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DogInfoSecrets.com – For Sale

Summary: This general dog information site, that is totally unique, that I am willing to part with. I built this site myself and it’s about 1 1/2 years old.

I have totally neglected this site the last 6 months as I have worked on some of my other sites. I no longer have time to work on this site and give it the attention it deserves – so, I’m selling it.

In summary, it contains over 200 content pages, high quality graphics, almost 800 newsletter subscribers, a Dog Owners Guide ebook, over 4000 blog posts, two additional websites, and 3 Squidoo lenses.

This site is listed #7 in Google out of 1,150,000 sites for the popular keyword phrase free dog advice.

Dog Information Site with:
Graphics, including the graphics in psd format.
http://doginfosecrets.com/images/

43 message newsletter with 755 subscribers. The subscribers can be transferred to your Aweber account.

134 Dog Food Recipe html Pages – All pages contain Adsense and Affiliate Links
http://doginfosecrets.com/recipes
The recipes are also loaded in a MySQL database so they can be displayed dynamically.

Dog Food Recipe program contains the recipes, and banners to affiliate programs. Give away the software to build a list.
http://doginfosecrets.com/dogfoodrecipes

73 Dog Information article with index and html pages – All pages contain Adsense and Affiliate Links
http://doginfosecrets.com/dogarticles
The articles are also loaded in a MySQL database to they can be displayed dynamically.

Page that pre-sells the hottest Clickbank Dog related product.
http://doginfosecrets.com/movie.html

I will also include the Dog Owners Guide ebook.
http://www.doginfosecrets.com/dogownersguide

Video Pages Included, along with the VideoClipMiniSites script that runs the video pages. Sales for $27.
http://doginfosecrets.com/dog-training-videos
http://doginfosecrets.com/makedogfoodvideos
http://doginfosecrets.com/beagle-videos (Because we have a Beagle)

Page that sales Beagle products, using ebay products. You could create new pages based on any dog breeds, or several pages of different dog breeds.
http://doginfosecrets.com/beagleproducts

Blog that I haven’t updated in a long time
http://doginfosecrets.com/blog

Blog that auto-updates with Linkshare affiliate products – Over 4000 posts.
http://doginfosecrets.com/uniquedogproducts

I will also include the following domains:
Joomla site with little content
http://doginfozone.com

Great domain used to sell another Clickbank Product
http://homemadedogtoy.com (Has 45 subscribers)

Also includes these 3 Squidoo Lenses.
http://www.squidoo.com/free-homemade-dog-treats
http://www.squidoo.com/homemadedogfoodrecipes
http://www.squidoo.com/homemade-dog-food-recipes

This site is listed #7 in Google out of 1,150,000 sites for the keyword phrase free dog advice. With a little work, I bet you could get it to #1.

Stats:

As you can see the stats have been increasing and I have done no advertising and have not added content for at least 6 months.

So how much do I want for this site? With the number of content pages, and number of newsletter subscribers (800), I think this site is worth at least $1500, but I am offering it for about half that – $800.

The first $800 takes it!

If you have questions for me, please use my HelpDesk. Select the “Website for Sale Offer” to ask questions, or make an offer.

Serious offers will be considered, but the first $800 takes it. If you see the sold out message then sorry, you’re too late.

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Meet Maximus the crazy Beagle. I have put together a short video about our trying Beagle – Max.

Yes, one of the major challenges we have with Max is his chewing. I have had puppies that chewed everything in sight before. But, they always out grew the major chewing stage.

Max is now one and a half years old and is still chewing up so many things. I’m really surprised he is still alive.

We do all we can to keep things out of Max’s range (the floor) to protect him from himself. But, he still finds things to chew up and I don’t where he gets most of want he ends up with.

We have a doggy door for Max to come in and out of the house as he pleases. Almost every time I look in the back yard I will see something that Max has found and has chewed up.

Max has chewed several toys, various items from the garbage, card board boxes, and several other items.

Some of the most interesting things he has chewed up was a small medical travel kit that contained medicine like children’s Tylenol.

He chewed up my wife’s cell phone, thankfully our contract was nearly over so we were able to get new cell phones at a good price.

The glass in the video above was chewed by Max – that glass is very thick plastic. I hope he didn’t ingest any of that jagged thick plastic.

Picking up Max’s stools is always an adventure. I’m often amazed to see some of the color and materials I find in his stools.

I don’t know if Max’s chew syndrome is unique to him, or if it’s a Beagle trait.

We have given him several appropriate chew toys to satisfy his need, but he just hides and buries these treats.

We hope Max will outgrow his chew fetish because we don’t know what to do to curb his habit. Nothing we have tried works for this crazy Beagle.

Let’s just hope he doesn’t hurt himself.

Until next time,
Mike

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Well, it’s the 4th of July and we are celebrating our independence day here in the U.S. Happy Independence Day to my fellow Americans.

It’s also the one year anniversary of bringing Max the Beagle into our home. I think I stated in an earlier post, that we were hesitant to take Max. He was my daughter’s dog and she was moving and could no longer keep him.

Thinking back, my wife was really against taking Max, but I talked her into giving him a try.

When I was younger there was a time I had to move and give up my dog. I was thankful that my parents took Sham in, and I know he would be well cared for. So, I felt some obligation to take Max in.

My wife was a little slow to warm up to Max. And, with all the chewing he did on furniture, toys, stuffed animals and…I can’t really remember what all he chewed up. Anyway, that did not help Max’s cause with my wife accepting him.

I don’t remember the exact turning point, but Max did something really goofy that brought a hysterical laugh from my wife. That was the beginning of the bonding period between the two of them.

In fact, a few weeks later Max did something that really made me mad – I’m sure it was related to something he chewed up (I think it was the rubber gas hose on my barbecue grill). I told my wife that I was getting tired of him chewing on everything, and told her maybe this was not going to work out. She said “we are going to keep him, the girls and I have become really attached to him”.

So, now I knew he was going to be our dog.

A few weeks later my wife asked me if our daughter happened to move again and wanted Max back, what would we do. I told her I didn’t think that would happen. Our daughter is 21 and she loved Max. But, I didn’t think she would want the responsibility of having to take care for him and the time to give Max the attention he needed.

So Max, the dog we really didn’t want, has now been with us a year and we are so happy to have him as part of our family!

Until later,
Mike

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Undercover Dog, sound like a childrens spy novel or something doesn’t it?

Actually, it’s our Beagle Max and how he just has to sleep under our bed covers.

I have never had a dog that wanted to sleep under the bed covers, or maybe it’s just that I never allowed it.

Now, some of you may be wondering why our dog would be sleeping with us. That’s what I would wonder since I have never allowed our dogs to sleep with us. Well, you can blame wife for allowing this undercover dog thing to get started.

Some of you are probably surprised that we have never had a dog sleep with us, and you think everyone should allow their dogs to sleep with them.

For me, a dog is a dog – yes they are part of the family and we love having them around, but they are still a dog and I didn’t want them on the bed.

Plus, it seems like it would be very uncomfortable, especially for a dog. It seems like it would be hot, especially during the summer, and it seems like it would be hard to breathe.

The only dog we ever let on our bed was our last dog Gracie. She was allowed on our bed, but she would go to her bed as soon as everyone was in bed.

Max started out sleeping in his crate when we got him, but my wife let him out of his crate, he jumped on the bed, went under the covers and has been sleeping with us ever since. So, my wife is to blame, never mind that I didn’t object very strongly .

During cooler weather I can see why Max would want to sleep under the covers and cuddle up to one of us. But during the heat of summer? I just don’t get it – If I’m hot, he has to really be hot, even if his fur is not very thick.

We are in a heat wave here in north central Colorado. It has been very warm at night, and you would think Max would be warm too, and would want to sleep on top of the covers. But, no – he wants to get under the cover, and cuddle right up next to one of us.

Max will wait for you to lift up a cover for him to get under. If you don’t lift it for him he will arrange the bed covers himself the way he wants them, which is not how I want them arranged.

So, when Max comes to bed, which is sometimes later than us, he will give you a little lick on the cheek and wait for you to lift the cover. He’ll then go under the cover, plop down right next to you and stay there for the night. Actually, for more than the night – he is usually the last one out of bed.

Since I have never had a Beagle before, I don’t know if this is normal behavior or not. Is this normal behavior for Beagles, since they are social dogs and are pack dogs? Or, do we have an insecure Beagle who feels he has to be close to use while we sleep?

Anyway, we now have a dog that sleeps in our bed, and under our covers. What about your dog? Beagle owners – is Max’s behavior normal?

Until next time,
Mike

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Thinking back about Gracie

I had a kind DogInfoSecrets newsletter reader email me about her 14 year old Aussie/Blue Healer mix today. Her dog has lost her hearing, but is now learning sign language. Teaching her “old dog new tricks” and I think that’s great.

Her dog got me to thinking about our last dog, so I thought I would share a little about about how we lost Gracie – guess I’m still grieving a bit.

Our last dog, Gracie, was an Aussie/Blue Healer mix. She was a great, smart, fun, beautiful dog. I still think about her often, even after we lost her a year and a half ago – she was 10.

In mid December of last year we noticed she seemed to slow down quite a but and wasn’t eating as much as usual. After the first of the year we took her to the vet. They said she was lucky to still be alive. They could feel a tumor in her stomach area that was probably bleeding internally and the oxygen count in her blood was so low they thought they would have to give her a blood transfusion to keep her alive.

They said there was really no solution or hope for her and she could go at any time. So we brought her home so we could say our goodbye. I thought it would be nice for her to just go at home, but didn’t really want the kids to find her. After about a week as I watched her have to work so hard to do anything, and with her not being able to get upstairs to sleep in our room, where she always slept, I decided it was time.

So, we took her back to the vet and were with her as she passed away. It’s amazing, after a year and a half I still get a little emotional thinking about it again. She was a great dog.

I hope you take some time to enjoy your dog today. You know they’ll love it if you spend a little extra time playing with them. And, I hate to say it but you don’t know how much longer they’ll be around.

Mike

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My name is Mike Gates and I have had dogs all of my life. As far as I am concerned there is no greater pet than the family dog.

I can remember every one of the dogs that were a part of my life – their names, what they looked like and how much fun I had with them. Each one of them were a big part of our family.

I like to think that God loves dogs too, and I will get to play with my dogs in heaven some day

I will be sharing some dog advice and some personal stories on this blog. Feel free to share your comments and let us know more about you and your dog.

First let me clarify something – I am not a veterinarian, dog trainer, or dog specialist. I call myself a dog enthusiast and have done a lot of reading and research on dog related issues.

I will try to answer your questions, but the ultimate authority on your dog needs to be you and your vet.

Well, I guess I need to introduce you to our current dog, and family member Maximus. We call him “Max” most of the time.

Max is a pure bred Beagle. Now, my wife and I would never have bought a pure bred Beagle, and we would have never chosen a Beagle for the family pet.

So how did Max come to us and become a part of our family?

Our beloved dog, Gracie, died in January of 2006. She was an Australian Shepard and Blue Healer mix. She was a great dog and we lost her quite unexpectedly and quickly. We had her for 10 years and she was a big part of our family.

About a month after Gracie died, my oldest daughter called and asked if we were ready for another dog? I asked her why and she said they bought a Beagle pup, but after having him for a month, they realized it had been a mistake. The pup was not worse than any other pup, but they had a 6 month old baby and lived in an apartment with a little unfenced backyard. It was not a good environment for a very active puppy.

I told her no, we were just not ready for another dog, and a Beagle was not the type of dog we were interested in having as our pet. So, the pup went to my second oldest daughter, who did have a fenced yard.

About six months later, my daughter who had Max, had to move from the house she and her friends were renting. The only housing she could afford was renting with a couple of roommates in a townhouse were dogs were not allowed.

My daughter called and asked us if we could take Max. She had asked around, and the only person who may have been interested was a young male acquaintance, who we knew. We knew this young man would not be a good dog owner and would have little time for Max.

I was open to giving Max a try, but my wife did not want a Beagle. I convinced her to take Max on a trial basis, for a month to see if he would fit in with the family – we still had two young ones at home, a 7 year old and a 4 year old.

So, we took Max in. The first weekend he was with us, he chewed up wires to our home theater system, he chewed the legs on our end table and other furniture – he and was just too destructive.

I called my daughter the following Monday and told her about his destructive behavior, and let her know that things were not working out well. She was surprised that he was that destructive, and asked us to give him more time to adjust.

We agreed to give him more time. We made some changes to ensure Max was not left unattended, and we made sure we played with him more.

We also started reading up on Beagles. Understanding Beagles better was the turning point in our relationship with Max. We started to understand why he did some of the things he did. We learned there were some things we could do to help Max fit in and become a great family pet. We learned that Beagles are really a pretty interesting breed of dog.

So, now here we are almost a year later, we love Max and he is a big part of our family…ooh here we go, Max just got into the bathroom trash and is chewing up a someone’s used Kleenex – that’s Max.

I would love to here about you and your dog – feel free to comment below.

Until next time,
Mike

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