You are here: Home / Archives for Breeding

Why Exercise is Important for Pets

Image courtesy: http://www.flickr.com/photos/vmos/223619981/lightbox/

The health of a pet is highly predicated on its diet, but even more so on how much exercise it gets. Like humans, pets need daily physical activity to help keep them in shape. And like all other needs of a pet, it is the owners responsibility to ensure their pet is exercising enough. Dogs for example need not only walks, but time spent running whether while playing fetch or chasing other dogs. Owners also have to manage the exercise routine for their indoors pets. Cats can easily get a workout chasing string or balls, while a wheel inside a cage can help get a hamster in shape.

The most important benefit from pet exercise is good physical health. The majority of pet foods are high in carbohydrates which can cause the build up of fats in animals. Exercise keeps those affects to a minimum. And like their owners pets that partake in ample exercise have significantly stronger hearts. Not to mention active animals suffer from less diseases.

However, exercise also has many mental benefits for pets. Due to the lack physical activity, pets become more hyper and are more likely to last at other pets, and even humans. Exercise lets pets release all of their energy, giving them a calmer demeanor. And when pets are calmer they are easier to train, which means some mental benefits for the owners, too. With the right amount of exercise owners can enjoy the company of their best furry friends for many long healthy years.

Filed Under: Breeding, Pets Tagged With: , ,

Pets Life

Nowadays people are having more concerns for their pets, instead human being.

Pet is one, who became a part of your life as other family members, pets are being kept in the house for safety but slowly they became the part of family and treated as family member, for children the pet is like a damage less toy which will never break they can play and have fun with him without any tension. As long the pet is with us and having all the daily activities with us like having food, walk along, exercises etc so many activities for the pet that a person can engage himself even a full day with them, due to all these daily activities with pets that people get affectionate towards them, Pet are so loyal and supportive for us as a friend or other family member, A pet is a better companion and after some time he become the most loyal friend in our friend list, walk with dogs gives healthy exercise, social interaction with other people, you can play with the your pets if no body is there to play with you . Pet help you in removing the lonliness from your life especially old age people.

There are people who have much craze to live with all kind of pets, your pet may be a dog, cat, parrot, rabbit, rats, snakes, etc they all become the part of life and very important to you after some time.

The care of your pet is one of the most important things which every one has to take care about. Dog, cat the hygiene has to maintain in the house.

Filed Under: Breeding, Pets Tagged With: , ,

Breeding Your Pets

Reproduction is a natural phenomenon to increase the population of species. Reproduction is species specific. Unlike humans, animals have specific breeding time. Oestrous cycle is an example. Each species have specific breeding habits. There may be fights among the males. These are meant to identify the strong gene pool. Only that one with a good gene pool is eligible for breeding. But in the case of pets, they are restricted inside the house hold.

In the case of breeding the pets, you are selecting the traits and qualities of the next generation. Collect information about the breeding season, habit, gestation period and all the related things about the particular species of your pet. Firstly, you have to decide the breed of the other partner. Always have an eye on the market value of the desired variety. The mating pairs should be healthy. Check whether the other partner is a pure breed or not.

Make sure it is healthy and is devoid of infections. Choose it from a hygienic pet store. Take the help of a good veterinary doctor. You can select the desired trait and go for a selective breeding. Inbreeding, out crossing and line breeding are some breeding techniques used in animal breeding. There are cross breeding and mixed breeding. Cross breeding is a breeding process in which two pure breeds undergo breeding. In mixed breed, there is mix of several breeds.

Usually the animals for breeding will be selected and maintained separately in the breeding centers to ensure superior quality. It should be made sure that you are selecting same species for breeding your pets. Usually they will not be able to mate if they belong to two different species.

Filed Under: Breeding, Pets Tagged With: , ,

Cats & Their Life

Cats are lovely group of animals. They are commonly domesticated as pets all around the world. They are very much playful. They are easy to handle due to their small size and cuddly nature. It is the most popular pet all around the world. Cats are found in almost all parts of the world. It is a fact that they have not undergone much change in their original wild behavior even though they are domesticated by humans from times immemorial. They are good in hunting household pests and rats. They have sharp night vision.

They can detect sounds of a broad range of frequencies. Their sense of smell is great. Domesticating cats are not expensive although they need the basic facilities like food and shelter. The average life span of a cat is 12-15 years. They may live up to 20-30 years also. Select a good breed if you are planning to domesticate a cat. Pedigree (pure breed) and non pedigree (non pure breed) cats are available. You can choose what type of breed you want.

No matter from where you bought it, it is good to take it to a veterinary doctor to make sure that it is having a good health. Feeding a cat is not a big task. Dry and semi liquid tinned foods are available in the market. You can also feed them with household food. Cats cannot identify sweet taste. They usually respond to bitter and acidic tastes. Cats can be fed with milk in its early ages. As they grow, they may experience some problems with their capacity to digest Lactose. In such cases, they may suffer from diarrhoea when ever fed with milk.

There may be a competition if you domesticate other pets in your house. Competitions may occur between the other cats. You should always care about the cleanliness of your car.

Filed Under: Breeding, Pets Tagged With: , ,

The Breeding of Service Dogs

Yellow and "fox red" Labrador Retriever.
Image via Wikipedia

Service dogs are bred from two different species of dogs, Labrador Retrievers and Golden Retrievers and are sometimes mixed between the two. These two breeds are very smart as well as protective of their owners. Most Labrador and Golden Retrievers that are bred to produce service dog puppies are, or were once, service dogs themselves. Organizations and service dog recipients that wish to breed their dogs can travel to very far places in order to find a male or female that meets the qualifications needed for breeding.

When the puppies come along they are raised from birth to several weeks old and if a breeder is unable to handle all the puppies, the puppies are placed in temporary household until they are 12 to 15 months of age. The temporary households these puppies are placed in are well screened volunteers that offer to take on all responisibilities of these puppies until they are old enough to start a service dog training course. Volunteers usually begin teaching the puppies basic commands, so that the puppies have a foundation to build on for the numerous commands they will be tought throughout the rigorous training programs to be considered a service dog.

To enter various training programs to be considered a service dog, these puppies are put through numerous medical and temperment evaluations to ensure they will be the best for not only the program, but for a possible recipient. Many puppies even though they come from excellent bloodlines and parents do not make it past the medical evaluations phase. If a puupy passes the rigorus medical and temperment evaluations, they are placed in the beginning phase of training.

Much like being in school, these dogs are tested in a number of different ways and can’t complete the entire program unless they pass each portion or class of the program that lasts about 3 months.

Filed Under: Breeding, Dogs Tagged With: , , ,