Dog Advice

I stumbled over this site today: Male and Female Dog Names

Which has a great dog names with meanings, origin, astrology and numerology information. Good if you’re getting your new rescue dog!

At DogMall, we fully support of rescue dog schemes, rather than buying specifically bred dogs. If you’re looking for a new canine addition to your family, Battersea Dog’s & Cat’s Home is a great place to start.

Battersea Dog’s & Cat’s Home was established in 1860 and to this day works to reunite lost dogs (and cats!) with their owners and care for them until new homes can be found for them, giving them shelter and an excellent standard of kennelling and veterinary care.

If you’re thinking about getting a rescue dog, you should read the “What to think about before getting a dog” guide provided on the Battersea Dog’s Home site. This guide will help you ensure that you are able to sufficiently care for your new dog and may highlight some things you hadn’t thought about.

Once you’re sure, you can begin the rehoming process, which involves:

1. Application
2. Interview
3. Home Visit
4. Search for a dog
5. Taking your pet home!

When you get your new pal home, the support from Battersea Dog’s & Cat’s home doesn’t end there. They have great articles on dog behaviour online as well as a behaviour advice line.

Bare in mind as well, that Battersea Dog’s & Cat’s Home receives no government funding and cares for over 9,000 dogs and almost 3,000 cats every year, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. They rely totally on public support ? why not show your support and donate to Battersea Dog’s Home?

Site: ozdoggy.com.au
Description: Dog Advice – Over 600 pages of dog training and general dog advice

While Australia may be on the other side of the world to us UK folks, that doesn’t mean a pinch when it comes to quality dog advice. OzDoggy was one of the first resources I stumbled over when looking for dog advice online.

As the description says, the site has over 600 pages of advice which goes down to some really specific questions and answers such as what to do when your dog won’t come when called and toilet training specific breeds of dog.

The site design of the advice section makes it easy to navigate and find the answers your after, while not as “flash” as some sites the quality of content is absolutely excellent.

So I found this video and absolutely had to post it. Jack Russells are well known to be an intelligent breed of dog, but this one pushes the limits as it appears to be able to answer simple math questions.

Watch the video, after a few tricks, which are neat – Maggie performs what seems to be impossible. Make your own mind up!

A dog that is out of control can cause a lot of distress and heartache. A trained dog will give you so much enjoyment and pride. So here are my top 10 training tips:

1. Assert dominance: It is important that you assert dominance over your dog by being firm but gentle. Your dog will want to please you.
2. Start training straight away: When your puppy arrives in your home it is crucial you start training straight away, the sooner the better. Training should then carry on throughout your dog’s life.
3. Socialise your puppy: A very important piece of training for your puppy is to gradually get it socialised. It will be imortant for the puppy to meet other people, dogs and experience different sounds in order to build up confidence which helps your dog to thrive.
4. Duration of training:It is important not to make your dog training sessions too long, several 10 minute sessions a day will help to maintain your dog’s interest and prevent boredom.
5. Change training location: When training your dog , make sure that you change location from time to time. This helps to stop the dog relating the training to just one area .
6. Help your dog’s concentration:To help your dog concentrate, initail training should be done somewhere that is quiet and where there are no distractions. As training progresses different areas, where more is going on, can be used.
7. Make training fun: All training for your dog should be fun, treats will help your dog to learn and obey you. Treats should varied,for example, food, praise,exercise or a dog toy.
8. Reward intermittently: Do not give a treat every time your dog obeys you, you can use praise when things are going well but reward intermittently as this will help your dog to learn faster and will encourage improvement.
9. Use the same signals and commands: Anyone who is going to help train or work with your dog must use the same signals and commands as you. This will help prevent your dog getting confused.
10. Not to get angry:I think the most important tip is not to get angry with your dog, patience will have its rewards.

Good Luck with your training and be patient

Hi everyone, I’m Mark the developer of dogproductshop.co.uk. Although it was one of the last things to get live, I’m really pleased to say the DogMall blog is now alive.

The idea behind dogproductshop.co.uk is to try and pull together and sort all the best prices for dog clothes, dog toys, dog beds, dog cages, dog leads, dog collars, dog grooming equipment and dog books. That’s a big list of “dog stuff” and it’s likely to grow as we find new suppliers and get new stock ourselves. As well as trying to find the best prices, we’ll also be adding our own reviews of each product and giving advice on how best to use them and on what type of dog.

So why would we want a blog on the site? Well, Ray & Annie (my folks and the people behind dogproductshop.co.uk) have got 30 years experience of owning and training dogs. What they don’t know about our canine pals, is as they say, not worth knowing. I thought it would be a terrible waste for them not to share all they know, so while they are both new to blogging (a long and rocky road I’m sure), I’ll be helping them out getting some of their collective wisdom online and answering any questions you have.

Until then, I’ll leave you with a rather cheesy, “welcome to DogMall!”