Teco and Angel, our Australian Shepherd had the change to go to the Herding Training Curse by Educação and lecture by Eng. Emanuel Freitas.


I enjoy the practical and theoretical content were the first steps of herding and basic commands to direct the dogs were lecture.
I only hope they keep doing much more of this initia

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Review of the Innotek dog shock collar. Learn about the benefits of this dog training tool and it's safety. This collar has many features not available on our shock collar products. Read the review and see if it's suitable for your dogs. I believe certain shock collars are a great training tool. Give it a try if you are hav

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What is dog training – well it is getting your dog to do a prescribed action on command based on prior teaching or training.

Dogs innately have instincts of working with other dogs as pack animals for survival such as in the hunt. There is basic dog obedience training which is what the majority of home owners who own a dog

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I’m still in the midst of switching over to Linux on my desktop PC. So far, I will be running a quad boot with Ubuntu (GNOME), Kubuntu (KDE4), Fedora 9, and OpenSUSE. And oh yeah…did I mention that I’ve lost every bit of 4 years of data I had on my Windows install?

Anyway, I’ve come out of all this to report what I’ve stumbl

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As slim as a spaghetti noodle and able to fit snugly on a U.S. quarter, a new species of snake has been found hiding out in a forest on Barbados. The reptilian runt is now the world's smallest snake.

Blair Hedges, an evolutionary biologist at Penn State, discovered the snake, which just under four inches (10 cm) in length a

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On this weekend the famous Medieval Fair of Silves started.

Since it is a period that always calls for children dreams and attention, I decided to take my son and my puppy Cookie, our Australian Shepherd, to a walk into our past in the medieval era.

Silves was dressed with flags, tents, stands, costumes, music and all of

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My favourite dog show of the year and we couldn’t miss it. So Sunday we pack the Australian Shepherd and there we went to Estoril.

We arrived early and could enjoy the smell of grass and the slight cold air from the nearby sea. Without a doubt a very nice for such an event.

So before everyone arrives we took some nice sho

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If you are concerned about what your dog is eating then you may want to consider making your pet’s food yourself. Homemade dog food is not a new concept, consider the fact that dogs have been around for thousands of years while dog food companies have only been around for about a hundred years.

So how were dogs being fed bef

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There are lots of kid toys and kits in the market nowadays but it is difficult to find the toys which are high quality, safe and educational toys for your children.

If you are looking for gifts, science toys, science kits, and educational toys for your children, perhaps AEToy.com is the right place for you. AEToy.com is the

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Are you into pets, but dogs and cats won’t really fill that void? Try something a little more exotic --- though I’m not talking about tigers or lions, some species of animals are illegal to be kept as pets, so here I am, with my pet Donatello the turtle, to educate you on some other cool animals you could keep without the lega

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Do you know what a backyard breeder is? A backyard breeder is anyone who purposely breeds or allows their pet to breed and produce litters of puppies to sell for profit. Ask any animal rescue organization and they will tell you that backyard breeders are one of the largest, if not the largest group of irresponsible, careless p

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Michael and I took Lil Chief to the dog park for the first time. Not only was it Lil Chief’s first dog park visit, it was also mine. I wasn’t sure how the dog park rules work, but I was quickly reprimanded by another dog owner how I shouldn’t baby the puppy and let him down off my lap. So yeah, I had to get a picture of one of

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For many pet owners, their dog is like one of the family. They love their dog deeply and want only the best for them. Maintaining your dog’s health ensures he will have a long and happy life with you, and a crucial part of this is feeding your dog the right food. Holistic dog food is one of the best choices you can make for you

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If you’ve read part one of my story, you’ll be able to pick right up here. If not, I’ll bring you up to date. I was a Hurricane Katrina refugee, dumped by my family. Luckily, I wound up in the Katrina shelter where I was cared for until a nice lady brought me to her house to foster me. I had my puppies at her house, and she

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We have all seen those commercials with the adorable dogs begging and drooling for those dog treats that look and smell like people food, promising to offer even better dog food nutrition. You love your dog and you want to be able to give them a special treat every now and then, after all… how can you resist that lovely little

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