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Porky and Buddy Pet Health – How Can You Train A Dog?

I adopted a new puppy, Buster, several months ago, and, to tell you the truth, it turns out that I’m not much of a dog trainer. He is housetrained (most of the time) but doesn’t come when he is called, jumps up on people who come to the house (including me), chews things all around the house relentlessly.

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Porky & Buddy Pet Health – It’s A Crime To Abandon Animals

Three times this year I have witnessed animals that seemed to have just been abandoned on country roads. The first time was a sweet little dog with a limp. I took him home and called the dog control officer and she came right out to collect him. I heard later that he had to have his leg amputated because it was injured and badly infected.

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Porky & Buddy Pet Health – Pets and Divorce

I am going through a divorce and my (soon to be ex-) husband is insisting that he wants our dogs. That is just crazy! They don’t even like him as much as they like me and he never spent much time with them when we were living together so how could it be in their best interest to be with him now. But he says he paid for them, so they’re his.

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Porky and Buddy Pet Health – Some Things To Be Aware Of In Fall

I just wanted to write and thank you for all your good advice this summer about dealing with the hot hot hot weather and to express my relief that it is finally cooling down a bit. I love fall and my dogs love fall too – lots of long walks in the woods, new sweaters for all of us. What could be better?

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