《寵物安全篇- 寵物欄》 Pet Safety- Pet Gate

為了避免狗狗到睡房或廚房，主人也會選擇用寵物欄。外出或睡覺時，我們也有用閘（如右圖）來限制Bella圍範活動在睡房內，同時我們也可從廳看到她，而她亦可以看到我們。

Pet gate is widely used to avoid dogs from going to the unwanted area (eg. bedroom or kitchen). We also used the dog gate (as the pic on the right) to keep Bella in certain area (ie bedroom). Dog gate allow both Bella and we can see through the gate.

主人在選擇寵物欄時要注意以下幾點:

When choosing a dog gate, pet owner should pay attention to the followings:

1. 不要選擇直、橫欄組成的閘（如下圖），因為狗狗可以爬過寵物欄，可能會發生意外。
1. Don't choose the pet gate which is composed by both straight & horizontal bar (see pic below). Dogs may be able to climb over the gate, and caused accident.

不要選擇直、橫欄組成的閘
DON'T pick the gate like this

2. 選擇只用直欄組成的閘，要留意閘的高度及欄之間的闊度，確保狗仔不能跳過或穿過，避免意外。
2. Pick the gate which is only made of the straight bar. The appropriate height and width of the gate between the columns can ensure that your pup can't jump over or pass through.

Bella:太窄!出唔到去!
Bella: It is too narrow to escape...

3. 選擇耐用、容易清理的物料，如不銹鋼。
3. Choose durable , easy to clean materials, such as stainless steel .

《狗狗生日蛋糕篇- 雞蛋雞肉蛋糕》 Dog Birthday Cake- Chicken & Egg

之前介紹過雞肉南瓜蛋糕雞肉南瓜蛋糕(點我!)。

I have introduced the recipe of chicken and pumpkin cake (Click me!) in the recent post.

今次介紹的是雞蛋雞肉蛋糕，食譜不用焗爐，亦不用太多煮食用具，而且食材簡單。跟大家分享一些煮蛋糕時的注意事項：
Chicken and egg cake is an alternative if you would like to make your own cake to your pup. It is not required to use an oven or too many cooking tools, the ingredient is simple as well. If you want to make the cake successfully in one go, please read the suggestions below:

1. 食譜是用不銹鋼的蛋糕模，因為做雞肉南瓜蛋糕時已買了矽膠玫瑰模，所以便照用矽膠玫瑰模，直接放在熱水上蒸煮。主人們可隨自己喜愛，用不同的糕模便可做出不同效果。糕模在蛋糕用品店或陶寶也有出售。
1. Stainless steel mould is used in the recipe, but I have already bought the Silicone rose one, I only use the same mould for making the egg and chicken cake. You can use different shape of could to make a cake that your pup would like. The mould can be found in most of the cake tool shop and TaoBao.

2. 要做到顏色層次分明，便要耐性等第一層的蛋黃完全煮熟，才落第兩層蛋白。我不是用完全跟食譜做三層(黃白黃)，本想做上黃下白兩層的效果。第一次試做不算成功因太心急之過 (看下圖)。主人亦可因應模的大小而決定層數。
2. To achieve the color structure, the key is patience. The first layer of the egg yolk is completely cooked before adding the egg white. It is not 100% successful in my first go (see the pic below). I haven't followed the three layers structure (egg yolk, egg white & egg yolk) as the recipe did. I was planned to do the two layers (egg yolk on the top and egg white at the bottom). You can create your own layer structure depends on the size of the mould.

3. 以下食譜以雞肉為主，相信主人們可因應狗狗的喜愛轉用不同的肉類（如：羊肉）。這也是自己整蛋糕的好處。
3. The main ingredient of following recipe is chicken. You can pick any other meat (eg. Lamb) that your pup likes. It is the flexibility you have when making a cake home.

食譜是在網上找的，想知材料份糧及做法可到以下網址：
The recipe is looked up online, if you would like to know more, please click the link below.

雞蛋雞肉蛋糕食譜：
http://www.joycemiaka.com/2014/07/blog-post_8.html?m=1

《身體語言 - 如何知道狗狗感到有壓力？》 Body Language- When does your dog feel stressed?

狗不能說話告訴我們他/她是在感到壓力，觀察他們的身體語言是了解狗狗的重要一環。知道他們在什麼情況下受壓，便可盡量避免，或者作出修正。

Dogs can't talk to let us know they are under stressed, it is important for the dog owners to observe their body language to understand your dog is under pressure in certain situation and try to avoid it or correct it if possible.

以下幾個信號可提示你，狗狗感到壓力：
There are several signals that indicate your dogs are stressed, which is listed as below:

(1) 打哈欠
(1) Yawning

(2) 陰莖凸起（只限公狗） - 陰莖凸起也可因興奮而導致的，正如我在以前的文章中提到信號不會單獨發生。如果有幾個信號同時出現，就意味著你的狗狗是受壓力中。
(2) Penis Crowning (For male dogs only)- Penis crowning can be also caused by excitement, as I mentioned in the previous post. The signals won't happen alone. If there are several signals appear at the same time, it means that your dog is under pressure.

(3) 腳掌出汗- 可以觀察狗狗的腳印足跡，看看有沒有留下任何汗痕在地板上
(3) Sweaty Paws- It can be observed the footprint to see if your dog leave any sweaty marks on the floor

(4) 踱步- 如果加狗踱來踱去，看起來像它不知道該怎麼辦，是因為感到壓力
(4) Pacing- If your dog walking to and fro, look like it doesn't know what to do

(5) 過度脫毛
(5) Excessive shedding

(6) 淺和急促的呼吸
(6) Shallow and fast breathing

(7) 過度流口水
(7) Excessive salivation

(8) 身體僵硬
(8) Stiff posture

還有更多的身體語言是顯示狗狗感到壓力。以上列出的只是比較常見及容易察覺的信號。作為狗主人，你應該最清楚自己狗狗，如果他/她有不尋常的行為，你應該會知道。
There are more body language that shows a dog under stressed. The above listed signals are the most common and easier to observe. As a dog owner, you should know your dog the best, if he/ she doesn't act normal, you should be able to tell.