Although senior, weight management and special needs (SWM) products for pets have been around for many years, they have yet to achieve a level of market penetration commensurate with the proportion of senior and overweight pets, and in the current market climate these segments appear to be ripe for significantly greater development. Along with the intense health and "premiumization" focuses in the pet market overall, key market drivers include...more
A Guide to Crate Training Your Lovable PuppyHouse training a new puppy is a job all new dog owners must face. One tried and true method commonly used is crate training. Despite what you may hear or believe keeping the dog in a crate is neither punishment nor mean. Dog crates provide a safe haven for the puppy to retreat and curl up when adjusting to its new surroundings, a quiet place to lie down and sleep, or somewhere the dog can relax and be left home alone. For many dogs, their crate is their own little home. When a puppy is safely in its crate, you can be sure that it won't be able to chew anything the furniture, hurt itself, or possibly put itself in a dangerous situation where it can seriously hurt itself. Dog crates also speed up the housebreaking training. However, it is important that you never use the crate for punishment. Your goal is to make the crate a place for the dog to feel safe and protected.Many crates come with multiple partitions which allow you to alter the space the dog has available for itself as it grows. Add some soft bedding to the floor of the crate so the puppy has somewhere comfortable and warm to lie. It is important to understand that puppies have...more
When deciding to own a parrot, take the time to research what parrot diet it should be fed. So much of the well being of your pet parrot links back to have a good parrot diet. You will find that you will have years of happy companionship if you feed your pet parrot the right parrot diet.Size of your parrot.Getting the diet sorted out is not...more
You can pay for animals, even young puppies now which grow up to a dog and you can teach them tricks. You need to feed your dog every day but with regards to the other livestock on your farm, including cows, sheep, pigs, horses, chickens, elephants and so on you merely need to harvest them sometime to earn yourself a number of coins. The way most of us get livestock is by being gifted them by neighbours or adopting them when they amble onto our farms or the farms of our neighbours who after that publish it to their newsfeed permitting us to adopt too.A clue about some animals, stallions are beneficial to obtain through the adoption means because they help you make foals. Ugly ducklings are also useful because they mature into white swans and you can make a bundle gathering up the feathers. Adopting is excellent because it's free and there are a series of diverse animals you can't purchase but can adopt like a pink cow, a brown cow, a black sheep, a kitten, a gray horse and others can get them too. You can take on board many many more animals if you have a lot of neighbours because the prospect comes up more habitually. Look at neighbours profiles as well so you do not overlook any....more
Despite the time we spend with our pets, most humans misinterpret many dog communication signals. We tend to think that dogs have similar thought patterns to ours. Meanwhile, dogs think that we understand their language, too.For humans and dogs to...more
How to Keep Your Dog Clean and HappyThe real hassle of doggie bath time is when it's time to get your dog out of the tub and dried off. When your pup gets out of the tub, they most likely will give one big shake to get the water off them, this is...more
Bird Control for Shopping CentersHere's a way to gain some "sustainability points" from your customers while deterring pest birds. These solar powered bird control devices keep seagulls, pigeons, and crows, from landing by whisking them away with...more
What Birds WantAll bird pest problems are really miscommunications--we've created a perfect opportunity for a bird, but we didn't get the message until the bird shows up. We built it (or planted it), and they came. To really fix the problem we...more