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 […]
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 […]
5 Reasons Dogs Eat Dirt
Dogs are fascinated by weird things. Let’s see, there’s the garbage … And of course other dogs’ pee and poop … And for some dogs – DIRT! And like the garbage can raiders (looking for that discarded food) and pooh eaters, there is a reason for your dog’s dirt-eating madness, so it’s not something you want to […]
Why Dogs Eat Poop and How to Stop It
Of all the repulsive habits our dogs have—drinking from the toilet, rolling in swamp muck, licking their butts— nothing tops the disgusting practice of dogs eating poop. Their motivation may not be to gross us humans out, but it certainly does. So much so, in fact, that poop eating is often a reason people try […]
Is it safe for my dog to eat its own sick?
If you’ve owned dogs for any period of time, you’ll be well aware of their less pleasant habits… However, there are very few that are as disgusting to us as eating their own sick! That awful “retch… retch… heAVe… slurp slurp slurp” is something none of us enjoy hearing from behind the sofa, especially if […]
How to safely exercise your dog or puppy – Before Exercise
If you have a dog or puppy, or plan to get one, it’s important that you let them exercise on a regular basis. Exercising is not only good for their physical and mental health, but also helps them to socialise with other dogs and puppies, which is crucial to their behavioural development. What’s more, exercising […]