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Part 2: Discover The Facts About Your Overweight Dog!

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This is the continuation of the article "Part I – Discover The Facts About Your Overweight Dog". The facts provided in Part II will continue to give you important information about helping your beloved pet maintain the proper weight level for maximum enjoyment of a healthy lifestyle with you.

Before getting to the new facts let’s quickly summarize the facts you learned in Part I.

FACT 1: You, the owner, are primarily responsible for your "best friend" being obese.

Most dog owners do over feed their pet by 20% or more.

FACT 2: Table scrapes are not the right kind of food for your favorite beloved canine.

Most table scrapes contain an inordinate high calorie count, because of large amounts of fat, starches and sugar.

FACT 3: The unburned calories will be absorbed into your pet’s body and turned into "fat".

Keeping your dog active will help burn up the additional calories brought on by table scrapes.

It’s now time to take a look at additional facts which will help you keep your K-9 at the proper weight level.

FACT 4: Your local veterinarian should be consulted before putting your dog on a diet.

The local vet will be able to

Is An Older Dog Right For You?

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The majority of dog lovers prefer to start with a new puppy or one that is just a few months old when they want to add a new pet to their home. One of the primary reasons is because they are just so darn cute and cuddly. Another primary reason for this is the concern that an older dog will not adapt well to changing masters and it will be difficult to break the older dog from any bad habits it may have. This isn’t necessarily so. This information may help you realize that an older and more mature dog may be just the right thing for you.

The fact of the matter is that a new puppy, from 6 weeks to 3 or 4 months old and perhaps as old as 6 months, will require a good deal more of your time when you bring the animal into your home. During the first few days to two weeks, most puppies go through a phase of anxiety and possible depression from being separated from the other puppies in their litter and the comfort of their mother. This phase can be expressed by the young K-9, with a constant

The Decorative Deerhound!

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The Deerhound is one of the most decorative of dogs, impressively stately and picturesque wherever he is seen, whether it be amid the surroundings of the baronial hall, reclining at luxurious length before the open hearth in the fitful light of the log fire that flickers on polished amour and tarnished tapestry; out in the open, straining at the leash as he scents the dewy air, or gracefully bounding over the purple of his native hills. Grace and majesty are in his every movement and attitude, and even to the most prosaic mind there is about him the inseparable glamour of feudal romance and poetry. 

From remote days the Scottish nobles cherished their strains of Deerhound, seeking glorious sport in the Highland forests. The red deer belonged by inexorable law to the kings of Scotland, and great drives, which often lasted for several days, were made to round up the herds into given neighborhoods for the pleasure of the court, as in the reign of Queen Mary. But the organized coursing of deer by courtiers ceased during the Stuart troubles, and was left in the hands of retainers, who thus replenished their chief’s larder.

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The Most Intelligent Poodle!

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The Poodle is commonly acknowledged to be the most wisely intelligent of all members of the canine race. There is a general belief that he is a fop, whose time is largely occupied in personal embellishment, and that he requires a great deal of individual attention in the matter of his toilet. It may be true that to keep him in exhibition order and perfect cleanliness his owner has need to devote more consideration to him than is necessary in the case of many breeds; but in other respects he gives very little trouble, and all who are attached to him are consistent in their opinion that there is no dog so intensely interesting and responsive as a companion. His qualities of mind and his acute powers of reasoning are indeed so great that there is something almost human in his attractiveness and his devotion. His aptitude in learning is never denied, and many are the stories told of his marvelous talent and versatility.

Not merely as a showman’s dog has he distinguished himself. He is something more than a mountebank of the booths, trained to walk the tight rope and stand on his head. He