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Important Health Care Tips For Dogs

By Sara Reighard


The family dog is a wonderful friend to everyone and this sweet animal depends on its owners for all of its many needs. Aside from plenty of love and kindness, your dog will need some special care throughout the year including the following items.

Providing proper dog training is one of the most important ways to keep a dog safe, healthy and happy. For example, think about what could happen if your untrained dog heads straight through the front door. They are likely to stumble into poison ivy or get scraped by branches and bushes. If they run out onto the road, there is also a risk where they could be injured or killed by a car or even hurt by another animal. Your dog will learn to come when called, to sit and stay and to not run away from his or her owner with proper dog training in Seattle.

Aside from dog training, Seattle dogs also need other care. Obviously when are dog is hurt or appears to be in pain, we immediately call the vet and take him or her in for a visit. However, it's just as important to schedule a yearly physical exam for dog. During this visit, a veterinarian will assess your dog's overall condition and perhaps also send off blood samples or urine samples to ensure that your dog has no underlying health issues. Often during this yearly exam, your vet will discover a fixable health issue in its early stages when it's easiest, and generally less expensive, to treat. More importantly, you can find problems before they begin to cause your pet any pain.

Your pet needs several vaccines to ensure their overall health in contrast to humans who get plenty of other vaccines and flu shots. Keeping up-to-date rabies vaccines is important as they are required throughout the United States. Bordetella prevents the disease known as kennel cough which is a bit like whooping cough in humans and just as horrible is another crucial vaccine. To prevent diseases such as Lyme disease and distemper as well as some level of treatment to prevent fleas and heartworms and other parasites, you will need their own set of vaccine as well.

Proper grooming and bathing also keeps your dog healthy. Dogs don't need a daily bath or even a weekly bath. Often twice per month is enough and possibly just once each month depending on their daily activities. Regular brushing can keep their coat shiny and healthy. You do need to clean out their ears occasionally and this can include trimming hair around the ears. You can do this yourself or take them to the groomers for this hair trimming. Toenails also will need to be trimmed occasionally, so be sure to keep that in mind.

The tasks mentioned earlier are quite easy to complete though a number of dog owners become reluctant when it comes to dog training. Hiring a professional instructor from a company such as Seattle Family Dog Training may be considered by Seattle residents. Obedience training for Seattle residents is what is provided in this service. Teaching you how to truly get to know your pet and teach him essential dog obedience training skills can be learned in your Seattle dog training classes.




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