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9 Best Ways To Keep Your Cat Cool This Summer

Are there cats tend to prefer their environment to be a degree or two warmer than we humans usually choose? The recent hot weather has really tested them and can at times be too hot for them. So Happy & Polly provides a choice of ways for cat owners to keep their cats cool in the heat. 1. Get a fan for your cat Let’s start with a really easy one get your cat a fan. It sounds a bit weird, but you need to get one for your cat, and you can put it next to the bed. If your cat is a bit nervous, definitely play some relax music in the background as you're introducing your cat to your fan. 2. Provide cool places Did you know that cats can actually get sunburnt? Cats that have lighter colors, or white cats or cream cats, their noses and ears and anywhere where there's not a lot of fur can get sunburnt. The best ways to avoid this is to keep your cat inside during hot times of the day. When the sun is a little bit cooler, t...

How To Train Your Dog to Listen with 5 Simple Rules

When you first bring your puppy home, they might follow you anywhere. Over time though, they will become more confident and comfortable in their environment. This is a very impressionable time for your puppy and you need to be giving them good information. Happy & Polly will give five tips for keeping focus and listening skills from your puppy to keep them safe and maintain your sanity. I. Using Your Crate Correctly A dog crate is a great way to keep a puppy safe when you aren't able to supervise them. It's also really important way to give them a consistent location that's just their own. What's important is having a plan for when your puppy comes out and also to instill some listening skills. The plan doesn't need to be complicated, but be impactful for your puppy. Every time your puppy comes out of their crate, you're there to train them. You're there to entertain them, to engage with them. It's time to take your puppy out of crate, ...

10 Great Tips to Stop Your Dog From Biting

Your puppy doesn’t speak your language. All things have to be taught to them. This is why saying “no bite” or “stop biting” really isn’t going to work. And none of the great tips will stop your dog from biting in one day! Happy & Polly will share 10 tips in this article to help your puppy with all this biting and learn bite inhibition! Why Does Your Puppy Bite? Puppies bite for a few different reasons, and it’s important to take note of why they are biting because this can help solve this problem. Here are the top 5 reasons. Exploring: Puppies explore the world with their mouth. They use their nose and mouth to check things out. So if your hand is sweaty or smells like food, your puppy is going to nip and bite. Natural Urge: Puppies have a natural urge to chew and bite. If you do not give them the right things to chew on, they will chew on you and your furniture. Teething: Puppies who are teething (3-6 months) will want to chew and bite even more because they have sore...

20 Things New Puppy Owners Need to Know

If you're about to become a new puppy owner, you probably want to know everything you can about the breed. So in this article, Happy & Polly will talk about your puppy's first week home and how to have a well-behaved four-legged family member. 1. Dog Crate What will you need to buy to prepare for bringing your adorable puppy home? One of the first things is to get a dog crate to keep your puppy locked in. It is the most important thing you need to train your dog in the future days. 2. Baby Gates Then you will need baby gates put up around your kitchen or other places to prevent them from entering or exiting the house. 3. Indoor leash/house lines You will need a house line, and a smaller line for little puppies. You can also buy a dog collar, or a dog leash . It is very useful in future trainings. 4. Flat buckle Collar A flat buckle collar is also the collar that most people are familiar with and use. It is used for tying dogs to avoid hurting themselve...

Pet Grocery Market 2020 - Challenges and Opportunities Under COVID-19 Pandemic

The global pet grocery store is predicted to develop from $74.6 billion in 2019 to $75.five billion in 2020 at a compound annual boom rate (CAGR) of 1.3%. The low increase is mainly due to economic slowdown throughout countries thanks to the COVID-19 outbreak and the measures to contain it. The marketplace is then predicted to recover and develop at a CAGR of 6% from 2021 and reach $88.five billion in 2023. The average consumption in step with capita in value terms reached 16.34 USD in step with capita (in retail prices) in 2014. In the next five years, it grew at a CAGR of 4.48% in step with annum. In the medium term (by 2024), the indicator is forecast to sluggish down its boom and growth at a CAGR of 3.64% per annum. North America turned into the largest location in the global pet grocery store, accounting for 38% of the marketplace in 2019. Western Europe become the second largest region accounting for 22% of the worldwide pet grocery store. Middle East turned into the smallest...

Can My Dog or Cat Spread Coronavirus?

Around the world, people are really worried about coronavirus. You've seen people wearing masks and you might have also seen some pictures of people's dogs wearing masks. In this article, Happy & Polly will tell you whether your dog or cat can spread COVID-19, and how to protect your pets from virus. Can Pet Spread COVID-19? There is a difference between being infected and being infectious, it's when you're infectious that you are capable of spreading the virus. The corona virus has spread to countries across the world, but officials believe that it all started in Wuhan, China. It's believed that the virus that may have originated from a market in the city where people can buy an assortment of wild game meat. It's too early to say that. The moment we have this one case of Hong Kong or the pet dog, who has shown a weak positive result for the virus, they think perhaps this dog picked up the disease from a contaminated surface. It is after all living ...