Gustavo Wilcox

Pet Stores Mistreating Hermit Crabs

You can find them almost anywhere near the seashore boardwalks. All you have to do is walk into a cramped little gift shop on the beach and you can find them, stuck in a 6"X 3" carrying cage and nothing else. If you haven't looked there, all you have to d... Read >

The Bit Between Their Teeth: Young Horses

When starting a young horse, (or when riding any horse for that matter) the two most important and influential pieces of tack are in my opinion, the saddle and the bit. The saddle is important for obvious reasons, but the bit often seems to be overlooked... Read >

What's The Best Training For Man's Best Friend?

The focus of many pet owners seems to be directed towards their animals, which makes a great deal of sense in most cases. However, when trying to correct unwanted behavior in your dog you might want to point that finger inward sometimes and have a little ... Read >

11 Steps To Setting Up Freshwater Tropical Fish Tank

STEP 2: Decide on an aquarium size. It's a good idea to have in mind what kind of tropical fish you want to keep before you purchase an aquarium. Some tropical fish only grow to be an inch or two, whereas other types of tropical fish can grow 12 or 13 in... Read >

About Your Horse's Working Conditions

Some heat is lost through convection. The body surface warms the surrounding air, which conducts the heat away. Loss of heat by convection is most effective when the temperature of the air surrounding the horse is low. When the environmental temperature a... Read >

A Guide To Dog Training

One of the few things that dog owners or prospective dog owners think about is whether or not they will need to train their dog. Although training a dog is not absolutely essential unless your dog has a particular problem, a small amount of training to re... Read >

3 Tips To Consider When You Need to Get Your New Puppy Back Home

In years past the normal way of getting your puppy would be looking in your local newspaper, calling the breeder, picking it up and taking it home. Those days are long past since the age of the Internet. The Internet has brought a new way of purchasing yo... Read >

Cheap Ways To Upgrade Underground Dog Fences

if no one was around. It had gotten to the point that I couldn't even let him outside unless he was on a leash or tied to something. Just a couple months ago, I moved in to a new house with a huge back yard. The yard had a great garden on the interi... Read >

How Good is The Purina Second Nature Dog Litter Box System?

I had previously raised two lhasa apso dogs who spent most of their lives living in high-rise condominiums. Instead of having to take them down an elevator to go outdoors to eliminate all the time, I trained them to use newspapers in a spare bathroom. S... Read >

Keeping Aquariums And Tropical Fish

However, until the keeping of tropical fish, it seems that aquarists in general thought that the proper aim of an aquarium keeper was to reproduce a segment of nature... They now realize that their task is the maintenance of a highly artificial and res... Read >

Learn How To Train Your Dog To Stop Licking!

Give him a bath with a veterinarian-approved flea and tick shampoo. Before bathing him, make sure you brush out all the mats and tangles from his coat or the bathing will make them worse. 2. Your dog might have developed a chronic licking habit because... Read >

What Does Dog Rescue Do Before Adoption?

Dog rescues normally cater for a particular breed of dog. This makes life easy as once you've found one for the breed you are interested in then it's simply a case of registering and waiting for the right dog to come in. Usually they will have a contact l... Read >

Top Ways To Toilet Train A Dog

dog demands and deserves. Giving your dog its due time and care is the first step in teaching the person how to teach the dog. Being ready for the commitment Picking out a dog is something that you need to put some time into. Dogs, and cats for that... Read >

Read This Before You Consider Dog Adoption

Do you ever feel like you know just enough about dog adoption to be dangerous? Let's see if we can fill in some of the gaps with the latest info from dog adoption experts. When considering the birth rates among animals, it's not hard to understand why... Read >

Skunk Odor: Getting The Stink Out

container or bottle. This formula will produce pressure in a closed container and cause it to burst. Use it as soon as you make it, because it will lose all effectiveness if it is stored. It must be freshly made in order to work properly. * Wet your p... Read >