On this weekend we had a storm in Portugal. It created snow, hail, heavy rain and big lightening.

As a natural Portuguese I decided to ignore the warnings forecasts and went to the road thinking nothing will happen. So as agreed I went to Serra-a-Velha to meat another dog lover and visit her dream farm.
Of course I didn’t k

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In the spirit of Halloween just a little over two weeks away, have decided to blog about the coolest costumes for this occasion. Now, these are not just Halloween costumes, but THE Halloween costumes that will look nice for the beloved pets. Our pets have the right and the “it” factor to be on the spotlight too.

Or maybe y

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I'm not in the habit of staring intently at deposits my cats leave in their litter boxes. But this find stopped me dead in my tracks. I know the picture might gross people out, but if you imagine it was made with water, it's not so bad.

My husband thinks I should send it to the Playboy Corporation, but I sense they won't

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Reptiles are quickly becoming very popular as a pet. They are low maintenance, low cost, and live long lives. The one thing that seems to turn people off regarding a pet reptile is their housing can be expensive. With this guide you can see, hear, and read how to make your own homemade snake cage that will work for snakes, and

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Unfortunately every day the news about world economy makes us fear the day to day life.

If every month families were becoming aware of their shorter income the future perspectives are that will be lesser.

In this moments, where decrease costs become necessary, people look at their pet and can only see money instead of the

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Did you know that the English Bulldog was extinct.

Bull-baiting existed as far back as 1209 and the English Bulldog was used for baiting bulls. This required the Bulldog to creep upon its belly toward the bull. In anticipation, the bull would lower its head ready to defend itself by tossing the dog with its horns. In a sp

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This weekend it RAIN and what may seams bad luck for some, for those that have dogs in a weekend early morning, is a unique opportunity to take them to the beach.

So I left my idea of being lazy on a Saturday morning and took Brad, Golden Retriever and Cookie, Angel and Teco, the 3 Australian Shepherd, and we went to take so

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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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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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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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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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I am being confronted, specially in the dog breeding area, about the importance and impact of writing a blog.

I hope with this article to show to lovers and friends of our four leg pets what is the importance and best points in writing and having a blog.

1º Opportunity
2º Advertise
3º Distribution
4º Write in English

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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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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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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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