http://www.dogcareguide.net Dog Care and Dog Training Blog. Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:51:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Dogs will be dogs and that includes smelling bad after having wondered outside to play in nature. However, there are those rare occasions when he ventured into something a little more on the yucky side a Skunk!Dog's get skunked on more than one occasion, especially when they have ... http://www.dogcareguide.net/how-to-clean-your-dog-of-skunk-spray/ If you want your puppy to grow up as a fast learner with a remarkable ability to learn new tricks and training protocols on a whim, then building the pups self confidence is the key. It is a proven fact that the more self confidence a puppy has, the ... http://www.dogcareguide.net/how-to-build-your-puppys-self-confidence-through-friendship/ Theres a lot more to owning a puppy than what you might think. You have to make sure that this really is what you want and that you can afford all the aspects of owning one. You would also need to evaluate your personality and your present and ... http://www.dogcareguide.net/how-much-do-you-have-to-invest-when-purchasing-a-new-puppy/ Breeding the Greyhound to become a race dog officially starts then when they are approximately twelve months old. Up until that age they were of course handled to get their luring training underway and their strength built up. But it is at that time when the Greyhound pup ... http://www.dogcareguide.net/how-greyhounds-are-introduced-to-the-racing-track/ We hope that you have enjoyed our 'crash-course' about the history of Greyhounds so far. In today's article we will wrap up our 4-part series by continuing from the point in history where Elizabeth I, whom was a coursing enthusiast, created the sport of queens in which she had ... http://www.dogcareguide.net/history-of-the-greyhound-dog-part-4-of-4/ In this 3rd section about the history of the Greyhound dog breed, we will discuss how this beautiful animal worked its way from being the victim of the Forest Laws to being the favorite of the nobles for sportsmanship racing games.To quickly recap on these forest laws of the ... http://www.dogcareguide.net/history-of-the-greyhound-dog-part-3-of-4/ During Part I of our discussion about the history and origin of the Greyhound breed we touched up on their natural speed which helped them become great game hunters in the lands of North Africa and Arabia, as well as sport racers in the lands of Egypt. And because ... http://www.dogcareguide.net/history-of-the-greyhound-dog-part-2-of-4/ Thanks to your Greyhound's smooth thin coat, grooming your dog is relatively low maintenance compared to other longer haired breeds. When brushing your Greyhound, all you need is to go over the coat once or twice with a soft brush or even a damp cloth. Your goal when ... http://www.dogcareguide.net/grooming-your-greyhound/ It's inevitable that every dog will get older. And with age comes physical ailments that your dog will learn to live with unless the pain is too much to bare. One such ailment that especially hits older Greyhounds, after years of running and chasing, is arthritis.Degenerative joint disease ... http://www.dogcareguide.net/greyhounds-and-arthritis/ Greyhound dogs are lightening fast learners. This particular breed of dog will surprise you with how much they can learn and at extremely obedient levels. First you must realize that the old fashioned days of training your Greyhound dogs by force is far from productive. Greyhounds are ... http://www.dogcareguide.net/greyhounds-tender-training/