Pets Grooming

Qualitative composition of dog’s food: presence of proteins, carbohydrates, mineral substances, vitamins must be considered. Hypersensibility to one or another substance in a diet is described in medical and veterinary practice. Such allergic reactions as a diarrhea, vomiting, stomachache, eczema, asthma, headaches and even hyperactivity are already learned. However, allergic reactions to some foodstuffs are [...]

Caries is a gradual destruction of tooth tissues beginning from tooth enamel. Unfortunately, dogs suffer from it, quite often. However, sometimes owners confuse caries with dark (brown or yellow) stains on teeth of a dog, not leading to tooth destruction. Primary cause of caries is a metabolic imbalance. Caries can appear after an infectious disease. [...]

If you see, that your dog is lame, it is necessary to examine a leg. Matted hear between pads must be cut off carefully, as it disturbs a dog, like a stone in your boot disturbs you. If your dog hurt itself, delete fragment of broken glass or bur with forceps. Leg must be disinfected [...]

Correct housing and feeding is the basis of dog’s health. If the owner wants his cocker spaniel to be healthy, he should not forget about special preventive measures for dogs. So, for example, the whole problem is long ears of a cocker. This prevents ears from ingress of foreign bodies in external ear canal, but [...]

Whatever type of arthritis your dog has, correct diet makes wonders. This diet can be recommended for all dogs with any form of arthritis. Remember that your dog must stick to this diet for the rest of its life. Do not worry, it is not expensive. What you need to do is a few efforts [...]

Health of every critter depends on three major factors: food, physical activities and sound sleep. Let’s start with speaking about healthy food for dogs. Problems originating in faults in feeding are widely varied. There are diseases of the gastrointestinal tract, urogenital system, cardiovascular diseases, musculoskeletal system and the so-called “illnesses of civilization”, infections connected with [...]

The foundation of your dog’s health is its feeding. By its nature, every dog is a carnivore (dog’s progenitor is a wolf), however it does not mean that it should only eat meat. One of the main features of a dog is the ability to adapt to life with people, that’s why it can adapt [...]

In this article we’ll concentrate your attention on the period of pupping and the one after it. It is very important to notice abnormal labor to be able to help your dog or a puppy and be ready to ask for qualified veterinary help. Coupling of a small she-dog with a large male dog can [...]

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 [...]