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Top Tips for Successfully Settling in a New Rescue Dog

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This article provides guidance for preparing your home for a rescue dog, emphasizing the importance of understanding the dog’s background, establishing routines, creating a safe space, and practicing patience during the adjustment period.

Keep Your Pooch Happy and Healthy with Essential Training Tips

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Owning a dog involves responsibilities like ensuring their happiness and health through training. Key training aspects include consistency, positive reinforcement, socialization, exercise, and patience for optimal behavior.

Exploring the Most Common Health Issues in Dogs: What Every Pet Owner Should Know

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By law, owners must ensure the animals in their care are healthy and protected from unnecessary harm. Extensive research has been conducted into the prevention of medical problems in dogs. Everything from the correct diet to vaccinations can be used to ensure that the canines in our care are healthy and happy. Obesity is aContinueContinue reading “Exploring the Most Common Health Issues in Dogs: What Every Pet Owner Should Know”

Adopt or Shop: Making the Right Choice for Your New Pet

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When choosing a dog, consider whether to adopt or buy from a breeder, focusing on your lifestyle and needs. Responsible breeders can provide healthy, well-matched puppies, while rescues address urgent cases. Emotion should not drive your decision; research breeds and options to ensure a long-term fit for your family.

New Years Resolutions for The Dog Standard

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It’s that time of year again when everybody decides it’s time to be a better version of themselves. We all grumble and groan about the whole farce and yet every year we still participate even if we tell everyone we don’t. There is some superstition around a New Year’s Resolution that if you don’t tellContinueContinue reading “New Years Resolutions for The Dog Standard”

Surviving the Holiday Season: What Foods and Items to Avoid at Christmas

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Christmas is a very all-encompassing time of year. Even if you don’t celebrate it to the extent that others do, you can’t escape it. People find it very easy to get swept up in the rigmarole of Christmas and can forget a few things along the way, such as what foods you can and can’tContinueContinue reading “Surviving the Holiday Season: What Foods and Items to Avoid at Christmas”

Welcome to The Dog Standard

So what is the point? That is both a very simple and a very complicated question. Long story short the goal is to help people and dogs. There are many ways that I could help people local to me if given the chance but what I really want is to make a more lasting impressionContinueContinue reading “Welcome to The Dog Standard”