No More Dogs and Cats on Chinese Menu

Dog or cat meat has long been a culinary specialty in China served mostly to the rich.

Numerous groups, organizations, and even online animal rights advocates have long been pushing for the ban of serving dog and cat meat. And now, even in China where our favorite furry friends are widely favored dishes, pet lovers have already stepped up to ban the eating of dogs and cats. The Chinese are now realizing that dogs and cats are better to be loyal companions, soft cuddlers, and fun pets... not as main dishes.

Read the full story from USA Today.
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/pawprintpost/post/2010/01/chinas-pet-lovers-push-for-ban-on-eating-cats-and-dogs/1

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Phrase Be to Dogs

Idiomatic expressions have always left us trying to make sense of their figurative composition. Sometimes, words that do not go well together are combined to make an expression that is quite hard to determine. There are idiomatic phrases, simple sayings or figurative expressions that uses the word dogs. Let's try to unveil what they really mean and what they got to do with our favorite furry friends.


Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English had its share of good dog phrases. Here are some examples from their website.(http://www.ldoceonline.com/dictionary/dog_1)

dog eat dog

when people compete against each other and will do anything to get what they want

be going to the dogs

informal if a country or organization is going to the dogs, it is getting worse and will be difficult to improve

a dog's life

spoken a life that is difficult and unpleasant, with very little pleasure

make a dog's breakfast of something

British English informal to do something very badly

a dog's dinner

DC British English informal something that is meant to be impressive or fashionable but that other people think is not

not have a dog's chance

British English informal to have no chance of being successful

every dog has its/his day

used to say that even the most unimportant person has a time in their life when they are successful and important

like a dog with two tails

British English informal very pleased and happy because something good has happened

dog and pony show

American English an event that has only been organized so that people can admire it and think that it is impressive, not for any real purpose

be the dog's bollocks

British English informal a very rude expression used to say that something is very good

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Fewer Taste Buds Does Not Mean Low Appetite

As compared to humans who have about 9,000 taste buds, dogs have about 2,000 fewer. Yet, this does not mean that dogs have low appetite and are not discriminating eaters. Dogs have about 200 million scent receptors while we only have about 5 million.  It is the smell of the food that attracts them that is why it is important to feed them food that has good aroma and delicious taste.

Choose among dry dog food, wet dog food or alternative dog food. Dogs can be very picky too of the texture of the food. Some like dry, some like wet. Be sure to feed them food that can supply essential nutrients.

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