Why dogs bark and curbing excessive barking
Barking is one of many forms of vocal communication for dogs. People are often pleased that their dog barks, because it alerts them to the approach of people to their home or it tells them there's something that the dog wants or needs. However, sometimes a dog's barking can be excessive. Because barking serves a variety of functions, you must identify its cause and your dog's motivation for barking before you can treat a barking problem.
Many owners can identify why their dog is barking just by hearing the specific bark. For instance, a dog's bark sounds different when he wants to play as compared to when he wants to come in from the yard. If you want to reduce your dog's barking, it's crucial to determine why he's barking. It will take some time to teach your dog to bark less. Unfortunately, it's just not realistic to expect a quick fix or to expect that your dog will stop barking altogether. (Would you expect a person to suddenly stop talking altogether?) Your goal should be to decrease, rather than eliminate, the amount of barking. Bear in mind that some dogs are more prone to barking than others. In addition, some breeds are known as “barkers,” and it can be harder to decrease barking in individuals of these breeds.
Territorial Barking
Dogs can bark excessively in response to people, dogs or other animals within or approaching their territories. Your dog's territory includes the area surrounding his home and, eventually, anywhere he has explored or associates strongly with you: your car, the route you take during walks and other places where he spends a lot of time.
Alarm Barking
If your dog barks at any and every noise and sight regardless of the context, he's probably alarm barking. Dogs engaged in alarm barking usually have stiffer body language than dogs barking to greet, and they often move or pounce forward an inch or two with each bark. Alarm barking is different than territorial barking in that a dog might alarm bark at sights or sounds in any location at all, not just when he's defending familiar areas, such as your house, yard or car.
Attention-Seeking Barking
Some dogs bark at people or other animals to gain attention or rewards, like food, toys or play.
Greeting Barking
Your dog might be barking in greeting if he barks when he sees people or other dogs and his body is relaxed, he's excited and his tail is wagging. Dogs who bark when greeting people or other animals might also whine.
Compulsive Barking
Some dogs bark excessively in a repetitive way, like a broken record. These dogs often move repetitively as well. For example, a dog who's compulsively barking might run back and forth along the fence in his yard or pace in his home.
Good habits of dog trainers
Becoming a good and effective dog trainer is not an easy job. It takes great determination and perseverance to do so. Here are some tips to become a good and effective dog trainer. Here are the seven habits all good dog owners have in common: Patience, Play, Good food, Training, Management, Leadership, and Exercise etc.
Some of the best dog owners I know are the ones who are patient. Having a dog, especially a young one, can be very trying. Dogs live to play. A group of puppies will jump, run, tug, and have a great time together. Playing with your dog is a great way to exercise and bond with your dog so it will also fulfill an important need in your dog.
Not all dog foods are created equal so feeding your dog a good diet is very important. Always look at some of the labels on dog food as some of them are loaded with chemicals, dyes, sugar and low grade products.
All great dog owners spend some time training their dogs and it is the best way to communicate with your dog as your dog has no idea that they are not supposed to pull on leash, to not jump on guests, or to come back when you call them.
Good management skills are very crucial, When a dog is young they usually get into a lot of trouble by chewing, stealing, jumping, etc. so the owner, as the leader and teacher, needs to manage the dog's behavior when they are young so that as the dog gets older and learns how to live with we humans, we do not need to manage as much. Our dogs spend a lot of time waiting around for us. Dogs are extremely social and want to interact with us. Every dog needs two forms of exercise - mental and physical.
CANINE PAPILLOMA VIRUS
Papilloma viruses are small, double-stranded DNA viruses of the Papovaviridae family. Papillomaviridae is an ancient and diverse taxonomic family of non-enveloped DNA viruses, collectively known aspapillomaviruses. Papillomas are benign (non-cancerous) tumors that originate from the squamous (resembling the shape of scale of a fish) epithelial cells. Some mammals have several distinct papilloma viruses—humans have >20; cattle, 6; dogs, 3; and rabbits, 2.
The virus is transmitted by direct contact, fomites, and possibly by insects. The canine papilloma virus is passed to a dog through direct contact with the lesions on an infected dog or through exposure to the virus in the dog's environment. Though the warts are unsightly, they are not usually dangerous to the dog. The virus which causes them is transmissible only to other dogs and is not a threat to people or other types of animals. They should go away on their own as the dog’s immune system matures and generates a response against the papillomavirus. When lesions are multiple, they may be sufficiently characteristic to confirm the diagnosis; however, there are many simulants of warts, and a definitive diagnosis requires identification of the virus.
In dogs, 3 clinical presentations of canine papilloma virus infection have been described.
The first is canine mucous membrane papillomatosis, which primarily affects young dogs. In puppies, papillomas may appear as tufts of cauliflower-like tissue growing on the lips and in the mouth. It is characterized by the presence of multiple warts on oral mucous membranes from lips to (occasionally) the esophagus and on the conjunctival mucous membranes and adjacent haired skin. These papillomas are viral in nature and usually disappear in 2 to 3 months as the puppy's immune system matures.
The second presentation is cutaneous papillomas, which are indistinguishable from the warts that develop on or around mucous membranes. A definitive viral etiology has not been established, and lesions may be confused with cutaneous tags. Clinically, lesions appear as multiple, raised keratin horns.
The third presentation is cutaneous inverted papillomas, which have more in common clinically with intracutaneous cornifying epitheliomas. In this disease of young, mature dogs, lesions most commonly develop on the ventral abdomen where they appear as raised papulonodules with a keratotic center. Infrequently, viral papillomas in dogs may progress to invasive squamous cell carcinomas.
Since the warts will generally disappear by themselves over a period of time, treatment is not necessary most of the time. Castor oil can be applied directly to the warts. It softens the lesions and reduces irritation. Also vitamin E can be applied directly to the dog warts. Regular application (for at least 2 to 3 weeks) can reduce the wart size significantly. However, if the warts are causing eating difficulty, they can be removed either surgically or by cryosurgery (freezing the tissue).
Cat behavior problems
Like all human beings have unique behavior, even animals do have some behavioral characteristics and as are the cats. The cats sulk, they purr, sometime they over do their meowing, they bite, or scratch, his and spit, bury their wastes; he might start peeing on the carpet suddenly by refusing to use the cat litter tray... These are all unique features of cat behaviors.
Cat behavior problems can be quite frustrating, but the first step to correcting them actually understands where your cat is coming from. And for this understanding the cat’s body language is very important. encourage good behavior in your cat and the cat will slowly adopt changes. Cats have scent glands along the tail, on each side of their head, on their lips, base of their tail, chin, near their sex organs, and between their front paws. They use these glands to scent mark their territory. When the cat rubs you, he is marking you with his scent, claiming you as "his." Also, he is picking up your scent. A mother cat purrs to let her kittens know she is nearby, and kittens purr in response to their mother's grooming. Older kittens purr to entice adults to play. More interestingly, upon being approached, it will fall down on its side, indicating it is not seeking attention and is unwilling to put up a fight. Kittens are naturally scared of people at first, but if handled and well cared for in the first few weeks, they will develop trust in the humans who care for them.
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Handmade Paracord Dog Collars
Handmade Paracord Dog Collars are always best for the dogs. They are extremely tough and does not bring any irritation to the dog’s skin. If you have the Paracord and you know to put seesaw knot, you can easily make a wonderful stylish, sturdy and a manly dog color. Not only that, you can also make bracelets, watch straps with these knots. The following are the steps you have to follow making a dog collar using a Paracord and seesaw knot.
• Materials required: Paracord, scissors, lighter, A C-clamp, hemostat clamps, flexible measuring tape, a 3/4″ plastic snap and D-ring. Keep everything ready before you start making.
• The Paracord usually shrinks when it gets wet. So, shrink the Paracord by soaking in hot water for 5 mins before you start knotting.
• Be sure of the size. Measure your Pooch’s neck size and make a note of the length.
• Choose a strong buckle. Now, Take the center of the cord and pull it thru one end of the buckle.
• Fold the Paracord, and bring it from inside the buckle, and bring the D ring inside and place it near the Buckle.
• Clamp it to a steady surface so that it’ll be easier for you to put knots.
• Making a seesaw knot is very easy. You just have to take the first color cords and bring it behind the second one and insert in the loop created. The first knot is done. Follow the same thing alternatively. But make sure you are doing it in opposite direction each time.
• Leave 1 inch space at the end after you push in the knots at the double slotted end of the cord
• Its always good to have two color combinations so that it’ll be easy to make and also looks nice on the dog. Run the cords around the front and through the top of the loop that you have created on the back side of the collar. Tighten the cords.
• Take your lighter and melt the open ends of the cord. When it is still hot, press it gently so that it gets fused with the knots. If not, heat it a little more so that it fuses properly. You can also use a candle for this.
• Finally, put it on your Pooch and make him happy.
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