All About Dogs & Puppies...

Puppies

Choosing a Pet
Thinking about something petty? If you are considering enhancing your lifestyle with a pet then you are about to enter into a relationship that will cause you constant delight and you will wonder how you survived without your new buddy. We get something from our pets that we just don't seem to get from any other source, not even our fellow human beings.

New Puppy Checklist
The Pets Unleashed checklist of MUST HAVES for you and your new puppy.

Puppy Love
Now that Santa has given you a playful, pouncing, pup, what are you going to do with it? Do you know how to care for it properly and about its vaccinations, worming and other health care needs? Perhaps now is a good time to go through some of the basics of puppy care.

Solving Pet Urine & Pet Odour Problems
Want to know how to Remove Urine Odour in Carpet?  Need a Cleaner that Removes Dog Urine from Tile? Looking for the Best Urine Odour Remover? Whether it’s a pet urine or pet odour remover that you're looking for – there is help out there !!...

Why You Should Crate Train Your Puppy
When your puppy is unsupervised, whether indoors or outdoors, it is important to have somewhere safe in which to place him. Dogs are denning animals so a small, safe crate will make them feel safe and comfortable.

Training

Why You Should Crate Train Your Puppy
When your puppy is unsupervised, whether indoors or outdoors, it is important to have somewhere safe in which to place him. Dogs are denning animals so a small, safe crate will make them feel safe and comfortable.

Keeping Your Dog Entertained and Happy 
At work all day long or away from the house for extended periods?  Is your dog showing signs of boredom by digging holes or chewing your favourite shoes?  Not sure how to keep your dog entertained?...

Food & Nutrition

The Dog Food Debate – what dog food is best?
Dry food, canned food, raw food, cooked food, just meat, vegetables.... Just what is the right food to feed your dog? The answer you will get will probably depend on who you ask and what they feed their own dog. And here's our opinion...

Food Allergies in Dogs & Cats 
Many, many dogs and some cats have food allergies which lead to prolonged and irritating skin conditions.  Pinkish or reddish skin, hair loss, flaky & itchy skin...

Harmful Foods for your Dog 
Did you know that grapes can cause renal failure in your dog? What about Macadamia nuts? Onions?  Read this to keep your dog safe from accidental poisonings & mishaps... 

Making a Meal of It
Feeding pets is a big responsibility. They have no choice but to eat that which is put in front of them.  If you get it wrong, the effects can be devastating and long lasting.

What are Dr B's BARF Patties? 
Dr B's BARF patties contain healthy fresh raw foods like muscle meat, organ meat, bones, vegetables, fruit, eggs and yoghurt, which is rich in essential fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals, enzymes, natural photochemicals and anti-oxididants...

A Holistic diet for your dog?
Eagle Pack Diets contain holistic-natural ingredients with added holistic supplements, at effective levels, to promote the health of your pet.

Bones and Pets
Do you consider yourself to be a SNAPO - a Sensitive New Age Pet Owner??  SNAPO'S are the pinnacles of pet owning society - blessed with more than the average share of compassion towards the creatures we share our lives with - the soul mates of canine cognition and feline philanthropy.

Food Fads
The pooch on the consulting room table was a portly lump of podge. He hobbled into the surgery, crippled with arthritis and was also panting and puffing with the exertion of transporting his portly frame.  His owner was concerned about why her big boy was limping but the fact was that the dog's lameness was entirely due to the owner's wrongful attitude to the pooch's diet.  He was being fed too much of the wrong types of food. Dogs are not little humans and should not be fed human food.

Easter Feast
Easter is just a few sleeps away with all the fun of the feast and, if your house is like mine, there will be chocolate eggs a plenty. And with every scrumptious egg being unwrapped, there will be a pooch or a puss with a 'Me too, please' expression on its  face.

Health

Worms and Pups
Regretfully, you may not know your dog has worms until it is sick. In puppies, a worm infection can cause a life threatening condition to develop quickly.  Contrary to common belief, it is not common to see worms in a dog's or puppy's droppings under normal circumstances. Under a heavy load, a roundworm may be passed, and but this indicates a significant problem. 

Help, My Dog Has Fleas! 
Some dogs & cats are highly sensitive to flea bites and only one flea bite can cause them to itch terribly. Sometime this leads to them gnawing away at the hair and bald patches may occur...

Intestinal Worming and Your Pets
Intestinal Worms are more common than many people think and can be quite debilitating on our pets. Many can also easily be passed on to humans – especially children...

Heartworm Prevention
Heartworm disease is a silent killer of dogs and cats. It's a slow, insidious disease that gradually incapacitates pets. By the time you notice the telltale signs of the disease, the damage that has been caused is serious. This is one disease that can be totally prevented and now, a new form of heartworm prevention is available to make your job even easier.

Ten Tooth Truths!
How much do you know about your pet's teeth?  Sadly, many pet owners don't think about their pet's teeth often enough with the result that 80% of dogs and 70% of cats suffer from dental disease by the age of three.

The Danger of Paralysis Ticks
Ticks are nasty, sneaky venomous little parasites. They are a lethal danger to your dogs and cats too.  When it's Paralysis Tick season, what can you do to protect your dog against ticks?

Skin Allergies in Dogs and Cats
Allergic skin disease in dogs is a very common problem but trying to diagnose the problem and to treat it correctly is often difficult. Perhaps this article will help.

Modern Flea Control
The creeping, crawling, gnashing, nasty nibblers are on the march! They're everywhere - in your carpet, between your floorboards even in your garden and the blood thirsty blighters are seeking out your pets too. Yes, the Ferocious Aussie Flea is back - and with a vengeance. Stop your pet suffering from these parasites and hop into serious flea control.

Ringworm Disease in Pets
It's wonderful sharing your life with a pet but not so good when the pet shares disease with you. Ringworm is the 'social butterfly' of pet diseases and is quite happy to flit from pet to pet and, from pet to owner. It can even spread from an infected owner to his or her innocent pet!

Portly Pets
Podgy pooches and portly puss-cats are in plague proportions! Our pets are not only living in the lap of luxury, they are lapping up the living luxury and getting fatter in the process. The result is that 25-30% of dogs and cats are now overweight.

On Deaf Ears
Science is coming to the aid of deaf dogs and cats with better diagnostic protocols and even the installation of pet hearing aids being possible. Deaf pets can be difficult to manage. With the inability to hear their owners or to detect dangers such as approaching motor vehicles, deaf dogs and cats need dedicated and caring owners.

Heat Stress in Pets
We have wonderful weather in this Sunshine State and over the holiday period we are likely to be out and about more with our pets.  However, the sunshine can cause another state - heat stress.  You need to be careful that you don't put your pets at risk over the hotter months.

Cushings Disease
Cushing's disease is a serious disease of dogs that owners need to be aware of.  This is one disease that is far more common in pets than it is in humans. While six in 100,000 people suffer from Cushing's disease, the condition is about 200 times more common in dogs, with one in 1,000 dogs suffering from the condition.

A Flea-ting Moment
The creeping, crawling, gnashing, nasty nibblers are on the march! They're everywhere - in your carpet, between your floorboards even in your garden and the blood thirsty blighters are seeking out your pets too. Yes, the Ferocious Aussie Flea is back - and with a vengeance. Hop into serious flea control to prevent your pet from suffering.

Heartfelt Concerns
The thought of a large worm-like alien wriggling around inside your heart, growing relentlessly inside your defenceless body by feeding on your own blood and slowly but surely sending you to your maker makes for the beginnings of an award-winning horror movie.

Starting From Scratch - What Makes Dogs Itch?
Excessive scratching is a common condition with dogs and a frustrating problem for their owners. Many dogs scratch, chew and rub themselves so much there skin becomes bald, red, inflamed and painful. If this is the problem faced by your pet, follow the process below to diagnose and treat the problem.

Chronic Renal Diseases in Dogs and Cats
Chronic renal disease (CRD) is a common condition that can affect all breeds of dogs and cats. It could be a cause of sudden blindness if the blood pressure is elevated. The mean age at diagnosis is about 7 years in dogs and 9 years in cats. However, animals of any age can be affected.

Ears a Problem?
Dogs' ears come in a variety of styles. Some stick up, some flop down, some are hairy and some are not.  Nevertheless, they are all prone to ear infections. How do you know if your dog has an ear infection? What can you do at home to treat it and when should you visit your vet?

Easy Street
Have you noticed how pet care is getting easier? When was the last time you heard of a dog dying from distemper or even from heartworm disease? Rampant flea infestations and life-threatening disease from intestinal worms are much rarer than they were a few years ago and its all because pet care is now and easy street. 

Anal Gland Disease and Its Treatment
Anal Gland disease is a common and distressing condition in pets and is one of the common causes of 'scooting' behaviour - where a dog or cat drags its derriere along the carpet.

General Wellbeing

Identifying Your Dog or Cat  Ever had that sinking feeling after coming home to an empty house when there should be a furry family member there to meet you? Here's some tips that may help you and your pet be reunited...

Ice Breakers
Winter is on the way, folks! The cold and clammy fingers of winter have started to slide under your pets' collars so here are ten cool tips to warm your pets.

Tips for a Safe & Warm Dog This Winter 
The number one thing for your dog or puppy during winter is somewhere warm and comfortable to sleep with protection from wind & the cold in general... Also check out these great winter warmers for your dog this winter...

The Gene Scene
After studying 80% the dog genome, the Institute for Genomic Research in Maryland, has determined that dogs and humans share almost 19,000 genes and from this, that dogs are more closely related to humans than the mouse is. Considering that humans have around 30,000 genes, perhaps the dog is no longer 'Man's best friend' but more 'Man's close relative'.  No wonder we love our pooches.

Toxic Toads
At certain times of the year, toads are rearing their 'oh so ugly' warty heads and causing terrible troubles with our pooches. Toads are dangerous amphibians. They are a common cause of poisoning in dogs and, less commonly, they poison cats. 

Council Laws & Dog Droppings
The Brisbane City Council has now bagged a common dog problem. The council has been delving into dog's business and introduced a new law on 1st September to require dog owners to carry a bag when walking their dogs. Through this law, the council are hoping to encourage dog owners to collect any waste that their pooches produce.

Winter Pet-siderations  
Top 5 tips for winter pet care

Spring Care of Your Pet
Spring into action now that spring has sprung to ensure your pet is prepared for the warmer weather.  You will need to groom your pet to remove the remains of its winter coat and you should watch for the hundreds of fleas and ticks that are organising their assault on your pets. These nasty parasites have just stirred after their winterýs rest. Mosquitoes are all a buzz and are ready to spread heartworm disease. Even flies and worms are set to worry your pets.

Check Up Time
Many of us neglect our once-a-year pet-care jobs because we forget when those duties are due.  Nevertheless, it becomes easier to remember such things when we link them to a particular annual event such as the group of holidays that occur around Easter time. With Easter closely followed by Anzac Day and then Labour Day, times like this can be use to remind us of our yearly duties for our pets.

Shampoo Therapy for Dogs
Saturday morning and it's time to bathe the pooch! What are you going to bathe it in? While that sounds like a simple question, it can be quite complex. It really depends on what you are trying to achieve.

The Hair of the Dog
Have you noticed the tumbleweeds of cat and dog hair wafting over the floor lately? It’s a sign that you need to get into grooming to make your pet more comfortable, to prevent your pet’s coat from matting and to stop those fur balls accumulating in every corner of your house.

Tail Docking Laws
Tail docking of dogs is now illegal in Queensland. Thank goodness that commonsense has prevailed.  For decades, animal welfare groups and the Australian Veterinary Association have been campaigning for an end to tail docking and, along with tens of thousands of other people, I am delighted.

Diseases You Can Catch from your Pets
Can your dog spread disease to you with the greatest of ease? And what about your cat? Are there man-eating microbes oozing from every one of your cat's hair follicles? More...

Telling Tails - The Docking Truth
Can you imagine an amputation without an anaesthetic? It sounds horrific but it happens on a daily basis in the dog world.  The procedure is tail docking in infant puppies.

Santa Claws Applause
If you need a Christmas gift for your favourite pet lover, or even for your favourite pet, the choice this Christmas is bigger that it's ever been.  Use this list to get your Santa's sack bulging.

Pregnant Paws
If you have a female pooch or puss-cat and are thinking of having a litter, then you are in for a fun time. Infant puppies and kittens are so cute and it is fascinating to watch them grow. It is also very expensive and exhausting - so be warned!!

Christmas Presents for Pets
If its Christmas time and you're a Sensitive New Age Pet Owner, then you have already compiled a long list of the presents that you are going to give to your pampered pet. If you're a little short on ideas though, maybe the following will help.

Dimwits and Hot Dogs
The savage sun is no friend to your pets. Without even realising it, many pet owners make tragic mistakes that just shouldn't happen.

Why Groom Your Dog?
Regular grooming helps keep your pet looking and feeling good. Every time your pet is brushed, loose hair and debris are removed from the coat, leaving it cleaner and healthier. More...

Now Boarding
Holidaying soon? Have you booked your pet's accommodation yet? With the holiday season only a hop away, those of you who are intending to board your pets in a kennel or cattery need to book now - but how do you prepare your pet and how do you pick a good boarding facility?

Product Reviews & Information

EzyDog Leads & Harnesses 
Ezy Dog leads and harness combinations are perfect for walking, sporting and travelling with your dog...  

Solving Pet Urine & Pet Odour Problems 
Want to know how to Remove Urine Odour in Carpet?  Need a Cleaner that Removes Dog Urine from Tile? Looking for the Best Urine Odour Remover? Whether it’s a pet urine or pet odour remover that you're looking for – there is help out there !!...

More coming - please stay tuned...