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How to Get Your Dog to Stop
Jumping on You (and Pee on Cue)

You're dressed to impress, ready to leave home for an important business or social gathering. Then your dog, who doesn't want you to go without him, jumps up and leaves smudgy paw marks and pet hair all over your clothes.

Or, you're walking your dog before bedtime. The hour is late, it's beginning to rain and your umbrella is in the house, but your dog is having such a tough time finding the perfect patch of grass to water that getting to bed looks like being an hour away.

Even the most experienced animal communicators can find it difficult to cope with these natural canine behaviors, but this article will show you how.

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What Is It With Women and Horses?

Part of the intensity of the bond between women and horses is power. Sitting atop 1100 pounds of strong, graceful muscle definitely makes you feel powerful in a way that nothing else does—and despite all the societal changes that have occurred, few women enjoy the same level of political and economic power that men do.

There's a lot more to the woman-horse connection than power, though, and this article explores some of the other, sometimes not so good reasons that women love horses.

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Animal Artists Don't Get Enough Respect

Given the importance of animals in our lives and the symbolism of animals in myth and art, it's surprising that most artists who paint animals don't receive the artistic respect they deserve.

Many museum directors today don't appear to believe that displaying paintings of animals and wildife has merit. In fact, counting the number of artists over the past two hundred years whose work directors consider worthy of exhibition can be done on ten fingers.

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We've Got Rhythm, Too!

People aren't the only ones who love music. Four-legged animals have a sense of rhythm, too, and they often hold strong opinions about the kind of music they want to hear!

Read about elephants who flap their ears to the beat of ragtime music, lions who stand up and dance, how animal shelters are using soothing music to reduce stress levels iof the animals in their care and more.

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Six Steps to Taking Great Animal Photos

Want to take some super pix of your pet but feel hesitant when you remember the last disappointing batch you took?

Photographing animals can seem challenging, especially when those animals are your pets, but a little practice using a few simple techniques can make it easy and fun for you and your subjects.

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Pet Photography Phobias

Is your pet a "photo phobe"? Take Heart! Though getting a great shot of Fifi or Fido is a bit more complicated when your subject has a camera issue, with a little patience and perservance you can help your pet over his or her photgraphic phobia.

Camera shy pets, pets who are camera hogs and pets who appear bored the moment your camera comes into view can all be (at least temporarily) transformed into willing photo subjects who take people pleasing pictures.

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