Indoor dogs shed the year around

Does it surprise you that dogs that are kept indoors shed all the time? It shouldn't since their bodies no longer have to adjust to extreme temperature changes. A dog that lives outdoors most of the time only sheds twice a year. So the next time you are vacuuming up bags full of dog hair or cleaning out your humidifier filters of dog hair, don't blame the dog, blame it on the fact that you keep your home temperature controlled.

High tech doggy style

I had to chuckle when I saw these products that are modeled after dogs and puppies. First up is a neat set of speakers for your computer:

Then I found this cute little flash drives in the shape of doggy paws:

Then of course there is this robot dog from Sony that is all the rage in Japan for families that cannot keep a dog.

Dog obstacle course

If you are at familiar with dog sports then you would have seen a dog obstacle course. The sport is more commonly known as agility. Below is a photo of a typical layout of obstacles found on an agility course. Many of them you can make yourself or adapt another piece of equipment for use in the course. Children's playground equipment like slides, titter totters and pull up bars can all be adapted for the sport in one way or another. The tunnel takes a bit more ingenuity to make but they are also found in pet stores now.

The dog park

Today we have a guest blogger:

Guest post written by Stuart Robbins

Part of the reason that I chose the location of my apartment is because it’s right beside of a dog park . That’s really hard to come by in a city like this.

Most days I’ll take my dog there at least once and catch up with neighbors who also bring their dogs there while Oscar plays around and does his business. It’s open to the public rather than just the neighborhood so it gets pretty crowded sometimes. A few days ago I was standing by the fence watching Oscar play with a few other dogs, when I got the feeling that someone was watching me. I hadn’t seen anyone that I knew when we came to the park so I just brushed it off until my next-door neighbor came up and told me he had been calling my name for five minutes trying to get my attention.

Except that was just one of several instances where that had been happening lately. So after that I called my brother and asked him his opinion of hearing aid brands he’s used. He suggested a few and I looked up miracle ear hearing aid prices and thought they were pretty reasonable. I think I’m going to make a decision pretty soon and buy some so I won’t miss out on seeing friends randomly.