Let me tell you something about dogs that you may not know. Your dog wants to obey you. He or she wants to please you in every way. In fact, the desire to obey and please is genetically bred into your dog. Here's how it works...

You know how you try to please important people in your life? You go out of your way to accommodate your spouse or life partner, you help your kids as best you can, and, most importantly, you'll move heaven and earth to please your boss.

Well dogs are the same way. They try hard to get along with their peers and they'll move heaven and earth to please their boss.

Nutrition for Dogs

Dogs have specific nutritional needs, but most pet owners do not realize that all dogs and most pet foods are not alike. Many commercial dog food brands are lacking in key nutrients, so reading the labels is a must. Price and brand names are not good gages of quality when it comes to food.

Dogs are carnivorous so they need meat and protein, along with carbohydrates, vitamins, fat, minerals, and water. The manufacturers have choices as to the types and amounts of proteins, minerals, and vitamins that they put into their products. Higher levels of animal protein like chicken, lamb, and beef are needed by active dogs, while proteins found in plants or grains such as corn, soy, wheat, and rice are sufficient for less active dogs.

Puppy foods generally contain more protein than adult or maintenance foods. What you are looking for is a food that has two animal proteins in the first three ingredients listing. This is a good rule of thumb that applies to all dogs and breeds, not just puppies.

Carbohydrates are important buy only in small amounts. You should avoid foods that contain soy, because altogether soy is high in protein, it is also a carbohydrate that slows down digestion and prevents other vitamins and minerals in the food from being absorbed.

Vitamins come in two types, water soluble, and fat soluble. Vitamins B and C are water soluble, while vitamins A, D, E, and K are fat soluble. The B and C vitamins are lost through urination and need to be included in every meal, while vitamins A, D, E and K are stored up in the fatty tissues of the body and liver.

The type of dog food is important, because of digestion time. Raw foods, such as meat, vegetables, and even fruit are the easiest foods to digest, and usually in about 4 hours. Semi moist processed dog foods take longer, usually around 9 hours to pass through the stomach, and dry dog foods take up to 16 hours before the dog is receiving energy from the food.

For more information, please consult your veterinarian, as they are the best judge of your dogs individual needs. But it is up to us, the pet owners to care for our four legged friends by continuing to read those labels!

I just found out that a dog's simple tail wag can and may mean many things, some of these include;

Excitement
Anticipation
Playfulness
Contentment/enjoyment
Happy, self-confidence
Anxiety
Questioning another animal or a human as to intentions
Tentative role assessment on meeting another animal
Reassurance ("I'm friendly, are you?")
Uncertainty/apprehension
Submissive placation (if worried by a more dominant animal)

Is that not amazing?

Recent studies also shows that dog's display acts of jealously, especially when they anticipate that the attention he receives is in jeoparty of an object or person.

Believe it!