Keep your dogs healthy; because they are not only pets, they are your friends. Visit the veterinary doctor regularly. And if you feel any change in the behavior or any doubt that your dog is not well, don’t hesitate to call your veterinarian.

But if you will take care of your dog health properly, it will not get affected. Let me tell you how:

Clean their teeth with dog toothpaste or baking soda, twice or thrice a week.

Keep their environment healthy, clean their eating bowls, living space, and water bottles. Clean environment saves them from any microbial infections.

• Given them healthy food and allow to do plenty of exercise.
• Consult a veterinarian about their prescribed vaccinations.
• Comb your dog to remove fleas and ticks, especially in warm seasons.
• Keep your dog safe; do not allow going out alone.
• If you have mosquitoes in your house, give it preventive medicines.
• Remove the ovaries and uterus in females and remove the testicles in male by six months of age.

Generally dog suffers from joint diseases such as arthritis, osteochondrosis (OCD) and other degenerative problems with shoulders or hocks. Other dog diseases are:

Ear Infection- Inflammation of the external ear canal is the main symptom. If your dog is scratching its ear, any abnormal odor is coming from ear, when you are touching its ear pain occurs, then go for a checkup. Caused by fungus, bacterial or microbial infections.

Lyme disease- It is a microbial infections. Left untreated can damage heart and liver. Symptoms are swollen lymph nodes, lethargy, and loss of appetite. Use tick and flea repellent medicines to prevent these diseases.

Mobility problems- If your dog moves slowly, shifts its weight to other leg regularly, avoids playing or jumping, or limps while walking. It is suffering from any mobility problem.

Allergies- Most common skin allergies are flea bite allergy, drug reactions, microbial or bacterial allergy etc. Watch for scratching areas on skins, increased skin pigmentation, loss of hair, and head shaking.

Skin Cancer- Excess exposure to sunlight is the main symptom.

Build a file of information on your dog health like physical prescription, medications, surgical or non surgical procedures of your dog, common commands, phone numbers of veterinarian etc. That will help you when you hire any pet sitter or you plan to change your veterinarian for any reason.

Keep your dogs healthy; because they are not only pets, they are your friends. Visit the veterinary doctor regularly. And if you feel any change in the behavior or any doubt that your dog is not well, don’t hesitate to call your veterinarian.

But if you will take care of your dog health properly, it will not get affected. Let me tell you how:

Clean their teeth with dog toothpaste or baking soda, twice or thrice a week.

Keep their environment healthy, clean their eating bowls, living space, and water bottles. Clean environment saves them from any microbial infections.

• Given them healthy food and allow to do plenty of exercise.
• Consult a veterinarian about their prescribed vaccinations.
• Comb your dog to remove fleas and ticks, especially in warm seasons.
• Keep your dog safe; do not allow going out alone.
• If you have mosquitoes in your house, give it preventive medicines.
• Remove the ovaries and uterus in females and remove the testicles in male by six months of age.

Generally dog suffers from joint diseases such as arthritis, osteochondrosis (OCD) and other degenerative problems with shoulders or hocks. Other dog diseases are:

Ear Infection- Inflammation of the external ear canal is the main symptom. If your dog is scratching its ear, any abnormal odor is coming from ear, when you are touching its ear pain occurs, then go for a checkup. Caused by fungus, bacterial or microbial infections.

Lyme disease- It is a microbial infections. Left untreated can damage heart and liver. Symptoms are swollen lymph nodes, lethargy, and loss of appetite. Use tick and flea repellent medicines to prevent these diseases.

Mobility problems- If your dog moves slowly, shifts its weight to other leg regularly, avoids playing or jumping, or limps while walking. It is suffering from any mobility problem.

Allergies- Most common skin allergies are flea bite allergy, drug reactions, microbial or bacterial allergy etc. Watch for scratching areas on skins, increased skin pigmentation, loss of hair, and head shaking.

Skin Cancer- Excess exposure to sunlight is the main symptom.

Build a file of information on your dog health like physical prescription, medications, surgical or non surgical procedures of your dog, common commands, phone numbers of veterinarian etc. That will help you when you hire any pet sitter or you plan to change your veterinarian for any reason.