Dog Care

Margaret on August 21st, 2013

There are several places where a person can rescue a puppy/dog in Barbados from an animal shelter  instead of obtaining one from a breeder. Some of these puppies/dogs are found wandering the roads and/or beaches and may be brought to one of the rescue organisations by kind people. The main organisations I am aware of […]

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Margaret on August 16th, 2013

[embedplusvideo height=”360″ width=”450″ editlink=”http://bit.ly/13FY8MA” standard=”http://www.youtube.com/v/G-KYUAHTwTo?fs=1″ vars=”ytid=G-KYUAHTwTo&width=450&height=360&start=&stop=&rs=w&hd=0&autoplay=0&react=1&chapters=&notes=” id=”ep8113″ /]   Sometimes a litter of puppies might include a “swimmer” and that is a puppy that appears to be unable to stand and try walking like other normal puppies in a litter.  The “swimmer” puppy will have its legs and arms outstretched and be unable to sit […]

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Margaret on July 8th, 2013

In an ideal situation, new born puppies are completely taken care of by their mother.   However, sometimes, humans need to step in to help and ensure that in the case where the puppies mother might be unable to feed them successfully, they still  get milk.  A bitch might have mastitis, or another infection, or […]

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Margaret on May 13th, 2013

This  blog post is based on the shipment of three Bouvier Des Flandres dogs from two different litters which were bred by me and were owned by one of my friends who returned to the USA.  She lived in Barbados for approximately 14 years and the oldest of the Bouviers was 8 years old at the […]

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This was seen in yesterday’s issue of Barbados Free Press and I am one of many individuals who think that Barbados should have better animal rights legislation so I am glad to see a major blog like Barbados Free Press taking it up! I hope there would be an investigation to reveal the accuracy of […]

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Margaret on January 17th, 2013

As seen in today’s issue of The Nation newspaper: Surgeries performed on animals for purely cosmetic reasons will soon be deemed as unethical by vets in Barbados. A release from the Barbados Veterinary Association (BVA) has stated that vets will no longer be performing these surgeries as from February 1, 2013. Vice President, Dr. Michelle […]

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Margaret on January 6th, 2013

The photograph  and the information below were provided to me by Jenny Mayhem with a request to post them on this blog. Jenny Mayhem Donates January Sales to RSPCA Barbadian singer-songwriter Jenny Mayhem is donating all sales of her newest single “Shifter” to the Barbados RSPCA this month. Until January 30th, Jenny will direct all […]

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Margaret on December 13th, 2012

This post did carry for over six months the widget which was a petition in support  for animal rights in Barbados. It is hard to imagine that animals would be forced to endure the suffering of some of the dogs shown. Dogs tied to trees for a whole day, hardly fed and with little fresh […]

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Scheduled for Saturday, November 24th, 2012, at Lion Castle’s Polo grounds, the Ark Animal Welfare Society expects to have all kinds of stalls, over 50 stalls where people can start shopping for Xmas gifts. A fun day out with children, under 12, admitted free. A DJ, snacks and teas, a dog agility exhibition put on […]

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Margaret on February 20th, 2011

Thanks, Shane, for providing below the very informative post on the care of show dogs’ coats. Shane’s post is full of very useful information and covers all stages of grooming for show dogs in the Spitz category. But the product list and procedure is also useful for all breeds. And that is Shane’s Chow Chow […]

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