•Passing of Worms

•Rash

•Skin Lesions

•Swelling

•Vision Disturbances

•Vomiting

•Weight Loss

Infected puppies can become quite ill and heavy infestations may lead to convulsions and even death. Most puppies that die are around age of two to three weeks old. Puppies should be wormed at ages 2, 4, 6 and 8 weeks of age. Adult dogs should receive yearly stool samples from their veterinarian to check for worms. Roundworms will look like spaghetti in puppy’s feces.

Symptoms of roundworms in dogs include:

•Potbelly

•Diarrhea

•Gas

•Vomiting

•Lack of Energy

•Slow Growth Rate

•Dull Coat

•Coughing (if immature roundworms have migrated to puppy’s lungs)

Some dogs may show some or all of these symptoms while others may show no symptoms at all. When adult roundworms are seen in dog’s stool this is often because of ongoing disease in bowel or sometimes because worm burden had become so great that worms are crowding each other out.

Treatment of roundworms is not dangerous and is highly effective. Buy your wormers from vet and give them regularly as instructed. The tablets are not difficult to give if you train your dog to take them in tiny bits of cheese or put them into sweets. The best way to protect your family and dogs from roundworms is through a regular program of both medication and prevention (keeping yard clean of feces).

Jennifer Bryant breeds American Pit Bull Terriers and builds websites in her spare time.

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Puppies and Dogs for Sale

Your other source option is animal shelters that in US alone receive up to 12 million homeless dogs and cats every year, and about 25% of them are purebred. Paying adoption fee is a lot cheaper than price you will pay to a breeder or pet store, and you will be saving a life.

The definition of good stock or purebred must include beauty, and in a Boxer good look means coat is fawn and brindle, with white markings or "flash" covering not more than one-third of entire coat.

Sometimes distribution of "flash" alone may make difference between a show champion and just a pet Boxer.

The all-white Boxer or "check" is prone to blindness and deafness, and American Boxer Club members are not to register, sell or use "whites" for breeding.

When it comes to choosing male or female Boxers, there are not much clear-cut differences in their personalities.

At times, male is calmer, more tolerant of other dogs, willing to hold still for those hugs than female. But at other times, female can be so. One owner said female Boxer is hyper and more aggressive especially toward other females, and that aggression has increased as female gets older.

Daniel Lesser article url: http://www.thingsfordogs.com/choosing-your-dog.php