Dog Health
Maintain A Healthy Pooch

A Healthy Weimaraner

Good Dog Health Is Very Important!

A devastating thing is finding out your beloved dog is seriously ill with a difficult, expensive illness. Upon receiving the bad news, your heart sinks into your stomach and you could sit and cry. Sometimes I’ve done just that. There’s nothing worse than a seriously sick pet.

Prevention is naturally the best solution. So is spotting an oncoming disease early in the stage. Dog health is primary. We do all we can to keep our best friend in top physical shape and hope the breeder has done her job by breeding AROUND the serious hereditary illnesses found in every breed of dog.

By the way — Breeding AROUND serious illnesses is one of the main reasons for seeking REPUTABLE breeders when buying a puppy!

Many of the dog illnesses we have to deal with can be traced to either puppy mills or incompetent breeders. The so called “back yard” breeder or the casual breeder that has a dog and decides to “have puppies and make some money.” There are many serious dog illnesses and many of them are hereditary in the blood lines.

This Labrador is a terrific jogging companion.
The exercise is healthy for the dog AND human too!

Maintain A Healthy Dog

Want a complete list of dog poisoning products? — Things to keep out of reach of your dog or cat? There’s a lot of harmful stuff around the house and a glance at the page is a good idea.(Link opens new window) Dog health depends on your knowledge.

While washing or checking your dog WITH LONG EAR FLAPS, lift the flaps and remove excessive hair, moisture and dirt to prevent bacterial infections. Carefully use a Q-Tip or cotton swab to clean and dry with.
A Dog Health Problems Check

Do this simple hands-on dog health problems check at least monthly to see if you can spot any problems early and avoid a costly disaster.

Warnings From Bad Breath

Bad breath may be caused by poor dental hygiene and bacteria. But what if you are brushing and the teeth are clean and there is no hygiene problem, but there is bad breath anyway?

Certain odors can indicate serious chronic problems that require immediate vet attention.

For example, foul or bad breath can indicate liver or intestinal diseases.

So, you might want to check your dogs’ breath now and then, just as a precaution and see your vet if any unusual odors show up. You might be saving your dog’s life.

A healthy pair of happy pups. Proper nutrition
and adequate daily exercise will produce energetic dogs like these.

More To Look For

The most agonizing feeling I know of is standing by and helplessly watching your dog suffer and not know where to turn or what to do. The dog is powerless to tell you what hurts and where and you have no clue what to do. There is no way I can cover everything in this website or even have the knowledge of how to go about doing it.

What I am going to do is recommend an ebook I own and I suggest it to ALL dog owners, whether experienced or not and regardless of the dog breed you might own. Dog health is too important not to have this book. You can download The Ultimate Guide to Dog Health
to your computer in seconds and print out any part of it if you want, when you want. There are several other free books along with this one. One of them is “The Ultimate Guide To Dog First Aid” which I also found very useful. It even shows you how to do CPR on your dog. You also get two free recipe books with a total of 200 meals and treats you can cook for your dogs.

Jogging with an overweight dog.
This owner needs to monitor the dog’s diet.

Feeding Your Dog

One of the most important single issues of dog health is his/her food! It is unfortunate that we live in a world of greed. Pet food manufacturers tend to view dogs and cats as some kind of low-life animals and put JUNK in the pet foods with the idea of making a bigger profit. Look on a bag of dog food and you might see PRESERVATIVES such as BHA and Ethoxyquin—both cancer producing ingredients and deadly to your dog. Also, watch for BY-PRODUCTS. These are in the form of road kill like feet and heads of dead animals. They use artificial coloring and flavors as well as restaurant grease to add zip to the food as well as wheat, soy and corn, all of which are allergens to dogs. And how about the indigestible sugars and corn syrups and animal guts they add?

THE critical issue about dog health is what you feed your dog. I can’t emphasize that enough. Most of the commercial dog food products on the market today are so unhealthy it is amazing manufacturers are allowed to sell the stuff.

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