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Training your pet does not necessarily has to involve a pet trainer. There are simpler ways of pet training. These include showing the pet what you want it to do. Pointing at an object is the best way of pet training. An example is pointing at its cage when you want it to go to sleep or rest. If you want it to eat, you should point at its feeding bowl. While pointing at the object you want the pet to use, you should say the name of the action or object clearly, so that the pet hears the name. After a number of days repeating the same routine, you can test if the pest has learned the routine by saying the name without pointing. If the pet responds correctly, then you know that your pet training has worked. Other conversational signals are easy for pet training. Shaking your head or your palm sideways is a refusal signal. At first you should do it and then hold the pet and make it do whatever you want it to do. When you repeat the signal a number of times, the pet realiz...

This article was written to answer many of the most often asked questions on this topic. I hope you find all of this information helpful. When making plans for a home decorating project, it is important to sit down and write down your ideas and goals. Without a plan the experience may become confusing and frustrating. There are many details to work out when planning to decorate your home such as theme, materials and intentions for the space being decorated. It is pointless to get up one morning thinking I'll decorate my dining room today. It would be a nice thought but without previous planning, doubtfully the project would amount to much. Failing to plan is planning to fail. Home decorating tips such as this are helpful. After jotting down ideas and goals for your home decorating project, the next phase might be to consider your budget, how much can you afford to spend on redecorating. Materials and accessories could be costly depending on what your decorating pl...

If you want to build up your muscles, get stronger and get healthy, doing body building regularly is a great way to do that. Lots of people who want to get healthy and strong do body building. There are lots of different ways to exercise and work out your body. Body building is one of the most popular methods of doing this, especially amongst younger men. You need to remember that the main purpose of body building is not to build your muscles up to obscene proportions but to get healthy. While the huge muscles might be a future goal, when you start out you should focus on safety and health. Here are some methods of pushing past the body building stereotypes that are out there. Once a week is the minimum that you should work on your muscles. When you are starting out, it is a good idea to plan your workouts in advance. You need to do this to ensure that your muscles are given the proper amount of attention. As you get better you can switch your workout routines around....

Eating fruits give a person so much vitamins, minerals, as well as the amazing antioxidant phytochemicals which help fight diseases such as cancer, heart disease, high blood, among many other things. All this can be had just by eating fruits. Also, fruits have a lot of fiber, both insoluble and the soluble kind. Fiber is the best defense against bad bowel movement such constipation that is also related to colon cancer. The soluble fiber is also great to lower bad cholesterol in one's blood. Here's a question for you: have you ever been to the grocery and suddenly found yourself allured by the aroma of one particular fruit? This is a phenomenon where your body is making you aware that you need a certain fruit right now in order to complete your diet. Banana Bananas are some of the most widely eaten fruits in the world, as well as some of the most readily recognized due to their distinctive shape and bright colors which, added to the health benefits of b...

Free From Addiction Breaking bad addiction can be hard! Sometimes its easier to go to the dentist and get a tooth pulled, than to change a bad addiction! What does it take for us to really go from A to Z and take a bad addiction that sabotages our lives and transform it into a good habit? 1. Take Inventory - Write down on a piece of paper what has this habit helped you accomplish? What have been the consequences of this bad addiction in your life? Has it made you a better person? Has it brought joy to people around you? 2. 30 Day Plan of Action - Write down an action plan on your calendar on what action can you take. example: I want to stop smoking. If its an oral fixation, place something healthy in your mouth like chewing carrots instead. If it's an addiction, get a patch and wean yourself slowly. The focus is that you have an action plan daily for 30 days to geared you towards change. 3. Support - Tell at least 3 of your closest friends your plan o...

It happens to most runners - that dreaded heart rate spike during what was supposed to be a long, slow effort. You've reigned in your speed, you've kept hydrated and cool, you've even switched your running tunes from raucous Van Halen to relaxing Mozart, just to keep that adrenaline rush at bay. But now your heart rate is racing and you've strayed outside your recommended heart rate"zones" for your training session. So what went wrong? While running can do wonders for the cardiovascular system, it can also cause involved muscle groups to dramatically tighten. And this often includes vital inspiratory and expiratory muscles surrounding the ribcage, as well as the upper back, shoulders, and neck. So while a tight or non-relaxed running posture might result in a trip to your massage therapist for a post-run rubdown, it will also invariably result in short and shallow breathing. To compound the problem, most runners have not been taught how...

Healthy sleep is as important as diet, exercise and stress management for health.  Many American's fail to make the effort to get healthy sleep, believing that sleep is expendable. Research is beginning to show us that this is not true. We are losing sleep at our own risk. "There is plenty of compelling evidence supporting the argument that sleep is the most important predictor of how long you will live, perhaps more important than whether you smoke, exercise, or have high blood pressure or cholesterol levels."(1)  Believe it or not, getting healthy sleep... * Can increase your ability to think clearly and function at your highest level * Can boost althletic performance by 30% * Improves your skin and appearance * Helps you lose weight * Improves your memory and ability to learn * Decreases your risk of diabetes * Helps to protect your heart and decrease your risk of heart disease * Improves your ability to fight off infections * Decreases your ri...

From the beginning of time family has been a vital part of the equation of life. Gen 1:28: "God blessed them and God said unto them be fruitful and multiply and replenish the earth." From the very core of the beginning of time, family has been a major focal point. If not for family, we would have no beginning, no history, and no idea of who we are. You don't get to choose from where you come, God does that. Your family was your family, even before you became family. Your family is your roots. We need to realize that every single moment of our lives is important. Keep in mind; before there was a you, you had a family. Knowing and understanding your origin, gives you powerful knowledge. Your first role models are your parents depending on your circumstance. Never the less, to have a clear knowledge of your roots and the ability to go back and capture all the good things, gives you an edge, that's unparalleled. From your ancestors to your parents there is a ...