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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 »

If you have a pet and above all we should know a dog that can pass through certain types disease, or that many do not realize is that these diseases are also of the human type and require a treatment quite similar to ours. If there is a common disease in humans is diabetes and is one of the most sustained throughout the world, this also can have it our dog.

This condition called diabetes mellitus that can occur in both humans and dogs, has to do with disorders of insulin levels in the blood. This disease is due to rapidly diagnose, since a delayed diagnosis could be lethal for this animal to suffer this. Read the rest of this entry »

If the ideas of having a pet on your mind we must take into account that the tenure of this will consist of an appropriate context, proper nutrition, good health care, which includes desparacitantes and vaccines.

And speaking of shots we have to keep in mind that dogs can have different reactions to different types of vaccines, many of these reactions are because they do not have a body compatible with these or not proper procedures were carried out prior or after vaccination. Read the rest of this entry »

When we get a pet it is best to have it in a responsible and informed because there are certain types of animals that are more prone to certain types of diseases.

There are dogs that have very long ears, may suffer from diseases such as otitis. Because there is a lot of the same contact with the soil and tend to have large numbers of mites and bacteria that produce different types of diseases in the ears. Read the rest of this entry »

At the time of neutering a dog must keep in mind that does not have to cause problems for the animal. On the contrary, it has benefits for our pet. To begin, we must remove from our mind ideas like a neutered animal will have a tendency to obesity and even suffer behavioral problems.

Castration prevents jealousy every six months, unwanted pregnancies (and therefore, problems with newborn puppies), infections of the uterus in females and psychological pregnancies. In addition, in many cases prevents the appearance of breast cancer later. Read the rest of this entry »

In summer it is a classic to see the dog with tongue out and looking desperate for water, this is what causes heat stroke. The summer often come suddenly, have average temperatures went to 30 degrees in a blink of eye, and this affects us much longer and our dog more.

Let us remember that they have a very thick skin and suffer much more than us in this heat stroke, therefore we have to ensure an excellent moisturizing in the summer.

Many times we tend to go to the supermarket and let the dog in the car, waiting in the parking lot at high noon. Such actions can be very harmful to our pets, because the car is where the heat builds to have more glass and if parking is devoid of shade, the heat and dehydration will be worse. Read the rest of this entry »

Many people shear their dogs in summer, but this is not always a good idea, in fact most of the time it is not advisable to shear the dogs.

The reason why it seems appropriate to fleece the dogs in the summer heat is to spend less with short hair. Another reason is that in these times it’s normal to go on vacation with their owners, with their hair short require less care and are less spikes light up and other herbs, as well as less dirt also. Read the rest of this entry »

If you live in a city and you have a pet are about to cross along with his one of the hardest of the year: New Year’s Eve. There is no way to escape this terrible dates for the poor animals that suffer from fireworks. So only you can prevent or mitigate some of the suffering of your pet.

Perhaps be lucky and your cat or dog is not the fatal pass that at midnight on New Year’s Eve. If so you should be very grateful, because the majority of dogs and cats live much stress to feel the roar of firecrackers and other fireworks. It is important to take the necessary measures to look after your pets on New Years Eve. Read the rest of this entry »

You’ve probably heard of the psychological pregnancy in bitches, and you seem strange, but in reality it is not at all, as every other dog may experience greater or lesser degree their symptoms at some point in their life.

Let’s see what this physical and psychological phenomenon that is likely to have noticed your beloved pet.

Also known as pseudopregnancy, the psychological pregnancy occurs in unspayed bitches about three months after the rut. Its symptoms are both physiological and behavioral, is like a pregnancy in bitches that are not. Read the rest of this entry »

Whenever we bathe our dog is very important to dry it completely to prevent mats from forming and diseases of the skin may occur. Following a few simple steps we can perform this task quickly and efficiently.

The first thing that we will do is look for several new or old towels and place them near the bathtub. Once it concluded the bath of our dog, we leave it stopped some seconds so that fall the major possible excess of water. Then we place him a towel in the back and we begin with short but firm movements to go drying so much both his back and belly. Read the rest of this entry »