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1). FREE Dog Training Tips: Easy Steps to Leading the Pack
[This article is the first in a 3-part series about changing dog behavior using positive dog training methods.]

Be a leader, a dog will follow.

Hum, what does that mean?! Simply put, if you lead the pack, your dog will follow you to the ends of the earth. Some basic and easy adjustments in your dog training routine can result in huge changes in dog behavior.

2). Mealtime is the Perfect Time -- for Dog Training, That Is
Eating is one of the most primal activities for dogs. They love it, and they have respect for whoever gives them food (the leader in the pack). You can use your "power" of being pack leader to enhance your dog training efforts -- every day.

The following suggestions will help you establish your role as pack leader and reinforce dog obedience, deferment to your leadership, dog training techniques, and overall attitude and disposition (yours and your dogs).

3). Dog Care: 6 Easy Steps for a Terrific (and safe) Romp in the Woods
Leaves are falling and paws are crunching in the parks...

What a beautiful time of the year to get out with your canine companion and enjoy the crisp, cool air, frolic in the falling leaves and take in the visual splendor of nature. A walk in the woods can be an exhilarating experience for you and your dog, especially if you’ll take a moment for some basic dog care preparations.

4). Dog Training: Tips and Tricks to Stop Your Dog From Digging in Your Yard
It’s downright infuriating to look out the window and see Buddy digging another hole in the yard. You yell out the window; he may or may not even acknowledge he’s heard anything; then back to the digging. This dog behavior has got to stop.

WHY DOGS DIG...

Did you ever stop to think WHY Buddy digs? (except to make you mad!). This is the real trick – to figure out why he’s digging in the first place, the motivation behind the dog behavior.

5). FREE Dog Training Tips: Easy Steps to YOU Leading the Pack part 3
[This article is the third in a 3-part series about changing dog behavior using positive dog training methods.]

Be a leader, a dog will follow.

From the last two articles, remember King and his dominant dog behavior? King was the leader of his pack -- Mom, Dad, 2 kids. King set the rules in the house and didn’t hesitate to enforce them, with growling, snapping, and even biting.

6). Easy Steps to Stop Your Dog from Jumping on You
When you bring home that adorable puppy her dog behavior is so cute. She puts her feet up on you to get your attention, jumps in your lap, jumps up and down on her hind legs begging to be picked up.

And what do you do? You reinforce all those dog behaviors. Give her attention, pick her up, make sure she’s comfortable on your lap. Then, lo and behold, she grows from 15 pounds to 75 pounds and is still jumping on you.

7). Cut Down On Sick Days With Clean Air
Working in an office environment you are working closely with many other people and breathing in their air all day long. You might not have ever considered the amount of second hand air that is actually breathed within an office, but it is staggering. And without a good ventilation system, you are putting yourself at risk of illness with every breath.

8). Do I Need To Change My Furnace Air Filter?
Air conditioners are a valuable and common means of ensuring that a building has fresh, clean air being circulated around it, reducing pollutants and increasing the wellbeing of those enjoying the clean air. In order for your air conditioner to work correctly and effectively it is very important that it is regularly maintained and repaired if it becomes damaged.

9). Does Sick Building Syndrome Exist?
One of the main causes of illness in the workforce today is known as sick building syndrome and it is responsible for thousands of days off work sick each year. Sick building syndrome is not a problem that is just confined to the United States, it is beginning to be recognized all over the world as more and more people are feeling the effects of being in a poorly ventilated building.

10). How Can I Prevent Indoor Allergies?
Each year more and more people are falling ill through pollutants in their homes or offices and it is becoming a very real problem. Indoor allergies are accountable for hundreds if not thousands of sick days each year as people are struggling to cope with the symptoms brought on by irritants.

11). Banish Ill Health With A Ventilation System
If a ventilation system is properly maintained and kept clean and running efficiently then it will provide its users with air that is clean and pleasant to breathe. However, if the ventilation system is not running properly it can be the source of ill health as indoor pollutants such as odor, chemicals, pollen, moisture, mould spores, etc.

12). Benefits of Changing Furnace Air Filters
Saving money. Breathing clean and fresh air. Running at maximum efficiency. These are some of the benefits you can realize by changing your furnace air filters on a regular basis.

13). Dirty Ventilation Leads To Illness
Well ventilated air is essential if you want to stay healthy and breathe in air that is free from pollutants and illness inducing germs. You might be surprised to know however that there are many people who believe that all they have to do to provide this within their homes and businesses is to install a ventilation system and run it.

14). Facts About Using Old Appliances
Everyone likes to make sure that they get the best deal they can when they are shopping and as a result you may be tempted to only change appliances when they break down and become irreparable. This attitude for the majority of people seems reasonable; after all why pay good money for a new appliance when you have one that works perfectly well at home. Or does it?

15). Get The Most From Your Refrigerator and Freezer
Today everyone knows about the benefits of preserving food and drinks inside a refrigerator or freezer but many people do not know the optimum temperature for doing so. Many illnesses could be prevented by setting, controlling and maintaining the temperature inside refrigerators and freezers.

16). HEPA Filters Versus Standard Filters
If you have an air conditioning system or other form of ventilation the chances are that it will use filters as part of its process. Filters are possibly one of the things that you pay little thought to as they are inside the air conditioner and only need to be changed every so often.

17). How Do I Check That My Appliances Are Energy Efficient?
Today in the home there are countless electrical appliances all designed to make tasks in life easier and to provide heat, refrigeration and conditioned air which feels fresh and clean. Such appliances all run on electricity and in the majority of homes there will be several appliances all running at the same, all using electricity at different rates.