Method of measuring body temperature-first, apply a lubricant such as vaseline to the thermometer, and the family will fix its head to make it settle down. Then the owner will pull its tail, put the thermometer in the belly door and take it out of the anus in about a minute. The normal dog's temperature is 38-38.9 degrees Celsius, but the smaller and more active the dog's temperature is, the higher it is. If your dog is a big dog or not very active, its body temperature will be higher or lower than normal. If it does not return to normal temperature continuously, it may be sick.
Eye examination-clear and bright eyes are a sign of dog health. Although many dogs have some splashes in the corner of their eyes, as long as they are cleaned up more, these splashes will naturally disappear. But if it is found that it often scratches its eyes or blinks with its claws, it may be that there is something wrong with its eyes and it feels pain.
If the dog's eye pain is caused by something entering the eye, it can be wiped off with eye wash water. First, open its eyes, soak the linen bandage with eye wash water, and then wipe its eyes. Remember not to wipe your eyes with cotton balls, because cotton candy is easy to stick to your eyes and will be very uncomfortable.
Besides, you should clean your eyes as gently as possible to avoid hurting your eyes, but if the situation still improves, you must go to the veterinary clinic for help.
Ear inspection-When the dog's ears are opened for inspection, it should be found that the inside is clean and light pink. When the nose is close to the ear, it will only stink until it is heated intermittently, without any smell; However, if it is found that it often shakes its head and scratches its ears, and there is a bad smell in its ears, it may have scratched its ears.
At this time, it should be removed with special ear washing water. First pour the ear wash water into the ear, then gently press the ear, then the dog will shake its head to shake out the excess ear wash water, and finally wipe off the dirt with cotton. At first, it should be cleaned every day until the ear scratches are completely removed. This process can be carried out every other day. However, because the oil in the ear also has a certain protective effect on the dog's ear, excessive cleaning will also wash away the oil, so it should be carried out moderately.
A healthy dog should have smooth fur. Grooming the dog's fur can not only ensure that the fur will not twist into knots, but also check whether its skin is healthy and whether it has skin diseases. When checking, in addition to touching its body for coke and abnormality, it should also spread a wet white cloth or white paper on its standing feet, and then comb its fur with a flea comb. When it has fleas, fleas will. If it has fleas, you can try flea-killing drugs and flea-killing water sold in the market, but you should check with a familiar veterinarian first. Dealing with fleas is also a long-term job. Even if the fleas on your dog have been eliminated, if there are still fleas around it, fleas will continue to invade it. Therefore, while dealing with fleas on dogs, we should also keep the home environment clean and ensure that there are no fleas.
In addition, if its fur is dull, rough, covered with dander, and some debris falls off, you should consult a veterinarian for early treatment.
Measure your weight-besides weighing your dog to know its weight, the owner will stand beside it and feel it with his hands. If its weight is moderate, you can find its ribs on both sides with your fingers and feel the beating sound of your heart, but if you don't feel the ribs, you believe it is too fat, but if its ribs are too prominent, it may be that it is too thin. Overweight is more common for dogs than underweight. If your dog has physical problems because of obesity, it must lose weight, but before losing weight, you should consult the veterinarian first, and then make changes to food and exercise.
Dental examination-a pair of white teeth not only make the dog's appearance more beautiful, but also ensure its health. So the owner should check the dog's teeth, open the dog's mouth and see how clean its mouth and teeth are. If there is dirt, food residue and smell on your teeth, wipe it off with a toothbrush specially designed for dogs. But if there is tartar or even tooth decay, you should call a veterinarian. In fact, the owner should cultivate the habit of brushing his teeth.
Stool examination—Although every dog has different excretory habits, its health can be known from its excretion. Dogs excrete two or three times a day on average according to their food intake. If they find that their feces are not solid, sticky and bloody, there will be some problems. If the elderly dog has constipation, it will slow down the whole system function. If it still has the habit of biting bones at this time, it will be more difficult to excrete. Therefore, the owner should feed it with chaff food to help the dog digest. If the situation doesn't change, we should take him to the vet.
Because diarrhea will dehydrate the dog a lot, when it has diarrhea, stop feeding it, only drink water or supplement it with some glucose within 24 hours, and then feed it rice mixed with chicken and fish, remember not to let it drink milk; But if the situation does not improve, take it to the veterinary clinic, and the veterinarian will clean the anal gland and treat it accordingly.
Even dog farms and pet shops are not all good. The following are several aspects to observe when buying. When you come to a dog farm or pet store, you should observe the following aspects:
1, is the environment spacious and bright, clean and sanitary?
It is important what environment the dog comes from. If a dog used to live in a dirty and narrow environment, and its activities and defecation were all in one place, and no one cleaned it up in time after excretion, it would definitely not have good hygiene habits, and it would be almost impossible to train its outdoor defecation habits in a new family.
On the contrary, if the kennel you see is clean and bright, with kennels and playgrounds, and every dog is regularly taken out of the kennel to defecate in a loose yard, and cleaned up immediately after defecation, then the dog will definitely not want to dirty his sleeping and living place, and it is easy to teach him to defecate outdoors or in a fixed place when he arrives at a new owner's house.
If it is a pet shop, most dogs are kept in cages. Similarly, you should also see whether the dog cage is kept clean all the time and whether someone cleans it immediately after the dog urinates. Does anyone take the dog out for outdoor activities and get the light? Don't just look at whether the signboard of the store is beautiful, but also pay attention to whether there is an unbearable smell in the store. In addition to being unclean, it is more likely to be with a sick dog. The smell of a sick dog can't be removed by general cleaning.