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Caring For A Blind Dog

Caring for a blind dog can seem like a burdensome, time-consuming task at first. However, sharing a loving relationship with a blind dog can be a rewarding and fruitful experience for both parties. Taking the proper steps to train and orient a blind dog can make them more functional than you may...

Are Older Horses Better with Age?

Is it true that old horses get better with age? You bet it is. All you would need to do is spend a little time on a young, inexperienced horse and you’ll agree. In fact, most new riders can benefit from learning the ropes on an older horse. Though the new rider may not realize it, the old horse in...

Outdoor Activities to Enjoy With Your Pet

Regular exercise is one of the main pre-requisites for health, longevity, and happiness for humans and house pets alike. There are boundless opportunities to enjoy quality time with your furry friend in the great outdoors while maximizing the accompanied health benefits. Partaking in outdoorsy...

How to Solve Trailer Loading Issues with Your Horse

Any equine enthusiast is well aware with the struggles associated with loading a horse into a trailer. It’s natural for your horse to experience nervousness and anxiety when being loaded into a trailer whether it ‘s the first or fifteenth time. The tight confines, unfamiliarity with the space, and...

Friendliest Dog Breeds for a Family Lifestyle

When choosing a pet, it is very important to consider the compatibility between your home situation and the tendencies of the animal you would like to own. The saying goes “dogs are man's best friend,” but if you have the wrong dog for your life style, it can end up being a terrible nightmare. Some...

Winter WildBird Feeding 101

Late fall and winter provide a new set of challenges for our feathered friends. Most of the lush vegetation, full of berries and seeds, has withered away. In addition, most insects are either dead or dormant and the heavy snows will soon bury most natural sources of wild bird food. Not only will...

Signs Your Dog May Be Sick

As a dog owner, you need to see when there’s something wrong with your dog so you know when you need to bring him to your veterinarian. Here are some tips from Registered Veterinary Technician Jenna Stregowski of About.com:Know what’s “normal”Always have a visual picture of what your dog looks like...

Introducing Your Puppy to Your Dogs

If you’ve ever ventured to the doggy park, you’ve seen how antsy dogs can get when encountering one another for the first time. This is entirely understandable and normal for random encounters, but what about introducing a new puppy to the dogs you already have? Adding another furry friend to the...

Horse Breeding for Beginners

Equine breeding is undoubtedly an exciting venture for horse owners. Humans develop unbelievable bonds with their horses and deciding to pursue breeding only furthers this relationship. It’s a big decision that requires considering many different factors, including the costliness of being a horse...

How To Cut Down on Treats without Depriving your Dog

Are you killing your dog with kindness? If you’re giving your dog treats throughout the day, you must remember to reduce the daily ration of dog food accordingly. Or simply cut down on the number of treats you give.Here are three ways to cut back on treats without depriving your dog:One idea is to...

Prepare Your Trees & Shrubs for Winter

If you’ve invested a lot of time and money into your landscaping this year, the last thing you want is for all of your beautiful plants, shrubs, and trees to become damaged by the impending winter weather. Below we’ll discuss what dangers winter can pose for your landscaping and what you can do to...

Fall is Prime Time to Begin a Supplemental Feeding Program for Deer

A buck can have the best genetics in the world, but without the proper nutrition, he’ll never achieve his potential. One way to stack the deck in his favor is to supplement his nutrition. Fall is an excellent time to begin this. But before we talk about how to initiate a supplemental feeding...

How to Adjust Horses to the Changing Seasons

Changing seasons can bring about potential problems for horses and their owners. Pasture quality changes with every season, but the changes from summer to fall are especially significant. During the fall, there are often warm sunny days and cool nights. Grasses manufacture sugars (through...

Deer Health and Nutrition Tips during Antler Growth Season

So much of what we do in the care and feeding of deer passes relatively unnoticed in the short term. But antler growth season is when “instant gratification” seekers can practically see results occur right before their eyes. Growing at a rate of half an inch per day, antlers are some of the fastest...

Removing Ticks From Your Pets

Ticks are disgusting little insects that survive by sucking blood from their hosts, often times from your four-legged friend. Here are some tips to get that pestering tick out: You should check your animal pretty regularly to see if it has ticks on it. Ticks especially like to nest in the head and...

Formulating Horse Feeds

When choosing a horse feed, looking at the guaranteed analysis can help you determine if the nutrition content of that feed is appropriate for the age and activity level of your horse. You would think that two products both contain 14% protein, 6% fat, etc. would be pretty much the same feed....

Management Tips for First Calf Heifers

First-calf heifers are among the most challenged members of the herd. They require special care to successfully make the transition from birthing their first calf to becoming a reproductively efficient cow that produces a healthy calf each year and breeds back early. In a nutshell, that is the goal...

Causes and Prevention of Coccidiosis in your Flock

One of the challenges you face as a bird owner is the threat of a common, and potentially devastating, disease called coccidiosis. But once you understand what causes it and how it spreads, you can feel more confident about your ability to limit its impact on your flock. Good Health Coccidiosis is...

Be Prepared for the Great Outdoors with this Camping Checklist

With summer quickly approaching, you may find yourself wanting to finally get out of your room or office to explore the outdoors. If you've never gone camping before or haven't done so since you were a kid and your only memory is your hot dog stick breaking over the fire, turning your dinner into...

Tips for Creating a Living Space for your Baby Chicks

Newly hatched chicks, ducklings, goslings and turkey poults require that their very basic needs for shelter, warmth, food and water be met in order to survive. Good care and management with a bit of TLC will go a long way in providing a healthy start for your young flock. Following are some useful...

Purina Mills Layena SunFresh Recipe Testimonial

If her cousin hadn’t owned a feed store, Patrice Chandler might never have discovered her passion for raising chickens. After moving to Mississippi 18 years ago, Chandler paid a visit to her cousin’s store where some baby chicks had just arrived. “I saw them and thought I’d give it a try,” recalls...

Hot Weather Tips for Raising Poultry

They say raising poultry is all about feed, water, heat and light. But in the summer, beating the heat is a top priority. Severe heat stress can affect egg quality, size and hatchability. It can also increase the rate of mortality. Here are some tips: Keep Birds Cool Even free-range birds need...