Just as taking breaks helps humans be more productive and process information better, dogs train better with short sessions once or twice a week, rather than long sessions or daily drills, a study shows.
Travelling with your beloved family pet can be a challenge if you don’t want to sleep in a tent or a campervan. Caravan chain Big 4 just made life a little easier for mobile canines, dropping its long-standing blanket “no dogs” policy in favour of letting individual park owners set their own policy.
Making sure your fish tank does not overflow is important for your fish, your carpets, and possibly the people who live on the floor below you. Aquarium web site Monsterminibow details how to to make a DIY overflow sensor.
Keeping your pet’s water dish full can be a chore (especially if your pet is the large, thirsty kind). Commercial auto-water devices are expensive and don’t supply the freshest water. The hacker solution, of course, is to rig your own water-refilling system.
For some pet cats, trashing pot plants around the house is the only reason to stop sleeping in the nearest sunny patch. If you’ve given up on keeping houseplants because of a feline terror campaign, you might find this hack, using an IKEA plastic bag storer, a nifty way of creating some plant protection.
