PUPPY GUIDEGROOMINGLet your puppy to get used to the brusing from the early age. Dog will be much calmer. Daily grooming helps to remove dead hear from your dog's fur coat.BATHINGSHAMPOO'S FOR HUMANS MAY IRITATE YOUR DOG'S SKIN.The need for a bath varies and depends on the coat texture. Do not forget to fill up the ear canal with cotton balls to prevent water from entering the ear, which may cause an ear infection.
EAR CLEANINGUour dog's ear canal has to be always kept dry and clean. Especially if your dog's ears has floppy. Always use apropriate cleaning solutions for dogs to remove dibrid and ear wax from the ear canal.CANINE TEETHINGYour puppy develops 32 temporary teeth. The teeth eruption starts at age of one month and completes as age of 3 months.Permanent teeth eruption starts from the age of four months till the age of six months. The adult dog develops 42 permanent teeth. VACCINATIONVaccination helps to prevent contagious and sometimes fatal diseases. Some vaccination is mandatory and some is recomended. Rabies is not only fatal for animals, but it is also fatal for people. There is no cure for rabies. Rabies can be spread trough an animal bite or just trough a saliva. Click here for the important vaccination schedule.DOG'S IDENTIFICATIONEach dog owner shall consider an apropriate identification for the dog. The most common is a tattoo or a microchip. By a proper indentification you will increase the chances to have your lost or stolen animal returned back home.GROWTHEach breed size (small / medium / large / x-large) varies in a length of growing period.Small breeds usually up to 8 months. Medium breeds up to about 12 months. Large breeds up to 15-18 months. X-large breeds up to 24 months. The puppy has to be fed with a ballanced well nutricious diet to ensure a healthy proper growth. If you don't give your puppy what it needs within the growing period, you will never get another chance. * * * GO BACK TO HEALTH PAGE * * * |