​Dogs can become quite aggressive towards each other at times, especially when the animal is not properly trained to accept being around other dogs. They eventually will get into fights for various reasons. Dogs will fight for bragging rights, fight for food and fight because another dog invaded its space. But what part do you have to play when dogs start a fight and how do you stop dogs from fighting? 

1. Pull Away the Aggressor.
If the dog which is the aggressor is on a leash. Pull away the dog so the other dog which is not the aggressor can make good its escape. One thing you don’t want to do is having two dogs fighting and holding back one while the other is free to cause harm. If both dogs are leashed, get help from someone who is not afraid of dogs to hold one leash and you hold the other and pull them away from each other as far as possible.

2. Hose Them Down
If dogs are fighting near or in your yard. Just screw on the hose on the tap and give them a good spray so they can cool off. I am sure those dogs fighting did not plan on having a bath anytime soon and will disperse as soon as a hard thrust of water reaches them.

3. Use a Dog Whistle
Dogs have a high sense of sound reception and can hear frequencies which is incapable of the human hearing. Dog whistles are often use to stop stray dogs from barking and making a nuisance at people’s home at nights. But it can also be used to stop a dog fight. Once the dogs’ hear picks up the annoying frequency, they will break apart the tangle to find somewhere to go where their ears is at ease.

4. Yell Stop!
Yes, for some dogs fighting, yelling stop sometimes help and if the dogs actually recognize the command. They will stop their brawl and head to the naughty corner.

5. Shoot In the Air
If you are a licensed firearm holder, you can fire a shot in the air close to where the dogs are fighting. The loud sound may frighten the dogs and break up the fight immediately.

6. Throw Dog Food at Them
Dogs will not refuse the smell of a delicious piece of meat or dog foods being poured on them while fighting. 

Precaution
Whenever you see dogs fighting. Never just run in the midst and try pulling away the dogs with your bare hands. You risk the chance of being bitten or being attacked. Before you try and disperse dogs fighting, always ensure that your safety and the safety of anyone with you such as spouse and children comes first.

Have you ever heard someone classing another person and calling them a dumb mutt? Have you ever wondered what a mutt is? Well, a mutt is basically a dog which is not pure bred or is basically a mongrel.  This dog is a dog of basically no definable type of dog breed. This normally happens when cross breeding has gone too far down the generation that the trace of a specific dog begins to wipe out totally. Let us look at a typical example. You cross breed a Labrador with a German shepherd.

​Then you probably get something like labshep or Sheplab...which ever makes your tongue sweet. Then that cross breed breeds with, let's say a cross between a a doberman and a rottweiler. Then the offspring of those two cross bred dogs go breed for another cross bred and then the genetics of purity becomes dwindled along the way. This is the same reason that one specific family up England likes to keep everything within the box!

Mongrels or Mutts are not much different than any other pure bred dogs though. There maybe some pros and cons in having a mongrel at home. But remember that a mongrel is a dog and has the same needs of pure bred.

Feeding Your Mongrel

• Good dog food equals good dog health. Buy the best wet and dry foods for your mongrel as you would do any other canine. 

Grooming your Mongrel

• One thing which I have come to notice about many mongrel dogs is that cross breeding has sometimes bred out a lot of shedding.  But there are a few cross breeds out there that you will have to do the same amount of grooming as you would do the pure bred.

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Mongrel Exercise

• Not because the dog is mixed breed does't mean it should be locked away in a basement and fed with a long stick. Ensure that your mongrel gets the best walk , run and playtime whenever possible. Dogs need well needed exercise to keep joints functioning and helps the animal to have a strong heart.

​Mongrel Health

• Your dog will need to visit the vet on a regular basis also. Ensure that the animals get's its regular checks in order to alleviate any foreseen medical issues.

There are  a few dogs which are considered to be genetically smart. Meaning that they have the capacity to learn things much quicker and even accomplish certain task without any kind of dog training at all. Some of these dogs include, but not limited to:

1. Papillon
2. Border Collie
3. Golden Retriever
4. German Shepherd
5. Doberman Pinsher
6. Shetland Sheepdog
7. Poodle
8. Bloodhound

This doesn't mean that if you don't have one of the mention smart dog breeds above means that your dog is not capable of doing the same kind of tricks and stuff these dogs are capable of doing. All it takes is for your dog to be brain trained. That's it. Brain training your dog is a unique way of increasing your dog's intelligence. The brain training method trains your dog's brain and at the same times test your dog's intelligence level. 

How The Training of Your Dog's Brain Works.
You are not going to put on a surgeons overall and slap on late gloves and be using any cutting tools. The brain training guide which offers fun things to do with your canine which gathers the dog curiosity and interest and allows certain parts of the animal's brain to begin working, figuring, thinking and obeying.

After your dog has mastered module 1, then it’s time to improve his skills and use his senses to complete your commands. You will get games covering the following…

• The ‘treasure hunt game’ that gets your dog back to his evolutionary roots and relieves the ‘boredom’ that leads to so many problem behaviors.
• ‘The muffin game’ to keep your dog mentally stimulated and out of trouble.
• ‘The ball pit game’ to drain your dog’s energy and make him easier to work with – all while they have a ton of fun and exercise.

There are several other great modules which gives a simple step by step approach into making your dog more intelligent.  Find out more about the remaining modules using the link below.

There is no excuse for you not to have a intelligent dog. Especially with high quality and fun training that you can have with Brain training for dogs. What are you waiting for? Get you dog smart right away.

What is a Heatstroke and how does it happen?
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Heatstroke is a rapid rise in your body temperature which affects your nervous system and brain. This is caused when a body is overly exposed to high temperature while being heavily exerted. Heatstroke will occur when your body temperature rises above 104 degrees farenhight or even higher.

​First thing you need to understand is that your dog is not a machine. It is made of flesh, blood and bones just like any other living and breathing mammal. Dogs get hot just like us humans, but the big difference with dogs and humans is that humans are better able to keep themselves cool than a dog. Humans with perspire and excrete sweat from all areas of their body to cool down. Dogs don’t perspire and try to keep cool by simply panting and sweating through their paws. Now take a good look at that, the entire dog’s body trying to keep cool by sweating through the four small paws which are most times on the ground. A dog is more likely to suffer from a heat stroke than a human being. And that is something that no dog owner is prepared for. It is always best to be safe than sorry. With that said, here are a few common sense ways to prevent you dog from getting a heatstroke.

Prevent Dog Heatstroke

1. ​Don’t hunt with your dog during extremely hot days. Your dog is running and running fast. The temperature is building up and building fast. Your dog will not recognize that his body temperature is getting seriously high and neither will you until a heatstroke happens. Just walking with two bottles of water on scorching days will not do. The body needs to remain cool and rest for a long period to keep the temperature at a healthy level.
   
   
2. Don’t let your dog run for more than 5 minutes at a time without stopping to cool down and re-hydrate. This cool down will ensure that the body temperature remains stable and that the dog doesn’t get dehydrated quickly.
   
   
3. Give your dog a doggy umbrella to strap around the animal in hot days to prevent heatstroke. The doggy umbrella will help to shield some of the heat from your pet.
   
   
4. Keep your dog indoors under the air-condition at cool temperatures and only let the animal go out at nights when outside is much cooler. 
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5. Give your dog plenty of cool water to prevent heatstroke. Water keeps the dog cool and lessen the chances of dehydration. ​
   
   
6. Don't lock your dog in a car on a hot sunny day with hell loving temperatures and go shopping for anything.  This is one of the most evil and dumbest thing any dog owner can do. You are basically taking the life from your dog by allowing the animal to be cooked alive.  Many dog owners believe that a cracked open window or two is enough to keep the animal cool. This is devastatingly wrong. Your dog will simply not get enough cool air inside from those cracked windows.

How To Tell If Your Dog is Having a Heatstroke.

• Dog begin to get off balance and stumbles around because of light-headedness and muscle weakness
• Nausea
• Dog Vomits
• Rapid panting
• High Body Temperature (over 104 degrees farenhight)
• Seizure
• Unconsciousness
• Confusion

What to Do if You Suspect Your Dog Has Heatstroke

• Call the Vet Immediately. The vet may have some special advice to give you which can control the animal’s temperature while transporting the dog to the vet.
  
  
• Move the animal into a much cooler area immediately.
  
  
• Remove the collar and proceed to cool down the dog in an Air-conditioned environment or room. If no AC is present. Keep a large fan blowing on the dog.
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• Get the animal into a cool pan of water or use the hose to water down the dog. Ensure that the water coming from the hose is cool first.

Not all the time we have to run to the dog store when we go out of dried out dog food. We can use stuff we already have at home to create a delicious dog food I am sure your dog will be happy to have in their feeding bowl. First of all it is always good to have a little cornmeal at home to create that frugal dog food that will taste awesome and delicious. Cornmeal is quite easy to cook and can be mixed with just about any kind of meat you have to feed your dog. For me, When I buy chicken, I usually de-skin the bird. The thing is, I do not throw away the skin and fat, but cut them up and place in a zip lock bag to pile up and then make some delicious dog food. So what will you need to make this frugal dog food recipe? Let take a look.

Ingredients

• Cornmeal
• Chicken akin and fat
• Margarine

 
Preparation

1. Cut up chicken fat
2. Place about 1 tablespoon of margarine into cooking pan
3. Add the chicken fat to the sizzling pan
4. Cook fat for at least 10 minutes
5. Pour 3 cups of water into pan with fat
6. Add about 2 cups of cornmeal
7. Stir until cornmeal is blended with fat and there is no dry meal exposed
8. Close pan and let the cornmeal cook for at least 20-25 minutes on slow flame
9. Add water if the cornmeal dries out too quickly
10. Let the cornmeal cool for at least another hour before dishing.

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You have just created a very delicious meal for your dog with some items which you would have discarded (chicken skin and fat). You can make plenty of frugal dog foods by simply saving discarded meat parts and then later preparing them later for your dog. And these frugal foods are much healthier than dried dog foods.

​Guide dogs, are assistance dogs trained to lead blind and visually impaired people around obstacles. Although dogs can be trained to navigate various obstacles, Any dog can be a guide dog if properly trained. But for good reasons, people prefer to have large dogs as guide dogs over much smaller dogs because they represent more dominance over smaller dogs. In order for dogs to become guide dogs they have to go through a series of basic dog training to understand basic dog commands before advancing to being a good guide dog.  A guide dog will have to understand dog commands such as STOP, COME, STAY, GO etc. Commands the visually impaired person will need to say from time to time to their guide dog.  . Guide dogs are normally trained from the puppy stage into adulthood. Trainers usually receives the pups at  about 8 weeks of age and return them to the guide dog center at around 14 months for formal training. Typically the actual working part of a dogs training takes between 3 and 9 months - after the puppy stage and "being a good pet" training is finished

How Does the Guide dog know where to go?

Well, guide dogs are trained specifically for movement. There are a set of commands and visual reactions these dogs will recognize. A good example is a blind person crossing the road at a pedestrian crossing. The dog can be trained to look at both signals when crossing the pedestrian. The guide dog will know when to move or when to stay.
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Guide dogs are trained to recognize doors, chairs, and tables for seating. They will know when to find the hotel door or the reception desk at a hotel or even an empty seating at a coffee shop. It is expensive to purchase or rent a guide dog because of the intelligent and extensive training these dogs have gone through to help the visually impaired. 

Intensive Obstacle Course Training
Guide dogs will go through several weeks of manoeuvre through obstacles. This is very important as these dogs will use this very same skill to guide the blind. Cones are set up and the dog is guided by the trainer with various commands to go from point A to point B without hitting or touching the obstacles.
 
How the Guide Dog knows Where to Go
It is not left solely up to the guide dog to traverse the streets. Both guide dog and the guided will need to work together to make traversing much easier. Guide dogs are trained to walk in a straight direction without turning. The will manoeuvre obstacles such as people, benches etc. to lead. The guide dog owner may know for example that the coffee shop is three blocks down the road at the second right turn. The guided should reinforce this route in the guide guides head by probably saying, Coffee Shop to the dog each time the dog visits the area. This will allow the animal to develop a natural GPS of where the owner wishes to go each time he says coffee shop to the dog. Likewise, allow the dog to reinforce the word home so the dog clearly knows where to go whenever the word home is mentioned.

Guide Dogs are Costley
Initial cost for Guide Dog = $50,000. Ongoing cost = $1,200 a year. Estimated working span = 8 years. Total cost for a guide dog = $59,600.

The most popular breed of dogs used as guide dogs are the Labrador Retriever. Other dogs used are Golden retrievers, German shepherds, Boxers and Chesapeake Bay Retrievers.  Mix breeds of Golden and Labrador Retrievers are also favorable. These dogs are chosen for their calm temperament, intelligence and their ease of training. They also make great companion and family dogs.