The great British pet: the new trend gripping the nation 

A slimy, six-inch hermaphrodite with a taste for raw meat and an unmatched capacity to breed sounds like the stuff of science fiction. But the Giant African Land Snail is one of a growing breed of alternative animals threatening to topple the humble cat and dog as Britain’s most wanted pets. Continued…

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The Dangers Of Protection-Training The Family Bichon Frise

Bichon Frise can be trained to be a dangerous threat and they can be trained to bark bite and attack. Some breeds adapt more readily to such training than others, but all dogs with vocal chords and teeth have the potential for threatening behavior.

First of all, it is not advocated to administer protection training a family pet. There have been too many unfortunate incidents involving people who have been talked into this type of training by the local guard dog trainer. Veterinarians have encountered an endless number of dogs who had to be euthanized because they had become vicious. Not all of these dogs had been protection trained, but a great many had. Some guard dog trainers will argue that if the right dog is properly protection trained, he will never become vicious and randomly bite.

While this may be true, the bottom line is that the average family cannot handle an attack trained dog. Most people find it difficult enough to get their Bichon Frise to come when called and not drag them down the street at the end of the leash. Attack-trained dogs are very useful; to the police and military, and in most cases that’s where they belong. The average family certainly does not need a dog who has been conditioned to attack and bite on command.

Most dogs are instinctively protective. Rarely does a dog need protection training to be wary of intruders. This is particularly true of dogs who have been selectively bred to guard, herd, or protect. Examples of such breeds are the German shepherd, border collie, and Bichon Frise. In the wild, canines naturally protect territory and fellow pack members. The protective instinct is further strengthened when the individual feels that he is an integral part of the pack. Keep in mind that your domestic dog views your family as his pack. If he lives in your home and is part of your family, chances are good that his protective instincts will emerge.

The instinct to protect territory and fellow pack members develops with age. Many people are dismayed that their five-month-old dog is not the least bit protective. It is not a puppy’s job to be protective! A well-adjusted puppy of any breed should be friendly and love everybody. It is the role of adult pack members to be protective. The puppy instinctively expects you to protect him. With most dogs, the sense of responsibility for being protective of the pack begins at around one year old, give or take a couple of months depending on the breed and the individual dog. At maturity - eighteen months to two years old - the Bichon Frise should show even stronger signs of the protective instinct.

The great British pet: the new trend gripping the nation 

A slimy, six-inch hermaphrodite with a taste for raw meat and an unmatched capacity to breed sounds like the stuff of science fiction. But the Giant African Land Snail is one of a growing breed of alternative animals threatening to topple the humble cat and dog as Britain’s most wanted pets.
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How To Control Your Chase Me Please Attention-Seeking Bichon Frise

Does your Bichon Frise drive you and your family crazy by picking up a knick-knack and running crazy around the house with it, encouraging everyone to join him in a wild and crazy game of chase? The solution is simple: let him wear his leash around the house, and when he steals something, it will be easy to catch him and take it away. No game, no fun, no more stealing. Try this on your pup if she’s become a thief; just be sure you’re watching her so that her leash doesn’t get caught on anything.

Next, to remove an object or a piece of food from your Bichon Frise’s mouth, act fast, before she’s had a chance to enjoy it: grab her snout from the top with one hand and squeeze inward on the sides (pressing on her upper gums and teeth), and with the other hand reach in and extract the goods. Use the word “Out” or “Give,” then praise her when she releases her grip. If she’s really tenacious, hold her head still and blow very quickly and sharply in her ear; she’ll unclench her jaws for a moment, and you can snatch away her prize.

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Pampered pooches are living the good life

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How To Come Up With A Fun Loving Name For Your Bichon Frise

Naming a Bichon Frise has to be one of the most delightful parts of getting one. It seems not a year goes by without a new book of dog names being published, including ones that specialize, such as a book on Irish names. We have no fewer than six books of names on our bookshelves, including two that were meant for the parents of human babies, not canine ones.

Do you need to keep anything in mind when naming a Bichon Frise? Yes. Avoid names that sound like common obedience commands. A friend of mine who had worked in Alaska adopted a beautiful husky mix and wanted to name her Sitka, after a place he’d loved visiting. After I pointed out she’d have a hard time telling the difference between “Sitka” and “sit,” he named her Bella instead.

Keep names short, one or two syllables, and easy to pronounce. I tend to use “people” names for my own pets, but you don’t have to limit yourself. Name books are a good start, but don’t forget atlases or special dictionaries such as those for foreign words or a book of baseball, railroad, gardening, or music terms, if your interests lie in any of those directions.

Make your puppy love his name as much as you do by making sure that it has a positive association. Never scream your puppy’s name at him or use it in punishment. The late dog trainer Job Michael Evans used to recommend making up a song with your Bichon’s name in it and singing to him. Commercial jingles are wonderful for this, he said, because they’re catchy and you can put the pet’s name in where the product is mentioned.

“You Are My Sunshine” becomes “You Are My Andy” (”you make me happy/because you’re gray”) and Benjamin gets regaled with the Monty Python, “Spam” song, with Ben substituted for Spam “Ben, Ben, Ben, Ben, Ben, Ben, Ben, Ben, Wonderful Ben …”

Yes, it’s silly. But try it anyway. You’ll both smile. If you have a purebred Bichon Frise, he’ll have a registered name, too. You get 28 letters and spaces with the American Kennel Club to come up with a registered name for your pet. If you choose a name someone else has already chosen, the AKC issues it along with a number to distinguish your dog’s name from the others, so unless you want your collie to be the AKC’s 897,042th “Lassie,” use all those spaces to come up with something sure to be unique.

How To Calm Your Bichon Frise By Using A Dog-Massage Technique

dog massage is a veterinary technique used to hasten rehabilitation following fractures and to restore muscle tone. It can give you a new appreciation of canine anatomy. For the busy dog owner, it is a way of disciplining oneself to make contact with the pet. It is a welcome break for dogs in obedience training. For show Bichon Frise, massage is an excellent calming procedure before entering the ring, where a delicate balance between relaxation and animation must be maintained if the dog is to look its
best.

A technique for calming down a stressed Bichon is to place your open palm over the Bichon Frise’s groin area and hold it there. On females, this is just below the stomach, on males, just in front of the genital area. The groin area is a traditional greeting place between fellow canines. dogs often tell each other “it’s all right” by nudging this area. When you gently place your hand there, it has the same effect on the dog as an arm around the shoulder or a handshake can have for worried humans. Try this technique if your dog becomes agitated while at the veterinarians, when you need to groom it, cut its toenails, or anytime the Bichon Frise is under stress.

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CHANCE is a six-month-old puppy who, up until a week ago, didnt know how to play, run or climb stairs and is so used to being cooped up in a kennel that he cant go to the bathroom anywhere else.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ Douglas Jordan was skeptical when the veterinarian suggested massage might help his dog, Charlie, who was suffering from back pain and arthritis. But he was willing to try almost anything to help his 8-year-old dachshund walk again.
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