Tag: Dogs

Training a puppy is absolutely not a walk. You need to have a lot of patience to make your pet understand the commands and it is all possible when you try to connect them with love and affection. Remember, once your dog gets that love and affection during the training, it will go an extra mile to please you.

Has your dog been unhappy and less playful these last few days? Has he lost his appetite for his favourite food? Chances are that your pet may be depressed and you may not have spotted it because you don't know the signs. Read on and find out how you can figure out your pooch’s mood.

In absence of proper training, timely feeding and lack of physical activities can make these breeds extremely aggressive leading to dreadful consequences.

The boys, Shashikant and Krish, had accompanied their uncle to the fields when they were attacked by dogs on Monday evening.

London: If you thought that obesity affects only humans, you may be wrong. It can also shorten lives of your canine friends, finds a research. The research, from the University of Liverpool in the UK, reveals that the lifespan of overweight dogs was up to two-and-half years shorter when compared to ideal-weight dogs. “Owners are […]

New York: Having a dog during pregnancy may give your babies protection from allergic eczema and asthma, a study has found. The findings showed a mother’s exposure to dogs before the birth of a child is significantly associated with lower risk of eczema by age two years. However, the protective effect goes down at age […]

Cuttack:  It is that time of the year when pets especially dogs and other small animals need extra care and attention by their owners. However, due to lack of awareness and care, dogs are often exposed to harsh sun rays which adversely affect their health, say experts. It was only few days’ back when 29-year-old […]

In a horrific incident, at least 6 stray dogs were reportedly poisoned to death by a woman in Jagruti Vihar In Burla, Sambalpur on May 28th. A complaint in connection with the matter was lodged by animal welfare organisation People For Animals (PFA) at the Burla Police Station on Wednesday. The accused woman identified as Sushri Sangeeta Biswal reportedly poisoned the dogs as they had damaged her vehicle. As per reports, an investigation into the matter is underway. Meanwhile, Chairperson of the People For Animals (PFA), Maneka Gandhi spoke to the Sambalpur SP requesting appropriate action against the culprit.

New York: Your canine friend can use its highly evolved sense of smell to pick out blood samples from people with cancer with almost 97 per cent accuracy, a finding that can lead to new low-cost and non-invasive screening approaches for the disease, finds a study. Dogs have smell receptors 10,000 times more accurate than […]

London: Humans, followed by ferrets and to a lesser extent cats, civets and dogs are the most susceptible animals to SARS-CoV-2 infection, the virus behind the Covid-19 disease, say researchers. The study, published in the journal PLOS Computational Biology, found that ducks, rats, mice, pigs and chickens had lower or no susceptibility to infection compared […]