Your Dog's Water
Think that finding
a good, high-quality
dog food is important?
All
of the beneficial
ingredients that go
into dog food will
not help your
dog if he
it is not drinking enough
water. Water is
the body's most important nutrient.
Adult dogs' bodies are 60% water,
and a puppy's is 84% water. Dogs can lose all
of their fat
and half
of their
protein without adversely affecting their health, but
a loss of 10 % of their
water can
cause significant problems.
Dog owners
should place as much attention
on the quality of
the water their
dog drinks as they
do on
the ingredients that go
into the best dog
foods; not all
water is the same.
The
criteria for clean drinking
water for dogs is similar
to the criteria for drinking
water for people. Tap water
generally provides the best nutrients and least
contaminants; if, however, the tap water
contains high amounts of magnesium, nitrates, and iron
it can cause long term health
risks. For those who fear their tap water may
be contaminated, bottled water can
be a better choice.
Stainless steel and
stoneware dishes are good, safe
choices for food and water
bowls. Plastic
bowls may scratch,
giving unhealthy contaminates an ideal place
to live.
The water should be cool in the summer and room temperature in the winter.
The dogs bowl should always be clean. If you're not sure if it needs changing, ask yourself if you would drink the water
-- if the answer is no, change it.
Dogs should
have access
to fresh water
at all times. This is even
more important than giving it the best dog foods on the market. Dogs
need three times more water than they do food every day. They need even more water if it is extremely hot, the dog is lactating,
or if the dog is exercising more than normal. Dogs that eat canned dog food do not need to drink as much water because of the high amount of water contained in the food.
Often,
sick dogs don't want to drink the water they
need, but the illness increases the need for water. When
this happens,
a dog can
become quickly dehydrated. To check for dehydration, dog owners can pull
upward on the dog's skin at the
nape of the neck. If the skin snaps
back, the dog is sufficiently hydrated, if it takes several seconds for the skin to go
back, fluids may need to be replaced intravenously or subcutaneously. Owners should never
offer water to vomiting dogs; this is
perhaps the only
time to make sure dogs don't
have access to water. If a dog vomits for more than a twenty-four hour period it should see a
vet immediately.
In addition to better health, proper hydration contributes to the performance of a dog. Many owners of working dogs flavor their dog's food in
order to make sure it is drinking the
appropriate amounts. Studies have proven that proper hydration increases an animal's working ability by 80%. The
next time you pour one of those "better" dog foods into your dog's
bowl, remember that if the dog doesn't have the
right amount of clean water, the food is useless.
Daniel
Moore contributes articles to several
web magazines, such as
http://kydel.com and
http://sufup.com.
I Don't Want To Make Money Off My Friends...
Are you someone
who grew up during
the hippie
days, and you still feel guilty
about making
money off
your friends?
Did
you ever worry
about being
perceived as exploiting others,
just to make money?
Many women
tell me that when they've started
to imagine making good money
and having some
of the things they've
always wanted, like their
own garden and time
to work
in it, or a housekeeper, or regular facials or
spa vacations, they're
ashamed because they're taking from their
kids or the family house account.
I thought
of you as I read this the
other day:
"The market for something to
believe in is infinite."
"We
are here to find meaning. We
are here to help
other people
do the
same. Everything
else is secondary." - Hugh Macleod.
Do
you agree with
that? If yes, read on.
If
you have decided
you've got to
get after
it and earn some
income, but these old
ideas are still in
your head, ask yourself:
1. Has
your product made
a difference in your life?
2. Do you think it has added new
meaning to your life?
3. Do you think there
might be others who might like to know
about it, in case it does for
them what it's
done for you - improve the quality of your life?
4. Assuming you have to
do SOMETHING to make
a living, is it better to do something
where you're
helping make a difference in another person's
life, and helping someone
else find
meaning in their life (again)?
Or
would you really prefer to
stand behind some counter at Macy's?
5. Is it a good
thing to earn a living by offering others a product that added meaning and change to your life?
Did you say "Yes!"?
Me
too. But remember,
only SOME people will respond. Jesus didn't get
everyone either. Neither did the Buddha. Everyone doesn't play
tennis, either.
But
if you want a
game of tennis, who will you ask for, hmm? Someone who...
For
those you
CAN touch with your product, someone else who might
be looking for the kind of
fix you got,
well, how
much longer will you keep them waiting?
"To do good, you have to do well." Anonymous
Kim Klaver is Harvard & Stanford educated. Her
20 years experience in network marketing have resulted in a
popular blog, http://KimKlaverBlogs.com, a
podcast, http://YourGreatThing.com and a giant resource site,
http://BananaMarketing.com.
Getting Referrals For Paid Online Surveys
Getting refferals
to sign
up to online survey
sites that you are
a member
of is a tough task, IF
you don't
know how to go about it.
Even people
that think
they know how
to get referrals end up
falling short.
As
you have probably found out
the hard
way, it is not how
many referrals that you get,
but it is
the quality of those referrals.
You want
to attract people that want
to get paid for taking an online
survey. You don't want some unmotivated
browser, that
will join
and do absolutely nothing.
There are many easy ways to
make your referral number skyrocket,
and most of them do not involve you having to
pay for
internet adverstising
of any sort. This involves everything
from homemade flyers to
pass out at
a local college,
or telling each
and every
one of your family
members and friends (you won't believe how good of a referral a friend/family member can be).
You may want to dive into
the paid advertising portion once you get comfortable with what works and what doesn't work, but,
who knows, you
might not even NEED to pay for any sort of advertising (ex: google adwords). You might end up
making a
nice amount of
money getting people to join survey
copanies doing free marketing.
The trick is to know what survey
sites are good and reward well.
You want
your referral to feel comfortable with the
site they join and you want them to be able to make money themselves.
That is why you want to join
AND get paid from every
single online survey site that you promote.
That way, you know that your referrals will enjoy the site
enough to keep
making money. The
longer yor referral is active, the
longer you will get paid from the work
they do!
Sign up to one of the top online survey
sites and get a feeling of what it is about. DO surveys yourself. Earn money. Get paid from
them. That way,
when you promote it, you can
tell your referal
exactly what to expect and what to do to make the most money
possible from that particular online survey
site. Remember, you want a Quality Referral, that enjoys making money taking surveys. The better you lay everything out and
give good information, the more likely they are to jump right in and become a consistant money maker for months, or even years to come.
Join 5 or 6 of the
highest converting survey sites on the web and spread your referrals between them. You will soon find out which ones are
keeping your referrals interested, and you will be able to target a couple of your higher converting survey sites for your referals to join.
Adam
Woodham is an expert on Paid Surveys. He
has extensive
experience making money online with these unique survey
websites and runs the web site
http://www.surveyquickcash.com
