Berlin (dpa/gms) - Puppies shouldn't be disturbed whilst eating. Young dogs let bring themselves fastly out of their repose and they will adapt the bad habitude to carry the food through the apartement. This is an information of the German Animal Welfare Organization in Berlin

Berlin (dpa) - The general consumer reticence doesn't goes on the costs of the pets. For their welfare 2,91 billion euros were spent in Germany 2005, similar to the years before, according to the Umbrella Organization of Zoological Concerns (ZZF) in Berlin.

Duesseldorf (dpa/gms) - Owners of dogs shouldn't let eat their dogs snow if they are making a promenade. A lot of dogs love it to snap after down falling flakes or they love it to eat already lying snow.

Munich (dpa) - In German houses it barks, meows or it beeps: Three-quarter of women (75 percent) and two thirds of men (68 percent) have or have had a pet, to some extent more than one at the same time. This is a result of a representative public-opinion poll from TNS-Emnid.

Hamburg (dpa/gms) - You shouldn't give away game or their after-breedings to Christmas. Often, this bought animals will be «decontaminated» after a little while in the nature, this advises the National Association Hamburg of the Nature Protection Federation Germany (NABU)

Bonn (dpa/gms) - Animals shouldn't give away to Christmas as surprise. The buying of an animal should be well considered and prepared, according to the experts of the Animal Protection Federation in Berlin.

Munich (dpa/gms) - If you began the feeding of wild birds you should continue with it the whole winter. The animals accustom to it, according to the Animal Welfare Organization in Munich.

Bonn (dpa/gms) - Winter coats for dogs are in the most cases unnecessary. «A healthy dog doesn't need a winter coat», says Thomas Schröder, federal director of the German Animal Protection Association in Bonn.