Scientists have known for decades that yawns are infectious among people, so much so that simply reading or thinking about them can trigger a chain reaction of gaping mouths in what they call "contagious yawning". Yawns can spread in a similar way among chimpanzees and macaques too, though not among people with autism, and is thought to be l...

You know that anger inducing habit that all dogs are born to do that really makes you want to practice field goal kicking? I'm not talking stooling or puppy urination, or parvo and flea infestation (that rhymes). I'm talking about all that barking. Bark, bark, [ insert cuss word or lengthy anger display comment here, your choice], bark. Well, I think God ...

Whoever said its a dogs world never spent the night in an animal shelter. Skip the candy and flowers this year, and give your Valentine a pooch and a smooch. What is it about full-contact karate that drives normally sane people to act like animals? Beer and blood, of course. There is a great blues concert at The ...

Deep massage on dogs requires knowledge of anatomy and should be performed only by a trained and certified practitioner but there's no reason you can't give your pet a light, relaxing rubdown right at home. Have your dog lie on a soft, firm surface such as a rug, although very small dogs can be done sitting or crouching on your lap. Start with several so...

Walk your dog, do not let your dog walk you. If you allow your dog to walk in front of you while on a lead you are reinforcing in the dog's mind that the dog is amazing. Leader goes first. This can lead to many behavioral issues that some regard as a "Breed Trait" or "Personality" when actually it is just your dog in charge of it's hum...

Paris. City of lights, city of beautiful women, city of good cheese and wine, city of the Moulin Rouge, city of Sacre Coeur and Notre Dame. Is that all? Well, wait and see. I have been to Paris a couple of times but never really spent any time there just to stroll through the city and do the tourist things. A quick weekend-like stint of a day and a h...

There are two great social problems in Paris: dog shit on the streets, and public urination by humans. (Public urination by dogs also exists, but is not really considered a "problem".) As an explanation for this I was told that the Parisians expect the government to clean up the dog shit for them. Here, illustrated, you see a pristine park wh...

I laughed out when I first hear people saying that paris is the heaven for dog shit. You would end up in stamping on one eventurally and paris kidding like you are really lucky. I'm just curious why paris people got so much time to walk their dogs, in China, poeple are so busy making money day by day that we don't got enough time to walk our dogs, so d...

It's quite a booming industry and there is a lot of money to be made if you are really interested in pet industry and got all it need to start. For starting a pet hospital, you need to get really the following things: First : the general skill of pet care and cure. The book knowladge you learned in school and the experience you learned duri...

The other day, when I go around my neighborhood, I find many dog hospitals that are equipted with many professional facilities such as X rays scan or other high tech machines. Dogs nowadays are really getting a better life and care by human, and their status in the family is even higher especially when they are raise in some very rich family.Do you often ...