Here's the list of recognized breeds by the American Kennel Club. Please remember, mixed breed puppies are also beautiful companions who are wonderful combination of all the best traits of the various breeds represented!

 

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We invite you to join our "Do you look like your dog" contest. It doesnt matter what your dog looks like. For all we care, he or she looks like you! Please e-mail your pictures as an attachment to: pictures@housepetmagazine.com.

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LIKE A CAT AND A DOG!

Did you know that many skills an animal needs to learn are developed through play?
Animals not only engage in play to learn skills, but because it brings them pleasure and is key to social development.

Wolf to Woof!

"Besides the dog, only one other mammal has that rare combination of unusual genetic diversity & a widespread, well-mixed gene pool: humans." - Robert Wayne of the University of California, Los Angeles.

Article Reprinted as a courtesy and with permission from George Johnson, txtwriter.com

"...From what creature did the domestic dog arise? Darwin suggested that wolves, coyotes, and jackals -- all of which can interbreed and produce fertile offspring-- may all have played a role, producing a complex dog ancestry that would be impossible to unravel. In the 1950s, Nobel Prize-winning behaviorist Konrad Lorenz suggested some dog breeds derive from jackals, others from wolves. CLICK HERE TO READ THE COMPLETE ARTICLE

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Draw your own house pet!

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Few simple principals that a responsible dog lover would follow: CLICK HERE


Higher voices, faster motions, and often forgetting to use gentle hands may upset your dog whether or not he or she is a young puppy or an older friend who is very well trained. Please act kindly with dogs. Pulling ears and tails, running like crazy, teasing, hitting, cornering the dog, tormenting the dog when he or she is sleeping, etc., can lead to a nip or worse. Granted, dogs should learn to tolerate all body parts being touched, having food and toys taken from them and various sounds, but even the best trained dog has his or her limits. Many dog bites are not directly the fault of the dog but were instigated by a child. Even the best trained dog if hurt or pushed enough could bite. Dogs have bad days and if they are not feeling well, a pulled ear that normally would be ignored could this time end in a bite. Being with a dog is a privilege for a child. If you cannot behave, the dog will not want to play with you.

Please do not torment dogs that are confined to the dogs' property - this includes: running up and down fences getting dogs to chase; poking sticks at or tossing things over the fence; barking at or otherwise aggravating the dogs. Ideally, dogs should not be left outside when the owner is not at home to intervene children who would tease the pet. However, many dog owners leave their dogs out when no one is home so parents must make sure their children are behaved and know rules about dogs. A hand dangling over a fence to tease a dog is a prime target for a bite. Dont forget kids, that dogs are feeling beings. To tease and/or hurt a dog can lead to a serious problem.

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Can you tell what they are thinking ?!!!

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Memory Game
 The Wolf Game
 Tetris
 Farm Game


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The adventures of an unusual dog, part St. Bernard, part Scotch Shepherd, that is forcibly taken to the Klondike gold fields where he eventually becomes the leader of a wolf pack. First published in 1903, The Call of the Wild is regarded as Jack London's masterpiece 160 pages.

Call of the Wild
by Jack London
(Grades 3-6 and +)
   
 
 
 

Meet Ginger Pye, the smartest dog you'll ever know. Jerry Pye and his sister, Rachel, feel pretty smart themselves for buying Ginger. It was the best dollar they ever spent. Ginger steals everybody's heart . . . until someone steals him! Newbery Award winning story. 250 pages

Ginger Pye
by Eleanor Estes
(Grades 3-6)

 
This illustrated guide is written especially for kids, with information on dogs and how they develop and grow. Kids learn what to feed puppies, how to play games that are safe and enjoyable. They also learn basics of puppy handling and grooming, obedience, tricks they can teach young canines, and much more. Ages 9-12, or 4-8 with parents' guidance.

Puppy Training for Kids
by Sarah Whitehead, Jane Burton
 
   
 
 

What's really going on behind those patient eyes and wagging tails, that loving lick or plaintive bark? You Are a Dog reveals all in a series of whimsical yet profound vignettes told in the voice of "everydog." Readers will discover their dogs and themselves in passages so funny and so true that they'll read them out loud to friends and family. Filled with good-hearted humor, sweetness, and even pathos, You Are a Dog is an irresistible treat.

You Are A Dog
by Terry Bain
(Highschool and +)

 

  

When is a dog not just a dog? Is it when he's a growling lion standing guard at the gate? Or a slippery seal slick with soap from his bath? Or maybe it's when he's a crouching crocodile stalking the dinner table crumbs--or a billy goat chewing the mail once again (oh no!) Michael J. Rosen and artist Ted Rand have created a fanciful and affectionate tribute to dogs, kids, and the magical combination they form together.

With a Dog Like That, a Kid Like Me
by Michael J. Rosen
(Baby-Preschool)