Puppy Health
Your puppy can’t talk and tell you if he’s not feeling well when they get sick. Puppies need to be taken to a vet for a health check and to be registered with the practice. Monitoring your puppy does not have to take a lot of time, you can just add a few minutes to his normal grooming session. A healthy dog is a happy dog. So, help your puppy alway good health.
Puppy Health - Priority Number 1 For New Dog Owners!
By Melanie Ullman
Puppy health is one of the most important considerations in raising your canine. Who can resist a happy, playful puppy? Puppies are fun to play with. They are a bundle of energy and love to run around, jump on you, drool everywhere and just view their world as a one great big place full of interesting things to sniff, chew, and bury. Puppies are great for a family, there is so much potential to create and mold a dog of your choosing. A healthy puppy is easier to train, more apt to learn tricks, and are overtly ready to please their master.
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When you first get a puppy, you need to take it to a vet for an inital check up. This is a great time to install a "locator chip" in case the puppy runs away from home or gets lost or stolen. These are tiny microchips that the vet ‘injects’ under the puppy’s skin - they work like a "lo-jack" or GPS on a car.
The vet will give it a full diagnosis and look for common abnormalities. The first round of inoculations will start here too. Core shots for Rabies, Rabies, canine distemper, canine parvovirus, canine hepatitis virus, adenovirus -2, plus the one required by the county incase there is a high concentration of bacteria or viruses where you live.
After the check up and the initial visit, be sure to buy food that is tailored to your dogs breed and dietary need. Puppies grow quickly so they need a different blend to help keep their bones and muscles in top condition while they grow.
Puppy health should be a dog owner’s Number 1 priority. And you can learn virtually everything about pet health simply by reading up on some of the many sites devoted to the subject, such as the NIH’s pet health site, or PetzTown.
Click here for PetzTown’s information about Puppy Health!
