Myths about dogs

Dogs don’t age 7 years for every human year. Contrary to popular belief, there is no exact formula to gauge how much a dog ages. But a rough guide is thus: The first year of a dog's life is equivalent to 16 human years. After 2 years, they are the equivalent of a 24-year-old. At 3 years, they are the equivalent of a 30-year-old. Each year after, add 5 human years to determine your dog's age. This is a rough guide, however. 


Dogs are not color blind. Dogs can actually see in color, but they can't tell the difference between yellow, green or red, but they can distinguish between shades of blue and gray. In fact, they can tell the difference between closely related shades of blue, gray and violet better than humans. 


Dog saliva was once believed to be antiseptic. Though it can kill some bacteria, but dog saliva contains its own exotic bacteria that can cause serious infections, especially in humans whose immune systems are weak.

Dogs don’t feel guilt when they do something wrong. The "hang-dog" look is not guilt – it's fear. Because he perceives you as the leader of the pack, he will act submissive if he senses you are displeased, but he doesn't feel guilty about knocking something down. If the dog is not caught red-handed in the act, your dog will not have the faintest idea what he did wrong to make you angry.


A wagging tail does not always signify a happy dog? But In most cases, it does. Tail wagging is similar to a human smile. It is a social sign meant to communicate an emotional state to someone else. Dogs reserve their tail wags for living things. A dog will wag its tail for a person, or another dog and may do so for a cat and others animals. Even when you give a dog a bowl of food, it will wag its tail just to say, -Thank you, and to show you that he’s pleased.

But dog owners need to be aware that – dogs also wiggle their tails when they are agitated, tense, anxious, annoyed and ready to fight.

Many people believe dogs that crouch or lower their heads when approached have been abused, but some dogs are so submissive that they naturally behave this way.

Leon meets a cat

I often meets cats on my many trips, and every time the same happens. I want to say hello to those cats, but my owners will not let me. So therefore the chat have to takes place at a distance.

How to photograph a dog. Part 2

Family photo albums are not complete without pictures of your dog.
It's not unusual to see a beautiful portrait of a dog alongside other family portraits on the wall. But taking great pictures of your dog isn't always easy. It's like taking pictures of a little child, they has no interest whatsoever in sitting still and look pretty for a portrait.
Regardless of the challenges, take your time and try to capture the personality of your dog. In a great photograph it is time well spent. Not only will you and your dog get to spend some quality time together, but you and your dog will also learn subtle of each other's moods and personalities.

Get on their level…. or not We often hear that we should try to photograph dogs, or any animal, from their level. For the portrait it might be aesthetically correct to take the picture from the dog’s level, but sometimes there should be exceptions to rules. Especially when it comes to capture the animal naturalness and reality, it is important to use different perspectives. You enter their world and get a glimpse of what life of your dog, is all about. It is also difficult to capture the really real situations if you constantly want to have control, and photographing the dog under control forms. So go low, go high and play with perspectives. You will be impressed by the results you achieved since the images becomes more personal, playful and more intimate.

Include PeopleOne of the best things you can do to add context and personality in the picture, is to include people in the life of your pet in the image. Shots with the owner or other family members can make the images incredibly special for years to come. You might like to try posed shots but sometimes it’s the candid shots of owner and pet that really capture the character of the pet and evoke emotion. It’s not always necessary to have eye contact with the dog, when you photograph it.

I and many with me, likes to sleep a lot

Dog owners are often worried about why we (dogs) sleep so much. I can tell that this is perfectly a normal behavior for me, and those like me. It’s not unusual for us (dogs) to sleep up to 18 hours a day. But also important, if you think we are acting outher of the ordinary though, take us (the dog) to the vet just in case, and if you are worried.

It’s also important for the owner of the dog, that they don’t feel cruelty of leaving us (the dog) home alone the majority of the time. Just make sure that you are taken us for at least two good solid walks per day. This will get our energy drained.

Why we sleep so much, here is why: We (dogs) sleep like humans, there are still two types of sleep: rapid eye movement and slow wave sleep, but unlike humans we wake up more frequently than humans do. So, although it may seem like we (dogs) is sleeping, we also have many interruptions while we sleeps.

You may also note that when we sleep do you really think we (dogs) are sleeping. We most likely will lay awake and listen and protect the house when our owners sleep.

But that said; Watch how we (dogs) sleep, why? Because if we sleep more then usual we may be ill, or pregnant and or on medications, and need to be seen by the vet. Also remember if we are on medication, which may cause drowsiness.

Many may think we (the dogs) will sleep anywhere, but some of us are very particular about where we sleep. You may notice some of us (dogs) circling or pawing at our sleeping place before we settles. This is to make a comfortable, den-like depression in which to sleep on.

Some humans love snuggling us up at night and there is no question, we (the dogs) love sharing ours owners’ bed. Advocates of this method say it strengthens the human-canine bond – not to mention the comfort and warmth we (the dog) can provide for our owners. However, this can upset the sometimes-precarious hierarchy, because we (the dog) may get delusions of grandeur. In other words, we may think we are higher on our household's social scale than some other members of the family. Keep this in mind!

What to do on cold winter evenings

Now when those long dark evening, with the cold is here, there is finally time to watch some television. I do not like most of what is sent on this box. But the promos for dog food and music programs are some of my favorites. And not forget, Animal planet of course.

Leon

Me and my friend, shadow

I know I like to be walked at least three times a day -- once in the morning, once in the middle of the day and the last one at the evening. Wherever I go, I know my companion....Shadow are with me. But even though I'm the same dog all day long also when the shadows change it's form... it’s still fill my thoughts about who we are….

Leon