As a dog owner, you want to keep your dog healthy. If it is your first time to take care a dog, here are some dog health guidelines that can help you get started. High Quality Veterinary Care Veterinary care sets the foundation of the overall health of your dog. Look for a vet in your local area that you can trust and regularly visit. Your vet can perform routine wellness … [Read more...]
Help Dogs Fight Cancer With The Right Nutrition
Cancer is one of the scariest things in the world for pet owners. If Big C is horrifying for human beings, the same is with dogs. Worse, they can go running to chase the ball, come back to you for a drink, collapse and be dead in seconds. When a dog reaches 10 years old, it becomes more prone to cancer. Weakening of immune system that comes with age makes treatment more … [Read more...]
Ways to Keep Dogs Cool During Summer to Avoid Dog Heat Stroke
Conservation of body heat is one of the dog’s best physiological assets but makes them vulnerable against heat stroke during summer season. They can endure out-of-doors even in sub-zero temperatures, dogs skin (fur) acts as an insulator “insulating jacket” that retains the warmth generated by its high metabolism rate. Dogs generally do much better conservation of heat than … [Read more...]
Classification of Dog Breeds According to Body Size and Weight : Small and Medium Size Breeds
Dogs had roamed around the world since ancient time, it is only now that we managed to classify dogs breed. Large breeds to small breed of dogs; they were domesticated ages ago primarily to help people’s daily chores. Farmers raised dogs for herding and watching over the livestock, ancient Pharaohs used them for hunting and racing and ancient Romans quoted “dogs should be … [Read more...]