Vital Statistics: Place of Origin: England Group: Sporting, Gun Dog Height: males 20 in., females 19 in. Weight: 40-55 lbs. Life span: 12-15 yrs. Trainability: moderate Good with children: yes, if socialized Good with other pets: yes The English Springer Spaniel is the forerunner of all English hunting spaniels. The name derives from the springing […]
Modern agriculture’s factory farm system often involves cruelty to animals. The factory farms focus on maximum output with minimum input. As a result, animals are often confined to small spaces, fed drugs to fatten them up, transported in terrible conditions and genetically altered. Chickens raised for their flesh, or “broilers,” are kept in overcrowded sheds […]
Pet Wiki contributor, Arie Menachem, alerted me regarding Leah Roberts of the Orlando Dog Training and Behavior Examiner, who wrote a thought-provoking article on the subject of Dog Training and its relation to the Milgram Experiment. I would like to share some of the highlights of the article with you. After World War II, Nazi […]
