive Persian rugs, it might be
better and safer to display on the walls. One clever and
practical idea is a floor cover to place pet friendly
furniture. For this purpose try vinyl-coated wallpaper and
three coats of polyurethane. That should last a couple of
years.

Semi-gloss paint is a sensible choice if you have dogs and
cats since it is easy to clean, which can be useful if your
pet decides to rub itself against the wall. If you prefer
wallpaper, get the washable, vinyl-backed kind. Avoid
vertical blinds, ornate tassels, pull cords on lights, or
anything else that could tangle the pet and put them at
risk of strangulation.

If you provide cats with a scratching pole to exercise
their claws on, then you may find that they will leave your
furniture alone. If you don’t have a scratching pole
available, then some corrugated cardboard may do in the
short term. If your cat has a long tail, then keep
ornaments back from the edge of any ledges to avoid them
getting tail-swept off and breaking.

Pet Friendly Upholstery

The primary and most essential need of most pet friendly
furniture is to ensure that it can be easily cleaned to
remove hair and stains. Consider having two sets of
washable linen or denim slips to cover the upholstery of
your sofas. It makes sense to do so, since you will
always have one on hand to use, while the other is being
washed. Nowadays, it is possible to buy stain resistant
odor repellent fabric. This will withstand normal stains
and smells. You can also choose dark or patterned fabric
since this will not show stains easily.

Instead of using fabric, try ultra-suede. It is quite
resistant to dog hairs, and is easy to wash and dry. It
also tends not to pick up odors, and, since it does not
smell like leather, dogs are less likely to chew it. You
can get ultra-suede slip covers to fit a lot of common
furniture sizes, and it looks very attractive, so you are
not sacrificing anything for the pet-friendly features.

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