Articles

•  Character testing hovawart puppies
   The puppy character/temperament test provides information about a pup from  independent people and helps highlight any extremes of behaviour
•  Pregnancy indicators
   During the early stages of gestation it can be hard to tell if your hovawart bitch is  pregnant. There are some changes to look for.............
•  Showing
   The art of Showing a Hovawart and Ringcraft. Different types of Shows, UK Challenge  Certificates and FCI qualifications
•  Grooming
   How to Groom, clean the ears, clean the teeth, clip nails, and bathe a Hovawart.
• How to keep Hovawart and home smelling fresh.
   Moulting, dealing with urine and poop, blood and vomit; ways to help reduce smells.
•  Dog food
   Nutrition, commercial versus homemade diets and basic feeding principles.
• Links between hip dysplacia and diet.
   Excess calcium intake, damage to the skeleton and abnormalities. Supplements and overfeeding.
• Raw and Homemade Dog Foods
   Fruits and vegetables, animal protein and homemade recipes.
•  Dog food ingredients
   Hovawart nutrition, quality of ingredients and analysis of what is in dog foods.
•  Labelling
   Labels and terms used, regulations and marketing slogans, gimmicks, and claims.
•  Biological Value - nutrients
   Hovawarts need a variety of nutrients, proteins for growth, fats and carbohydrates for energy, plus  minerals and preservatives.
•  Excitable situations and behaviour in Hovawarts
   Some training ideas, Obedience and Mental Stimulation.
•  Keeping a Hovawarts attention focused on you
   Exercises to hold and increase his attention span.
•  Travel with a Hovawart
   How to Fly in safety and comfort, crates, containers and tranquilizers.
•  Fear
   Fear is common in all dogs. Animals avoid people or things that frighten them.
•  Instincts and Drives of the Hovawart
   Hovawart temperament and personality is shaped by a combination of genetics, drives and socialisation.
•  The two hoses game
   Building a Hovawart's skills and behaviour with games
•  Fetching and retrieving games
   The fetch command using two objects or toys in a "bait and switch routine".
•  Teaching the send-away
   teach a hovawart to run to a target for a reward, but this approach sequentially and paradoxically teaches him there are no food or toy rewards
•  Children
   Children and dogs, problems and positive training methods, respect and involving children in  training the Hovawart.
•  Concerning Health.
   Information and advice about health issues, illness, infections and genetic disorders.
•  Poisonous to dogs
   Foods, plants and substances that can be toxic or poisonous to dogs.
•  A list of Poisonous or Toxic Plants
   that can be harmfull to dogs

 

 

 

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