YOUR EVERYDAY FIELD GUIDE
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Dogs / Behaviour
Of everything on this list, bloat is the condition where hesitation costs the most. Medically called gastric dilatation volvulus, or GDV, it can go from a dog looking slightly off to a life threatenin
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Dogs / Behaviour
A dog bolting through an open gate or slipping a collar is one of the more frightening moments in ownership, and prevention is considerably easier, and safer, than trying to catch a loose dog afterwar
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Dogs / Behaviour
A neatly kept garden and a determined digger rarely coexist for long, and understanding what's actually driving the digging makes redirecting it considerably more effective than simply filling in hole
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Dogs / Behaviour
Limping is a dog's way of telling you something hurts, even if they cannot point to exactly where. Because dogs are naturally good at masking pain, by the time a limp becomes visible, there is usually
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Dogs / Behaviour
A dog that cowers, backs away, or growls whenever an unfamiliar person approaches is showing genuine fear rather than bad manners, and pushing them to "just get over it" through repeated forced contac
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Dogs / Behaviour
Dogs are not colour-blind in the total sense, but they are dichromatic — their eyes contain only two types of colour receptors (cones), compared to three in humans. They see the world primarily in sha
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