Taking care of our pets is something on which people tend to spend a lot of time, energy, and resources, regardless of which pet they have and whether or not their pet’s welfare is likely to come under any kind of scrutiny; we will go to enormous lengths to make
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Dogs have been around for a long time, and have been among the most preferred pets for humans for an only slightly shorter period; there are ancient Egyptian writings depicting the domestication of dogs, and most cultures since have continued the tradition in some way. It’s no wonder that our
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No one is really sure when we began calling dogs ‘man’s best friend’, but everyone is sure why - there are few other animals that can claim the kind of relationship that dogs and humans have shared for centuries. In nearly every field of work or walk of life, dogs
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We go to considerable lengths for our pets, and always have; those animals that find themselves the preferred companions of human beings have historically benefited from comforts and are almost on par with those of the humans themselves. Indeed, there are few lengths to which humans have not gone to
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You may have heard, on occasion, the expression ‘come and get it before I slop it to the hogs.” It has its place in fact, of course, but the main gist of it is that whatever it is can’t possibly be kept, and so it will be disposed of in
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As a pet owner, the last thing you want to see on your furry friend are uninvited guests like ticks or fleas; apart from making your pet uncomfortable, they can spread disease and will jump from host to host indiscriminately if left unchecked. A parasitic infestation such as this will
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There are no two ways about it - people love their pets far beyond any reasonable bounds, giving them an outrageous amount of affection and attention for relatively little return. No matter what it is, it has likely been carefully provided with the very best accommodations, diet, and entertainment its
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No matter what pet you own, you probably take certain steps to ensure their health, well-being, and general happiness, whether that means giving them a good meal and comfortable accommodations or making sure that their natural predators know that this particular specimen is off-limits. We rarely expect much in return,
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Keeping dogs as pets is a nearly universal practice, dating back at least to biblical times and having developed independently on multiple different continents. The special bond between humans and our canine companions is so strong and versatile that only dogs, of all the animals humans, have attempted to domesticate,
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It is perhaps one of the longest-standing problems that humans have faced in getting our food throughout the ages that the things we want to eat will spoil long before they can be moved from wherever they naturally occur to wherever it is that we want to eat them. It
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