Washing Your Dog in the Winter
Whether you’re a new dog owner or you’ve owned dogs most of your life, you may wonder whether you can give your dog a bath in the winter. If you find yourself asking that question, rest assured that the answer is yes. You can and often should bathe a dog in the winter, as long […]
Tips to Keep Dogs and Cats Warm
Just like us when we feel the chill on a winter morning, our pets do too. While we can easily pop on a jumper, pull on our UGG boots or snuggle up to a fire, our pets need a helping hand, especially if they are outside dogs or cats. So how do we keep our […]
How Accurate Is Alpha’s Theory of Dog Domestication?
Long ago, before your four-legged best friend learned to fetch tennis balls or watch football from the couch, his ancestors were purely wild animals in competition—sometimes violent—with our own. So how did this relationship change? How did dogs go from being our bitter rivals to our snuggly, fluffy pooch pals? Europe is a cold and […]
The Origins Of Cats
The domestic cat (Felis catus) is one of the most recently evolved species within the Felidae family. The Felidae family have been split into three genera: Panthera (cats that roar – lions, tigers, leopards, snow leopards, clouded leopards and jaguars) Acinonyx (the Cheetah) Felis (all other ‘small’ cats) However, the classification of the Felidae family […]
When Did People Start Keeping Pets?
Pets have been harnessed to humans for possibly tens of thousands of years. The archaeological and genetic record is being combed and analyzed for evidence of when and how the human-animal bond developed, not just to satisfy a craving for trivia, but because it says a lot about the evolution of human society, says Greger […]
Ten Tips to help prevent dog theft
Just over a year ago, dotsure.co.za reported that dog theft is on the rise in South Africa. The financial strain that national lockdown has put us all under in the last few months may encourage more criminal attempts to make money off stolen dogs. In this article, we suggest ten tips to help prevent dog […]
‘DOGNAPPING’: TIPS TO ENSURE YOUR PET’S SAFETY
Man’s best friend has become a more popular target in ‘dognapping’ incidents over the last few months. No dogs are immune to theft as they are stolen for a number of reasons; pets that haven’t been neutered or spayed may be sold to puppy mills or backyard breeders, popular or expensive dog breeds are resold […]
MICROCHIP OPTIONS FOR YOUR PET
Microchipping your pet has become one of the most important parts of new pet ownership, second to getting your pet affordable Pet Insurance. The day your pet goes missing, is the day you will really appreciate the effort you made to have your pets microchipped, and keeping their information up to date as you change […]
The real cost of pet care
Think about it: acquiring a pet dog or cat could entail a financial and emotional commitment of anything up to 20 years. To put it another way: the cat you present to your child in grade three could still be around when she graduates from university, by which time it will undoubtedly be frail and […]
Consider the costs before buying or adopting a pet
Three months into the national lockdown, you may be one of thousands of animal lovers around the country that is thinking about fostering, adopting or buying a pet. Before you make a commitment, we found out more about the associated costs of having a pet. Unless you have access to the likes of the SPCA, […]