Stuffed Animals

When you’re erecting a dog fence at home, spare a thought for the people who built the Dingo Fence in Australia. It was put up in the 1880’s to protect enormous flocks of sheep in Southern Queensland, where Dingoes had almost been exterminated.

To prevent Dingoes from other areas getting to the sheep, the fence was built. It is 6 feet high and there is one foot of it underground, with uprights every 9 metres. It’s the longest fence in the World, stretching 5,320 kilometres which is over 3,305 miles! Ironically, it has not been a complete success – dingoes still lurk in the area!

Does Your Dog Need An Invisible Fence?

Some dogs delight in damaging flower beds and destroying vegetable gardens. Worse still, they might escape and cause an accident – for which you would be liable. If you don’t want very high, solid fencing around your property – or the price of it, it might be time to consider an ‘invisible’ fence.

What Is An Invisible Fence?

There are many of these on the market now and they all work in a similar way. An invisible fence allows you to have one or more dogs running freely on your property, within boundaries chosen by you.

How Do These Fences Work?

A wire (of anything up to 400m long) is put onto the ground, buried just under the surface or attached to a fence that is already there. The wire carries a signal transmitted from a small unit. The dog wears a special collar that receives a signal if he goes near the wire.

The signals are usually zoned. When the dog gets anywhere near the wire he goes into a ‘warning zone’ and he will hear a warning ‘beep’ from his collar. If he gets even closer, he goes into a ‘correction zone’ and will receive a buzz from a small electrical impulse via the collar.

Once the dog begins to realise the boundaries, the owner can reduce the electrical impulses and rely on the audible warnings. Eventually, once the dog is reliable and not going anywhere near the fence, the collar may be taken off – or substituted for a dummy collar while he’s on – probation’! Read the rest of this entry »

     The Zebra Finches are very beautiful, cute and a delight to watch. These finches require a bigger cage to live well even though they are small in size because, they need to be comfortable flying in a horizontal direction. It will be good if you can have a thirty inch long and twenty inch high cage for the Zebra Finches. These birds are very social and they love to interact and be in company of other finches. So, when you consider having Zebra Finches as pets, you should ideally have a pair or a small group of the finches. Your Zebra Finch, which gets along well with the other birds may not get along well with you – at least during the initial stages. You should ensure that the cage in which the finches are kept, is not cluttered and causing problems for the finches to fly to and fro supplying different kinds of perches. Swings, ladders, toys and bells can also be included for the complete entertainment of the Zebra Finches. The cage position should be such that the location where it is should be quiet and peaceful, and away from air conditioning ducts and Sun rays. This will satisfy your Zebra Finches to a great extent.

     Gouldian Finches as Pets

     The Gouldian Finches are very popular in countries like United States, United Kingdom, Holland, South Africa, etc. However, Australia is the country where this finch was breaded first. The characteristic feature of these finches is that they need warm and dry conditions to live well, as cold conditions and places which have damp weather do not suit them. Read the rest of this entry »