What you need to know when buying a puppy?
Usually puppies are sold in age from 2 months. By this time you must have made already primary vaccination for your puppy against viral diseases. This can be verified on the veterinary passport of the puppy. Responsible breeders usually issue a veterinary passport together with other documents on the dog.
If suddenly vaccination was not made on somehow reasons, then the puppy owner needs conduct dehelminthization (removal of worms) and ten days after visit any veterinary clinic to make primary vaccination.
21 days after the first vaccination, you have to repeat vaccination against viral diseases to develop a stable immunity. Usually vaccination against rabies is carried out together with the second vaccination. Please note that only 7 days after revaccination you can walk your dog on the street. In the future, vaccinations are repeated once a year.
From the early March till autumn frosts there are period of ticks’ activity. A tick bite can cause the death of not only a puppy, but also an adult dog. To avoid such a risk you need either give puppy special pill 3 days before the first walk s, or protection of ticks (breath, spray, a special collar). Anyway it is necessary to examine the dog for ticks after a walk in the Park, the forest, the field, in the country.
Tick treatment should be carried out at least once every three months. Don’t forget to note every treatment from worms and ticks, as well as vaccinations in the veterinary passport.
Healthy teeth
After two years it is necessary to control the condition of the oral cavity of the dog. To prevent the Tartar since 6-7 months you need to give the dog regularly special treats for cleaning teeth. Special toys help well to maintain the health of the teeth and mouth. If you detect the formation of Tartar, contact a veterinary clinic for its removal.
The most frequent challenges that the dog owner can face with:
- Food poisoning
To avoid poisoning the dog you should always strictly follow the quality, expiration date and storage conditions of feed. When feeding with natural products (porridge with the addition of meat), you need also to control carefully the quality of meat, cereals and vegetables. It is necessary to train the dog since childhood not to pick up thrown food on a walk and not to take food from the hands of strangers.
The first signs of poisoning are vomiting, diarrhea, refusal to eat, lethargy. It is always desirable to have at home first aid for poisoning, such as enterosgel. Because poisoning are various on reasons from stale food to poisoning poisons (for example, rat). it is better to call for help immediately in a veterinary clinic.
- Tick bite
It can be difficult to detect a tick on long-haired dogs. The danger of ticks is that they are often carriers of the deadly disease piroplasmosis. The main signs of piroplasmosis are lethargy, apathy, refusal from food, high temperature, weakness of back legs, the dark urine, in some cases-diarrhea and vomiting. In these signs appear you should immediately contact the veterinary clinic. This disease progresses very rapidly and you have a few hours to save the animal.
- Injuries
The most common dogs’ injuries are bites during a fight with other dogs and cuts of the paws from the glass when you walk. In this case the owner should always have in the veterinary first-aid a means of antiseptic treatment, such as terramycin, Miramistin, hydrogen peroxide. First, it is necessary to wash the wound with a sufficient amount of hydrogen peroxide or Miramistin, then to treat with an antiseptic, such as terramycin. You can also use ointment for better healing of wounds, such as mizofen or levomikol.
During an abundant bleeding, it is necessary to impose a tight bandage with a bandage on the injured limb and visit the veterinary clinic. It is important to understand that during fights, even with a slight external damage can occur injury to the internal organs of the dog. Therefore, after primary care it is better to contact the veterinary clinic.