Doe anyone know where there is a Portuguese Pointer breeder around Mi,Oh, and In?

Contact: Portuguese Pointer Club of America, Mrs. Temple DaSilva, AKC Liaison, 289 Denison Hill Road, North Stonington, CT 06359; phone: 860-599-1661; email: GreenFallsHollow@comcast.net

ahh, very cute

http://www.akc.org/breeds/portuguese_pointer/photos.cfm

Portuguese pointer (perdigueiro Português) judging at an all-breed dog show in Santarém, Portugal

What are the best large breed dogs have?

I need one that has a great temperament and drive, not to train. Thanks! Well, I mean, gentle dogs that like to lay around, and GIANT, breeds of dogs. Thanks:)

Many soft "loafing around" dog breeds large, full of lint, and a training capacity tend to … well, slime. Mastiffs, Saints, the Danes. It's worth the drool, if you are willing to endure a wet lap time and again. A little more detail would be ideal, but if not, certainly put a bit of research on the three different breeds. http://www.yourpurebredpuppy.com/dogbreeds/index.html

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How do you perform CPR on a dog? Do you know of any other emergency care tips for dogs?

NO I am not in an emergency, but I would like to know for future reference.

Here is a wonderful brochure explaining the various life-saving canine CPR techniques:

http://members.cox.net/theuncommoncanine/dog_cpr.htm

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Dogs are usually called the most sincere and faithful friends of humans. The history reveals to us that a way back 25,000 years on the face of earth, when the first interaction between these two species occurs. The biologists and zoologists think deep on the occurrence of dogs and they even collect multiple remains of dogs. The oldest definite remains of a dog are a jawbone that is over 14,000 years old. Another fossil found was 10,500 years old. These dogs were probably used for hunting. In the 18th century, Captain Cook found dogs on islands in the Pacific Ocean. The history enriches us that these were always a definite sincere friends of human. The stories of dog’s faithfulness are always golden and alive. No one can say that these are illusions. These are the masterpiece of sincerity and love.

Now the sincerity of dogs are being used in another way. They have become the guide for blind people so they can be a permanent source of support in their life. Dogs are much like and loved in this world. Almost 36% of world’s population own dogs. Hence this matter is very much pleasing that the dogs were used as guide for blind.

These dogs are termed as “Guide Dogs” which help lead people who are blind. There are about 14 different guide dog schools in North America and these are participating in providing best guide dogs. These guide dogs are widely spread in North America and people are very much thankful to these schools. Guide dog puppies are usually born in one of those schools. They train there for about two months by the experience instructors, well aware by the human and dog psyche.

After initial two months training in these schools, these guide puppies are given to foster parents to train. Foster parents teach them basic obedience such as how to get along with cats and other dogs. This behavior training creates a sense of humanity and relationship among these puppies and build them as a strong guide.

Then these growing guide dogs learn to sit, stay, come, stop, and leave. This phase is also very much important in behaviour building phase. These important actions take them into some sophisticated frame of mind. They also learn what “forward”, “backward”, “up”, “down”, “leave it”, and “no”, means. This reaction-geberated environment made them active for response against words uttered by human beings.

After they learn these whole phenomenon, they are ready to be guide dogs. Guide dogs learn to wear harnesses, and to change direction from commands and its much important learning for a guide dog. Guide dogs learn at three different levels as described above. They are quiet, fairly busy, and busy intersections but very cary and lovely.

This new wave of guide dogs for blind people put these animal too closer to the human beings even those who dislike these animals. The old listened stories of dog’s sincerity and faithfulness become alive and people can see these dogs helping human in finding directions, roads, destinations and even things. This all happened because these are too closer to the human beings.

I am a young motivated Behavior Scientist and working for change. Working for a better environment and a healthy nation. Having a stuff of literary stuff that was created by me for the sake of information and change. I was born intelligent but studies made me stupid.

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