Description: The English bulldog is of medium size, a compact but wide dog with short legs. The body and head are well built, with extra skin on both the skull and forehead. Their cheek extends to the side of the eyes. It has a short but wide muzzle with a broad and deep stop. The nose is broad with large nostrils and is black in colour. This breed has dark eyes that are setback. They have ears that are small, thin, and set high on the head. With large jaws, that are also broad and square with hanging upper lips, this breed should have an under bite. The tail is screwed, but can be straight. …

The Ultimate Guide to Dog Health provides valuable and useful information for all dog owners. This excellent resource book is written by Malcolm Fields, an expert in the field of dog health. The folks at Kingdom of Pets, who also bring you Daniel Steven’s great dog training book, Secrets to Dog Training, publish this book too, so it has to meet up with some very high quality standards.
The purpose of Mr. Fields’ book is to teach dog owners how to care for their pets at home, and how to recognize the early symptoms of dog health problems. In his book, the author cites lots of tips of how to tell whether your dog has a …

To what extent does food govern a dog’s mind? This is a question that most owners have had to face at one time another, and many of them think food occupies most of the waking and thinking hours of their dogs.
The hunting instinct is extremely strong in most dogs; therefore, with problem dogs that chase and kill chickens or other livestock, the only act is only what nature taught them to do many thousands of years ago.
Their noses were designed for tracking down and killing, and although domesticity has vastly reduced the number of breeds who hunt to kill, greyhounds, foxhounds and like breeds still in fact have this instinct highly developed. Many other breeds …

Some dog breeds are more susceptible to allergies than others. This may be because of small nasal passages, allergic reactions to flea bites, irritable stomachs that make digesting food difficult, or they may be allergic to their own hair and dander. Dogs that have allergies include the following breeds: Bishon frise, terrier, retrievers, beagles, setters, and boxers. All dogs have the potential to be allergic to something, however.
The most common signs of allergies include raw skin where the dog has scratched, patches of hair missing, red skin, hives, coughing, sneezing, excessive chewing and licking of paws, watery eyes, vomiting, and diarrhea. While these symptoms may go away after a few days, you should monitor your …

I’d like to ask you for help. Every time I go out – to the beach, the park or just to the store, I see car after car, parked with dogs left unattended in them, with the token gesture of leaving the window down a bit. When I see dogs left in cars it just makes me so angry, that I’m now on a bit of a mission to do something about it and I would really love your help.
Recently in the UK, headline news was made when two Police dogs were left by their handler unattended in a car. Both dogs died of heatstroke.
Heatstroke is a condition where the temperature of the body rises …

Dogs generally live up to 15 years if they are cared for properly and their health issues are addressed early on. It would benefit you and your loved one tremendously if you knew how to identify health issues for elderly dogs.
Senior Dog Care
Senior dogs need care as much as pups do. Dogs are cute and cuddly when they are young but as we grow older, our dogs grow old with us. If you have an older dog or an aging dog, then you certainly have to learn the basics of senior dog care.
If you deal with these aging signs in your senior dogs, then you can make their lives longer and more meaningful for your …