Image from http://www.labrador.retriever-gifts.comYour home is your refuge from the harsh realities of the world. Inside your house on your walls are paintings which reflect your dreams. Gazing upon them can change your bad mood to a good one.Everyone has different tastes. As an animal lover, I have hung on my wall a painting of my elegantly posed Labrador, Yoda. Rather than going to the zoo and w...

Conservation of resources, such as not using your air conditioning, is more important today then ever before. Here are some tips to stay cool indoors during warm weather.The first tip to keep your house cooler naturally. Close the curtains or the blinds during the day. The second tip is to apply reflective window film. You can get a Tax Credit when you apply a window film. Here’s the link.   ...

A common problem among people who are single is loneliness. However, you can reverse loneliness by having a pet. Plus, you’ll have a topic of conversation to discuss with others who also have pets.When you have a dog or a cat, your attractiveness goes up a couple of notches. Caring for a pet makes you attractive to other people. A dog and cat, especially one who has been rescued, will make you fi...

A Designer Breed is mating one pure bred with another pure bred. For instance, when you breed a Maltese with a Yorkie,, you’ll have a Morkie. You’re probably thinking that this sounds like a mutt. You’re right it is a mutt, but when you sell a mutt for $400, then you have a Designer Breed. From a health perspective, the more variety in a gene pool; the hardier the individual. For this reason, the ...

When you get invited to a pot luck,  meat loaf is a good contribution. Make sure though that the ingredients are fresh. There is a cute story about Bill making meat loaf. There is a moral to the story. You can read more on http://judyshealthcafe.com Ingredients    2 pounds ground beef    1/2 cup bread crumbs    1 (8 oz) can tomato sauce  ...

You may be killing your dog, and not even know it! Here is the list of toxic foods never to feed your dog: raisins, grapes, onions, chocolate, cocoa, avocados, BREAD, Tryptophan that's found in turkey, and macadamia nuts.As an aside, it is amazing how dangerous BREAD is to animals. Non-humans, such as, cats, dogs, horses, ducks, and so on are unable to process bread. Eventually,  non-humans, ...

You may be killing your dog, and not even know it! Here is the list of toxic foods never to feed your dog: raisins, grapes, onions, chocolate, cocoa, avocados, BREAD, Tryptophan that's found in turkey, and macadamia nuts.  As an aside, it is amazing how dangerous BREAD is to animals. Non-humans, such as, cats, dogs, horses, ducks, and so on are unable to process bread. Eventually,  non-h...

Your pet painted in oils has more personality and character than a photograph of your pet. The artist’s skill is able to capture the spirit of your cat, dog, or horse. An artist has a  range of styles with different mediums. The portrait can be done in acrylics, colored pencil, oils, pastels, or watercolor, as well as different color palettes. Each artist is skilled in one particular medium. ...

There are many ways to train a horse. Events at Rodeos break horses violently. The strong hands pull hard on the bit to keep the horse under control. This really is unnecessary. When the horse is being trained in this rough manner, you may end up with a horse that bucks and spins. It’s not that the horse has a bad disposition, the truth is that the cowboy did a bad job training the horse.Training ...

Believe it or not this picture is real. Wendy, the dog in this photograph, lives in Victoria, British Columbia. Her breed is a whippet - described by the American Kennel Club as "an English Greyhound in miniature". But whippets are sleek and small dogs!Wendy is a type of whippet with a genetic mutation that makes her more muscular and faster than standard whippets. This whippet is not only muscle-...