Dog Care Resources

Caring For and Living With Your Dog

There are many good online resources with information about caring for your dog. Here are some links to articles and sites we've found useful.

Training

How to Make Your Dog Feel Comfortable in a New Home

Bringing a New Dog Home - Tips for the First 30 Days

Housetraining and Crate Training

Crate Training

Crate Training

The 10 Most Important Things to Teach a Puppy

Kids and Dogs

Five Steps to Stopping Unwanted Behavior

The Seven Habits of Highly Effective Dog Owners

Traveling With Your Pet

The Complete Guide to Traveling With Your Dog

Planning a Road Trip With Your Dog?

How to Keep Your Pets Safe While Driving

Dog Health

How to Treat Dog Wounds

Diagnostic Health Testing for Dogs

How to Get the Tick Out

Dog Diarrhea Causes and Remedies 

Senior Dogs

Caring for a Senior Dog

10 Ways to Make Your Old Dog Comfortable

Physical Exams for Senior Dogs

Senior Dogs - Quality of Life Questions

Pet Hospice (Resources Tab)

International Association for Animal Hospice and Palliative Care  (Resources Tab)

Dog Safety for Families

Doggone Safe is a non-profit that promotes dog safety for children. They have many free articles, as well as paid subscriptions and printed materials. Here are links to a few of their pages for kids and parents.

Be a Dog Detective - Learn to Speak Dog!

Be a Tree - Dog Safety for Kids

Dog Detective Photos

To Do and Not Do Around Dogs

Why Do Dogs Bite?