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Having a dog at home is a great responsibility, a new family member. A dog needs a lot of love and companionship, and games are very important especially in their development, of course besides food and shelter. Currently there are many pet forums on the internet to let you know how to care for the dog.

Here we leave the necessary advice on how to care for your dog.

The first thing to consider is to find a corner to puppy sleeping (blanket, bed, etc.). There should be a wicker basket, because they may bite and seriously injure themselves in their teeth. The dog must have a collar after six or seven weeks, must be of a material that does not damage the skin of the puppy, a leash. Another item you should have is a brush and comb under the dog’s coat. Read the rest of this entry »

There are animals that are special to each company and you can find dog breeds that are ideal to stay indoors. One of the dogs is very friendly for the home and especially for people, who have limited space, is the Affenpinscher breed of European origin.

This breed is very popular in Germany, has its origin in the crossing of several breeds like the German pinscher soft and pug. This race had origin in the extermination of rodents to abundant in Central Europe of the seventeenth century. Rats had to be removed from the houses, but there was no room for big dogs, then required smaller sized breeds, to accomplish what is now known as Affenpinscher. Read the rest of this entry »

The canine cystitis is quite common among our pets. This is an inflammation of the urinary tract whose origin is bacterial, and affects all races of dogs alike. Still, there are many doubts among animal owners about symptoms and treatments of the same.

To begin we will say that the bacteria that cause it are diverse. Normally bacteria are usually coming from the intestinal tract of the animal. Start in the skin around the anus and then they move up through the urethra into the bladder. For this reason the veterinary infection usually call “up”. Read the rest of this entry »

The Malinois is one of the four varieties of Belgian Shepherd that exist. It is a matter of the less well-known one of all, is for this that at first glance they do not relate them to their nearby kin.

The Belgian Shepherd Malinois comes from the same lineage as all Belgian shepherds, recognized by the Belgian Shepherd Dog Club at the end of the 19th century. Read the rest of this entry »

Undoubtedly, when choosing a pet the first thing that comes to mind us almost the entire world, is a dog, but before deciding to race it, we must investigate to find out if we can respond to your requirements. Today we can find many breeds that have origin in many countries; Spain is the owner of several races that you can see around the world, but there is one that is very special, Majorero race.

This breed has its origin to the Spanish island of the Canary Islands and had as main purpose to help the workers to land and livestock. Currently these are not them so much as field dogs but dogs of home and what stands out are their guardian skills. Read the rest of this entry »

When we think about having a pet, we must know what they have to offer, in physical space, time, and weather characteristics suitable for the same. If you have a large space, time to take our pet exercise and temperatures are not too high, there is nothing better than an American Indian dog breed.

This breed is called American Indian origin cooler parts of the United States, so has a high resistance to low temperatures, and does not have the same capacity for high temperatures. Read the rest of this entry »

Acupuncture is an ancient technique belonging to traditional Chinese medicine. In the West it is applied for several decades by professionals, graduates from major schools recognized around the world.

Nowadays acupuncture is incorporated into conventional health systems in many countries, where they received acupuncture treatments funded by the health public, because in many cases it is the only thing that really works for certain ailments. Read the rest of this entry »

One of the worst diseases of the heart that can suffer a dog is heartworm and filariasis, a serious parasitic sickness that occurs when a parasite much like a worm, called microfilariae, get to the heart of the animal and its arteries, once has been infected.

Filariasis is transmitted through the bite of a mosquito that has previously been infected with the larvae of this parasite and acts as an agent that transmits the disease. By biting, the mosquito larvae deposited this parasite in the blood of the dog, which leads to the heart, where they develop to grow to about 20 cm. Read the rest of this entry »

Something very important when we decided to have a dog is to choose a house based on the size of your pet, because that’s where your pet will spend much of the day and have to be comfortable.

There are several features to consider; it is first to be informed about the breed and size you can get to have an adult as well as whether the race is restless or quiet. There are more active breeds that do not have much use of the house and quieter races that use most of the day. Read the rest of this entry »

The sense of smell plays a big role in the lives of our pets. While dogs and cats live with almost as members of our family, know an important part of a world in which they move the world of odors. All day sniffing our cats and dogs spent their life normally. We can not get an idea of signals that perceived with their snout, as well as neither of that issue.

The anal glands of dogs and cats are two small sacs that drain fluid within the year. Each time the animal defecates, a bit of its special flavor is included in their feces, thus a lot of information transmitted to the animal to come back. And so it passed the dogs and cats, peeping through his nose. Read the rest of this entry »