Another year has passed, 2016 has bid farewell, and 2017 has taken its place. The end of the year and the beginning of the new year is always a time for reflection and summary. We are doing the same now in the first days of 2017.
Last year for the Dog Portal was characterized by continuous development, which also explains the fact that the number of our visitors increased by 72% in 2016 compared to the previous year, and the views of our articles increased by 64%! We are happy to say that the Dog Portal closed a successful and prosperous year, thanks to you, dear Readers! We receive many positive feedbacks from you about our portal, our work, and our articles! We sincerely thank you and appreciate your inquiries, help requests, and questions related to breed selection, dog health, and other important dog-related topics through email, Facebook messages, chat, and the contact form on our portal. We try to answer them to the best of our knowledge.
The Dog Portal abounds with many useful, valuable, and interesting articles, from which we have compiled and now share with you the top list of last year. Our most popular articles to our readers were about dog health, children and dogs, the dog breed guide, and dog love topics. Let's look at them now in order, naturally from the back to the front, to make it even more exciting!
To view the full article, please click on the image or the title below!
Dog Portal 2016 TOP 10 – the most popular and most read articles
10. Heat Stroke and the Most Endangered Dog Breeds
Our portal’s summer hit article in the dog health category, where you can find out what to do if your dog overheats or suffers heat stroke. From our article, you can learn the symptoms of this rapidly developing and life-threatening condition and find out how to help a dog that has suffered heat stroke. The article pays special attention to those dog breeds that belong to the higher risk categories and also reveals why!
9. Protecting Our Dogs' Health – About Gastric Torsion
As the first topic of our health protection series, we chose the dreaded gastric torsion because raising awareness of this life-threatening condition is always timely for responsible dog owners! Gastric torsion is a sudden life-threatening condition that many do not recognize in time, so it is important to talk about it so that you can identify it by the symptoms if gastric torsion develops in your pet. You also need to know what to do if the problem has already occurred. We asked our expert, Dr. Péter Hauberger, clinical veterinarian at the Animal Hospital in Nyíregyháza, about gastric torsion, the symptoms, further actions, and prevention.
8. Chow-Chow breed description
Our dog breed guide featured the blue-tongued chow-chow among the first breed descriptions. As a dedicated breeder of the breed (Broken Hill’s Heart chow-chow kennel), I consider it my cause to present and familiarize this special dog breed in a worthy manner. The Dog of the Gods, as the monks called it, is a masterpiece of beauty, dignity, and naturalness, proud, faithful, and reserved. The chow-chow is extremely intelligent and extremely loyal to its owner, its strong will makes it a challenge for those ideal owners who are willing to invest enough time, patience, and energy in these serious, dignified, and proud dogs. The chow-chow dog breed guide on our portal is the 8th most popular article, featuring external and internal characteristics, development, training, health issues, and coat care, seasoned with some breed history, a wonderful featured image, and a small video about the 101 large dog breeds.
7. 13 signs that show your dog loves you very much
Dogs are wonderful and incomparable beings, loyal, obedient, and affectionate, they truly are man’s best friend. No matter how we leave home, they always wait for us with the same boundless, sincere, childlike joy and love. A hug and a petting are the greatest gifts for them and their gratitude and love in return are incomparable. Dogs help when you are sad and rejoice with you when you are happy. Their healing power lies in their love, which they show in every possible way and this is very important to us because the power of love can do anything. An important part of the miracle is trust, specifically the unconditional and constant trust with which dogs honor and gift humans, thus strengthening humans' faith and trust in themselves. Our article made for the 2nd anniversary of Dog Portal ranks 7th on our top list.
6. Caucasian Shepherd Dog breed description
Among the breed descriptions in our dog breed guide, the Caucasian Shepherd Dog was also presented, thanks to György Gyurka, breeder and owner of the "King of Karabakh" Caucasian Shepherd Dog kennel. You can read everything you need to know about this ancient dog breed in the article, including types, training, appearance and faults, character and faults, training and guarding-protective work. An exceptionally comprehensive characterization of the Caucasian Shepherd Dog, which you won't find anywhere else in this form, only here on Dog Portal. The Caucasian Shepherd Dog breed description has been very popular with our readers from the beginning, and in 2016 it became our 6th most-read article! We are deeply grateful to the breeder for preparing the characterization of the breed he breeds for our portal!
5. 10 Symptoms You Should Never Ignore in Your Dog
This article on dog health tries to highlight the symptoms. It is important to recognize changed behavior so you can take the necessary steps as soon as possible to restore your dog's health. Detecting some disease symptoms and figuring out the next steps from a responsible dog owner simply requires attention, for example, in the case of a mild stomach upset caused by overfeeding that will disappear within 1-2 days if we pay attention and reduce or refrain from giving treats between meals. Other symptoms appear so suddenly, are so severe and frightening that you immediately know to grab your pet and take them to the vet or to an animal clinic in case of emergency. 10 symptoms that you should never ignore as a responsible dog owner!
4. Fruits That Our Dogs Can Safely Eat
Many people want to know if feeding fruits to their dogs is safe. The truth is YES. In this article, we present the fruits that are good for our dogs. Feeding fruits to our dogs is one great way to provide valuable extra vitamins, minerals, and antioxidants to their bodies. Moreover, just like us humans, eating fruit is a real pleasure for dogs. Besides, they will not only love getting fruit, but they will also love the beneficial effects the fruits will have on their body. Our article titled Fruits That Our Dogs Can Safely Eat ranks 4th on our top list.
/gyumolcsok-melyeket-kutyaink-is-biztonsaggal-fogyaszthatnak/
3. Dog Breeds Recommended for Children II.
On the occasion of Kutya Portál’s 1-year anniversary, this sweet and kind two-part article about dog breeds recommended for children was made. Children and dogs are a great pair. Who wouldn’t want their child to grow up with a dog, gaining many beautiful experiences and memories along the way? We offer you help with the second part of this article, where you can read interesting and useful information about 11 dog breeds, presented with pictures! In addition, the infographic included in the material contains some useful and noteworthy advice on how your children should respect dogs! We highly recommend this to all families with children, parents, children, grandparents, and all our dear readers!
2. Dog Breeds Recommended for Children I.
Our article made for Kutya Portál’s 1-year birthday, Part I, occupies 2nd place on our top list. The first part of Dog Breeds Recommended for Children discusses choosing the ideal dog breed for a child and presents 9 child-friendly dog breeds with photos and breed descriptions, highlighting why each breed is an ideal choice for children. We offer useful advice on the main guidelines and factors to consider when choosing a dog breed and provide help on how to achieve the best relationship between the child and the dog. We warmly recommend it to all families with children, parents, children, grandparents, and all dog lovers!
1. 18 symptoms indicating illness, from which you know your dog needs help
The absolute top, the most popular and most read article of Kutya Portál in 2016, the No.1.
The 18 symptoms indicating illness that signal our dogs need help! It is well-known that it is not always easy to recognize a disease in a dog, which is why it is important to look for various subtle signs that may point to a potential problem. The Kutya Portál article tries to highlight these symptoms. It is important to recognize changed behavior! By detailing the 18 symptoms, we provide a little help for situations where you notice any of these symptoms in your pets, so you can identify them successfully and take the necessary steps to restore your dogs' health. And for a responsible dog owner, nothing can be more important than their dog's health!
/18-betegseg-jelzo-tunet-hogy-tudd-kutyadnak-segitsegre-van-szuksege/
+ 1. The mythology of dog years
As a bonus, please warmly receive the editors' favorite Kutya Portál article, from which you can learn everything about the mythology of dog years, the differing rates of growth and aging of dogs, the expected lifespan of various breeds, and also the factors influencing it. In this article on our portal, you will also find a year calculator, so you can calculate in 3 seconds how old your dog is in dog years!
/a-kutyaevek-mitologiaja/
With this brief summary and the top list of Kutya Portál's most popular articles of 2016, the editors of Kutya Portál, Ildikó Vámosi and István Kovács, wish all dog lovers a very happy New Year 2017, rich in achievements, successes, lots of joy, love, and health!
Thank you for reading us in 2016! This year we are working to share much useful information, valuable thoughts, good advice, and interesting articles with you, our dear readers, about mankind’s best friends, the dogs.
Please share this post with your friends and other dog lovers, as it may be useful for them too! Thank you!
.
More useful and valuable articles for dog lovers can be viewed on the author's official website.
Find Ildikó Vámosi’s official website, dog article writer and author:
Http://ildikovamosi.hu/
🙂 Thank you if you honor us with your visit! 🙂
