It is said that seeing a dog is more expensive than seeing a doctor, but keeping a dog is emotional. Once something happens to the dog, the owner can't think of any other way except sending it to the hospital for treatment, but the expensive medical expenses are really unacceptable to ordinary people. So how to prevent dogs from getting sick? How to raise a healthy dog?
I. Disease prevention
Vaccinate dogs regularly, usually from six to ten weeks old, to arouse their own immunity to diseases. Vaccination should be repeated every three or four weeks until the puppy is about four months old. These vaccines can protect your dog from diseases.
Regularly drive away insects inside and outside the body, and many kinds of parasites will invade dogs. In addition to the stomach worms of roundworms and tapeworms that we usually know, there are heartworms and mites that we don't know. Parasites can seriously affect the health of dogs. They will not only affect the growth and development of puppies, reduce the feeding efficiency, but also create conditions for the invasion of other pathogens, thus causing various problems in dogs. What's more, some tapeworms and roundworms in dogs can harm their owners, especially young children. The child touches the dog, leans on the puppy's head or has a dog-friendly behavior, barefoot, etc. It may infect people with parasites, so it is essential to deworm dogs!
Second, scientific feeding.
Ensuring a balanced diet and scientific feeding are the most basic conditions to ensure the health of dogs. Once a dog is malnourished, it is easy to suffer from osteoporosis and liver disease, which is quite terrible. Feed the dog neither too much nor too little. Pay attention to regular and quantitative nutrition, and suggest choosing appropriate dog food. It's best to eat less snacks and try not to give it human-eating food, especially milk, protein, onions, seafood, animal bones and so on.
Third, regular physical examination.
Another effective way to prevent dogs from getting sick is to take them to physical examination regularly, so that diseases can be found in time and treated as soon as possible. Older dogs, in particular, are weak and need regular physical examination.
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Fourth, strengthen exercise.
Dogs in growth, adulthood, pregnancy and old age need a certain amount of exercise every day to ensure good health and reduce obesity.
Growing dogs are lively and active. Even indoors, they have a lot of activities. Adult dogs regularly take a certain amount of exercise. Old dogs exercise less than puppies and adult dogs. It is a normal physiological phenomenon for a bitch to temporarily reduce her exercise during pregnancy.
Five, regular bathing beauty
The secretion of dog sebaceous glands has an unpleasant smell, and it will also get dirty things and entangle the fur, giving off an unpleasant smell. If the dog is not bathed, it will easily lead to the invasion of pathogenic microorganisms and parasites, making the dog sick. Therefore, it is necessary to bathe the dog and keep the skin clean and hygienic, which is beneficial to the health of the dog.
Regularly comb the dog's hair, keep the body clean and avoid hair knots and skin diseases. Daily health care can help dogs massage their skin, promote blood circulation and let dogs play their best.
Sixth, provide a comfortable living environment.
A good and comfortable living environment is one of the basic conditions to ensure the health of dogs. Therefore, dogs should be disinfected regularly and basked in the sun when sleeping in the nest, eating bowls and playing with toys. At the same time, the place where dogs live should be ventilated to ensure that it is dry and not wet.