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Talking Turkey

Tyler the talking turkey is the perfect gift for your pup on Thanksgiving.  This cute toys says “gobble gobble gobble” when squeezed.  You and your pooch will get a kick out of it.

The talking turkey toy is probably the most popular gift for Thanksgiving.  Order yours while supplies last, we sell out every year.

If you or your pet likes Petco, then you may find this offer interesting. They are giving away $500 gift cards to be used at Petco. You just have to enter your email and complete a few offers. Many of the offers they show you will cost money, but several are just trials and as long as you cancel right away it will not cost you anything, or cost very little (maybe a shipping charge).

Now here is the catch, they do this because they make money when you take the additional offers. They are counting on people forgetting about the expirations on the free trials. So, just write everything down, and if there is a 14 day trial, make sure you request cancellation in 12 days. I’ve done this on these types of offers below and it works out great. Of course, if one of the offers I sign up for interests me, then I won’t cancel it. But the majority of the time, I just cancel. I keep very careful track though, so I don’t get charged for something I didn’t really want or need.

So you have your own Facebook account or MySpace, but what about your little angel?

There is now a place where your pet can have their own social network. This is an online social network devoted to Pets and their Owners!

Pets are an important part of our lives, and we want you to share the joy and love your pet brings to you with all of us. Users can create profiles for themselves and their pets, make friends, watch videos, blog, chat and more!!

Users are also entered into a weekly $100 Petco Gift Card giveaway!!

More Info on how to Create a Free Webpage for your pet!

It’s essential for Dog parents like you to know certain basic factors that determine your relationship with your Dog and can go a long way in training him effectively.

Before you begin training your Dog, it is absolutely essential that you build a loving bond with him. This is important as it helps you to understand his needs and instincts and also allows your Dog to have complete trust in you.

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How To Bond With Your Dog

Building a bond with your Dog is the first and the most crucial step involved in training him successfully. As soon as you bring your Dog home, you must first try to develop a caring and loving relationship with him in order to win his trust and confidence.

When Dogs are secure in the knowledge that they belong to the family, they are more likely to respond better to their owners’ training commands. Just like with any relationship, there must be mutual trust and respect between you and your Dog.

Trust takes time to develop and respect comes from defining boundaries and treating any breach of those boundaries with firmness and fairness.

Without enforceable limitations, respect can’t be developed. And when there is no respect, building a bond with your Dog is almost impossible.

4 Golden Rules To Building A Relationship With Your Dog :

Love Your Dog and He Will Love You back

Once you’re succesful in building a bond with your Dog, you can rest assured that training him and teaching him new and clever tricks will be a cakewalk.

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How Your Dog Learns…

Your Dog’s learning period can be divided into five phases:

The Teaching Phase – This is the phase where you must physically demonstrate to your Dog exactly what you want him to do.

The Practicing Phase – Practice makes Perfect. Once a lesson is learnt, practice with your Dog what you have just taught him.

The Generalizing Phase – Here you must continue practicing with your Dog in different locations and in an environment with a few distractions. You can take your Dog out for a walk, or to a nearby park and command him to practice whatever you’ve taught him.

Practicing the learned lessons in multiple locations and in the presence of small distractions will help him learn and retain lessons better .

The Testing Phase – Once you’re sure that your Dog has achieved almost 90% success….he responds correctly almost every time you give a command, you must start testing his accuracy in newer locations with a lot of distractions.

Example: Take him to the local shopping mall and ask him to obey your command. He may not come up with the correct response the very first time you do this, but you must not lose hope.

The idea is to test your Dog to see how he responds in an environment which is new to him. Set-up a situation where you are in control of the environment and your Dog.

There are only 2 possibilities:

Keep on testing until he succeeds. Follow the rule of the 3 Ps – patience, persistence, praise.

Internalizing Phase – Finally, comes the extremely rewarding phase where your Dog does everything he is taught to do even without your commands.

Remember:

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Throughout the month of August we will be taking a look at some of the interesting Halloween costumes available for your pampered pup. Isn’t it fun to dress up your pup in the craziest costumes, then take his picture and put it up on YouTube?

At PamperedDogBlog we will be having a contest for the cutest dog costume. Details will be posted in August. The winning dog and his owner will get a $25 gift certificate good at Pampered-Dog-Gifts.com.

If you’re looking for a unique and adorable costume for your pooch, check out this cute number. The School Girl Pet Costumes will give your puppy a cute look that will be a huge hit this Halloween!! A School Girl Puppy costume is guaranteed to make this Halloween one to remember!! Includes tie, shirt and pleated skirt. Available in Pet Sizes XS, Small, and Medium.
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This pet stroller is really cool. Most strollers you see are made for very small dogs, but what if you have 2 or 3 dogs? Or how about a larger dog that is either too old or injured and cannot walk very far. You may still want to take your companion along for the ride, but none of the pet strollers on the market were designed for bigger dogs. Well, now there is a solution. The Solvit Pet Stroller!!

The Solvit HoundAbout Pet Stroller Medium is designed from the ground up with pets in mind. They are the roomiest and most comfortable designs available for medium, large, or multiple pets that need a little help getting around. Their heavy duty frames and large, air-filled tires provide a smooth ride over most terrains. There are four pockets, including a parent pocket for sunglasses, cell phone, music player, etc., an insulated water bottle pocket, a security pocket which can actually be locked, and a large storage pocket for treats, a leash, and more. Available in Garnet Red only.

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Does your living room look like a war zone with all your dogs toys. I know mine did, that was before we got a toy box to keep them all in. We actually have 3 toy boxes (we have really spoiled dogs). Two are in the living room and one on the porch. The dogs like to take their toys outside and sometimes they forget to bring them back in. We usually pick them up from the yard and just toss them in the box on the porch. Now the dogs can pick one out of the box to bring in the yard if they forgot to get one before going out the door. (I told you they were spoiled!)

This toybox is really cool, because you can unzip the front so your dog can get right in there to find the toy he is looking for. My dog tries to climb over the top and root through all his toys until he finds what he is looking for. He knows his toys and he sometimes tosses half the toys out onto the floor until he finds just the right one.

This toy box comes in pink and blue and is a must have for spoiled pups.
Check out the details on this toy box here

Do you have more than one dog? If so, you know it can be difficult to train them at the same time. One of them will disobey and start a fuss, then the other one will follow. One barks and they all bark. Now there is a solution. Check out this new product.

Designed for those who wish to train two dogs simultaneously, the BT-502A features 2048 scan technology, replaceable batteries, a newly designed, easy to use transmitter, tone/no tone stimulation at four set levels, and 150 yards range. The BT-502A comes with one transmitter and two collars color-keyed to the transmitter buttons. The collar receivers feature a low-battery indicator and internal antennas and new reflective Red and Blue collars. This Package Includes Transmitter, color coded to your 2 collars. Transmitter Battery. Two Receiver Collar with 6 Volt Long Life Battery. One test light. Extra stimulation prongs. Instructional video. Owners manual. Quick clip 24′adjustable collar Carrying Case Features & Specs Operates multiple dogs Water resistant, battery replaceable collar receiver Battery replaceable transmitter 4 Levels of stimulation Designed for any two dogs Tone and no tone option Water resistant hand held transmitter Tone option

Buy BT-502A Two Dog Basic Training System

The ‘pillow top’ is filled with 100% polyester fiber to provide a softer surface for your pet to sink into. The mattress uses a coil spring construction in layered foam. The entire bed is encased with an easy to remove and washable zippered cover. 30′ x 40′ x 10′ Our most comfortable bed 34′ x 45′ x 11′ can be special ordered from the manufacturer


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