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Nine of the essential amino acids can be found in dense protein rich foods such as red meat, poultry, seafood and dairy products. Plant foods, such as vegetables, fruits and grains, will only provide some of the nine essential amino acids. Remember, dogs are carnivores and while they have evolved to digest starches, they are by nature, meat eaters. The denser the protein source, the richer the available

amino acid. By ensuring that your dog is eating foods that are high in amino acids, or that you are supplementing via free form amino acids as with fresh eggs, you are improving the chances for your dog’s optimal health, greater energy, strength, recovery, improved muscle definition, silky skin/coat, better mood, better memory, stronger heart and enhanced brain function.

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Dogs can get under your skin and into your heart. Unfortunately for the thin and thick skinned of us, unconditional love comes with an unconditional price. Unconditional Love.

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When a dog offers their love

Accept it with a smile

For that love will last a lifetime —

When a dog offers you their love

Take it gladly and with pride

For they will be a faithful friend

Ever by your side.

A dog loves you because you’re you —

Not for how you speak or what job you do

Dog’s can see inside your soul

When they decide you’re okay

To earn your love is their goal.

When you’re sad, they’ll comfort you

And kiss away each tear

You may even wake up in the morning

With a cold nose in your ear.

When a dog offers you their love

Accept it with a smile

For their love will last a lifetime.

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Most dogs are never late for a meal — they know exactly where to be at the same time every day. They also know when to expect their owner home and, like clock-work, place themselves patiently at the door for that arrival. When you witness this behavior, you assume dogs have a sophis-ticated understanding of time. But what is time really like for a dog?

They say a human year is equivalent to about seven dog years. But what does this common theory tell us about a dog’s per-ception of time — Actually, very little. The idea of “dog years” comes from the life expectancy of dogs compared to humans.

So it wouldn’t be correct to apply this idea to the concept of time perception.

To understand how dogs perceive time, we first need to understand how humans per-ceive time. Arguably, each person experienc-es the passing of time in different ways at dif-ferent times. Albert Einstein once explained the principle of relativity by saying, “When a man sits with a pretty girl for an hour, it seems like a minute. But let him sit on a hot stove for a minute — and it’s longer than any hour. That’s relativity” [source: Shapiro].

Even though the experience of time is rela-tive for every individual, all humans think

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instance, our memories are inex-tricably tied to how we understand the passing of time. Our ability to remember events in a particular order plays a large part in our perception of time. We’re also

able to predict things. Though we don’t all claim to be psychic, each of us counts on certain events in the future -- even as simple as assuming that the sun will come up tomorrow. These abilities have important implications — for instance, memory and predic-tion allow us to have a sense of continuity, personal history and self-awareness.

Do dogs and other animals have these same abilities? If you climbed inside a dog’s mind, would you be presented with the memory of eating a raw hide bone

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Porcelain Ceramics were first pro-duced by the Chinese in their late Tang dynasty over 1000 years ago. True, hard-paste porcelain is water-tight when glazed or unglazed. Por-celain can be white, grey or creamy and it is strong, delicate and usu-ally translucent. Meissen produced the first true competitor to Chinese porcelain in 1708. Porcelain can be fired at over 1400°C and the higher

the firing temperature the better the ceramic paste changes into an im-permeable glassy body. Porcelain is usually hard to scratch. A soft-paste porcelain was produced in Europe in the 16thC, it fired at 1100-1200°C and was developed by add-ing glass, flint, quartz or bone (bone china) to the clay.Ceramic Glaze is a glossy or glassy film that is fused to the ceramic body

during firing. It is usually formed from powdered minerals added to water and washed or painted over the object. A glaze can be shiny or matt, hard or soft After application, the ceramic is fired, and the pow-dered coating melts into a hard, glass-like coating. A ceramic glaze is usually for decoration or protec-tion and most glazes can be con-sidered specialised forms of glass.

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Glazing is functionally important for earthenware vessels, which without it would be unsuitable for holding liquids. In addition to the functional as-pects, aesthetic forms include a smooth pleas-ing surface, the degree of gloss and variegation, and finished color. Ceramic glazes can also en-hance an underlying design or texture which can be the natural texture of the clay or an inscribed, carved or painted design.Most of your antique ceramics will be Victorian or early 20th century, but a large percentage of us have no idea what we have inherited from parents or grandparents, or what we have in our attics, cellars, garages or the back of rarely opened, cupboards and box rooms.

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FidO BOARding Dogs that are healthy and have a natural affinity for the water – absolutely love to surf. The California birthplace of Fido Surfing has become a competitive event the world over. Several competitions, many of which raise money for organizations like the ASPCA have become annual events.Make sure you have a dog surfboard. Your dog’s paws can be harmed if he is not using the

right board. Foam boards are bad for dogs as it tears there skin after a few uses, also your dog may chew on a foam board and foam boards have no traction so they use wax which is terrible for a dogs paws as sand and debris get in the webs of your dog’s paws and could be harmful.

Make sure you get a “ Dog Surfboard”. The hard surface dog surfboards are great and

come with many safety features such as a standard ocean rescue safety release handle on the tail for choosing the right waves or hanging on for the ride. They also come with Soft Traction throughout the board, which provides not just traction but also serves as a cushion in case of a wipe out!

The hard Dog Surfboards, are great because you can design

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FidO BOARding your own colors, logo’s, pics of dog or any artwork you can think of! They are totally customized for your dog, which you can’t get with any softboard. Harder top boards float much better and do not fold or bend nor crease. Softboards are a little less stable and slippery which causes the dog to move forward on the board thus causing the surfboard to nose dive.

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Ashley Tisdale’s MaltiPoo Maui may be more than just a purse accessory. According to new research, the breed of dog you choose can reflect your personality.

Owners of toy dogs, like Tisdale and — believe it or not — Sir Isaac Newton, score high on a personality trait called openness, a measure of how intellectually curious, open to new experiences and appreciative of arts and culture a person is. Meanwhile, owners of famously friendly dogs such as the Labrador retriever are likely to be the most agreeable personalities around.

“We go for dogs that are a bit like us, just as we go for a romantic partner who is a bit like us,” study researcher Lance Workman, a psychologist at Bath Spa University in the United Kingdom, told LiveScience.

Workman and his colleagues are interested in how personality traits influence real-world behavior. They focused on dog ownership because earlier studies have found personality differences between dog owners and non-dog owners (dog owners tend to be more agreeable). In one study, Workman and his co-authors found that people are even able to match purebred dogs with their owners, suggesting that certain

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breeds are associated with certain types of people.

In collaboration with the Kennel Club, the researchers set up an online questionnaire for 1,000 owners of purebred dogs. The questionnaire measured what psychologists call the “Big Five” personality traits: openness, conscientiousness, extroversion, agreeableness and neuroticism, a measure of anxiety.

To simplify matters, they split the dog breeds into seven Kennel Club categories: gun dogs, such as the Lab or golden retriever; hound dogs, such as the greyhound; pastoral breeds, including German shepherds and collies; terriers, such as the Staffordshire bull terrier; toy breeds, including Chihuahuas;

utility breeds, such as bulldogs; and working breeds, such as the Doberman.

The results revealed correlations between the type of dog and the owner’s personality. People who own pastoral or utility breeds are the most extroverted of any dog owners. Owners of gun dogs and toy dogs were most agreeable. The most emotionally stable people tended to own hounds, including beagles and Afghans. Toy dog owners were also the most open and imaginative bunch.

The study, which has not yet been peer reviewed, is being presented this week at the British Psychological Society Annual Conference in London. The findings suggest that dog owners naturally

gravitate toward hounds that fit their personality and lifestyle.

But the information might also come in handy for people just starting to pick out a furry pal, Workman said. The questionnaire could be developed to include not only personality concerns, but also practical ones such as living space. Prospective dog-owners would then have a data-based way to choose a breed — a method that could lead to fewer dogs sent to the pound, Workman said.

“You would type in these answers, and it would expand the 50 questions we’ve got to go into lifestyle, and it would say, ‘This is the dog for you,’” he said.

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