If you start keeping a dog, you must know many nuances and know how to do a lot of things. Good owner must be always alert to a trouble with dog’s health. Now we’ll answer to a question: if you want to know respiratory rate of your dog, what should you do?
A healthy dog makes 14-24 respiratory movements per 1 minute. Make a respiratory rate count during one minute; hold your hand to the chest or to a belly. Count inhalations and exhalations. An inhalation and an exhalation make one …

Viruses are the cause of 80 % of animals’ deaths (dogs, cats and birds) in an early age. However, not only young animals, but also adult animals are exposed to danger of being infected.
Some dog-fanciers do not have any knowledge about protecting their pets against viruses and because of ignorance or even laziness endanger their health and even life! We will remind you some important information about health of man’s best friends.
None of your puppies should leave home or have contact with other animals, …

Many breeds of dog were raised for some concrete purpose, as, for example, dachshunds. An elongated form of a body and short legs of these animals primordially were meant for hunting of badgers, this dog can easily get into their holes. But specialties, which were desirable for owners, usually have negative influence on dog’s health.
Dachshunds, bassets, bulldogs and Pekinese are prone to wrong development of their elbow joints. These breeds have such muscle bulk of a forward part of a body, which is considerably bigger, then its back; …

Stresses, acute depression, which is a result of being isolated during a long time, and also non-observance of housing conditions can cause mental disorder of your dog, which you can see in changing animal’s behavior.
Neuroses come by various reasons. The most frequent is the strong stress, besides, it can be a careless treatment of the owner and poor food, and even some infectious diseases.
The neurosis can be of deferred and of excited type. In the first case, you will see diminution of dog’s activity, animal does not react (or reacts …

A healthy dog is a cheerful animal with smooth hair, clean eyes, wet and cold nose. However, the last sign is not always trustworthy. Healthy dog respond to the call of its owner, plays willingly. It has good appetite, evacuating is regular, urination is normal. Oral and eyelid mucous tunics have light pink color. There is light breathing.
A sick dog substantially differs from a healthy one. Any disease causes in its organism many serious disorders. The sick dog behaves differently from the healthy one. It is depressed, lies much, …

Efficiency of the first aid depends on how well and quickly you spot the reason of trauma or disease, dispose deleterious effect and assess a severity of your dog’s condition. Don’t be thoughtless. If you have doubts about something, it is better to refer to an expert.
As a rule, lapdogs, because of their friendly character, are not bitten by their congeners. Owners of decorative doggies are careful not to let their pets be bitten, because such fights, which are absolutely safe for large combative dogs, can turn out to …

Tinea capitis and tetter are the diseases caused by pathogenic lower fungi, which are characterized by nidal losses of hair and by inflammatory processes on the skin. There are trichophytosis and microsporia, which have a joint name “Tinea capitis” and “tetter”. Many species and a human can be taken ill with it.
Dogs of all ages can be taken ill. One of the most widespread is trichophytosis, microsporia is infrequent, and tetter is the rarest.
Causative agents of these dermatomycosises are such pathogenic fungi as Trichophyton, Microsporum and Achorion, if any …

Many dogs’ owners pour cold water on inoculations. It’s not unusual for vaccinated dog to fall ill with distemper or viral enteritis, that’s why many owners think, that vaccination is a waste of time and money. Rumours about unsuccessful vaccination are set abroad with the speed able to be compared with a speed of contagion. Dogs are not inoculated, and this is one of the reasons of presence of permanent nidus of infection. Another reason of wholesale deaths of pets is a lack of clear program of inoculations.
If vaccinated …