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Dognapped!

AgilityFusion — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 13:17:47 +0000

Petside.com published an interesting article about dognapping being on the rise in the United States, and the AKC verifies it as well. How horrible! Keep a close eye on your pet when they’re out in your yard, at the dog park, and keep them indoors or secured at night.

I can’t imagine the agony of having one of my pets stolen for who-knows-what! Please, everyone, be careful!

Say What?

AgilityFusion — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 12:22:42 +0000

Woof! What, Timmy’s in the well, Lassie? Let’s go!

Do you understand what your dog says when he barks? I took this test, and got three for five! Not bad. It was really a lot of fun, and very interesting!

Wow!

AgilityFusion — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:00:43 +0000

Chaser, a Border Collie, knows 1,022 words! That’s an awful lot, especially considering the limits of human vocabulary and common useage! (Read the full article, and how they trained Chaser with a clicker here)

How many words does your dog know? Do you think you could train your dog like they did Chaser?

The Scoop on Poop

AgilityFusion — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 12:00:55 +0000

I know my least favorite chore related to being a responsible pet owner- it’s poop scooping. I have two very large dogs, and they leave piles appropriately sized in the yard. As distasteful as I find this chore, I do it anyway, especially when we are out walking, because leaving the poop there is just very irresponsible! Recently I found an article on the internet about poop- and using a dog park’s methane output to make a light!

That’s really, really neat. I wouldn’t even mind picking up if I could do something that cool with it. Can you imagine apartment complexes having a unit like that for dog and kitty waste? (you would have to use biodegradable kitty litter, but that isn’t very hard to come by any more). It’s a ‘cool’ way to get people to WANT to clean up after their dog, and I think it’s one of the neatest ideas I’ve seen in a while!