http://www.isnare.com/?s=author&a=Valerie+Dancer Automotive Valerie Dancer Thu, 31 May 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=155562&ca=Automotive Dogs - Car Chasing Car chasing dogs is a serious problem. More serious than a lot of owners realise. Not only does dog car chasing put the dog at risk, but it also puts the car driver and many other road users at risk. Car chasing dogs do not usually live to an old age. Many owners think that their... Pets Valerie Dancer Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=137492&ca=Pets According to the statistics, dogs bite more than 4.7 million people per year. This unwanted, and often avoidable, behaviour, results in law suits, medical bills and sometimes dog euthanasia. As with any dog training issue, how easy or difficult it is to train a dog to not bite will vary according to... Advice Valerie Dancer Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=134942&ca=Advice The size difference between dogs and horses is usually that the horse is very much larger than the dog. Nevertheless, most horses are much more frightened of dogs than the reverse. This creates unique problems - for dogs and horses, and for the person who has to control them both. When introducing d... Pets Valerie Dancer Wed, 22 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=103200&ca=Pets Most dogs will display a tendency to jumping up to people at times. How often will vary with breed and by individual. One theory suggests that, when jumping up, dogs are trying to get close to the person's face, not to attack them, but just to interact. For dogs to interact with another dog, they ha... Pets Valerie Dancer Mon, 13 Nov 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=101012&ca=Pets Dogs and kids can live together harmoniously, if the situation is properly understood and carefully handled.Friendships between dogs and kids are both wonderful and character building for the children. Most dog bites inflicted on kids are by the family pet, or a neighbours dog. It is not that the do... Pets Valerie Dancer Wed, 11 Oct 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=92089&ca=Pets Dog Training - A Dog's Nature Dogs are surprisingly complex creatures. Some official estimates of the number of breeds reaches as high as 800 in Western countries alone. Even given that distinguishing one breed from another can be carried to absurd extremes, the variety is astonishing from a human p... Pets Valerie Dancer Sat, 02 Sep 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=80822&ca=Pets Clicker training with dogs is fairly well known, but all animals can be trained with the “Clicker” method, cats, birds, horses and most others. Dogs soon learn that when they perform a particular action it gets them a reward immediately after hearing the click, this is a very positive way of trainin... Advice Valerie Dancer Sun, 13 Aug 2006 00:00:00 +0800 http://www.isnare.com/?aid=75074&ca=Advice To be a responsible dog owner you have to understand how important your role is in developing your dog’s character. Yes, all dogs come with different characters and temperaments, but it is your reaction to his/her actions that mould the finished product that is the character and temperament. You onl...