How to raise a puppy?
Instructions for raising dogs
When a puppy comes home at two to three months old, the owner needs to prepare the following:
Choose a name for the dog: A short name will help identify the puppy. Try to use names with the same syllables, so that the puppy will quickly become familiar with your name
Choose a place where the puppy will settle: it needs to be quiet, dry and moisture-free, well ventilated, warm in winter and warm in summer A cool, easy to clean place.
Dog cages: Electrostatically painted dog cages and stainless steel dog cages are the best. Wooden ones are not suitable because they are easy to be bitten by puppies and cause gastrointestinal discomfort. They should be enclosed for insulation in winter and ventilated and kept away from moisture in summer.
After deciding where your puppy will rest, the owner must consider which areas of the home or yard should be off-limits. To make home training easier, it is best to limit your new puppy's freedom in the home and yard.
Everyone knows that puppies just like to bite things. These items may include furniture, slippers, and pipes in your home. But you should remember that it is completely normal for puppies to bite, so you should provide safe toys to meet this need. You must also place kitchen waste in the garage or in a high place where your puppy cannot reach it.
Feed: The main component of white rice is starch, and the leftovers or soup at home contain a lot of fat and salt. If the owner often feeds the puppy with his own food, it will cause nutritional imbalance and aggravate the puppy's malnutrition. Shen Liji could afford it, but eventually developed bad habits such as being picky and picky about food. Each feed contains various nutrients, calories, vitamins and other ingredients formulated by experts to work with puppies. It is the most suitable tool for puppies to grow and absorb quickly.
Tableware: Stainless steel bowls are most suitable for eating. In addition, stainless steel bowls with bowl racks can be purchased for drinking water, which are convenient for cleaning and will not be damaged. There are also long-eared dog breeds for To prevent the ears from mixing with the dog food and causing a mess, owners need to choose a special conical bowl for long-eared dogs. For other dog breeds that need to grow beards, in order to keep the beards dry, they need to buy dripping water. Mouth kettle.
Neck collar and chain: The collar must fit properly, but there must be 1 to 2 finger widths between the collar and the neck. Of course, owners will also choose a chest-and-back leash, but I personally don’t encourage it, because the puppy is not yet mature, and the chest-and-back leash may affect the normal development of the dog’s chest shape due to improper use!
The collar should also be hung on the puppy's neck early to allow the puppy to get used to this kind of artificial restraint, so as not to get used to wearing the collar when it grows up, which will cause more trouble to the owner
Grooming supplies: Choose a comb, mild shampoo, and nail clippers suitable for your dog. Or add ear cleaners, etc. according to personal financial capacity.
Bedding and mattress: must be made of pure cotton and can be disassembled and cleaned. In the first few nights when your puppy comes home, he may feel lonely or afraid of being insecure because he is far away from the original environment where he should be raised, and may whine or even yell when you sleep. You can use a low-volume radio, a ticking clock, or clothes or towels that you are not wearing and place them next to your puppy to soothe it to sleep.
Feeding: It is best to feed the puppy four meals when it is 2 to 3 months old. It should be noted that the changes in the new owner and the new environment are very harmful to the puppy with weak resistance. Test, so don’t change the original food. Getting used to the new environment within a week is the most important thing when bringing the puppy home. A good seller will teach the new owner all the puppy’s original eating habits, so that the new owner can easily raise the puppy~ They are responsible breeders and sellers who truly love dogs.
Excessive eating and changes in food can cause diarrhea. Don’t let your puppy particularly like a certain food and feed it to it for a long time, which will lead to nutritional imbalance, picky eating, and partial eclipse habits leading to obesity, malnutrition, and overnutrition.
Puppy health indicators are almost determined by feeding in the first year: why is the right start important?
The proof lies in pet food. Because the food you choose for your pet in the first year will be the key to its development, health, and growth as it matures. Therefore, choosing a good brand of dog food can provide your puppy with complete nutrition, neither too much nor too little, and avoid health problems. It also helps strengthen the immune system and resist disease invasion, and enriches and prolongs the life of pets!
In the first year, puppies need vitamin H nutrition to live a healthy and happy life.
Fat, protein, and minerals such as calcium and phosphorus help build strong bones and muscles evenly, and can provide enough energy to support the growth and activities of puppies. However, if these nutrients are too much, they may hinder your puppy's growth and may continue to cause serious health problems, such as obesity, bone disorders, and heart or kidney diseases. This is also the reason why you need to choose dog food carefully and even when adding homemade food, you need to be careful. Every animal has its own unique physiological functions that are similar to humans. Therefore, the animal’s food cannot be determined entirely based on human standards. food.
Snacks: Every pet owner hopes that his pet will have the most special performance or obedience at any time. Therefore, use snack training as a reward for training your puppy, or just to play with it. High-quality and healthy snacks are the best way for you to interact with your puppy.
Note: Something that owners must know: some foods are healthy or casual snacks for people, but they are deadly poisons for dogs
1. Chocolate (can be fatal food)
The coffee salt (Theobromine) in chocolate is a poison to animals. It reduces the blood flow to the brain, which may cause heart disease and Other issues that pose a fatal threat. The higher the purity of chocolate, the higher the salty content of coffee contained, and the greater the danger to dogs. (To put it more simply, it is like drugs in humans. A small amount will continue to excite dogs. , overdose will cause death)
▲Toxic dose (small dogs, 15~20 pounds/6~9 kg)
-Milk chocolate: 8~12 ounces (226g~ 340g)
-Dark chocolate: 1 oz (28g)
▲ Symptoms of poisoning
-Severe drooling-Frequent urination-Dilated pupils-Rapid heartbeat - Vomiting and diarrhea - Extreme excitement and energy - Muscle tremors - Coma
2. Onions (dangerous food)
Raw or cooked onions contain disulfide. It is harmless to the human body, but it may cause the risk of oxidation of red blood cells of cats, dogs, sheep, horses, and cattle. It may cause hemolytic anemia.
▲ Toxic dose: 1,2 small tablets per week Just a few onions are enough to damage the function of red blood cells, affect oxygen delivery, and thus fail to provide enough oxygen required by the body.
▲ Symptoms of poisoning
-Weight loss-tiredness, laziness- Frequent wheezing - depression - rapid pulse - weakness - filmy secretions appearing on the gums and mouth
3. Liver (dangerous food)
Liver is one of dogs’ favorite foods 1. Many snacks or dog food contain liver. Eating a small amount of liver is actually good for dogs, but excessive amounts may cause nutritional problems. Because liver contains high units of vitamin A, absorbing too much vitamin A may cause Causes vitamin A poisoning or hypervitaminosis. (Many owners may have watched dog races and saw handlers using chicken livers to guide participating dogs in training, and may therefore think that participating dogs can eat something. My dog Can’t eat it? You must understand that the handler only uses chicken liver as an attractant during dog racing, and it is very rare to actually feed the dog’s stomach. It is by no means imagined that chicken liver is used as the main food during normal feeding) < /p>
▲ The toxic amount is about three servings of chicken liver (raw or cooked) a week, which may cause bone problems. If the dog is supplemented with vitamin A, liver should never be fed again.
< p>▲ Symptoms of hypervitamin A-Deformed bones-Rapid bone development in elbows and spine-Weight loss-Anorexia, loss of appetite
4. Bones (presence Dangerous food)
Do not feed splinterable bones such as chicken bones. The bone fragments may pierce the dog's throat or cut the dog's mouth, esophagus, stomach or intestines. Even if it is a pig or Small dogs should not eat large bones from cows. In addition to calcium, bones also contain magnesium, an element that will absorb water from the gastrointestinal tract and cause constipation in dogs. You must know that constipation in dogs is more painful than diarrhea in dogs!
Note: The content of "magnesium" is indicated in the ingredients of all antidiarrheal medicines, please refer to it!
▲ Suffocation phenomenon
-Pale Blue gums - panting - mouth breathing - scratching of the face - shallow and slow breathing - unconsciousness, dilated pupils
Note: If you want to feed bones, use a pressure cooker to boil the bones.
5. Raw eggs (dangerous food)
Raw egg whites contain a protein called Avidin, which will deplete the dog’s body of vitamin H (found in vitamin B complex). Vitamins H is an indispensable nutrient for the growth of dogs and the promotion of healthy fur. In addition, raw eggs usually contain pathogens, such as salmonella. Feeding raw eggs will eventually turn into toxins and may cause vitamin H deficiency. (Often heard Netizens believe that feeding raw eggs will make the dog's coat shiny. This is really a big misunderstanding)
▲ Symptoms of vitamin H deficiency
-hair loss-weakness-retarded growth-bone
Bone deformity
Note: Boiled eggs are an excellent snack for dogs. They contain high protein and other nutrients. Only raw egg whites contain avidin. If you want to feed raw eggs, please only use egg yolks. , but you still have to be careful about bacterial infections.
6. Raw meat and poultry (dangerous~fatal)
Although dogs can hunt animals in the wild, their immune systems cannot Adapt to poultry and meat raised by artificial science. (Especially in the feed of poultry now fed, unscrupulous operators often add hormones or antibiotics)
The two most common toxins are Salmonella and Salmonella in poultry meat. Bacillus in meat. (Both are the killers that can easily cause acute enteritis in dogs)
Symptoms of Salmonella Poisoning
-Extremely poor appetite-High fever-Diorrhoea, diarrhea - Dehydration - Pain in the lower abdomen - Dejection and lack of energy
Symptoms of Bacillus poisoning
- Vomiting - Stomach pain - Diarrhea, severe bleeding - Shock - Paralysis
< p>7. Pork (not recommended for feeding)The fat globules in pork are larger than other meats. They may block the dog’s capillaries. Avoid pig products, especially those containing sodium nitrate.
8. Milk (not recommended)
Many dogs are lactose intolerant. If your dog drinks milk, he will have symptoms such as farting, diarrhea, dehydration or skin inflammation. , feeding milk should be stopped. Dogs with lactose intolerance should eat lactose-free milk. Dog food or human food can be used, but the ingredients of human food may not fully meet the needs of the dog's body.
9. Mushrooms (not recommended ~ there is a fatal risk)
Eating shiitake mushrooms, mushrooms, etc. in the home are harmless to dogs, but you should avoid letting dogs eat them to avoid dogs getting used to eating them and going out. In the wild, it is dangerous to mistakenly eat poisonous animals due to eating habits
Basic toilet habit development training: It is best to take the puppy home two hours after the puppy has been fed or before Before feeding, to prevent motion sickness and vomiting from damaging the esophagus, place it in a small carton or hold it tightly against your chest to make it feel safe.
When you get home, you must first place it in the place designated by the four owners to let it urinate and defecate, and then take it to familiarize yourself with other environments at home. Let it move freely and adapt to the environment. Do not hug it around. Chasing it and making it frightened will cause it to be timid. After it gets familiar with the environment, take it into the dog cage to rest and wait for eating. After eating, take it to a fixed place to urinate and defecate. After it urinates, let it go. It plays with the family at home. If there are signs of defecation, take it to the place where it needs to defecate.
Take it to a fixed place to defecate after each meal, so that it knows where the toilet is. If it is on a newspaper, put the newspaper on the ground when it is about to defecate. After a few times, , the smart puppy will defecate correctly. At that time, you should praise, encourage, and praise it. It is a good puppy and a smart puppy. If the place is wrong, correct it in time, clean the place, and let it go next time. Can't find it, because it is too young and cannot control its muscles. The puppy will urinate if it is too scared or excited. It will get better when it grows up.
If you repeat this a few times, it will take the initiative to go to its toilet to defecate. If it resists, hug it and praise it. If it does not defecate in its toilet, scold it. The floor will be cleaned and completely odorless. , so that it will not be able to find it next time. Only a slight smell in the place where it should defecate will cause it to want to defecate. In this way, it will remember it after about three or four days of training.
This training requires extreme patience and love, and it cannot be made clear to the dog in a few days. The owner needs repeated education to achieve results!
Epidemic prevention and deworming: before taking the puppy home Be sure to confirm with the original owner the date of birth of the dog and the date of the first dose of vaccination and first deworming, and record it in detail!
Note: If you cannot prove or believe that the original owner gave The puppy has been vaccinated. You can wait until the puppy has fully adapted to your home environment 15 days after returning home, and then take it to a trusted pet hospital for examination. If there is no abnormality in the body, it is healthy and has no internal parasites, then you can Re-schedule the injection period of the vaccine by yourself, which can better ensure the health of the dog!
The normal date for the first dose of injection for a puppy should be the first dose when the dog is 45 years old, and the vaccine is
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The third dose is a six-in-one + rabies vaccine on the 105th day of the dog's age
Note: ※ Six-in-one vaccine Includes the following preventable diseases: canine fever, adenovirus type Ⅱ, parainfluenza, canine parvovirus, infectious hepatitis, leptospirosis
Usually when you go to a pet store to bring back puppies, the pet business will claim that the puppies are Which dose has the dog received? However, because the pet business will not give you the injection certificate, the veterinarian usually recommends starting from the first dose and giving the injection certificate.
Reputable kennels will expel intestinal parasites such as coccidia and roundworms about one month after the puppy is born, and will inject short-acting vaccinations (such as two-part vaccine) on 42 to 45 days, and wait two weeks. Then deliver the healthy puppy to the new owner, and instruct the new owner to go to the veterinarian for a long-acting vaccination (six-link vaccine) when the puppy is 3 months old. Pay attention to the puppy's health before the vaccination, and the weather will not change much. If the food environment does not change, take it to a good veterinarian for vaccination. Absolutely no bathing within two weeks. Use a hot towel to wipe the body, brush the whole body with a comb, and do not take it out for a walk.
Other puppy diseases that should be paid attention to:
Protozoal parasites: Most of these are directly transmitted from the mother to the puppies, such as coccidia, whipworm, and hookworm. Parasites reproduce asexually and can live in the intestinal wall cells of dogs. Too many parasites can easily lead to pernicious anemia and malnutrition in puppies. In severe cases, it can lead to nutritional imbalance and death. Do not be careful!
Cold: After buying a puppy and giving it a bath, it developed loss of appetite, runny nose, cough, fever, sneezing, vomiting, and diarrhea. Changing environments, owners, and food is a big test for puppies, so don’t rush to give it a bath. If it is too dirty, wipe it with a wet paper towel and wait until it adapts to the environment before bathing
Kennel cough: The puppy has a good appetite and is very active, but something seems to be stuck in the throat. Kennel cough: If there are dogs coughing in the dog shop when you buy a dog, they are likely to have this disease, which is caused by a filtered virus. Airborne infection, pay attention to puppy nutrition or hospital examination and treatment to prevent the transformation into canine distemper
Rickets: The two toes are separated, the front angle becomes "0" or "X", the female dog is calcium deficient , directly affects the puppy's bone growth, pay attention to the management of the kennel, the quality of the feed, sunlight and air have a great impact
Gastroenteritis: vomiting of feed and water, due to eating foreign objects (bones) , wood chips, plastic, paper, etc.), food changes, chemicals, intestinal parasites, etc. Therefore, do not let the puppy roam around when no one is watching. The dog crate is the safest.
The symptoms are mucus and blood at the end of defecation, frequent and small amounts, so fasting is required immediately and taken to the veterinarian for examination and nutritional injections.
Puppies of three to four months
Changes in feeding: The number of feeding meals for puppies at this time can be changed to three meals a day, and their food intake and weight will vary depending on each puppy. There is a slight difference between the dog's absorption and the amount of exercise (please refer to the feeding amount on the dog food and distribute it evenly among the three meals). Whether the dog's digestion is normal is normal if the stool is in strips and can be easily detected (some dogs have poor digestive function) Okay, so although the feces is difficult to pick up, it is in strips, as long as it is not muddy, it is normal). The belly should not be too big after meals, because the puppy legs cannot support the weight, so if there is too much food, the feet will be deformed, and it will be very difficult in the future. It is difficult to adjust back, so mass-to-weight is the best feeding method.
Epidemic prevention and deworming: Keep in mind and implement the original deworming and deworming plan
Pay attention to and observe the dog’s behavior:
Puppies enter March 4th The age of one month is just like the stage when human beings enter kindergarten or prepare to enter the first grade of elementary school. In addition to the regular education of fixed-point defecation, this is also the beginning of the owner's development of basic obedience training. Please pay attention to the following:
Puppies’ habits are developed by their owners. For example, if they put them on the sofa or bed to play with when they were very cute when they were young, and then scold them when they grow up and put them on the sofa or bed, this is the owner’s mistake, so they should be punished from an early age. Teach it the rules, praise it whenever it does something right, give it a few feeds, and reprimand it loudly if it cannot do something. Do not feed anything other than feed. Especially the puppy will eat whatever the owner eats. Because the food eaten by humans is seasoned, the puppy will become picky and will not eat the feed. The nutrition will be unbalanced, making it easier to get sick, and it will be difficult to feed in the future. .
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Several behaviors to observe: As a pet owner, you have the responsibility and obligation to understand your dog and educate it so that your dog can integrate into a people-oriented social life as soon as possible
The following are common dog symptoms. Owners are asked to carefully review, observe and improve
(1) Separation anxiety---dogs who cannot stay at home alone (leaving their owners)
Symptoms:
1. Barking incessantly
2. Severe drooling
3. Biting and destroying things
4. Open defecation
5. Anorexia or loss of appetite
6. Trying to escape the restrictions given by the owner
7. Excessive licking or biting Limbs
Improvement methods:
1. Let the dog participate in obedience training---lie down and wait for more than 15 minutes
2. Let the dog get used to the dog cage-- - Stay in the cage for more than 6 consecutive hours
3. Do not say goodbye to the dog when you go out
4. Turn on the TV or radio when you go out
5. Reply Do not greet the dog when you are home
6. Simulate the actions before going out; such as getting the keys. Change clothes, but do not leave, and calm the dog's uneasy mood
7. Let the dog have Get enough exercise to reduce its stress
8. Establish a correct human-dog relationship---develop your leadership rights
9. Seek help from a doctor and treat anxious behavior with medication
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(2) Leader (power) syndrome
Symptoms:
When your dog shows multiple of the following symptoms at the same time (not necessarily all of them)
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1. When going out for a walk, he likes to pull on the rope and walk in front of his owner.
2. When he is locked in a cage, he will bark randomly and ignore the owner's restraint.
3. Disobey the owner’s orders.
4. Hold the owner’s thighs and make mating gestures.
5. Refuse to lie on his back and expose his abdomen in front of the owner.
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6. When disciplined or trained, he will show his teeth to resist or attack the owner.
7. Deliberately peeing on the owner’s belongings.
8. Prohibited while eating Anyone approaches.
Improvement methods:
1. Let the dog participate in obedience training.
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3. Let the dog sit down before feeding.
4. Do not let the dog go on the sofa or bed.
5. Let the dog lie on his back and expose himself belly, gently caress the whole body.
6. For the barking dog, except for punishment, ignore it.
7. Let the dog follow us when we go out, no We follow it
8. The owner should be able to control the rhythm of the dog's daily life, such as when to eat, play, rest, etc., instead of blindly obeying its wishes
The owner should Understand the basic habits of dogs: The ancestors of dogs are wolves. Although they have been raised and domesticated for more than 10,000 years, their genetic genes still retain many of the habits of primitive wolves, and living in groups and sociality is one of them.
Wolves are animals that live in groups. They usually live in a group of seven or eight and hunt in a gathering style. Among them, each wolf has a different class status in the group; zoologists are used to referring to wolves as The leader of the group is called the alpha wolf. The distribution of food, the settlement of disputes, and even the responsibility for the reproduction of offspring in the group all depend on him. The other wolves are also content with their status in the group and obey This is the society of wolves, led by alpha wolves.
What about dogs? Although after a long period of evolution, dogs still retain the nature of these wolves, but the objects that live in groups have expanded from the same kind to They are the people who raise them. At home, dogs regard every family member as a member of the group, living with us, playing games together, and hunting together (out for a walk).
When interacting with humans** *In the same time of life, dogs with keen senses have
Unknowingly, we position ourselves for our class status in the family; that is, they clearly know who is the alpha dog in the family and who is just their playmate. So there is a Interesting phenomenon: Dogs are very obedient to certain people's orders, and are indifferent to certain people. The reason for this is that everyone in the family has different ways of getting along with the dog and their attitude towards discipline. Caused by differences.
Understanding the original nature of dogs living in groups, we can draw several conclusions:
The reason why dogs are easy to train is because they retain the ability to obey the leader in the group. (Because cats are solitary animals with strong autonomy, they are difficult to train).
The status of a dog in the family is determined by everyone in the family’s expectations, attitudes and ways of getting along with it* **Same decision.
To teach a dog to obey commands (control the dog), the prerequisite is to first make yourself the boss of the dog (alpha dog).
Feeding How does the owner become the boss of the dog in the family? This requires the owner to carefully observe the dog's behavior pattern in order to deal with it appropriately!
First understand the dog's thinking mode
Dogs and humans have gone through a period of After tens of thousands of years of getting along with each other, it can be said that they have been completely integrated into our lives. It is precisely because our relationship with dogs is so close that everyone often makes a misconception - we often think in terms of human thoughts. To explain the behavioral motivations of dogs, we ignore that dogs have unique and different thinking patterns from humans. Because of this wrong concept, we have caused many problems in our communication, discipline and training of dogs. Then you know that you What is your dog thinking? How does it feel about you? Only by understanding the dog’s thinking mode can we enter their inner world and further establish a correct relationship with them
< p>Dogs will not make any comparisons or judgments about their lives, and they will not care about the identity, status, occupation and wealth of their owners. We dress them up and feed them the best and most expensive food to satisfy them. It is nothing more than the inner needs of the owner; and a dog that is overly pampered will often confuse the relationship with the owner, thereby challenging the owner's leadership status and producing various problematic behaviorsDogs rely on intuition and experience As the basis for action, we live in the natural world; while humans judge based on morality and value and live in the world of emotions. Therefore, when we correct the wrong behavior of dogs, we cannot use human moral norms to correct it. You cannot persuade them, let alone negotiate terms with them. Instead, you must immediately stop them with clear and direct means. Only in this way can they clearly understand the mistakes and correct their wrong behaviors
Dogs are alive Animals today are unable to understand the thinking logic of human causes and consequences, so we must punish it immediately when it makes a mistake, so that we can make it associate the punishment with the wrong behavior. For it within a minute or so Punishing the mistakes made an hour ago is probably just a waste of effort; and a consistent attitude is needed to make it meet our expectations, [Sometimes it is okay, sometimes it is not; it is okay when you are young, but not when you grow up. Yes], all the discipline methods will make the dog feel confused and at a loss. Therefore, the attitude towards dog discipline must be developed from an early age and implemented without any slack.
There is no one who cannot be a pet. Dogs can only be punished by people who don’t know how to be owners.
The way to punish dogs must be clear and direct, imitating the methods used by bitches to discipline puppies, in order to achieve the best results
Rewards and corrections must be carried out immediately at the appropriate time. If you miss the first time, it will lose its effect
Come here and let us understand the dog’s problem behavior
The so-called dog’s problem behavior, It generally refers to all bad habits that cause trouble to the owner's home life. However, these behaviors do not represent any problem with the dog itself, but are purely measured by whether it causes trouble to people. Common problem behaviors include separation anxiety disorder. Fear of aggression, leader syndrome, etc. Here, we will only discuss some of the most common problem behaviors
Dogs regard the whole family as a group living together. Some dogs with strong autonomy and dominance will challenge the authority of their owners and want to be the leader of the family, that is, they want to be the so-called alpha dogs, so they develop some problematic behaviors. Animal behavior scholars call these dogs suffering from leader disease. Syndrome. And it will roughly
There are the following signs, as well as the behavioral language they represent:
(1) When going out for a walk, he likes to pull on the rope and walk in front of the owner.
(Walking in front of the owner when hunting) (Previously, being the leader of the group)
(2) When locked in a cage, he would bark randomly and ignore the owner's restraint.
(Have the desire to be a leader, but not willing to Freedom of movement is restricted; it may also be due to separation anxiety)
(3) If left alone at home, he will bite things and urinate and defecate randomly.
(Think that he is a leader, When unable to go out together, they will become anxious and develop various destructive behaviors; this is also one of the symptoms of separation anxiety disorder)
(4) Disobey the owner’s orders.
(Want to be an alpha dog and do not want to accept the command of someone with a lower status in the group)
(5) Often pounces on the owner.
(The dog will often pounce on the owner, is Because it believes that it has equal status with its owner)
Holds the owner's thigh and makes a mating gesture.
(Trying to challenge the owner's leadership status, it has nothing to do with sexual desire)
< p>(7) Reluctant to lie down and expose the abdomen in front of the owner.(The abdomen is the most vulnerable part of the dog. Lying on the back and exposing the abdomen means submission.)
The owner will show his teeth to resist or attack the owner when being disciplined or trained.
(Thinks he is an alpha dog and is unwilling to accept the owner’s discipline)
Does not have leader syndrome Dogs will exhibit all the above behaviors, but we use the number of occurrences as a basis for judging their severity. Moreover, most dogs have certain symptoms more or less, as long as they are within the range that the owner can tolerate. It doesn't matter if you turn a blind eye, but if it causes trouble, you must correct it as soon as possible to get the real pleasure of raising a dog.
The reason why many stray dogs are abandoned is because their owners It is caused by the inability to correct the dog's problem behavior.
Many of the dog's problem behaviors are caused by the owner and the dog not establishing a correct relationship.
Problem dogs are caused by The reason lies mostly with people rather than dogs.
Dogs will do their best to please you! It will curl up docilely at your feet when you are depressed or exhausted, and it will also play with you happily when you are happy. It doesn't mind or remember even your most innocent mistakes, it pleases you, it cares about you, it relies on you, it is happy to be with you, it protects you wholeheartedly, and it is your most loyal friend.
Are you planning to get a dog? Are you going to give it food, water, protection, training, companionship, friendship, and all the care it needs? In addition, raising a dog also means that you will take responsibility for a life. Are you ready?
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Are you ready for the next ten to fifteen years of your life? Are you taking good care of your dog? In these long years, are you sure you can afford these additional expenses? When a dog becomes a member of your family, are you mentally prepared? Do you have children at home? Do you want to get rid of your child because he wets the bed? What do you want to do with your dog when you occasionally get bored? Throw it away like an old piece of furniture?
Be honest with yourself: Do you have enough time to take care of it? What method will you use? Many people think that a dog is just a dog. But as a partner in life, a dog has its own personality. How do you plan to deal with this? Is your current family situation suitable for raising it? What about the future?
Every family has its own characteristics, needs, plans, and limitations. Would having a dog make your life happier without adding more embarrassment and trouble?
Do you have a family member who is allergic to dog hair? Are you annoyed and frustrated when your clothes and bread are covered in dog hair? While other pets have little trouble with hair loss, for dogs, it is a heavy and difficult problem.
Do you have children at home? Do you plan to have children in the future? Many dogs can become children's best friends, but parents always worry that the dog may bite their children while playing with them.
Many dogs love to dig in the dirt, and they will be more happy digging in your beautiful yard than other animals.
And some dogs like to bark very much. Do you mind hearing their not-so-appealing barks all day long? Do you mind if your dog often wanders around your home?
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Dogs are energetic by nature. They love walking and running outdoors. Would you take them out for a run every day or would you rather keep them as pets? Where is he locked at home?
If a dog is left idle all day long, it is easy to become restless and even destructive. Have you thought about all this?
Dogs are still the best companions and the most loyal friends. Different dogs have different personalities, just like different families have different characteristics. Raising a suitable dog will make your life more enjoyable. Harmony can be fun, but the wrong dog can be your life's biggest nightmare. It's all about your choice. Think about it carefully, can you accept this slightly different life?
Hope this helps you position your dog-raising plans correctly and get a dog that’s right for you. Of course, it’s all worth it: dogs have always been man’s best companion!
Before bringing a puppy home, you need to carefully inspect the home environment. A puppy is like a baby, it wants to explore every corner of your home and it will love to put everything in its mouth. Therefore, if a puppy licks the toilet cleaner that has not been put away, it may cause danger.
Wires in the puppy's living area must be unplugged, removed, or covered with tape. If a puppy chews on electrical cords, it may cause severe oral burns. Alternatively, you can cover unused sockets with tape.
Keep your puppy away from the following items: buttons, thread, sewing needles, pins and other sharp objects. If a puppy swallows these items, it may cause oral injuries and even damage internal organs.
Do not tie ribbons around a puppy's neck as the puppy may be tempted to chew the ribbon and cause digestive problems. And if the ribbon around the neck gets caught on something, it may even cause the puppy to suffocate.
Pet Health Plants Poisonous to Dogs
First Aid Treatment for Puppies
Dog Food Bowl A good bowl means a good appetite!
Plants that may cause problems for puppies
If your puppy has a tendency to chew the grass, don’t be too nervous. However, if it wants to bite the plants below, you need to stop it, otherwise it may cause a lot of problems. These plants can make your puppy sick or even die. Remember: This list is not inclusive of all dangerous plants. To learn more about these and other dangerous plants, you must further consult a professional veterinarian.
Daily necessities that must be purchased
Before taking your puppy home, please purchase the following daily necessities for it. If you prepare for your new friend's arrival, you and your puppy will have more time to get to know each other.
Bowls for food and water
Choose bowls that will not tip over. And, since you have to wash your puppy's dishes every day, it's best if his bowl is easy to clean. Also, food and water should be served in separate bowls. At the beginning, you can buy smaller bowls; then, as the puppy grows older, slowly?