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Here is a list of good dog foods:

Innova
Evo
Canidae
Merrick
California Natural (great for dogs with allergies!)
Healthwise
Karma Organic
Natural Balance
Eagle Pack Holistic Select
Blue Buffalo
Solid Gold
Artemis
Horizon Legacy
Instinct
Orijen
Ziwi Peak
Wellness
Taste Of The Wild
Fromm Four Star
Nature`s Logic
Timberwolf Organics
Nature`s Variety
So many more…..

When looking for a good quality dog food check that it has NO by – products, corn, wheat, soy or artificial colours or flavours.

Please check out this website, for dog reviews and ratings:

http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/

I do not live in America, so I would not know the prices over their. All of the dog foods above are avalible in America.

Bad dog foods (do not feed your dog these):

Iams
Science Diet
Eukanuba
Anything by Purina (Alpo, Beneful, Lucky Dog)
Advance
and of course anything from the supermarket or that has lots of bad ingredients (like the ones mentioned above ^^)

Their are many toys you can buy for your dog. Always make sure the toys are not small enough for the animal to choke on or swallow.

Check pet co`s website to see what toys they have avaliable:

http://www.petco.com/petco_Page_PC_productlist_Nav_188_N_22+101.aspx

I read this from a book, about clicker training:

Many commands are easier to teach if you use a clicker. Clicker training was invented by a dolphin trainer to teach dolphins tricks. You can buy clickers at pet supply stores.

Clickers replace your spoken “good dog” reward with a quick clicking sound. By the time you tell your dog what a good girl she is, she may be doing something bad. The click tells her she is good at the exact moment she is being good. For example, by the time you say “good sit”, your do may be standing up. But you can click the moment she is sitting.

To teach your dog that the click means “good girl,”you need a pocketful of treats and a clicker. Click and give your dog a treat. Do this about thirty times. By the time you`re done, your dog knows the click is a good thing! Then whenever she follows a command, you just click instead of using your voice to prompt her.

I am not sure what will happen if you do not have the clicker, probably nothing much. Just give her a treat or praise her instead, but I would suggest making sure you take it with you, just in case.

Their are many other tricks you can teach your dog like fetch the newspaper or even play dead.

Check out Amazon! They have tons of books on dog tricks that you can order online:

http://www.amazon.com/Only-Tricks-Book-Youll-Family/dp/1593372566/ref=pd_bbs_sr_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1217756577&sr=8-2

Here is a few websites/videos on dog tricks:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1lO6HQZdsk (this video was really good!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB6y7t_FeT8&feature=related (this was funny!)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iaj6lApFuaY&feature=related (screaming pug!)

http://www.loveyourdog.com/tricks.html

http://www.idodogtricks.com/index_flash.html

http://dogtricks101.com/

Cute boy names:

Butterscotch
Shadow
Buddy
Husky
Twinkles
Frostie
Twinky
Munchkin
Oreo
Pudgy
Tiger
Squirt
Angel
Mushka
Mango
Sam
Brownie
Fudge
Cookies & cream (if you get 2 dogs!)
Pepper

Check out these websites, for more names:

http://www.fundognames.com/male-cute-dog-names.html

http://www.names-for-dogs.co.uk/cute-dog-names.html

http://www.alldognames.com/

Good luck! I hope this helps.

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Probably by not it has liquified, but normally when you dog eats something you aren’t sure of you make him vomit by giving him hydrogen peroxide. Never do this with a caustic solution as it will burn coming up more than it did going down.

Fertilizers are salts, probably what your dog was tasting……salt. Really dangerous things are pesticides, antifreeze, chocolate, raisins, etc I’ve never heard of fertilizers being a problem.

Read this: http://www.canismajor.com/dog/poison.html

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Oxbow is a good rat food, I’d say the best one that you can actually buy pre-made but if you want to make your own, ( and it’s not cheap ), this is how I make mine:

Vegetables:
kale
broccoli
baby carrots
peas
sweet corn
bell peppers

Fruits:
strawberries
blue berries
red grapes
pomegranate ( you can get a container of it in the fruit section of your grocery store )
apple
banana ( no green )

Dry:
rabbit food ( mine like fruit flavored )
dog food ( try to find chicken and rice )
dry penne or fusili pasta noodles
plane oats
plane rice cakes
3 types of various human cereals ( no sugar cereals, try to find wheat and organic stuff )

**Also offer garlic and various nuts

If you don’t want to make your own homemade food all the fruits and veggies are very good for treats so are the nuts and garlic is good for their hearts.

As for the cage I can’t seem to find a picture of it but if its at leas this: http://www.amazon.com/Super-Pet-First-Exotics-Large/dp/B000TZ5BRI/ref=sr_1_1?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1357216070&sr=1-1&keywords=rat+cage big then yes you can have three rats in it.

About getting another rat, It is possible that if the resident rats have bonded they will not like the newbie and may hurt them. Or vise versa, the newbie may attack the resident rats. But if you really want to then three is a good number of rats to have together. And with proper introduction they should be easy friends. But yes there probably will be small fights for dominance, though.

Good luck!

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Most of the pet store will let you bring your dog in, so take him with you and have one of the stores associates help measure your dog.

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What about a leash ???

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A positive trainer who uses positive motivation and clickers – Yes.

A trainer who was a military/police dog trainer – Doesn’t matter.

A trainer who promises fast results using methods that include a choke chain or electric collars – Never.

A trainer who belongs to a reputable dog training association – Yes.

Mainly, a trainer who I trust and can work with.

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I believe that Castor & Pollux Organix is made in the United States – they also have a grain free version, and the ingredients are mostly organic.

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You’re absolutely right, Science Diet is a poor quality dog food.

Not all pet food is made equally. A lot of it is full of corn, by-products, dyes, unhealthy preservatives, filler grains and all sorts of nasty stuff. A lot of pet food companies are perfectly happy to the dump cheap leftovers and things that aren’t safe for human consumption (from human food processing plants) into their foods. Will it kill your dog? No, it has to be nutritionally complete and safe to even be marketed. Is it healthy? Not by a long shot.

Corn is a low quality ingredient you never want to see in your pet food. Corn and low quality grains are two of the biggest culprits when it comes to food allergies in our pets.

Thankfully, there are some excellent dog foods being made these days that include organic, human grade ingredients rather than trash not fit for human consumption.

Examples of low quality foods to avoid: Anything you can find in a grocery store will be low end, Purina, Iams, Eukanuba, Science Diet, Royal Canin, Pedigree, Kibbles n’ Bits, Beneful, Ol’Roy.

Examples of high quality foods to look for: Innova, Wellness, Solid Gold, Canidae All Life Stages, Fromm Four Star, Merrick, GO Natural, Nature’s Variety Prairie, Nature’s Logic, Artemis Fresh Mix, Timberwolf Organics.

Although the high quality foods are more expensive, you’re getting what you’re paying for. Less filler material means more concentrated nutrients… This means you typically need to feed far less of the high quality food than you would of the low quality one. Which also means less poop!

Before following your vet’s food recommendation, keep in mind that vets get /very/ little nutritional training during their schooling. Besides that, what training they /do/ get is usually sponsored or taught by the crappy pet food companies! They also often get paid to sell some of their products at their clinics (Science Diet, Royal Canin etc.)

A great option is to go with an entirely grainless diet. Many of the high quality foods now put out grainless formulas. Some good grainless diets include: Innova EVO, Wellness CORE, Blue Wilderness, Nature’s Variety Instinct, Orijen, Horizon Legacy, Merrick Before Grain, Canidae Grain Free All Life Stages, Fromm Surf & Turf, Now! And Sold Gold Barking At The Moon, Taste of the Wild.

Some pretty decent foods can even be found in common pet stores. Petsmart carries Blue Buffalo products (such as the excellent grain free diet Blue Wilderness). Petco carries Wellness, Solid Gold, Natural Balance, Eagle Pack Holistic, Blue Buffalo, Castor & Pollux Organix, Pinnacle, and Halo. If you can’t find a food, most of the high quality food brands have websites with store locators on them.

Another option, if you can’t find anywhere around you that sells good foods, is to order your pet food online. Here’s an excellent place to do so: http://www.petfooddirect.com/store/

Remember that foods should be switched gradually (mixing new slowly in with the old over about a two week period), especially when switching to a higher quality one, so as not to upset tummies.

Another option for feeding dogs is to feed raw. This is something that should be thoroughly researched before being attempted:
http://www.barfworld.com/
http://www.rawfed.com/
http://www.rawlearning.com/
http://www.wysong.net/controversies/rawmeat.shtml

More on dog food:
http://www.dogfoodproject.com/index.php?page=main (Learn how to determine the quality of your dog’s food.)
http://www.dogfoodanalysis.com/dog_food_reviews/ (Dog food reviews. Four stars is a decent food, five stars is a great food, and six stars is an excellent food.)

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Well you aren’t going to find much good at petco

You will find Solid Gold and Blue Buffalo

I prefer Natura Products: Innova, California Naturals, Evo.

You won’t find Natura Products at Petco.

But here is a link to the store finder and all you need to do is put in your zip code….

Http://www.naturapet.com/where-to-buy/

(Science diet is full of fillers, your dog will thank you for switching to a better food)

Here is the ingredients to my dogs food….California Naturals

And what it does

Lamb Meal
Lamb meal is the dry rendered (cooked down) product from lamb tissues, exclusive of any added blood, hair, hoof, hide trimmings, manure, stomach and rumen contents except in such amounts as may occur unavoidably in good processing practices.

Lamb meal is simply lamb meat with the moisture removed, making it suitable for use in dry food. Before you buy a product containing lamb meal, ask the manufacturer about the origin of the lamb meal they use. Natura uses only high-quality lamb meat, not the lamb by-products found in some other pet foods.

Brown Rice
The whole rice kernel containing the nutrient-rich bran with only the rice hull removed.

Rice bran is rich in numerous nutrients like B-vitamins, magnesium, and fatty acids.

Rice
Rice, unless listed as brown rice, is the de-hulled rice kernel, without the bran — known as white rice.

Rice, in its whole form, is a high quality source of carbohydrates, protein and fiber. This is in contrast to fractionated grain ingredients used by some manufacturers such as rice polishings, rice bran, or brewers rice which have been leeched of much of their nutrient value.

Natura uses whole rice, which is the most easily digested grain and the least likely to cause allergic reactions. It is an antidiarrheal and helps lower cholesterol. Natura also uses brown rice, which is the same plant with the bran intact.

Sunflower Oil
Sunflower oil is obtained by extracting oil from sunflower seeds.

Sunflower oil has a high concentration of linoleic acid (73%), which is important for good skin and coat health. Natura uses sunflower oil that has been cold-pressed and protected from exposure to heat and light. This very high quality, very palatable fat is used in California Natural and Innova formulations.

Natural Flavors
Natural flavors are minimally processed flavor ingredients that do not contain synthetic or artificial components.

In the Natura products that include “natural flavor” in the formula, the exact composition is proprietary. However, it is always made from the same animal species on which the formula is based. For example, the “natural flavor” used in the original EVO formula contains a reduction of chicken meat – much the same process as is employed to create a chicken stock in your home kitchen.

Potassium Chloride
A chemical compound, KCl, a colorless or white, cubic, crystalline compound that closely resembles common salt (sodium chloride). It is soluble in water, alcohol, and alkalies.

Potassium plays various roles in metabolism and body functions. It assists in the regulation of the acid-base balance and water balance in the blood and the body tissue. It assists in protein synthesis from amino acids and in carbohydrate metabolism.

Vitamins/Minerals
Vitamins are organic compounds that function as parts of enzyme systems essential for the transmission of energy and the regulation of metabolisms of the body. Minerals are inorganic substances essential for a host of vital processes within the body.

AAFCO regulates minimum standard quantities of vitamins and minerals in levels that pets need to survive. All pet food manufacturers supplement their products with vitamins and minerals. Beyond meeting these minimum requirements, all Natura products contain a complete vitamin and mineral supplement program that helps pets to thrive, not just survive. The minerals Natura uses are chelated, providing three to ten times greater assimilation than common minerals. Our Innova products also contain beneficial probiotic supplements, which are not required by the AAFCO minimums.

Included in our foods are some of the following: Ascorbic Acid, Beta Carotene, Biotin, Calcium Carbonate, Calcium Iodate, Choline Chloride, Cobalt Carbonate, Cobalt Proteinate, Copper Proteinate, d-Calcium Pantothenate, Dicalcium Pantothenate, dl-Methionine, Folic Acid, Iron Proteinate, Manganese Proteinate, Niacin, Potassium Chloride, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Vitamin C Supplement (Sodium Ascorbate), Vitamin D3 Supplement, Vitamin E Supplement (Alpha Tocopherol), Zinc Proteinate

Natura adds these important vitamins and minerals, in proper balance to its foods to ensure that your pet gets all the necessary nutrients for life and good health every day.

Taurine
Taurine is the 11th essential amino acid required by cats.

Insufficient levels of taurine can lead to blindness and cardiac problems in cats. Meat is naturally high in taurine, so Natura foods contain high levels of this important nutrient. Natural taurine is also added to our cat foods to ensure cats get enough of this essential amino acid.

Cats vs Dogs: While dogs can synthesize taurine in their systems, cats cannot and must have additional amounts added to their diet for proper health.

Recent university research has suggested, however, that like cats, some breeds of dogs may benefit from Taurine in the diet. While California Natural has always contained ample Taurine from natural sources such as lamb meal, we have decided to supplement Taurine to ensure that all puppies receive full nutritional benefit from our products.

Rosemary Extract

Here is your food…..Science Diet

Ingredients

Lamb Meal, Brewers Rice, Rice Flour, Ground Whole Grain Wheat, Ground Whole Grain Sorghum, Corn Gluten Meal, Cracked Pearled Barley, Animal Fat (preserved with mixed tocopherols and citric acid), Dried Beet Pulp, Soybean Oil, Chicken Liver Flavor, Flaxseed, Potassium Chloride, Iodized Salt, vitamins (L-Ascorbyl-2-Polyphosphate (source of vitamin C), Vitamin E Supplement, Niacin, Thiamine Mononitrate, Vitamin A Supplement, Calcium Pantothenate, Biotin, Vitamin B12 Supplement, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Riboflavin, Folic Acid, Vitamin D3 Supplement), Choline Chloride, Vitamin E Supplement, Taurine, minerals (Ferrous Sulfate, Zinc Oxide, Copper Sulfate, Manganous Oxide, Calcium Iodate, Sodium Selenite), preserved with Mixed Tocopherols and Citric Acid, Beta-Carotene, Rosemary Extract.

Rice and Corn are fillers

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Simple- don’t leave them outside unsupervised for extended periods of time (or even short periods of time to start with.) Dogs escape and cause trouble when they are bored, so don’t let them be so bored. Hanging out with you, getting tired by playing with you, getting mentally tired by doing some training- all will help decrease the dogs’ need to use up energy by escaping. Additional things you can do included giving their meals in a tricky treat ball or Kong or similar tool so they don’t inhale their food in 20 seconds and are then bored for the rest of the day, and giving them some toys to play with. But most dogs don’t play much when left to their own devices, and if they do, it generally isn’t what we were hoping for!

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Yes, I have 4 siamese cats and a greyhound…

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Use a remote, throw a huge boulder at your tv, call your brother or sister saying its something important, then tell them to turn it down, call your mum or dad saying you want to tell them something, then get them to turn it town, wait till somebody enters the same room, then tell them to turn it down, train the dog/cat or whatever pet you have to turn it down, install a cat flap on your door, then train the neighbours pet to come into your house everytime you whistle, and turn the volume down, get one of those infra red watches,or even mobile phones, and use that to turn the volume down…..

See if you put your mind to it, there are many ways you can turn the volume down…your just too lazy to get up or even think!!!!!!!

🙂