Pets Grooming

A young dog, as well as a teenager, has an immature mind in almost adult body. The process of puppy’s growing, as well as maturation of a child is uneasy, and your problem consists in helping your pet to endure it trouble-free. Dog’s instincts are extremely developed; because of it dogs do not always understand [...]

As well as the woman, she-dog passes some pregnancy periods. Your dog changes and this will help you to define the duration of your dog’s gestation. During the first two weeks after coupling enlargement of nipples gives signals about early pregnancy. Veterinary surgeon examines dog’s belly, and after it s/he can tell whether it is [...]

A dog can be in pup during 61–63 days. The main process can’t start unexpectedly. Usually, a number of signs precede it. There are pendulous belly and sagging of a back. One or two days before delivery external genitals become bigger, nipples are filled with a colostrum, which is more concentrated than milk and in [...]

From the moment you became the owner of a she-dog, you take in hand not only welfare of this pet, but also the health of its future broods. It is a great responsibility, so you should be ready for this. This article will give you some useful information. So, preparing your dog for the pregnancy [...]

Every owner loves their four-footed pet and tries to protect it from troubles, but, unfortunately, no one can feel secured against dangerous meeting with parasites which can be in the hair, on the skin or in the organism of dogs and do irreversible harm to it. Depending on favorite « places of residence» all parasites [...]

As well as other pets, dogs are infectious-prone. The most dangerous infectious diseases are rabies, Aujeszky’s disease, distemper, parvovirus enteritis, viral hepatitis, leptospirosis and tetanus. Invasive illnesses are helminthoses and invasion of the body by various ectoparasites (for example, fleas), non-contagious illnesses are diarrhoeia, rachitis, poisonings, vitamin hypovitaminosis, etc. Dog’s owner should have minimum knowledge [...]

1. If you get yourself a puppy, try to take down phones and addresses of the nearest veterinary clinics or private vets, living near you, as soon as possible. 2. If this is your first dog, we advise you to consult a vet concerning about the dog care and protecting its health. But advices of [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Correct feeding and housing, timely vaccination and expulsion of helminthes considerably reduce risk of disease. Nevertheless, a dog can fall ill. In this case it is better to consult a veterinary surgeon. Only a vet can evaluate danger of disease and prescribe some medicine. Quite often some illnesses are shown by identical symptoms or disease [...]