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5 Things I Do To Help Ease My Dogs Anxiety
Let me just say, anxiety sucks! I am anxiety ridden almost 50% of my day. Those of you who experience the same know the real struggle. I thank God for my fiancé who helps me day in and day out with my battle with anxiety. Some days I am trapped at home all day because I'm so anxious I can barely move without either crying or feeling sick. Anxiety disorder affects about 18.1% of the population each year and women are twice as likely to be affected than men. Oh, aren't we just lucky? But did you know that even our pets get anxiety, even our fur babies can suffer the same way we do. That breaks my heart a little.
By Charlene4 years ago in Petlife
First Urban Adventure with My Sheepdog
I have an urban living sheepdog, border collie, who has cats to herd instead of sheep, and he watches the cats in the upstairs gated corral. He will run from gate to gate looking to see where the cats might be hiding. He diligently watches them all day long. I think the cats are amused at times. Sometimes they will all be asleep on the day bed together at night.
By Amy Chris Keiper aka LC Harrison4 years ago in Petlife
Riley
You know I contemplated entering the Life Unleashed challenge mainly because I honestly did not know what to say. Riley is my pup who I never knew I needed. So much was going on with me around that time. I had just moved out on my own, dealing with some emotional baggage and I had just lost my sweet fur baby Bella who I had since she was a baby. Sometimes I think me and her meeting was some kinda fate. When I first saw her she was just some nameless dog that was follow my older brother and cousin around she was so cute but I couldn't take her in.
By MyaSherre4 years ago in Petlife
Becoming a Cat dad
All my life, I have been a dog person. My family always had little dogs. Maybe that was the Hispanic in us since we were all short people. Dogs are the perfect companion. They cuddle with you, they like to play, and they could be silly. They sense when things are off with us. I always told my wife that we get a dog whenever we get married. That was non-negotiable. We haven’t gotten a dog yet; that is because something has changed.
By Ricardo Caraballo 4 years ago in Petlife
Cosette, Mozey-Mozey, Cosette.
Immediately after moving into a run-down one-bedroom upstairs apartment in San Bernardino, California, my girlfriend took the opportunity to pick a fight with her dad, which facilitated getting herself kicked out, and she needed to move in with me. I didn't mind terribly- but I saw what she did.
By Mike Sakellaridis4 years ago in Petlife
Talley The Dragon Tamer
Talley Talley The Dragon Tamer. Walk like the dog. Raise your high wick whack tail and run away from the pack. No slack. You have earned your place. Assume the position of leader. You are the huntress with keen senses. Guard and be faithful to your person with all your might.
By Zel Harrison4 years ago in Petlife
Maple My Cereal Box Prize
Maple My Cereal Box Dog She poked her nose out of a cereal box and I fell in love A two ton yellow garbage truck showed up for collection in the parking lot of our elementary school. I was assigned to be the coordinator to collect cereal boxes for the first post consumer waste in Cincinnati. It was an experiment and I had to get the job done. People from far and wide came with their prized empty cereal boxes, and the volunteers and I corralled them toward the back of the truck. Pretty soon after three hours of collection, pounds of the pre post-consumer material filled the mammoth lemon color vehicle. Don't ask how I fell out of the truck.
By Zel Harrison4 years ago in Petlife
How to Prepare Your Dog for Your Newborn Baby
Children and pets make wonderful companions when raised properly together and taught how to behave with each other. Children that grow up in a home with pets learn respect and love for animals, and more importantly, respect for life. As the children grow older they can learn responsibility by helping to care for the animals. Animals enrich our and our children's lives beyond belief.
By ROHAN4 years ago in Petlife
The Knighting of Sir Watkyn
"It's my dear Watson!", our elderly neighbour A.K Singh Ji intervened, "not Watkyn?" "Yes, but it's not from Sherlock Holmes," I clarified, "It's Wodehouse."
By mokradi_ 4 years ago in Petlife
Daisy: "Kevin McCallister" among dogs!
Hello! I'm Bogdan and I'm the happy owner of a pretty, crazy lady. The female version of "Kevin McCallister" among dogs. Her name is Daisy and she is a mixed breed dog. She is young and restless, 4 years old, and very funny. I rescued Daisy from a shelter in 2018. She is a great dog: playful, sweet, loyal, and loves playing with the other dogs at the dog park. She loves to wake me up by kissing and licking my entire face. So she helps me pass the cleaning face in the shower. And (she should not know) I double wash then. Unfortunately ruining her wet 'love' left on my face.
By Bogdan Munteanu4 years ago in Petlife
The Survey - Should I Get a Dog?
Warning! This is an interactive article that will need input from you. It’s a survey about a pressing subject that has been keeping me up nights. Should I get a dog? My most recent story, Dogs are People Too, describes in detail my 50-year love affair with dogs. A shortlist of why I adore dogs:
By Joan Gershman4 years ago in Petlife
Mina & Mithu(Jungle Myna) | My Pet- My First Love, Best Companion, Friendly Pet
Pet Lovers People!😎 I was writing this while sitting by the window of my house. It's winter, the weather is fine, it's raining outside, I'm composing this post in order to enter the contest. Humans' best companions are their pets. They are our closest companions. It is unable to make any demands on us. They simply provide us with genuine love. They don't retaliate if we defeat them. There are two birds in my house. Mithu is one of my birds, and Mina is another. "Jungle Myna" is the name of the creature. I acquired this name from a Bengali comic called "Mina Mithu." In the cartoon, I really like the names of these two characters. That is why I have given my pet that name.
By Spondan Chowdhury4 years ago in Petlife