Vital Statistics: Place of Origin: England Group: Scent hound Height: males 16 in., females 13 in. Weight: males 20-30 lbs., females 20 lbs. or less Life span: 10-15 yrs. Trainability: high, will especially work for food Good with children: yes Good with other pets: yes with other dogs, other pets when raised together The Beagle […]
Agility competitions began at Crufts in the late 1970s. They began as an entertainment act in the intermission and were based on horse shows. Agility competitions test a dog’s fitness and the handler’s ability to train and direct the dog over and through certain obstacles. The handler must direct the dog verbally or with signals, […]
There’s a new designer pet called the Micro Pig. It measures just 8 inches from nose to tail and weight 9 oz. at birth, about the size of a teacup. Jane Croft, formerly a veterinary nurse, left her job to breed pigs and came up with these micro sized pigs. When full-grown, the micro pig […]
