Aspen the Yorkie

Here is the really good article, I hope you enjoy it! Since I’m getting to be an older dog according to the article, I told my owner about it. I didn’t know that now that I’m 8 I’m considered a “senior dog”, and now I understand why I like to take more naps. There’s lots of good pet articles at Selling With Articles if you look in the pets category. We saw that there are over 200 of them! Enjoy the article:

The Companionship of an Older Dog

By: Janie Knetzer

My husband and I have rescued dogs of all ages over the years. Since we love dogs and want to help when we can, we always get our dogs from shelters and dog rescue groups. We have consistently found older dogs to be our favorites. Their gentleness and straightforwardness have always fit well into our hectic lives.

A dog at or above the age of eight is considered to be a senior dog. The great thing about adopting an older dog is that while they are far calmer than a younger dog, they are still healthy and enjoy playing.

In contrast to younger dogs, an older dog does not demand all of your attention all of the time. However, they do till like a regular routine just like a young dog. Dogs are always happiest when they can rely on a regular schedule, regardless of whether they are an older dog or still a puppy.

A regularly scheduled walk, regular feeding times and the opportunity to snuggle up to you while you read or watch television are ideal for your dog. Come up with a daily schedule which works for you and your dog and you will both be happy.

An older dog has a bit less energy than a puppy, so they will spend a little more of their time sleeping. You may need to give your senior dog a little push to ensure that they receive enough exercise to stay in good shape.

Kids And Senior Dogs

If you are thinking of adopting an older dog but have small children, remember that older dogs (just like us when we get older) do have aches and pains, meaning that they may not exactly love having children tackling them all of the time.

Parents should always teach their children to respect animals and treat them as they would want to be treated if their roles were reversed. If an older dog is a pet you’d like to take in, make sure that they are good with kids and can be relaxed in their presence. If the dog tries to escape from children, they likely will be uncomfortable around yours.

This does not by any means indicate that this older dog is a bad dog, merely that they are alarmed by their sudden movements or perhaps have been mistreated by children in the past. Families with small children should look for older dogs who walk up to children happily seeking to greet them.

Senior Dogs Have Little Chance For Rescue

It is very unfortunate, but most people overlook the older dogs when looking to adopt. Never realizing just how much these wonderful dogs have to offer. Their calm, gentle and grateful disposition makes them the perfect candidates for many families, single people and older people as well.

The only downside to adopting a senior dog is that you might not have the opportunity to spend as many years with them as you would like to. Yet, once you witness for yourself their undeniable gratitude and companionship, age no longer matters.

It is our hope that if you are thinking about adopting a dog, that you will please consider an older dog. Those gray muzzles are well worth a look.

Author Resource:-> Janie has been working with dogs for over twenty five years. She resides in Southwestern Pennsylvania with her husband and two dogs. She dedicates herself to educating others about the importance of responsible dog care. http://www.old-dog-treats-and-rawhide.com

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I’m really happy to introduce you to another dog friend of mine named Jack. His owner mommy, Vicki Taylor, said he was an American Eskimo, maybe that’s why he has such a beautiful, white coat of hair. We were looking around on the web, and saw that some people call their American Eskimo an “Eskie”, just like a Yorkshire Terrier is called a “Yorkie”. My owner keeps saying she’s never seen a dog like this, they are so pretty and white.

Jack is a BIG dog compared to little me, and he is the one that introduced me to Dogster. If you click right here, you can visit his site. I haven’t joined dogster yet, but will let you know when I do.

As you may already know, my owner is really into blogging, in fact she asked me if she could do this post. I said yes even though I’d rather be taking a walk or eating a snack, but she convinced me that by talking about socializing through blogging, maybe more people would come and visit us.

There are lots of fun ways you can connect with other people, and we get a lot of help from I Z E A, that’s pronounced like “idea”. We’ve met so many people AND pets through SocialSpark, and with their help, have been able to find a lot of great things to blog about. I think my owner is going to be getting a sample of some air freshener soon to try, and then she can write about it on one of her blogs. What happens after that? Well since I’m a dog and not really good at explaining things like a human, just stop by at this social media link and see for yourself, and I hope you’ll have as much fun as we are. Now I think I better get my owner to take me for a walk, or give me a treat, or SOMETHING, she likes blogging TOO much!

This is my friend, Pixel. Pixel visits here a lot, and leaves funny and nice comments on my posts.

Pixel is a Yorkie-Poo, I hope I spelled that right and won’t tell you what I thought it meant at first (LOL), because Pixel’s human, the famous “Pop Art Diva” said she is called that because she is partly poodle. But only about 10% so that’s why she’s almost totally a Yorkie just like me!!

I’ll tell you why her picture looks like it does in a minute…but first, this cute little Yorkie lives in Arizona, and loves to travel to art shows with her owner. I’ve also heard she LOVES her cookies!

Now for the picture, if you are owned by a talented artist, I guess this is what happens to your picture, your hair gets a “Photoshop Grooming”. I bet that if you have a dog picture that needs a Photoshop Grooming, the Pop Art Diva can do it for you, but I’m not sure, you’ll have to ask her. She has a really colorful website right here, and you can find her colorful blogs from there.

AND, not to be outdone, Pixel is going to have her own blog, just like I do. Her blog is going to be pixelthepuppy.com, if you go there now, and there is nothing but a hosting service page, come back and try again soon!

I have another friend to introduce you too, and from this picture, I’d say this is one lucky dog! I mean look at her, she can lounge in the grass…I can’t do that ’cause I have allergies to flea bites, even if they just hop on and give me one little bite, and that happens even if I have my Frontline on. Kelly is 12 1/2 years old, and is part Yellow Labrador Retriever and part something else, maybe terrier.

Her full name is Kelle Belle, and her owner, Debra Shiveley Welch said saying her name is kinda’ like singing “Wooly Booley”, my owner laughed, but I was a little confused? After all, my owner is a LOT older than I am…oh, I’m not supposed to say that!  But she remembered a song and started to sing it.  Very strange human behavior.

I guess you’re wondering about the “Cops” thing. My owner said Cops are Police men and women. They ride around in cars that have sirens and flashy lights sometimes.  They are there to protect humans from danger, but she said that once in a while, VERY rarely (ha!) one pulls up behind her and she has to pull the car over and show the police person some little papers in her wallet.  Then he gives her something called a ticket.

But for Wooly Booley, I mean Kelly Belle, that doesn’t happen. When they are driving behind her owners car, they think she’s so cute they make kissy faces at her, I bet that has saved Debra LOTS of tickets! I’ll have to try that sometime, because even though I don’t know what a ticket is, it sounds like something bad.

I’m happy to have another new friend! She takes good care of Debra’s son, Chris, too. Oh, did I tell you that Debra and her son are both authors? You’ll have to visit Debra’s website!

One of my friends (you’ll meet him later) introduced me to a new website, just for dogs! I haven’t figured it out yet, it looks like a place to have a blog, and I already have a blog, but it looks like there’s a lot more. The site is called “Dogster“.

The only thing I didn’t like was that Yorkshire Terriers were number 9 in the “popular dogs” part of the home page, of course I think we should be number 1 >:-(< Oh well.

When my owner has time, I’ll have to get her to help me browse around the site more and see if there’s any nice dogs for me to be friends with. I wonder if there’s a “Catster”?

I thought I’d introduce you to some of my friends. Some I’ve met all by myself, others my owner has introduced me to. Today I’m going to introduce you to 4 cats, yes, me, a dog introducing cats. But these are special cats because they are owned by a special lady in Australia who is having a book launch TODAY! If you are a person who works at home, or thinking of working at home, you’ll want to visit eBook & Book Reviews & News and look for the post on this special “Amazon Blitz”. Don’t worry, it opens a separate page and you can come right back here after you visit. It’s going great so far!

Anyway, back to the cats. This is from Kathie Thomas’ web page showing her cats taking advantage of her office space, the place where her books have their beginning, at least the writing part. They are really cute!

This is Beauie sleeping in a paper pile.

Here’s Shadow resting in the desk drawer

This is Smokey, looks like he’s waiting for a fax

and finally, Toki, after a long day in the office.

Thanks, Kathie, for sharing these pictures, they are so fun, and here’s the original post that Kathie sent us to borrow the pictures from.

Kathie, my owner and I wish you the very best in with your “book blitz” today and hope you sell lots of copies of “Worth More Than Rubies“, my owner bought a copy, she can’t wait to get it!

My owner loves horses. She used to have one, and wanted us to write about horses on this blog, so we talked about it, and I let her add a page to the site with some simple horse buying tips.

She used to own an Appaloosa, and said that I am smaller than a horses head. I guess I must be pretty small, or horses must be really big. I like writing about me the most, and thought we had agreed we would just write about little dogs, but she loves other kinds of animals too, abd begged me, and promised me an extra snack that she’s giving me right now!

Enjoy the horse article, we’ll be back with something about dogs tomorrow. Snack time!