Your Dog’s Yearly Exam And Picking The Right Vet

By: Kerry Plowright

Are you getting your dog his yearly veterinary exam? Do you think that because he is acting fine that he is healthy? Don’t fall into a false sense of peace because you cannot visibly see problems.

What a Yearly Exam Covers

A yearly exam, which is a comprehensive examination, will help your dog to remain healthy. Your vet will be able to see things that you don’t, usually before they are too bad.

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Riding in Cars with Your Dog

By: Randy Jones

When you brought your pup home from the kennels you may have had your first experience with a carsick dog. Some dogs take to riding in cars naturally and never have a sick moment. Others are nauseated by the motion of the car and other factors and get sick at the thought of going for a ride. The central problem is one of confidence; he has to be made to feel sure of the situation, and of his surroundings.

Consider the car ride from your dog’s point of view. Suddenly he is thrust into a strange smelling monster of steel and padding, closed in a small place which immediately starts moving and bumping about with gasoline smells, motor oil and horn noises and the sight of the world rushing by him.

Teaching Your Dog to Ride in the Car

You can start things out right by not feeding him for an hour or so before taking him for a ride. That takes some of the physical load off his system.

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Traveling With Your Toy Breed Dog

By: Connie Limon

Have you wanted to visit friends or relatives, or perhaps hike the trails at a scenic park? Did concerns over leaving your pet behind prevent you from going? Traveling with your pet is easier than you think.

Air travel with pets falls into two categories, in-cabin and cargo. In-cabin pets must be small enough to fit into a carrier that will slide under the seat in front of you. Pets too large to fit comfortably in a carrier must travel in cargo. If your pet needs to travel in the cargo area of the plane, you will need to check for temperature restrictions. Most cargo areas are not temperature controlled. They do not have air conditioning or heat.

Prepare for Traveling Success

When you make your plane reservations ask if the airline will accommodate your pet. Some airlines do not take pets. If you purchase your airline tickets through the Internet, make sure your pet will be able to travel with you. You will need a reservation for your pet as well as yourself. You will need to inquire of the airline’s specific requirements such as plastic crate or soft-sided carrier. Ask the airlines what size will be required for your specific pet.

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How to Stop Your Dog From Begging

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By: B.L. Hill

You have company over for dinner. The table is beautiful and the food smells and looks delicious.

Unfortunately, your dog thinks so too and is sitting up and begging for morsels off everyone’s plate and, if not rewarded, attempting to take the food on his own or pawing at your guests. This can ruin the dinner party and is not particularly good for your dog either.

How could this have been avoided?

Know that his is not the dogs fault and it started a very long time ago. Some horribly misguided individual who was trying to be a good pet owner did this while the pup was still very young and trained the dog for this very behavior. Want to know who taught your dog this trick? It was YOU.

No doubt you weren’t consciously training your pet for this unwanted behavior and you did it with the best of intentions but the behavior is here now and must be dealt with.

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Toy Dog Breeds: The Top Ten Dogs Of This Group

By: Mike Mathews

About the Toy Group

The Toy Group includes most of the very small and miniature lap dogs and apartment-sized companion dog breeds.

Toy dogs play a critical role in the lives of people that live alone and their presence can have beneficial effects on the health of the sick, the elderly and the housebound.

Toys are popular companion dogs for people living in cities and adapt well to apartment life. Many Toys distrust strangers and make great watchdogs and don’t need a lot of exercise beyond what they get running around and playing indoors.

Toys make great traveling companions and are readily accepted just about everywhere. Toy dog breeds are always difficult to housebreak but usually adapt well to apartment life.

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8 Simple Visual Indicators Your Dog Is Fat

By: Andrew Lewis

Your dog is fat. OK, possibly not.

But there’s a very good chance he or she is, and you don’t even know it.

Statistics vary, but veterinarians report that as many as 25 - 44% of all dogs are overweight, and that obesity is the number-one canine health disorder. Obesity is defined as weighing over 15% more than the standard accepted weight for the dog’s height.

Obesity-Related Health Conditions

With nearly half of our dogs weighing in on the heavy side, it’s no surprise, then, that obesity-related conditions are on the rise within the pet population. These conditions include the following:

> Diabetes mellitus and orthopedic
> musculoskeletal
> cardiovascular
> gastrointestinal
> endocrine
> respiratory
> immune and,
> reproductive disorders.

These can be devastating conditions for your dog to live with.

Reasons Your Dog is Overweight

Doctors ascribe the rise in obesity to a combination of the general lack of fussiness of dogs, their natural gorging behavior, and insufficient exercise.

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