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In this article we’ll concentrate your attention on the period of pupping and the one after it. It is very important to notice abnormal labor to be able to help your dog or a puppy and be ready to ask for qualified veterinary help.

Coupling of a small she-dog with a large male dog can cause difficult labors. In such situation, ask your veterinary surgeon to be present at pupping, because too big size of puppies can cause a mogitocia.

Vitamin imbalances, non-observance of sanitary and hygienic rules cause different difficulties. .

Modern methods of diagnostics (ultrasonic visualization, radiographic examination) allow establishing with high degree of reliability quantity of fetuses and to examine uterus. That’s why if you think, that your dog’s duration of gestation is too long or if you marked some symptoms of indisposition (lack of appetite, anxiety, rising of temperature, vaginal discharges with an unpleasant smell, general weakness or depression), it is better to consult a vet.

During whelping, especially if this is a plural pregnancy, a dog quickly gets tired and has no forces on contractions of abdominal muscles for expulsing. In this case, it is necessary to identify, whether the intervals between puppies are too long (up to 90 minutes or even longer). If there are no born puppies, the probability, that they will be alive, decreases by each hour. If you see that your dog bears down without results, do not wait, when it becomes totally creased, call the veterinary surgeon.

Obesity, wrong keeping of a dog and bed feeding during the period when your dog is in pup, abdominal hernia, and strain of uterine muscle and abdominal muscles, when it whelps a large puppy can cause a difficult bearing-down. Waiting for a doctor, try to do a massage of abdominal muscles. Offer to the dog warm sweet tea or coffee with milk. A vet will make injections which will renew labour and will help to pup remained puppies.

If there is dryness of parturient canal, it is possible to place boiled and cooled down vaseline or any other oil into vagina.

If the birth canal is narrow normally begun birth activity leads to presentation of a part of a puppy’s body from the vagina. As a result of labour, there can be vaginal laceration. That’s why if you see that a puppy or birth membranes appear from external genitals and again disappear in absence of labour, urgently call the veterinary surgeon. Such abnormalities can be, if you have a she-dog of a small breed or if it is a first-time mother.

It often happens that a just born puppy looks lifeless. Don’t get scared! It is necessary to massage it by towel carefully, but energetically, to clean mucus from the mouth and nose, to massage the chest, to shake a little headlong. Try to accurately open its mouth, opening respiratory ways; this will help to make the first breath. Try to force puppy to emit any sound, it will also make the first breath.

Pets are not just “alive” beings that live with us, pet are far beyond that notions. And you are really responsible for them. Those of you who have dogs, should know info about dog health. This is not a bizarre statement, this is what your pet really needs from you.

And a real dog lover should understand today the web technologies give you a really unique chance to choose what you want for the best price on the market. Funny, but most of the people don’t use this opportunity. In real life it means that you must use all the tools of today to get the info about dog health.

Search Google and other search engines. Visit social networks and check the accounts that are relevant to your topic. Go to the niche forums and join the discussion. All this will help you to build up a true vision of this market. Thus, giving you a real opportunity to make a smart and nicely balanced decision.

And also sign up to the RSS on this blog, because we will do the best to keep updating this blog with new publications about “old dog health” issues and other crucial topics about dogs.

As well as the woman, she-dog passes some pregnancy periods. Your dog changes and this will help you to define the duration of your dog’s gestation.

During the first two weeks after coupling enlargement of nipples gives signals about early pregnancy.
Veterinary surgeon examines dog’s belly, and after it s/he can tell whether it is in pup or not.

But if you are still in doubt as to your pet’s pregnancy, ask your vet to do analysis of blood or make ultrasonic-diagnostics. Of course, dog’s pregnancy is shorter, than that of a woman, and dogs pup in 63-65 days after conception. And if there are three trimesters of woman’s pregnancy, there are also three periods of dog’s pregnancy lasting 21 days each.

On the sixth week of pregnancy a dog has an insatiable appetite. During this moment you should give it more food, because your pet must support puppies, and itself. The quantity of food must increase approximately by 50 per cent from its usual helping.
It is very important to give it balanced feeding, follow all the vet’s advices.

Dog’s belly, which bears many puppies, considerably increases in its size. But if your dog bears only one or two puppies, the size of a belly will increase to a very small degree and pregnancy can become plainly visible during last 2 weeks.

If your dog bears many puppies, you can expect an untimely birth.
As a rule, she-dog gives birth to puppies without assistance. But there are some exceptions, about which you must know. Go to veterinary surgeon, if…

- If this is the 65th or 66th day and you suspect delayed labor;
- If your dog has uterine contractions during longer than two hours, and does not pup.
- If your dog gave birth to a puppy but it was not the last, and three hours has passed.
- If labour pains are long enough and labour activity is unsuccessful. This situation is especially critical!!
- If your dog is very tired, and its parodynia are so small, that a dog can not be delivered.

As soon as your dog is delivered, take care of puppies. Remember that puppies have an elevated body temperature, that’s why an ideal place will be a small house near their mum; it must be warm and comfortable.

When your dog just puped, it feels too vulnerable, that’s why it is so necessary to prepare beforehand such place, where nobody will disturb it. Don’t invite friends to this “show”, because thus you put a strain on it. It will be better, if only dog’s owner is behind during the time of delivery. Your dog should have possibility to get used to a place, where it will pup. A pet may not like it at first.

Pets are not just “alive” beings that live with us, pet are a lot more important. And you are really responsible for them. Those of you who have dogs, must know info about dog health. This is not a bizarre statement, this is what your pet really needs from you.

And a real dog lover should understand today the online technologies give you a truly unique chance to choose exactly what you need for the best price on the market. Strange, but most of the people don’t use this opportunity. In real life it means that you must use all the tools of today to get the information about dog health.

Search Google and other search engines. Visit social networks and have a look on the accounts that are relevant to your topic. Go to the niche forums and participate in the discussion. All this will help you to create a true vision of this market. Thus, giving you a real opportunity to make a smart and nicely balanced decision.

And also sign up to the RSS on this blog, because we will do the best to keep this blog tuned up to the day with new publications about “dogs health issues” issues and other important topics about dogs.

A young dog, as well as a teenager, has an immature mind in almost adult body. The process of puppy’s growing, as well as maturation of a child is uneasy, and your problem consists in helping your pet to endure it trouble-free.

Dog’s instincts are extremely developed; because of it dogs do not always understand human priorities. Let’s take a look at some processes occurring in a body and in the mind of a young dog.

1. Permanent teeth erupt, that’s why your dog needs to chew constantly. This desire is so great that if your dog does not have toys, it will use any things meeting to it for chewing, including furniture and any expensive subjects. That’s why it is extremely important to buy good toys for chewing. Some dogs do not feel drawn to chewing, but later it can have problems with tooth system. If earlier you had a dog, which did not spoil your things, you can decide that your new dog is the true barbarian, while it is more normal.

2. Growth can distress your dog. In certain cases it even needs treatment, while in others this is only a slackness.

3. Formed growth zones are more accident-prone, and this means again, that you must limit movements of a dog while it does not become more adult.

4. Young dog should learn to understand its possibilities, but also restrictions for learning to live in the world.

5. The organism of a young dog produces much more testosterone than that of an adult dog. So, excessively masculine behavior is shown during this period, this is a craving for spraying, vagrancy, and aggression to other dogs.

6. In this age, she-dogs is firstly on heat, this leads to playful and coquettish behavior in relation to dogs, vagrancy, frequent urination, false pregnancy and aggression to another she-dogs.

7. In this age dogs have a mechanism of self-defence, and the fears received by a young dog, can lead to phobias or aggression, which an adult dog can get.

8. Other dogs start to interpret a young dog as a competitor and even show aggression. Dog-teenager starts to search for its place, and not always this process passes smoothly.

What is it possible to do? The teen-age of a dog is a good possibility for establishing good and strong relations in your family. You should only continue that educational process which you began when your dog was a small puppy.

Time frames of adolescence depend on dog’s breed, heredity and specific features. It is very hard to understand whether its behavior is some stage which it is possible to pass and forget about, or it is already a part of its character.

It is good, if you have a friend, who is a skilled owner and will help you to overcome teenage problems of your dog. You can correct the character of your dog at this time, but if you do something wrong, it can become worse.

Pets are not just “alive” beings that live with us, pet are far beyond that notions. And you are really responsible for them. Those of you who have dogs, must know info about dog health. This is not a bizarre statement, this is what your pet really needs from you.

And a real dog lover should remember today the Internet technologies give you a truly unique chance to choose exactly what you want at the best terms which are available on the market. Funny, but most of the people don’t use this opportunity. In real practice it means that you should use all the tools of today to get the info about dog health.

Search Google and other search engines. Visit social networks and check the accounts that are relevant to your topic. Go to the niche forums and join the discussion. All this will help you to create a true vision of this market. Thus, giving you a real chance to make a smart and nicely balanced decision.

And also sign up to the RSS feed on this blog, because we will do the best to keep this blog tuned up to the day with new publications about “dogs health issues” issues and other important topics about dogs.

A dog can be in pup during 61–63 days.

The main process can’t start unexpectedly. Usually, a number of signs precede it. There are pendulous belly and sagging of a back. One or two days before delivery external genitals become bigger, nipples are filled with a colostrum, which is more concentrated than milk and in which there are some antibodies necessary for protecting puppy’s organism from infectious diseases. During last predelivery days body’s temperature falls to 37°? (norm is 38,8–39,3°?). During pupping, the temperature rises again to norm or can be a little above it. Shortly before pupping, she-dogs show anxiety, try to avoid people, search for secluded corner and refuse meal.

Before the beginning of dog’s pupping, prepare the following:

– Pure towels, some rags, which will be necessary for taking a puppy and helping it to be born (puppies in fetal bladders are very slick);

– Rubber hot-water bottle;

– An antiseptic solution for hands;

– A box for born puppies;

– Scissors for cutting an umbilical cord;

– Threads for tying an umbilical cords;

– A bucket for the used rags and afterbirths.

Predelivery period can continue from 3 to 12 hours. During this time, she-dog worries very much, puffs and blows, tries to make a “nest”.
The period of pupping depends on the quantity of puppies and can continue from 2 or 3 hours tol 12 or even 24 hours. An interval between giving a birth to puppies must be 15–20 minutes, but the time of pauses can even reach 2 hours. Puppies are often born in fetal membranes which, your dog will gnaw through. However, if there is a plural pregnancy and it is difficult for the dog to reach every born puppy, owner should free puppies from fetal membranes. Then you must carefully wipe dry puppies, clean mucus from a mouth and cut off an umbilical cord far away from belly, tied it up beforehand. Body temperature of newborn puppies falls quickly; that’s why it is necessary to keep up the heat in a room. It should be wiped carefully by a soft, pure towel, otherwise puppies can easily catch a cold.

After the birth of a puppy or sometimes together with it a placenta appears. Dog instinctively tries to eat it, but don’t allow it to do this more than once or twice, this can cause a diarrhoeia. After delivery count the number of placentae, the number of it and the number of puppies must be the same! Never take puppies away from the dog, it will start worrying, besides, presence of puppies and their attempts to suck stimulate the birth of the following puppies.

During the process of birth you can move born puppies to a small box with a hot-water bottle wrapped in a soft towel. Put puppies and slightly cover them with a towel.

Pets are not just “alive” beings that live with us, pet are far beyond that notions. And you are really responsible for them. Those of you who have dogs, should know info about dog health. This is not a bizarre statement, this is what your pet really needs from you.

And a real dog lover should understand today the web technologies give you a really unique chance to choose what you need for the best price on the market. Funny, but most of the people don’t use this opportunity. In real life it means that you must use all the tools of today to get the info about dog health.

Search Google or other search engines. Visit social networks and have a look on the accounts that are relevant to your topic. Go to the niche forums and participate in the discussion. All this will help you to create a true vision of this market. Thus, giving you a real chance to make a smart and nicely balanced decision.

And also sign up to the RSS on this blog, because we will everything possible to keep updating this blog with new publications about “old dog health” issues and other crucial topics about dogs.

From the moment you became the owner of a she-dog, you take in hand not only welfare of this pet, but also the health of its future broods. It is a great responsibility, so you should be ready for this. This article will give you some useful information.

So, preparing your dog for the pregnancy you should start long before the coupling. From the moment, when your pet is on heat for the first time, you should give it balanced food, in which there should be enough minerals, microelements, vitamins and nutrients, or during pregnancy puppies will develop slowly and risk to be born weak and frail.

However, don’t overfeed your dog, excess weight and obesity can turn out with big problems and even become the reason of spontaneous abortion. Consult a veterinary surgeon, he will give you all the recommendations about feeding and will help you to make a correct diet according to the age, breed of the dog and its physiological features.

In the first month of pregnancy don’t try to change usual diet and dietary habits of your pet, those nutrients which future mummy gives to future puppies are quite enough. But from fourth week when puppies in the womb start to grow and develop intensively, increase volume of portions by 10-15 % per week, daily norm must increase by 50 % against primary for the time of pupping. During this time your dog must begin to eat three times a day, and from the fifth week the number of feedings should be 4-5 times a day.

During pregnancy your pet needs a large number of proteins, calcium, vitamins and microelements for giving all the necessary for puppies and protecting itself form exhaustion. Be in no hurry to feed a dog with food additives and vitamins before you consult a veterinary surgeon, this process needs a super accurate dosage, and any abnormality threatens to serious problems with health. An optimum variant is using some ready diets, for example, Pedigree®, which is balanced with mathematical accuracy and ideally corresponds to requirements of your dog.

Maintain diet and volume of feeding of a dog during lactation period after delivery, after all newborn puppies get everything from mother’s milk. When your puppies are be 3-4 weeks old, start training them to “adult” food. Leading veterinary surgeons and dog breeders recommend using for these a special dry diet «First additional food», which you can give to puppies before every maternal feeding.

Keep an eye on weight of newborn puppies, to prevent their overfeeding. Small, not fully developed stomachs are not ready to cope with such a large quantity of food, that’s why, follow a principle «it is better to eat less, but more often», convert daily norm into small portions.

Pets are not just “alive” beings that live with us, pet are far beyond that notions. And you are really responsible for them. Those of you who have dogs, must know info about dog health. This is not a bizarre statement, this is what your pet really needs from you.

And a real dog lover should remember today the Internet technologies give you a truly unique chance to choose exactly what you need at the best terms which are available on the market. Funny, but most of the people don’t use this chance. In real life it means that you should use all the tools of today to get the information about dog health.

Search Google or other search engines. Visit social networks and check the accounts that are relevant to your topic. Go to the niche forums and join the online discussion. All this will help you to build up a true vision of this market. Thus, giving you a real chance to make a wise and nicely balanced decision.

And also sign up to the RSS on this blog, because we will do the best to keep updating this blog with new publications about “Labrador dog health” issues and other important topics about dogs.

Every owner loves their four-footed pet and tries to protect it from troubles, but, unfortunately, no one can feel secured against dangerous meeting with parasites which can be in the hair, on the skin or in the organism of dogs and do irreversible harm to it.

Depending on favorite « places of residence» all parasites are divided into external (fleas, scabies mites, dog biting lice) and internal (nematode worms, cestodes and flat worms). External parasites live on the skin or hair of a dog and suck its blood, inflict suffering on your pet, causing an itch, a rash, falling out of shreds of the hair. The most widespread external parasites are:

Fleas. These bloodsucking pathophoric parasites attack dogs in summer and in autumn more often. The best way of fleas control is preventive maintenance. Periodically examine the hair of your dog and its tender places (belly, neck, inguinal region, tail and head). Carefully clean a corner of your pet. But if you noticed fleas in the hair or on the skin of a dog, wash it up with a special shampoo and treat the whole room. As a rule, you must do these manipulations a number or times, if you want to assure devastation.

Lice. These tiny bluish-grey beings threaten health of our pets the whole year round. In winter, lice occupy the top part of a neck, withers, internal surfaces of hips of a dog, and prefer to hide far away from direct sun in summer. If you want to deliver your puppy from lice, wash up the dog with a special shampoo or with any other insecticidal solution, treat the dog’s bed and its things. Combing out of hair also gives good results.

Mites. These is a well-known dangerous infection carrier, as a rule, threatens the health of dogs during spring-and-summer period. It attacks your pet, sticks into it and sucks blood, causing an irritation of the skin and the skin itching. To protect a dog from these parasites, carefully examine it after each walk and comb out its hair. If you noticed a mite stuck into your pet, don’t pull it out, drop some oil onto this place or dab it of enamel and then twist it off by forceps. Paint a wound with iodine, and take a mite into a glass jar and bring it to the nearest sanitation service (they will tell you whether this insect is an infection carrier).

Dog biting louse. These yellow or light brown wingless insects in outward appearance remind lice very much. If you want to check your dog for these lice, warm the big rag of a dark fabric (approximately to 50 °?) and cover a dog, you will see lice, because heat-loving insects will creep over a fabric. If you want to deliver your puppy from these lice, do the same.

Internal parasites (tapeworms, ascarides and helminths) live in a gastrointestinal tract of a dog. Their activity is very dangerous for your pet, because it can lead to many serious illness to intestinal obstruction, epileptic attacks, diarrhoeia, vomiting, etc. You will see presence of helminths or worms in an organism, only after carefully laboratory analysis of the excrements.

Pets are not just “alive” beings that live with us, pet are a lot more important. And you are really responsible for them. Those of you who have dogs, should know info about dog health. This is not a bizarre statement, this is what your pet really needs from you.

And a real dog lover should understand today the online technologies give you a really unique chance to choose what you require for the best price on the market. Funny, but most of the people don’t use this chance. In real life it means that you should use all the tools of today to get the info about dog health.

Search Google or other search engines. Visit social networks and have a look on the accounts that are relevant to your topic. Go to the niche forums and participate in the discussion. All this will help you to create a true vision of this market. Thus, giving you a real opportunity to make a smart and nicely balanced decision.

P.S. And also sign up to the RSS on this blog, because we will everything possible to keep updating this blog with new publications about “dog health issue” issues and other important topics about dogs.

As well as other pets, dogs are infectious-prone. The most dangerous infectious diseases are rabies, Aujeszky’s disease, distemper, parvovirus enteritis, viral hepatitis, leptospirosis and tetanus. Invasive illnesses are helminthoses and invasion of the body by various ectoparasites (for example, fleas), non-contagious illnesses are diarrhoeia, rachitis, poisonings, vitamin hypovitaminosis, etc. Dog’s owner should have minimum knowledge about normal physiological condition of an animal, because he must be able to render it first pre-medical aid, to see symptoms of an illness.

Sometimes you can see the so-called forced (obsessive) movements, when your dog mills around in the same direction (manege movements), involuntary spasm (tic). The most essential symptom of illness is dry and hot nose. If your dog fell ill, you can see conjunctivitis, cough, diseases of the throat, changes in the character of excrements (color, consistence, quantity and frequency), bad appetite, rise or fall of temperature (normal temperature is 37,5 - 39°C), changes in frequency of breath and pulse.

For rendering first-aid or doing something by prescriptions of your veterinary surgeon, you must complete first-aid set which should contain all the most common medicines.

Powders, pills, tablets, capsules are given directly to the mouth cavity of a dog or with food. In the first case, the owner makes a dog sit down, opens its mouth and places a medicine as deep as possible, trying to get it to the root of the tongue. Then clutch the dog’s mouth by one hand for 1-2 minutes, and by another hand pat its neck in the line of gullet. If you failed to give a medicine like this, mix it with food.

Rub ointments in the cleaned skin from which you must shear hair beforehand. Watch that ointment doesn’t get into your pet’s eyes, smearing skin on the head. If you need to give your dog some liquid medical substance, fill up the corner of a mouth with this solution or tincture. You can do this with a spoon or a syringe. Pour only10 -15 ml and break between separate portions, because your dog needs time to swallow a liquid and not choke over.

How to take the temperature? Shake up the thermometer; smear its working end by Vaseline. Take a dog in your arms. Raise a tail by your left hand and gingerly by rotatory movements place it into a rectum. Wait for 5 minutes. After the procedure wash your thermometer with warm water with soap and disinfect it with a spirit or a cologne. Measurements must be taken at the same time (in the morning and in the evening).

Guarantee of dog’s health, besides good care and feeding, is also an exception of contact with stray dogs; preventive inoculations against infectious diseases, first of all against rabies and distemper, regular veterinary examination of an animal.

Pets are not just “alive” beings that live with us, pet are a lot more important. And you are really responsible for them. Those of you who have dogs, must know info about dog health. This is not a bizarre statement, this is what your pet really needs from you.

And a real dog lover should remember today the web technologies give you a truly unique chance to choose what you want for the best price on the market. Funny, but most of the people don’t use this chance. In real practice it means that you must use all the tools of today to get the information about dog health.

Search Google and other search engines. Visit social networks and check the accounts that are relevant to your topic. Go to the niche forums and join the discussion. All this will help you to create a true vision of this market. Thus, giving you a real opportunity to make a smart and nicely balanced decision.

And also sign up to the RSS feed on this blog, because we will everything possible to keep updating this blog with new publications about “Labrador dog health” issues and other crucial topics about dogs.

1. If you get yourself a puppy, try to take down phones and addresses of the nearest veterinary clinics or private vets, living near you, as soon as possible.

2. If this is your first dog, we advise you to consult a vet concerning about the dog care and protecting its health. But advices of some dog breeders and especially of come-and-go people should be listened to with prudence.

3. Watch your puppy; study its habits and mores. During the walks look how your dog relieves itself, pay attention to color and consistence of urine and excrements. These facts can be useful for you in dialogue with a vet.

4. Attentively watch the behavior of a dog in the street, if you want to avoid traumas and poisonings. In an apartment, where a small puppy lives, it is necessary to hide all the small objects, medicinal agents and caustics. Try to make electric wires difficult of access for a puppy.

5. Feed your pet only with good-quality products. “Animal food”, vitamins and food supplements are better to buy in specialized shops. Do not run experiments on a stomach of your dog!

6. Follow the schedule of inoculations recommended to you by the veterinary surgeon, once a year make a preventive examination in clinic.

7. If you have any questions, have no scruple in disturbing your vet once again, try to get full information about your dog’s health.

8. Form a habit to examine your dog for scabies mites, scratches and abrasions every time after walk.

9. Remember, that biological age of your dog in comparison with your age changes fleetly, one-year-old dog is as a young man of twenty. Delaying consultation with the doctor for only 1 day, we, naturally, lose 2 weeks, and week of delaying is equivalent to non-rendering first aid to the young man during 4-5 months! Remember, that the life of your dog is shorter, then yours, and you ought to take care about your pet; make its life as comfortable as possible. Your puppy brings you joy, be a good master for it.

10. If your dog howls loudly and whines from a sharp pain, this can be a displacement. There are such symptoms: leg is raised, joint is sharply deformed, painfulness, inflammatory swelling, and local rise of temperature.

Do not try to set a bone on your own. You can do more harm than good to your dog.

First aid: muzzle and give a pain killer to the dog. If your dog feels violent pain, put a cold on the place of a dislocation (a package with frozen vegetables or a bottle with ice), dress a tight bandage and urgently carry a dog to a hospital, equipped with X-ray apparatus.

Continue treatment after surgical setting a bone to a disappearance of painful reaction.

Pets are not just “alive” beings that live with us, pet are far beyond that notions. And you are really responsible for them. Those of you who have dogs, should know info about dog health. This is not a bizarre statement, this is what your pet really needs from you.

And a real dog lover should understand today the online technologies give you a really unique chance to choose what you want for the best price on the market. Funny, but most of the people don’t use this opportunity. In real practice it means that you should use all the tools of today to get the info about dog health.

Search Google and other search engines. Visit social networks and have a look on the accounts that are relevant to your topic. Go to the niche forums and join the online discussion. All this will help you to build up a true vision of this market. Thus, giving you a real chance to make a smart and nicely balanced decision.

P.S. And also sign up to the RSS feed on this blog, because we will everything possible to keep this blog tuned up to the day with new publications about “dogs health issues” issues and other important topics about dogs.

Every dog’s owner should know, what must be in medicine chest for emergencies.
First-aid outfit contains:

Antiseptics:
There are iodine, brilliant green, colloidal solution, which quickly dries up and forms dense elastic film on a skin, this is an agent effecting antisepsis, if there are some traumatic injuries, hydrogen peroxide, boric acid.

Adsorbent:
There are activated carbon (tablets) (absorbs gases and toxins formed during touch of indigestion).

Ointments:
There are Vishnevsky ointment, synthomycin emulsion (antiseptic ointment), petroleum ointment (vaseline).

Pain killers and anti-inflammatory drugs:
There is a non-narcotic analgesic drug (this is a reliever and a medicine to reduce fever), sulfadimine (antibacterial agent), Novocain in ampoules (pain killer, use for local anaesthesia).

Eye drops:
You must have drops for treatment of infectious diseases of eyes.

Ear drops:
Buy a lotion for clearing dogs and cats’ ears or use sea-buckthorn oil for this.

Bandaging material:
There are narrow and wide gauze bandages, elastic bandage, compress cotton and absorbent cotton.

Instruments:
You need a thermometer, a pipette, an enema syringe, forceps, single-use syringes and cotton buds.

Periodically renew your first-aid set. Do not buy medicine, if it is past its expiration date.

Dog’s behavior will help you to see its level of health, if there are some changes, look attentively at it. If your dog becomes sluggish, it’s off his oats, rejects water, if there is a diarrhoeia or vomiting, your pet fell ill.

The nose becomes dry and hot, there can be abnormally high body temperature, accompanied by a fast pulse rate, dry skin, palpitation, tachypnoe, labored breathing etc. The quantity of urine increases, its color changes, it can become nebulous. You can also see various expectorations, discharges from its eyes and sanies. A dog can whine, howl, can be nervous. Sick dog quickly loses flesh.

Dog’s owner should be able to take physiological data of an animal, to dose it, to administer a drug, to put a bandage on a cut and many other things.

Some owners have a problem with taking the pulse. Healthy dog must have a pulse rate of a seventy-one hundred and twenty five, puppies and young dogs can have more. Pulse is taken during one minute in two ways:
1) femoral artery must be slightly thumb pressed;
2) you can feel pulsation of the heart, putting your hand on a chest, and count up quantity of heartbeats.

How to take a temperature.
The normal temperature of the dog’s body is 37,5 - 39 °C. Normal body temperature for puppies is a little above (38-39,2 °C). Take temperature in the morning or in the evening, at the same time. Vaseline the thermometer and cautiously place it in the rectum. Keep thermometer in such position during 5-7 minutes. Your dog can stand or lie on its side during this unpleasant manipulation. After taking temperature, wash thermometer with warm water and soap and disinfect it.

Pets are not just “alive” beings that live with us, pet are far beyond that notions. And you are really responsible for them. Those of you who have dogs, should know info about dog health. This is not a bizarre statement, this is what your pet really needs from you.

And a real dog lover should remember today the online technologies give you a really unique chance to choose exactly what you want at the best terms which are available on the market. Strange, but most of the people don’t use this opportunity. In real practice it means that you must use all the tools of today to get the info about dog health.

Search Google and other search engines. Visit social networks and check the accounts that are relevant to your topic. Go to the niche forums and participate in the discussion. All this will help you to create a true vision of this market. Thus, giving you a real opportunity to make a smart and nicely balanced decision.

And also sign up to the RSS on this blog, because we will do the best to keep updating this blog with new publications about “dog health issue” issues and other important topics about dogs.

If you start keeping a dog, you must know many nuances and know how to do a lot of things. Good owner must be always alert to a trouble with dog’s health. Now we’ll answer to a question: if you want to know respiratory rate of your dog, what should you do?

A healthy dog makes 14-24 respiratory movements per 1 minute. Make a respiratory rate count during one minute; hold your hand to the chest or to a belly. Count inhalations and exhalations. An inhalation and an exhalation make one cycle.

Do all manipulations only when your pet is quiet, because you can be at the risk of being bitten, if your dog is aggressive. Every dog’s owner must know all rates of his healthy pet and take notice of every change. If you noticed something, try to find out the reason and do everything, that you can for treatment. If you see any alarming symptom of disease, go to a veterinary clinic as soon as possible.
It is desirable to make a preventive disinfection of dog’s place and all its things quarterly.

How to clean dog’s teeth?

When your puppy is approximately 3-4 months old, it is possible to train it to clean its teeth. It is necessary to brush pet’s teeth regularly, once a week. To clean the so-called “bacterial plaque”, which is a substance found on the dogs’ teeth after eating, is possible, using a tooth-brush and a special tooth-paste for dogs. There are also many prophylactic devices; for example, special chewing dainties for use in cleaning the teeth are on sale. Nevertheless, if you find a dental calculus, you will have to do some dental work. You should consult a vet in a good veterinary clinic. Expert will scale your dog’s dental tartar by tooth cleaner, so that your pet feels OK.

If you feel objectionable odor from a mouth of your dog, it must put you on your guard. Bad breath can be not only by reason of uncleaned teeth, but also it can be a symptom of serious diseases of internal organs of a dog, especially if it has troubles with his kidneys or inflammation of the liver. Only good veterinary surgeon can heal your dog of these illnesses. So, if your pet has offensive breath, it is desirable to show it to vet. And you can prevent complications after illness. Don’t get scared, however, because in most cases your dog has a bad breath because of an affected tooth or an inflammation of gum. Dental calculus and microcracks on enamel cause inflammatory process. Teeth and gums should be treated, that’s way the best treatment is a prevention of caries, dental care, heedfulness and attentiveness to your dog.

Pets are not just “alive” beings that live with us, pet are far beyond that notions. And you are really responsible for them. Those of you who have dogs, must know info about dog health. This is not a bizarre statement, this is what your pet really needs from you.

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