Category: Misc.

Adoption: What to Expect From Your New Dog When Adopting

When considering the birth rates among animals, it?s not hard to understand why animal shelters are always filled with animals waiting to be adopted. Shockingly, it has been calculated that over a seven year period, one female cat and her offspring will produce approximately...  (Read more...)

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Animal Assisted Therapy: Can it help you?

The term 'animal assisted therapy' is to be distinguished from the more familiar practice of 'animal assisted activities', which refers generally to pet visitation at hospitals and residential care facilities. Animal Assisted Therapy is part of a formal and carefully designed treatment program...  (Read more...)

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Chill Out: Keeping Your Dog Cool in the Hot Summer Sun

Summer is typically a time of great family fun and activity. The days are long and warm, the kids are on vacation, and the sun worshipers are out in full force. Unfortunately, the season also brings with it some very specific hazards...  (Read more...)

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Choosing the Right Dog for You

Getting a new dog is one of the greatest joys in the world. Make this great time even better by knowing exactly what kind of dog will complement your family's lifestyle...  (Read more...)

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Dog Breeders Gone Wild: 5 Things to Look Out For

New dog owners should always make sure that their purebred pup comes from a reputable and responsible breeder. This is really is the only way to ensure that the animal will be free of any medical or behavioral problems. If a breeder you speak with displays any of the following 5 behaviors...  (Read more...)

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Looking for a gift item for your veterinarian or “doggie” friends?

GREAT NEW BOOK FOR DOG-OWNER FRIENDS OR YOURSELF...  (Read more...)

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Raising Your Dog - Important Steps to Take From 1 to 3 Years of Age

Physically, he is in his prime, and will continue to develop heavier bone, a deeper chest, a fuller coat, as well as greater strength and endurance...  (Read more...)

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Choosing a Dog - Things Everyone Should Look For

When the moment arrives for selecting a dog of your own, you should have a good idea of what you are looking for. If you are primarily concerned with finding an average dog, we highly recommend...  (Read more...)

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How to Understand & Prevent Dog Fights

Dogs are very active creatures that enjoy being able to run and jump and play. This need for physical activity is usually satisfied by being able to be outside for a specific time every day. Some dogs have no problem...  (Read more...)

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You Love Your Dog! So What Would Happen To Your Dog In An Emergency?

In today's world the possibility of an emergency requiring evacuation of your home has become a reality we all have to live with. So we really need to think about what would happen if our family faced an emergency!  (Read more...)

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Canine massage & stretching

Massage is an enjoyable way of strengthening the bond with your family dog. Apart from the physical and psychological effects, you familiarise the dog with being handled and this can be of great value in other situations.

As a dog owner you can massage and stretch your dog’s muscles regularly. This enables your dog to maintain good health longer through life and improves the quality of your dog’s life. The risk of injury is substantially reduced and you may be able to detect changes in your dog’s health before they can be seen.

Massage and stretching will give you a happy and healthy canine friend. Your dog will want a massage and will no longer be content with random rubbing and neither will you.

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Ear Infection In Dogs - Symptoms and Causes

Brian Kilcommons relates a terrible story about a beautiful golden retriever dog who was usually very gentle and kind with children. It's owners had a girl aged 3 1/2, and they normally got along very well.  (Read more...)

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Caring For Your Dog

Dogs are social animals that have worked with humans for thousands of years. They have played an important role in various different cultures.  (Read more...)

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Choosing a Dog - Things Everyone Should Look For

When choosing a dog, there are certain things everyone should look for and avoid. This article can help potential pet parents with their choice.  (Read more...)

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Registration does not mean breeding rights and responsibilities.

The genealogical table that we call a pedigree or Ahnentafel also contains a summary of the Körschein (Körung report — if it exists) for that dog. Included is the description of the dog, with its advantages and disadvantages, the good and less-than-good characteristics listed.  (Read more...)

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The Sieger Show Courage Test — Origin and Purpose

Taken for granted in almost all WUSV-member GSD clubs worldwide, and with similar tests in other breeds, the courage test that makes up about a third of the activities at the annual BSZS (Bundessieger Zuchtschau, or German Sieger Show) is treated differently according to country. Some countries’ national breed club require the test at every specialty show, some at just the major shows during the year, some just at the “annual national” show. And in some countries, clubs somehow manage to hang onto WUSV membership despite the facts that they ignore the mandated test or are forbidden to use it, by their nation’s government-run or government-pressured all-breed club.  (Read more...)

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Basic Genetics of Chocolate (Liver) Coloration in the Canine.

Most black, brown, and yellow colorations are due to the presence of melanin class pigments. The word melanin is derived from the Greek word for black, and is commonly used to refer to the two or three known chemicals similar to each other, which produce the above color families.  (Read more...)

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Requirements for Breeding in and outside of Germany.

There has been some heated discussion recently (late 2005) about clubs in the UK, USA, and Australasia adhering to the rules of the SV, the perpetual extending of the SV's "deadlines" to conform to world Standards, and allied topics. A Körung classification is required for registrable breeding in Germany, and it has always been encouraged for other members of the WUSV. If I may, I'd like to offer (my translation of) the rules as they pertain to a couple of the key arguments or statements in the current exchanges; I am sure these will clarify the matter in the minds of some of the people who've been in the middle of the discussion:  (Read more...)

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NASS - 2005 North American Sieger Show

The largest Sieger Show in North America to date was held outside of Pittsburgh October 14-16, 2005. Known as NASS, for “North American Sieger Show”, it actually is one of four Sieger Shows held in North America, by as many “national” GSD clubs. If one were to give the pedigree (or “father-line”), acknowledging the sponsoring club, one might have called the event “the NASS of the WDA/GSDCA/AKC”, since that is the hierarchal lineage. The other U.S. club is the USCA (also known as USA, for United Schutzhund Clubs of America), older in holding Sieger Shows, but slipping behind WDA in recent years because of management and personality problems. Their pedigree is USA/WUSV/FCI but as a bastard offspring, because they failed to secure full WUSV membership in the beginning, forfeiting that honor to the GSDCA. There are also independent North American Sieger Shows held in Canada (GSSCC) and Mexico, which last I heard was still part of North America.  (Read more...)

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The Changing Face of China

Special to Canine Chronicle - The Changing Face of China. I was asked to give organizational advice for clubs and show superintendents. As a canine training consultant, I also toured one of the police dog training centers and discussed techniques. Many of the police dogs in the province were also entered in the show, something I had not seen since I judged in Pakistan a few years ago.  (Read more...)

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The Dog That Could Not Swim.

To claim that a particular dog cannot swim is akin to saying that one knows of a certain duck that cannot float. But it was my singular fate to have bred and trained such an animal. I speak of the dog, of course, since the only ducks I have ever come close to claiming as pet, property, or tax dependent, have been only temporarily “owned”, on the table or on their way to the plate.  (Read more...)

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RETRACTABLE LEASH SAFETY

Retractable leashes can come in very handy for exercising your dog in safe places. They let your dog run around a bit at a distance while still being attached to you, without the leash getting tangled. But you need to be aware that they do have a dangerous aspect.  (Read more...)

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German Names for German Shepherds G H I J K L

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General Aspects of Behavior by Lost Persons

People who are lost may experience differing types of reactions. They may panic, become depressed or suffer from "woods shock." Panic usually implies tearing around or thrashing through the brush, but in its earlier stages it is less frantic. Most lost people go through some of the stages.  (Read more...)

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Introducing a Dog to a New Baby

You or your family is expecting a new baby; however, you already have a "child," the family dog. The dog has been a member of the household since puppyhood and is very attached to you.  (Read more...)

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Mad Cow Disease is Killing Europe's Pets

In 1985, the world began to hear about a disease that was affecting cattle in the UK - bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease.  (Read more...)

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The Pet Food Industry and its Questionable Practices

The pet food industry must be regulated to ensure that foods destined for our pets are safe, contain only ingredients fit for human consumption, and involve no animal experimentation.  (Read more...)

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Fred Lanting "curriculum vitae"

SEMINARS & LECTURE INFORMATION ON FRED LANTING  (Read more...)

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SV Rules for the Breeder Part 2

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SV Rules for the Breeder Part 1

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PERSPECTIVE

Many have spoken about the GSD Breed Standard in many places, but some have not been allowed to add their voices in the official journal of the GSD Club of America.  (Read more...)

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When Judges Get Lost
Breeders Will Too

Denny Kodner has unfortunately given us cause for using mixed metaphors she has not only missed the boat, but she has gone off the deep end.  (Read more...)

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Food and Drug Administration/Center for Veterinary Medicine

The low levels of exposure to sodium pentobarbital (pentobarbital) that dogs might receive through food is unlikely to cause them any adverse health effects, Food and Drug Administration scientists concluded after conducting a risk assessment.  (Read more...)

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Poison your pets with multinational offerings

Veterinarian Tom Lonsdale is selling plenty of his book Raw Meaty Bones n the US but the Australian media seems to have blacked him out because the multinational pet food companies don't want their dodgy doggy tucker exposed.  (Read more...)

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MANAGING A MULTIDOG HOUSEHOLD

The steady beat of traffic flows past Alan's apartment 24 hours a day. He lives in the heart of Park Slope, a yuppie neighborhood on the west side of New York's Prospect Park.  (Read more...)

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Theory of Scent

Under ideal conditions, a track footprints) across a nice grassy field with a sufficient delay in time to allow bacteria reaction on the soil causing a good odor is probably the best type of track to have.  (Read more...)

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A LOOK INSIDE A RENDERING PLANT

Rendering has been called "the silent industry". Each year in the US, 286 rendering plants quietly dispose of more than 12.5 million tons of dead animals, fat and meat wastes.  (Read more...)

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German Names for German Shepherds
T U V W X Y Z

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German Names for German Shepherds M N O P Q R S

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Dogs able to sniff out cancerous melanoma

Specially trained dogs can detect melanoma in moles on people. Dogs can detect by scent changes in moles.  (Read more...)

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In Praise of Working Dog Temperament

What started as an ordinary interest in and liking for German Shepherd Dogs has become an obsession to understand the marvelous character of the working German Shepherd Dog because its versatility and greatness seems to surpass all the rest.  (Read more...)

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Canine Heroes Not to be Forgotten!

Dedicated to the memory of all those who served in Italy, France, Russia, Belgium, Germany, Japan, the Netherlands, and Great Britain all have formal monuments and decorations dedicated to war dogs by the military organizations under which they served.  (Read more...)

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THE BREEDER/BUYER RELATIONSHIP: GUARANTEES AND ETHICS

The possibility of crippling HD manifesting in later months of a puppy’s life or past the dog’s middle age has been a bugaboo to breeders for a long time.  (Read more...)

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DOG ORGANIZATIONS: STRUCTURE AND STRIFE

The attempts to get this article written remind me of my childhood attempts to catch fish in my hands, in the steam near our home.  (Read more...)

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Humor in Domestic Dogs

The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.  (Read more...)

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Treatment of Snakebites in Field Dogs

Rattlesnakes account for 80 percent of dog envenomations, while cottonmouth, water moccasin and copperheads are responsible for the remaining 20 percent.  (Read more...)

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The Dark Side of Rendering Plants

Death is the number one commodity in a business where the demand for feed ingredients far exceeds the supply of raw product.  (Read more...)

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Skunk Remedy

This is one of the best remedies to remove the scent of skunk from your dog after being sprayed.  (Read more...)

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German Names for German Shepherds A B C D E F

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A PARABLE
by a devotee of
Rudyard Kipling
in America

In the High and Far-Off Times the German Shepherd Dog, Oh Best Beloved, did not suffer from today's extremes and weaknesses.  (Read more...)

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