Dog Health Care: What You Should Know

Written by Joel Walsh


Our dogs are now, more than ever, a very important part of our families. We care for them as we care for ourselves. That includes taking a greater interest in our dogs' health care. In response, there have been many advances in dog health care in recent years:

Preventative Dog Health Care

Annual checkups with routine blood test and dental care go far in catching serious dog health care problems early, increasingrepparttar dog’s duration and quality of life. Medicines targeting fleas, ticks, heartworm, and intestinal parasites prevent bothrepparttar 150314 pests andrepparttar 150315 diseases they cause.

Diagnosis of Canine Health Problems

Dog health care benefits by interested owners conscientiously bringing their dogs for yearly checkups:

New and better blood, lab, and x-ray procedures aidrepparttar 150316 veterinarian in gaining valuable knowledge of what is happening to your dog. New and improved equipment like MRI machines speed up diagnosis as well.

Not only do these factors enable more effective care, but they also save you money inrepparttar 150317 long run because your pet won’t need repeated vet visits to find his problem.




Dog Health Advice for 6 Common Emergencies

Written by Joel Walsh


Sure, you may be a master of human First Aid. But do you know what to do in a dog health emergency?

Approaching Dog Health Emergencies: Two Steps

  1. In any dog health emergency, stay calm and think.
  2. Approachrepparttar dog cautiously. The dog may become aggressive because of fear or pain. You can’t helprepparttar 150313 dog if you’re hurt yourself.

Dog Emergency 1: Traffic Accident:

  1. If possible, do not to moverepparttar 150314 dog.
  2. Callrepparttar 150315 nearest Humane Society or ASPCA office.
  3. Ifrepparttar 150316 animal workers can’t or won’t come and you must moverepparttar 150317 dog, slide a blanket underrepparttar 150318 animal. Liftrepparttar 150319 animal to safety withrepparttar 150320 help of another person.
  4. Check for a heartbeat and bleeding. Try to stoprepparttar 150321 excessive loss of blood by holding a clean cloth or pad overrepparttar 150322 wound and securing it tightly with a makeshift bandage.
  5. Takerepparttar 150323 dog torepparttar 150324 nearest vet, calling ahead to prepare them forrepparttar 150325 emergency.
  6. Dog Heathcare Emergency 2: Burns

    1. Immerserepparttar 150326 burned body part in cold running water for as long as possible.
    2. Ifrepparttar 150327 burn is from a caustic substance, wash it off.
    3. Callrepparttar 150328 vet.
    4. Canine Health Emergency 3: Heat stroke

      Warning signs: The dog is overheated and without sufficient air. The dog might be panting, vomiting, frothing atrepparttar 150329 mouth, or already collapsed.

      1. Removerepparttar 150330 froth,
      2. Place or douserepparttar 150331 dog with cold water to lower body temperature.


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