cheerfuldogs chronicles
The cheerfuldogs chronicles are a series of e-newsletters jointly produced by cheerfuldogs.com and cheerfuldogswalking.com. We present useful information about dog training and walking, interesting snippets on dogs in our daily life, and tips and tools on dog health and behaviours. Drop us an email if you wish to be on our subscription list to receive the latest issues. Browse through our archives to find any articles that interest you. Enjoy as we share about the fascinating world of our pet dogs.
Issue 1:
A World of Dogs: Why adopt from a shelter?
Dog in the Spotlight: Smooth Fox Terrier
Tips & Tools: What to do if a dog is choking
Issue 2:
Living with Dogs: 5 essentials of dog park etiquette
cheerfuldogs BFF in the Spotlight: Princess
Healthy Dog: Caring for an ageing dog
Issue 3:
Living with Dogs: Assess your puppy readiness
Did You Know: These dog temperature facts?
Issue 4:
Book Club: Being a Dog by Alexandra Horowitz
cheerfuldogs BFF in the Spotlight: Piko
Dogs in Action: Pipeline detection
Healthy Dog: Picking healthy dog treats
Issue 5:
Living with Dogs: Preventing obesity in dogs
Dog quotes: Nora Roberts
Dogs in Action: Canine fitness
Issue 6:
Book Club: Bestselling material
Dog quotes: Lord Byron
Healthy Dog: Dogs and flatulence
Issue 8:
Family Dog: Adding a dog to your family
Dog Quotes: Milan Kundera
Tips & Tools: People-foods to avoid
Did You Know: These doggie genetic facts?
Issue 9:
Living with Dogs: Why create a cozy den for your dog?
Did You Know: The origin of this doggie phrase “Man’s best friend”?
Healthy Dog: Skin problems
Issue 10:
Living with Dogs: A tired dog is a good dog?
Dogs in Action: Search & Rescue (SAR)
Tips & Tools: 5 tips for office etiquette
Issue 11:
Living with Dogs: Understanding motivation
Dog Quotes: Dean Koontz
Did You Know: How many puppies per litter?
Issue 12:
A World of Dogs: Dogs, dogs everywhere
Dog Quotes: Kathy Sdas
Dog in the Spotlight: The Basset Hound
Issue 13:
Healthy Dog: Rabies 101
Dog in the Spotlight: Doberman Pincher
Tips & Tools: 4 tips for feeding a senior dog
Issue 15:
Living with Dogs: Bark! Bark! Bark!
Did You Know: The origin of this doggie phrase “Dog days of summer”?
Healthy Dog: Allergies in dogs
Issue 16:
Family Dog: Hot weather activities for your dog
Dog Quotes: Edith Wharton
Dog in the Spotlight: Yorkshire Terrier
Issue 18:
A World of Dogs: Cultivating dog-smart kids
Healthy Dog: How much to feed your dog
Issue 19:
Living with Dogs: If you like it, reward it
Dog Quotes: Agnes Sligh Turnbill
Healthy Dog: Dog first aid and CPR
Issue 20:
Healthy Dog: Thunder phobia
Dog in the Spotlight: Labrador Retriever
Tips & Tools: When kids meet dogs
Issue 21:
Living with Dogs: Toys, wonderful toys
Did You Know: These doggie blood group facts?
Issue 22:
Dogs In Action: Autism service dogs
Did You Know: These doggie facts?
Tips & Tools: Safety at your fingertips
Issue 23:
A World of Dogs: Picking a winner – adopting from a shelter
Tips & Tools: Preventing dog loss
Issue 24:
Living with Dogs: Your baby-preparation to-do list
Dog Quotes: Phil Pastoret
Dogs in Action: Movie star dogs
Issue 25:
Living with Dogs: The 5 rules of recall
Dog Quotes: Corey Ford
Dog in the Spotlight: The Beagle
Issue 27:
Family Dog: Playing hide-and-seek with your dog
Dog In the Spotlight: The Pug
Tips & Tools: A home safety checklist
Issue 28:
Healthy Dog: Why groom?
Did You Know: These dog world records?
Tips & Tools: Moving with dog
Issue 29:
A World of Dogs: A dog’s world view
Dog quotes: Charles M. Schulz
Did You Know: Why dogs lick their wounds?
Issue 30:
A World of Dogs: Knowing your dog inside out
Living With Dogs: A walk in the park: Strolling with dog and baby
Issue 31:
Living With Dogs: Play it safe
Dog Quotes: Franklin Jones
Dogs In Action: Conservation dogs
Issue 32:
Dogs In Action: Rollerblading with your dog
Dogs In Action: Seizure-alert dogs
Tips & Tools: Disaster preparedness
Issue 33:
Living With Dogs: Tots and tail-waggers
Dog In the Spotlight: Golden Retriever
Healthy Dog: Canine hydrotherapy
Issue 34:
A World of Dogs: A genius for survival
Dog In the Spotlight: Italian Greyhound
Tips & Tools: Cleaning doggie stains and odours
Issue 35:
Living With Dogs: The 5 pillars of successful dog-dog greetings
Dog Quotes: Paul Howard
Did You Know: These doggie facts?
Issue 36:
Dogs In Action: Guide dogs
Dog In the Spotlight: Border Collie
Healthy Dog: Bad breath in dogs
Issue 37:
Living With Dogs: Let them sniff
Dog Quotes: Elayne Boosler
Dog In the Spotlight: The Dachshund
Issue 38:
Living With Dogs: 5 tips for keeping your dog busy
Healthy Dog: We are what we eat
Dog Sports Around the World: Weight pulling
Issue 39:
The Family Dog: Keeping hot dogs cool
Dog in the Spotlight: German Wirehaired Pointer
Did You Know: Nose jobs
Issue 40:
Tips & Tools: A harmonious multi-species household
Dog In the Spotlight: Doberman, the origin story
Dog Sports Around the World: Tracking
Issue 41:
A World of Dogs: The dog-human bond
Dog Quotes: Captain Beefheart
Tips & Tools: Snakebite
Issue 42:
Living With Dogs: Keeping Fido busy while you feed baby
Did You Know: These extinct dog breeds?
Dog Sports Around the World: Herding
Issue 43:
Dogs In Action: Doga (Yoga for dogs)
Healthy Dog: Ear infections
A World of Dogs: Dogs in the workplace
Issue 44:
A World of Dogs: Rescue in the IT age
Tips & Tools: How to pill your dog
Dog in the Spotlight: Siberian Husky
Issue 45:
Family Dog: Season’s greetings?
Tips & Tools: Ways to tell if your dog is sick
Dogs in Action: COVID-19 detection dogs
Issue 46:
A World of Dogs: Who Tamed Whom?
Dog Sports Around the World: Earth Dog Tests
Tips & Tools: When You Can’t Get Fido Out
Issue 47:
Living With Dogs: Will Work for Food
Dog Quotes: Jill Abramson
Healthy Dog: Flea-Fi-Fo-Fum
Issue 48:
Dogs In Action: SUP with your dog
Did You Know: The most popular dog names?
Dog In the Spotlight: Papillion
Issue 49:
Living With Dogs: 5 training tips for easier walks
Dog Quotes: Elizabeth Taylor
Healthy Dog: Signs of poisoning
Issue 50:
A World of Dogs: Making Lassie – The art of raising a service dog puppy
Did You Know: These canine skills and traits
Issue 51:
Healthy Dog: The right rest
Did You Know: These doggie superstitions?
Dog In the Spotlight: Borzoi
Issue 52:
A World of Dogs: Older and wiser – Why adopt a senior
Healthy Dog: Why dogs eat grass
Did You Know: The canine history of the Canary Islands?
Issue 53:
Living With Dogs: Oh how I miss you
Dog Quotes: Jean Donaldson
Did You Know: These puppy facts?
Issue 54:
Dogs In Action: Indoor games to play with your dog
Dog In the Spotlight: Finnish Spitz
Tips & Tools: Stress-free nail trimming
Issue 55:
Living With Dogs: Solid sits and downs
Tips & Tools: How to puppy proof your home
Dog Sports Around the World: Treiball
Issue 56:
The Family Dog: Mealtime manners
A World of Dogs: Canine Influencers
Healthy Dog: Handling your dog’s hearing loss
Issue 57:
Living With Dogs: Surviving your dog’s teens
Family Dog: Camping with your dog
Dog In the Spotlight: Jack Russel Terrier
Issue 58:
A World of Dogs: We can’t all be social butterflies
Dog Quotes: Ian Dunbar
Healthy Dog: What’s that bump?
Issue 59:
Living With Dogs: Up with the dog
Did You Know: These separation anxiety facts?
Dog In the Spotlight: Bernese Mountain Dog
Issue 60:
Living With Dogs: A before-baby prep check list
Tips & Tools: From sour to sweer
On the job: Arson dog
Issue 61:
A World of Dogs: Let’s play
Dog Quotes: Carrie Latet
Dogs In Action: Here we go Rally-O!
Issue 62:
Living With Dogs: Easing your dog’s re-intro to Baby post-vacation
Healthy Dog: Canine acupuncture
Dog In the Spotlight: Airedale Terrier
Issue 64:
A World of Dogs: The 7 habits of highly effective canines
Dog Quotes: Edith Wharton
Healthy Dog: Be quick to treat dry eye
Issue 65:
Living With Dogs: Parents’ night out
Did You Know: These canine hearing facts?
Dog In the Spotlight: Boston Terrier
Issue 66:
Living With Dogs: Battling boredom
Tips & Tools: How to prevent car sickness
Did You Know: These dogs who changed history?
Issue 67:
A World of Dogs: Wedding dogs
Dog Quotes: Bern Williams
Dog In the Spotlight: Saluki
Issue 68:
Dogs In Action: Canine parkour
Healthy Dog: Prevent bloat
Tips & Tools: The stoic dog
Issue 69:
Family Dog: Banishing rainy day blues
Tips & Tools: How to please your vet
Tips & Tools: Does your dog need a winter jacket?
Issue 70:
Living With Dogs: The case for crates
Did You Know: How to say Dog around the world?
Family Dog: School is back in season
Issue 71:
Living With Dogs: The chase is up!
Did You Know: Just how good is that nose?
Dog In the Spotlight: Samoyed
Issue 72:
Living With Dogs: Is your dog fetch obsessed?
Dog Quotes: Christopher Morley
Healthy Dog: Why dogs roll in the grass
Issue 73:
A World of Dogs: Are ‘dog years’ really a thing?
Dog Quotes: Gladys Taber
Dog In the Spotlight: Welsh Corgi
Issue 74:
Healthy Dogs: What to do if your dog needs crate rest
Dog Quotes: O.A. Battista
Dog In Action: The right dog for the right herd
Issue 75:
Living With Dogs: How to manage your dog while you’re in labour
Dog Quotes: George Bernard Shaw
Dog In Action: Your best running partner
Issue 76:
Living With Dogs: A coffee date with your dog
Dog Quotes: James Thurber
Tips & Tools: How to please your vet
Issue 77:
A World of Dogs: Understanding fear in dogs
Dog Quotes: A small fiction
Dogs In Action: In defence of penguins
Issue 78:
Living With Dogs: Dogs and baby equipment
Tios & Tools: How to remove a tick
Dog In the Spotlight: Basenji
Issue 79:
Living With Dogs: 4 tips on surviving puppies + toddlers
Dog Quotes: French proverb
Did You Know: Day of the dogs
Issue 80:
A World of Dogs: Does your dog know if you’re nice?
Dog Quotes: George Eliot
Did You Know: These movie dogs?
Issue 81:
Family Dog: Music does mom, dog and baby good
Healthy Dog: About the third eyelid
Dogs In Action: Race to rescue
Issue 82:
Living With Dogs: How to reduce attention seeking
Tips and Tools: Staying safe in the car
Dog In the Spotlight: Hokkaido Dog
Issue 83:
Living With Dogs: Bedtime bliss – How to choose the perfect dog bed
Dog Quotes: Ambrose Bierce
Dogs In Action: Whizz the water rescue dog
Issue 84:
A World of Dogs: A dog as day keeps the doctor away
Dog Quotes: C. J. Frick
Tips & Tools: 4 paw care tips