March 12th, 2010
Posted on Mar 14
Small Dog for a Day
We usually walk our small dogs, Royce and Kelsey, two times per day. The first walk is a long, fast-paced walk for exercise. The second walk, usually after dark, is shorter and at a more relaxed pace. Just before we depart for the second walk, we say to our dogs “Let’s go see ‘Mr. Cookie.’”...
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Getting a Small Dog from a Shelter—A Second Opinion
In a previous article I said there are some risks associated with getting your small dog from an animal shelter.
I have come across another opinion on the risks and rewards of adopting a small dog from an animal shelter. It comes from Dale Stavroff in his book Let the Dog Decide (Marlowe & Company, 2007.)...
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Bad to the Bone
What makes a good dog? Good temperament. Good training. Good breeding. I want to take a few minutes to talk about that last item, because of the three, once breeding is done, it is done for good. You can work around a dog’s temperament. You can retrain a poorly trained dog. You cannot change a...
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Adopt a Small Dog from a Rescue Group
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If you believe you would like to adopt a dog rather than purchase one from a breeder, then you should give strong consideration to adopting from a dog rescue group. A dog rescue group selectively pulls dogs from shelters and offers them for adoption, usually at public events held a few times a month....
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Adopt a Small Dog from a Shelter
If you are a small dog lover, and I suppose you are if you are reading this, you probably already know:
“The HSUS [Humane Society of the U.S.] estimates that animal shelters care for between 6-8 million dogs and cats every year in the United States, of whom approximately 3-4 million are euthanized. At this time...
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How to Find a Good and Reputable Breeder
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If you have made up your mind that you want a purebred dog, it is time to find a good and reputable dog breeder. But what makes a breeder “good and reputable?” Here is what the Human Society of the United States has to say on the subject:
“First, know that good breeders breed not...
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Buy Your Clothes, Not Your Dogs, from the Mall
Warning: The following article contains a graphic description of animal abuse. The passage is written in orange. Sensitive readers should skip the orange text.
“Let’s go to the mall, Simone.”
“You going for some reason?”
“Do I ever need a reason to crawl the mall? Actually, I want to pick up a few things. I need a new...
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Jeff K.: Great Cindy. Let me know how it works out. Jeff...
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- Small Dog Buddies
- Housetraining a Small Dog
- When a Small Dog Bites
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About Jeff Kanarish
Jeff Kanarish is first and foremost a lover of small dogs. He has two of his own--Royce and Kelsey. Jeff applied his background in Psychology to dog behavior when he and his wife, Dawn opened a dog boarding and grooming shop for small dogs in Atlanta in 2005. Although customers came to the shop to have their dogs groomed or boarded, they kept asking the same question over and over: "Why does my dog do that?" Jeff finds the answers and places them here, in AsmallDog.com. For more detail on Jeff, click this link: My Story 
