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Just as you may don’t like to eat the same thing every day, your dogs also need some variation in their diets so that you can be sure they are getting all the essential nutrients needed for hair, teeth and health in general.

Not only breeds such as Pit Bull, American Bulldog, Boxer, Dogo Argentino, Am Staff, Mastiff, Bull Terrier, and others require more food than most dogs, so do a lot better and have longer life expectancy when given a diet that includes plenty of fruits and vegetables. Here are some top 5 tips for feeding dogs of larger breeds:

1. Try to give your dog as many different vitamins and minerals as possible

Remember the food pyramid. Although this is not very well printed on the back of bags of dog food, the general principle remains valid. The dogs need a variety of vitamins, minerals and types of food like you.

A deficiency in any of these areas can lead to bone weakness, gastrointestinal upset, skin, poor coat and increased susceptibility to disease and infection. With a proper diet your dog will have a greater resistance to disease and a longer and better quality of life.

A simple way to incorporate more vitamins and minerals in the diet of your pet is to make a small part of what ever vegetables you are preparing for you tonight. Read the rest of this entry »

Many people want to have a pet dog but suffer certain types of allergies to these pets. However, with appropriate investigations, including the allergic person may be able to find a hypoallergenic dog breed.

Among the dog breeds safer for allergy sufferers are the Bichon Frise, Chihuahua, the Poodle, Maltese, to name a few. Once you know the complete list of dogs with hypoallergenic qualities, have to choose one that best suits the lifestyle of its new owner.

It is important to find a purebred dog so that decreases the chances of causing allergy in the person who buys it. However, there are always some risks, so it is very important for allergy medications on hand to use for any emergency or attack. Read the rest of this entry »

A family with young children should have the priority to protect them at all times. When choosing a breed of dog should consider both the temperament of the pet and the possibility that the child develop a good relationship. Some breeds of dogs that can best be with small children are as follows.

Golden Retrevier: Has a reputation for being very friendly with kids and really enjoy physical exercise, so you can play different types of games share a lot of fun. Read the rest of this entry »

Many people are familiar with certain breeds of dogs like German Shepherds, Dalmatians, Boxers, and many other well recognized in society. However, some people can not distinguish one race from another eye. Fortunately there are several sources where you can see a specific dog breed.

The first thing to do is watch the dog very well and record certain characteristics such as size, body shape, hair type, color, weight of the bones in general, the shape of the ears, and all other data that may be of interest to help in the search. Read the rest of this entry »

There is a difference between the age of the dog and humans. One of the factors of greatest discrepancy between the two species relates to their life expectancy. While people may have an average life of 78 years, dogs have an average lifespan of 7 to 15 years.

The truth is that to adjust both ages and make a comparison, the age is generally calculated by multiplying the dog year seven. This is incorrect since dog’s age more than seven years of a human when they are young. Similarly, a dog ages at a slower pace when it reaches the end of its useful life. Read the rest of this entry »

The pups are born blind, deaf and toothless.

Accompany you, take care of you and wag their tails when they see you there: no doubt the dogs are pets of choice for many. Find out some details that make these unique animals.

1. Never give him grapes or raisins to your furry friend, even small amounts can be fatal as it causes kidney failure in these animals. Nor give him chocolate, macadamia nuts, onions, cooked or caffeine is harmful to children.

2. Dogs have sweat glands between their legs.

3. The best friends of man have three pairs of eyelids.

4. In the Middle Ages used to great Danes and mastiffs as fighting dogs. They even put armor! Read the rest of this entry »

The timing of vaccination of pets is very strict, in fact, should check with the vet to be adapted if necessary, and to tell you the key dates.

When to vaccinate a puppy?

If you have a dog of few weeks, you should remember that he has been to vaccinate the following ages:

After two months: Parvovirus vaccine

At three months: Vaccine sixfold

At four months, shot six times

At six months: Rabies vaccine Read the rest of this entry »

Spring arrives, and it’s time to take outdoor trips, while training and make them more energetic in our mascot a. Recommended training plans are walking, hiking, jogging, recreation in the park and accompanied while we bike.

So in addition to bringing our dog also help us to get in shape this spring. The following 5 activities recommended for the wonderful wilds of the outdoors at this time approaching:

The walks must be interrupted so that our dog urine, however we maintain a strong pace and distances. Various routes are important to realize that the dog can not get bored and feel different smells.

Park: The recess in the park is very important to stabilize the energy of the dog, because in addition to interacting with other dogs can enjoy running, catching balls, clubs, recreation in the water if any nearby. Read the rest of this entry »

The diabetes in cats occurs when the pancreas can not secrete enough insulin to balance glucose levels. Obesity is a risk factor: the harder your pet and higher age, more likely it is for diabetes.

The signs of diabetes in cats

If your pet has more of the following symptoms, it may have diabetes:

• Urine excessively
• Drink lots more water
• Energy levels
• Weight loss
• Increased appetite

What eats a cat with diabetes? Read the rest of this entry »

If you give bones to your pets, you have the most to ensure that these are raw and not cooked; there are many reasons that cooked bones are harmful to the health of our beautiful pets.

Here are some reasons why you have to avoid it, is very important to avoid, if any of the problems occurs to your dog, can seriously endanger your pets’ health and come to have serious complications.

1. The bones get stuck in your dog’s stomach. Dogs have the ability to swallow objects much larger than they are able to digest, and when they do the bone may be too large to pass from the stomach into the intestines. If a bone is lodged in the stomach of your dog will require veterinary care, and, possibly, she should have an endoscopy and a possible surgery to remove bone. Read the rest of this entry »