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An Orphan at 50

Christmas Presents for my Animal-Loving Friends

Just been looking for Christmas presents on the web. As most of my friends are animal lovers, I like to buy things that are suitable.

Just found this great site called ANIMAL DEN, see their banner on the right. They have absolutely loads of things that would make ideal presents. What I like is that all of the animals are in categories and then sub-categories. For instance if you are looking for doggie presents, just click on dogs, and there is a massive list by breed. I pressed on Husky and there are so many things, from coasters to calendars, ornaments to jewellery, and that is just for one breed!

They even do a category for wildlife, elephant, and hedgehogs, you name it it is there....well mostly. The prices are very reasonable, and they have loads of offers too.

I will definitely be ordering from them!

Click on the Banner on the top right and have a look.

http://www.psychicpaws.com/

Great Band

Just had to post this. Nothing to do with dogs, but you have got to listen to this band. Amazing.

http://www.strikland.info./

Photos of Where I Live in Spain

Just thought that you might like to see some photos of where I live. For any of you guys back in the UK you will understand why I love living in Spain.

First photo is a lightening strike just 2 doors away...........a bit scarey. The third photo is Benidorm beach, Playa Levante after the tourists have gone. Not as grotty as you may have thought. This is the beach where dogs are not allowed and my wee Basil had a crowd of admirers one night when he was playing football there. He could have played for England............He is playing football on the other side now, which is something I would like to talk about soon....Petloss.

How Your Dog Can Get You in to Trouble

My Ben was out back tonight and I went to check on him. He was chewing something, and when I opened his mouth it was a pebble. I threw it away and he went after it again. I retrieved it from the big mouth once more and threw it again. I am cringing now. The pebble sailed over the hedge into a neighbour's yard and hit something,and made a big clatter. I ran inside and hid, followed in hot pursuit by Ben. Dogs...........don't we just love them............

Feeding the Best to Your Dog

Over the years I have tried all sorts of dog foods. When I was a novice I would feed just dog biscuit and canned food. Now I have learned better.

My vet recommended when my Labrador was suffering from kidney problems to cut out nearly all protein. This surprised me because I though that dogs were carnivores. He explained that the kidneys process protein and when they are weak feeding protein makes them more likely to fail. So he was fed on a special diet biscuit to support his kidneys and raw vegetables.

Since then I have always made a point of feeding vegetables to my dogs. Now there have been all of the health scares with the proprietary brands, my Ben rarely gets ready-made food, he has people food.. I give him olive oil every day, a probiotic yoghurt and he loves his raw carrots.

Typical Ben meals are fish and vegetables, chicken stew and minced beef with vegetables, all served with rice or potatoes. Now I don't know what the experts would say about his diet, but he looks pretty healthy to me, and although he has a rough coat, it shines like silk.

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Rescue Dogs and Their Problems

I spoke earlier about some of the problems a rescue dog can have, and we encountered another today.

Sunny Spain is not so sunny at the moment, in fact it has not stopped raining for 2 days. Still Ben wanted his usual morning walk. On the way to the woods, Ben started walking backwards, cringing and generally looking scared. I spoke to him and tried to reassure him then I noticed what he had seen...........a person walking towards us with an umbrella..........

I did have to giggle, but you can imagine through his eyes how scary it was, a big round black thing with legs walking towards him. This underlines how aware you must be with rescues, how, although he appears so confident now, something as trivial as an umbrella totally threw him.

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