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Choose The Best Toys For
Your Dogs
When buying toys for your beloved dogs, you may want to match them
with your dog's needs, and personality. You may want to try experimenting
first to find out which toys make your dogs the happiest.
Does Your Dog Have Allergies?
The most common form of canine allergyis flea allergy. To find out
if your dog has flea allergies, a skin allergy test is preformed.
If it he/she is tested positive, a strict control regimen can reduce
symptoms. Consult your vet as to what type of treatment is best
for your pet.
Eliminating Heartworm
Dogs become infected when they are bitten by mosquitoes with infective
heartworm larvae. The infection is transmitted, with the larvae
eventually growing into adult female and male worms that live not
only in the heart, but also in the lungs and related blood vessels.
How To Select
a Proper Diet for Your Dog
Your dog needs 45 nutrients to function properly. Major groups for
these nutrients are protein, carbohydrates, fat, vitamins and minerals,
as well as water. These nutrients have to be in the right amounts
so that they are properly digested and absorbed by the body.
What breeds are
prone Hip Displasia?
Hip displasia is a genetic disease, meaning the pup can inherit
it from its parents. Other factors also contribute, like environmental
factors, rapid weight changes and other genetic factors as well.
Tracing your pet's family lineage will help you determine if your
dog is prone to this disease.
What is Canine Distemper?
The symptoms of canine distemper are not easily detected so that
immediate treatment is rarely given. Complications such as pneumonia,
bronchitis and severe inflammation of the stomach and intestines
can also develop from the disease.
What is Kennel Cough?
Kennel cough can be caused by one or a combination of the following
airborne agents (either as the causative or secondary agent): canine
distemper virus, canine adenovirus 2, canine parainfluenza virus,
the bordetella bronchiseptica or other gram negative bacteria.
Intestinal Parasites
in Your Dog
Your dogs can be infected with intestinal parasites such as roundworms,
tapeworms, hookworms, and whipworms. Taking care of our canine friends
by checking for parasites which can be detrimental to their health.
Protect
Your Dog From Leptospirosis
Leptospires grow well in water, appearing in a spiral shaped long
body with hooks on both ends. They are called "aquatic spirochetes".
They are of two species, Leptospira biflexa and Leptospira interogans
which cause disease in animals and humans. Leptospira interogans
is divided ...
Do Your Dogs
Get Hepatitis?
Although dogs do get hepatitis, it may be different in cause and
effect from human hepatitis. There is what is called Infectious
Canine Hepatitis. This disease is caused by a virus, and may prove
to be a fatal disease in some dogs.
Regular
Vaccinations And Your Dog
Immunity means that there is little or no risk of falling ill to
a certain disease. In adult dogs immunity can result from either
vaccination or the dog suffering and survived the disease.
How to Give
Your Pet CPR
Pet CPR is a very important skill for those who deal with emergency
medical cases concerning dogs. Although not everyone learns it,
those who do are a vital factor in saving the lives of many beloved
pets.
How to Control
Fleas
Fleas are parasites that feed off your dog's blood. Flea eggs can
be found almost everywhere - in your couch, carpet, etc. so the
likelihood of infection is very high. To know if your dog has fleas,
look for flea excrement - small, dark, curly dots that are also
known as "flea dirt."
Parvovirus Is
Deadly
Dog owners have to remain vigilant to signs and symptoms that point
to the disease. Parvovirus is a highly contagious disease that manifests
itself through diarrhea and bloody stool. It is caused by the canine
parvovirus (CPV-2).
Your
Dog's Intestinal Parasites
Statistics show that one in three dogs at some time can be infected
with intestinal parasites such as roundworms, hookworms, whipworms,
and tapeworms.
Dental Hygiene
for Your Dogs
Dental pet care experts say that up to 80% of dogs manifest signs
of dental diseases by three years in the absence of proper oral
hygiene. Getting dogs accustomed to dental care as early.
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