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  • Understanding Dog Food Ingredient Labels. Round silver dog food bowl filled and overflowing with round kibble on a yellow background

    Understanding Dog Food Ingredient Labels

    Marketing for commercial dog food is intense, and many larger companies care more about profit than good nutrition for the dogs. Poor quality ingredients and unethical practices have resulted in new, better quality dog food companies appearing (however, some larger companies have started mimicking these ethical companies to get into the market with poorer quality…

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  • The Importance of Feline Nutrition (for article)

    The Importance of Feline Nutrition

    Cats are obligate carnivores (true carnivores), which means they are physiologically built to survive on a meat-based diet. If cats don’t get enough animal protein in their diet, they will break down their body’s muscles and organs to survive.

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  • 10 Low-Cost Enrichment Ideas For Your Dog. Luna the grey and white Siberian husky, wearing a red and black harness, standing on the rocky shore of the river with trees in the background.

    10 Low-Cost Enrichment Ideas For Your Dog

    Enrichment activities for your dog don’t have to cost much money. I have compiled a list of activities your dog will enjoy without breaking the bank. You can try as many or as few as you like and see which ones your dog enjoys the most.

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  • Luna and Ralph, the Siberian Husky siblings, on the north cliff path in Jersey, the Channel Islands

    The Importance of Good Nutrition For Dogs

    All animals (including humans) need a nutritional diet to remain healthy throughout their lives. A nutritious diet provides everything the body needs to grow, heal, and function optimally throughout its life cycle and development stages. A dog can survive years without a fully nutritious diet, but that lack of nutrition will eventually lead to illness…

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  • Can Cats Eat Bananas, written in black. There is a cat looking at a bunch of bananas.

    Can Cats Eat Bananas

    Are you wondering if cats can enjoy a bite or two of your favorite fruit, bananas? While it may seem strange, bananas are safe for our feline friends to nibble on in small amounts! Can cats eat bananas? Cats can eat bananas in small amounts, but it’s not a natural or necessary part of their

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  • Why Do Cats Loaf? Pickles the black cat with yellow eyes in the loaf position body facing right and head turned towards the camera, loafing on a black chair

    Why Do Cats Loaf? (Fulfilling The Stereotype)

    Cats loaf for a variety of reasons. Most of the time, it’s because they feel happy, calm, and at ease. A cat will assume a loaf position when it is drowsy but not sleepy, relaxed but attentive, comfortable but aware of its surroundings. If it’s cold, your cat might be conserving body heat. On the…

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  • What Smell Do Cats Hate 10 Scents Cats Hate. A Brown and black striped Tortoiseshell Cat with a white chest and paws, sitting on a path in a garden facing forward with its eyes shut and its tongue out pointing down, next to grass and small white flowers and small purple flowers.

    What Smell Do Cats Hate: 10 Scents Cats Hate

    Cats dislike strong smells like citrus fruits, coffee grounds, spices, and many essential oils. Some of these substances are toxic to cats, while others irritate their nose.

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  • 20 Flowers That Are Safe For Cats. Black short-hair cat, with orange eyes, lying facing forward, head up in amongst and surrounded by green leaves and small purple flowers.

    20 Flowers That Are Safe For Cats

    But not all flowers are safe for your cat. And when you have flowers in and around your house, your cats will likely smell them, rub against them, and even try and eat them! So here’s a list of cat-safe flowers that will look stunning in your favourite vase or garden.

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  • Why Do Cats Cover Their Face When They Sleep. Pickles the black short-haired cat, lying on his back with one eye open, on a beige fluffy blanket.

    Why Do Cats Cover Their Face When They Sleep?

    Cats have a peculiar habit of covering their faces when they sleep; in this article, we will get to the bottom of this.

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  • Luna the blind husky relaxing on the sofa

    Why You Should Teach Your Dog To Be Calm

    We all need to learn how to slow down, relax and be calm, our dogs included. However, being calm is not necessarily an innate behavior your dog will know, which is why you should teach your dog to be calm.

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  • The Importance of Focus Training a Husky

    The Importance of Focus Training For a Husky

    Huskies are notoriously independent, high-energy, determined, and mischievous. Well known for doing whatever they please and getting away with it because they are so adorable! For these reasons, you must start focus training with your Husky puppy as soon as possible.

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  • Games to play with a a blind dog, our blind husy Luna loves to play games

    Games To Play With A Blind Dog

    So if your dog suddenly loses sight, relearning to play will help boost their confidence. Of course, a dog who is born blind will not know any different but will still want and need to play.

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  • Living With A Blind Dog

    Living With A Blind Dog

    A blind dog can have a rich life full of fun and love just as well as a sighted dog. This is because dogs don’t rely on their sight as much as humans do; smell, hearing, and touch are more important to a dog than sight.

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  • How Long Should A Dog Pant After Exercise, dog running

    How Long Should A Dog Pant After Exercise

    Panting is how our dogs cool themselves down, and it is normal to hear them panting during exercise, play, when they are excited, or when it’s hot outside. However, there is no hard or set time limit for how long your dog should be panting, and there are many factors that will affect how long…

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  • History of The Siberian Husky

    History of The Siberian Husky to Help Understand Their Traits

    The Siberian Husky is one of fourteen ‘ancient dog breeds in existence today. With its penetrating gaze, beautiful fluffy coat, and distinctive facial markings, it is easily one of the most recognizable dog breeds around.

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  • Luna Lay

    Why It’s Important To Train Your Dog

    A dog will not automatically know what you want them to do. You will have to be prepared to teach them the behaviors that you expect from them. They will have to be taught their boundaries.

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  • Colouring Pages of Holiday Scenes

    Colouring Pages of Celebration Days

    All nationalities, cultures and religions like to celebrate special ocassions. Here at PawsRPals we are no different, and we like to include animals in our celebrations. We have included a selection of holiday celebrations in our free downloadable colouring pages. Colouring isn’t just for children – although children do enjoy colouring. Colouring is a great

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  • Colouring Pages of Birds

    Colouring Pages of Birds

    Birds are a blessing, and enjoyable to see when we’re out and about. Here at PawsRPals we have included a few in our free downloadable colouring pages. Colouring isn’t just for children – although children do enjoy colouring. Colouring is a great way to unwind and destress for adults. For ease I have created A4

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  • Colouring pages of Deer

    Colouring Pages For Deer

    We are so lucky to see deer roaming freely around our local area. It is such a heartlift experience to see them in the wild. Deer are majestic, even when they are frolicking, it really does make me feel contented when I see them. Here at PawsRPals we had to include deer in our free

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  • Colouring Pages of Fox

    Colouring Pages of Fox

    We encounter foxes often when we’re out and about on our walks. They are beautiful creatures who deserve our kindness. Here at PawsRPals, it feels only right to include the Fox in our free downloadable colouring pages. Colouring isn’t just for children – although children do enjoy colouring. Colouring is a great way to unwind

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  • Colouring pages of squirrels

    Colouring Pages of Squirrel

    Squirrels are fast, funny and cute little creatures. My dog Luna loves squirrels, like most dogs! We come across squirrels regularly when we’re out and about, so it seemed fitting to include squirrels in our free downloadable colouring pages. Colouring isn’t just for children – although children do enjoy colouring. Colouring is a great way

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  • Colouring Pages of Hedgehog

    Colouring Pages of Hedgehog

    Hedgehogs are adorable, they shuffle around keeping your garden free of slugs and other pests. We are very lucky to have a hedgehog visit our garden regularly – in fact, it even wandered into our utility room one evening! Here at PawsRPals we had to include hedgehogs in our free downloadable colouring pages. Colouring isn’t

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  • Colouring pages of butterfly

    Colouring Pages of Butterfly

    Butterflies are beautiful, and always remind me of spring/summer days walking through fields. We always see butterflies when we’re out and about walking Luna, so they had to be included in our free downloadable colouring pages. Colouring isn’t just for children – although children do enjoy colouring. Colouring is a great way to unwind and

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  • Colouring pages of lizards

    Colouring Pages of Lizards

    Companions come in all shapes and sizes. People have included all types of lizards in their families for years. Here at PawsRPals it seemed fitting to include lizards in our free downloadable colouring pages. Colouring isn’t just for children – although children do enjoy colouring. Colouring is a great way to unwind and destress for

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  • Colouring Pages of Tortoise

    Colouring Pages of Tortoise

    The tortoise is a majestic land creature, with a dazzling shell. The tortoise is sometimes confused with it’s aquatic cousin the turtle. Here at PawsRPals we decided that such a glorious specimen had to be included in our free downloadable colouring pages. Colouring isn’t just for children – although children do enjoy colouring. Colouring is

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  • Colouring pages of chickens

    Colouring Page of Chicken

    Chickens are becoming popular as pets, lots of people enjoy having chickens around. Here at PawsRPals we appreciate all creatures, and had to include chickens in our free downloadable colouring pages. Colouring isn’t just for children – although children do enjoy colouring. Colouring is a great way to unwind and destress for adults. For ease

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