You may wake up one day and discover that your lovely, svelte puppy has turned into an overweight dog. Oh no, how did this happen? Well, just as in the case of humans, it all comes down to diet and exercise. Puppies and young dogs tend to be more excitable and active, thus burning off […]
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It is conventional folk wisdom that you should take your dog for a walk every day, and it is worth considering for a moment exactly what the health benefits are of the daily walk.
Exercising your dog improves his muscle tone, and helps to keep his bones and joints healthy too.
The exercise burns calories thus helping […]
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Now here’s a surprising piece of information: a recent study in Australia, carried out by Dr Peter Banks and Jessica Bryant, at the University of New South Wales, has suggested that dog walking can reduce the abundance of birds by as much as forty percent, even if the dog is kept on a lead.
The researchers […]
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