Frequently Asked Questions for New Dogs

In a new environment, a puppy may bark non-stop due to restlessness, especially at night when the lights are on. off and when sleeping. At this time, as the owner, you should prepare enough food and water, a warm and comfortable nest or mattress, use your soft old clothes, and place the nest somewhere where you can see it at any time (such as beside the bed, at the base of the bedroom wall). This reduces fear. If it's still screaming, don't scream. Turn on the lights to make it comfortable. Just console it twice. After a few days, it will naturally calm down.

Feeding issues

Puppies generally need to be fed 3 to 4 times a day. If it is a puppy under 1 and a half months old. It is recommended that you feed puppies special milk powder (the price is high) or goat milk powder. Baby rice noodles. oatmeal. Cornmeal porridge. These things are easy to digest and have nutritional content that is more suitable for puppies. Puppies over 2 months old can almost be fed puppy dog ​​food. But it needs to be soaked until soft before feeding. In order to enhance nutrition, you can appropriately feed some pet-specific nutritional supplements.

Cleaning issues

Puppies that have just arrived home cannot be bathed. Especially puppies that have not been vaccinated. If it feels dirty, you can use a towel dipped in warm water to wipe the puppy's body. You can also buy pet-specific dry cleaning powder to dry clean your dog’s body (more suitable for long-haired dogs). Note that puppies that have not received vaccinations under 3 months of age should not be taken out.

Defection problems

Generally speaking, puppies will not consciously urinate at a fixed time. Babies also urinate randomly. Puppies will do the same. At this time, owners should adopt an inclusive attitude. Be prepared for training. A dog's normal BB color is usually yellow or brown. There are also some black and white ones. The main food is to eat. related materials. Moderate softness and hardness. It is best to pick up some traces of the ground with your hands.

Warmth problem

No matter how hot the weather is, dogs cannot use the air conditioner for a long time. Especially puppies. Try not to turn on the air conditioner, as this can easily lead to colds and diseases. Even if it's a fan. Nor should the air outlet be directed at the dog. Be sure to keep warm when the weather is cold.

Education issues

Some puppies always like to destroy things. It even bites the owner's hands and feet. Because of the growth of deciduous teeth, the dog will feel very itchy and must be very uncomfortable. At this time, you need to buy some teething tools for it, such as molar bones (made of cowhide and edible), teeth cleaning ropes, dog chew sticks, vegetable sticks, etc. Biting hands and feet may be a sign of liking. The puppy doesn’t know how hard it is to handle, and it may hurt. When it hurts, just let go of the throat and scream in pain! A dog that picks up clothes may ask to go out with you if there are enough toys. It may also be that the shaking of the clothes aroused its curiosity. After all, dogs prefer dynamic things. Once it picks up clothes when it sees them, the owner should open its mouth, give it a toy, and tell it that this is a toy. If necessary, you can pat its forehead and nose, or give it a lesson.

How to keep dogs free of body odor

Pets live with us every day, and the smell they emit affects their owners all the time. Most owners often use fragrant soap to wash their bodies. Using sperm to bathe your dog can remove the dog's odor, but the effect is limited and it often causes the dog to contract skin diseases. In fact, as long as you master some small skills, you can significantly improve the dog's odor.

Dogs like to help their owners wash their faces to show their intimacy, but dogs with bad breath will suffer psychological damage after being severely rejected by their owners. In addition, some dogs may experience unexplained swelling and bleeding in their eye sockets, bleeding cheek ulcers, or bleeding from their nostrils for unknown reasons. Only after examination can it be discovered that the problem is caused by tartar; in older dogs, bad teeth will lead them. Poor nutrient absorption and a decrease in the dog’s oral antibacterial resistance will also allow bacteria to easily invade the dog’s body. The long-term damage to the dog’s body will be huge. What should we do? In fact, as long as the owner brushes the dog's teeth regularly every two years and effectively controls the dog's tartar, the dog will have good breathing.

When you find that your dog frequently shakes or scratches its ears, it means that there is a problem with the dog's ears. However, many careless owners only discover it when there is a peculiar smell coming from the dog's ears. In fact, as long as the owner uses the correct method to clean it, Earwax can reduce this occurrence.

The presence of earwax can help the ears fight against external disease sources. The color of earwax is white, light yellow, or yellow, and the shape of earwax ranges from powdery, lumpy to mushy. It is normal, but it must be cleaned regularly, otherwise normal ears will A bad taste will occur. In the past, most owners used cotton swabs to clean their dog's ears. However, if the dog's earwax is relatively wet and soft, such actions will accidentally push the earwax deeper into the ear, causing discomfort in the dog's ears. In this case, it is most likely that the dog's ears will be cleaned. It is best to soften the earwax with potion first, and then use the force of the dog's ears to remove the earwax.

Health care for 2-month-old puppies

Puppies should live a regular life. Feeding should be regular and quantitative, and nutrition should be balanced. Don't let puppies develop bad habits of picky eating and lead to malnutrition. Be careful to prevent hypervitaminosis (especially vitamin A or D) or calcium deficiency. Puppies should not overeat. Generally, 7 to 8 minutes is enough. It is strictly forbidden to feed spoiled food. It is best to wash the food bowl after each feeding to prevent diarrhea or food poisoning.

Pay close attention to the puppy's urine and defecation conditions to determine whether it is normal.

The frequency of bowel movements generally changes with the age of the dog. Dogs can eat several times a day in 1 month, and an average of about 3 times a day by 2 months old. The frequency of stool is related to the type of food: for example, when feeding meat and rice, the amount and frequency of stool will be less; when feeding more starchy food, the frequency and amount will be higher. Pay attention to the color, smell and presence of worms in the puppy's stool. Normal stool is strip-shaped, moderately soft and hard, and usually slightly yellow. But it is also affected by food. For example, if you eat a lot of meat or feed some liver, your feces will be normal.blackened.

The frequency of urination also changes with the age of the dog. For 1-month-old dogs, it’s about once every 2 hours, and for 2-month-old dogs, it’s about 5 to 6 times a day. Urine that is light yellow and clear and transparent is healthy. The first time you urinate in the morning, the color will be slightly darker. However, if you find that the urine color remains darker, you should suspect whether you are sick, and it is best to go to the animal hospital for examination.

It is best to go to the animal hospital for a physical examination every month, with stool and urine tests, and intestinal parasites removed if necessary. Note: Look for an animal hospital with a good reputation and good facilities.

Puppies are afraid of the cold, so whether it is winter or summer, you must pay attention to keeping them warm.

Don’t let your puppy’s belly rest on the ground for a long time, as this can easily lead to colds, diarrhea or a cold.

Whether it is a small dog or a full-sized dog, it is not advisable to take it for a walk on the road before it is 5 months old. Because the bones of puppies are not fully developed, walking for a long time can cause bone deformation in the limbs; at the same time, they are very susceptible to diseases outside. Appropriate play and exercise can be done indoors or in the courtyard. When the sun is not too strong and the outdoor temperature is not too high, puppies can bask in the sun and sunbathe, which is beneficial to bone growth.

Puppies that are 2 months old should be able to start teaching good habits. First of all, give the dog a nice name, call it by name frequently, let her know that you are calling her, and establish a conditioned reflex so that she will come to you immediately. Education about fixed defecation habits can also begin. Although puppies before 4 months old cannot hold back their urine and pee when they have time. They will not be able to urinate in large volumes until 4 months old, but they can be taught gradually.

At 2 months after birth, the antibodies brought from the mother have been almost eliminated. At this time, various viral diseases may occur. Therefore, it is most important to vaccinate against canine distemper, canine parvovirus and infectious hepatitis. It takes approximately 2 weeks after vaccination to develop resistance (antibodies). At about 2 months, if you have not been vaccinated yet, and when an epidemic is prevalent or you are likely to be infected, you can directly inject anti-virus serum to directly enhance the body's resistance, and wait 2 weeks before vaccination.

Health care for 3-month-old puppies

At this time, you can provide some basic education to the puppies. Let him develop good eating habits beforehand. Puppies often eat and play while eating, especially when eating dog food. If you find that it suddenly stops to play while eating, take away its food bowl immediately and let it see it, and wait until the next feeding time. Let it eat. If you do this a few times, it will usually become better behaved. If she eats well, she can be praised in various ways. However, you must have a gentle attitude when educating and do not scold excessively.

A 3-month-old puppy likes to pick up random things from the ground to eat, and sometimes unexpected things are eaten into its stomach, such as buttons, pebbles, needles, nails, and plastic. These foreign bodies can easily damage the gastrointestinal mucosa or cause intestinal obstruction.

When a puppy is found to have severe vomiting and abdominal pain, an X-ray examination should be considered. If obstruction is determined, timelyTake measures such as surgery, otherwise it will be life-threatening. The important thing is to correct the habit of picking up and eating randomly in time.

Excretion training should be started gradually, usually feeding three times a day and defecating about three times a day. Puppies sometimes urinate because they are overly happy or fearful. This is a sign of emotional or nervousness and is generally difficult to control, but it can disappear naturally after adulthood. The owner should pay attention to observe its patterns and identify its normal urination and defecation places.

After the vaccine is injected at the age of 2 months, since the body's immune mechanism is not fully developed, the immunity produced is insufficient, and repeated injections are required to enhance the body's immunity. Puppies aged 3 months must be vaccinated against rabies.

Health care for 4-month-old puppies

After the puppy is 4 months old, the deciduous teeth begin to fall out and the permanent teeth begin to grow. At this time, the roots of the puppies become itchy and they like to bite randomly. This bad behavior should be stopped by giving some bones or biting bones.

Fix two stools in the morning and evening every day. As you eat more, the amount will gradually increase. After each bowel movement, check whether it is the same as before. Conduct monthly health checkups and urine and stool tests.

After the first two injections of the vaccine, if necessary, you can boost the immunity once more and perform repeated injections (according to the vaccine usage requirements).

Special attention should be paid to the fact that as body weight increases, nutritional requirements increase, and calcium needs must be met at the same time. Otherwise, puppies are prone to rickets, which may lead to deformation of long bones in the limbs or swelling of joints, resulting in an "O" shape. Or "X" shaped legs. Large dogs of medium size or above should pay more attention to observe whether there are any changes in the shape of the front and rear limbs. Adjust the balance of calcium and phosphorus in a timely manner, frequently expose yourself to ultraviolet rays (basking in the sun), and supplement deficiencies in vitamins A, D, and E. Dogs should not wander outside for too long. Generally, dogs aged 4 months should not go to the road often. Take a walk to prevent your limbs from getting deformed.

Some dogs should be groomed and sheared starting from the age of 4 months, such as poodles. If you go outside for grooming, be sure to choose a beauty shop with good conditions and high reputation. This can prevent the spread of diseases and cross-infection, because the immunity of puppies in April is still very fragile. For hard-haired dogs, you can pluck a small amount of hair every day at home to promote its growth.

4-month-old puppies can take a bath twice a month, but they must prevent catching cold and being irritated. In ear plastic surgery, if the effect of erect ears is not satisfactory, a plastic plate can be placed inside the ear for correction treatment, or other methods can be adopted.

Health care for dogs aged 5 to 7 months

Dogs that are 5 months old still like to chew things randomly, and their destructive behavior should be stopped in time and given Give it some bone crunching to grind its teeth into. Dogs may occasionally urinate and defecate everywhere. This may be due to certain mental requirements not being met. For example, the owner often feels lonely when he is not at home, or he is mentally shocked after being severely scolded.If the place is unclean and cannot be cleaned, it will cause the dog to have "angry" behavior and so on. At this time, not only should the dog be severely reprimanded, but also whether the dog's requirements can be met, improvements should be made, and we can work together to correct this bad habit. Of course, prevention and treatment beforehand is the best training method.

The age of 6 months is the peak of puppy chewing. At this time, the dog's deciduous teeth fall out and permanent teeth grow in.

In the future, the chewing habit will ease. Before that, developing the habit of not chewing things will greatly reduce the owner's losses.

Therefore, it is necessary to educate the puppy on what can and cannot be done.

Puppies aged 5 months usually defecate twice a day in the morning and evening. Later, as they continue to grow, they can be reduced to a fixed once a day. When it is 5 months old, it is best not to take it often for walks on the road to prevent infection. Let the puppy on the balcony or courtyard, give it some toys, such as rubber balls, artificial bones, etc., and let it play and exercise freely.

When the dog reaches 6 months of age, it can be put on a collar and a drawstring to go outdoors for a walk.

At the beginning of a walk, many dogs are timid and unwilling to walk. Take her out first to find a quiet place to stay for a while, then let her walk back. After doing this a few times and getting used to it, she was willing to go out for a walk.

The appropriate walking time is once in the morning and evening. Generally, each walking time is 10 minutes for small dogs, 20-30 minutes for medium-sized dogs, and 1 hour for large dogs.

When the dog develops the habit of walking, it will regard walking as a pleasure and a necessary part of life.

Once the owner is a little lazy and does not take her out for a walk, it may cause body dysfunction. For example, some dogs may have adverse reactions such as loss of appetite, constipation, or the inability to urinate. Therefore, it is the owner's responsibility to take the dog for a walk.

When going out for a walk, you should also prevent eating random things that may cause food poisoning. In addition, there are many opportunities for walking, and there are many opportunities to come into contact with external disease sources. Care should be taken to prevent infection by parasites, bacteria and viruses. Sometimes it is easy to get bitten or stabbed by foreign objects in fights with other dogs. As the dog ages, its strength also increases. Especially large dogs of medium size and above often pull people along when walking, so they should be corrected.

At this stage, it is still recommended to go to the hospital for routine health examinations once a month. Dogs aged 5 months are susceptible to colds, gastroenteritis, canine distemper, etc. Children aged 6 months are susceptible to colds, gastroenteritis, canine distemper, infectious hepatitis, parasitic diseases, rickets, etc. But after 4 and a half months, the body's disease resistance gradually increases and the disease will gradually decrease.

A 5-month-old dog can be bathed 2 to 3 times a month. In the future, the frequency of bathing can be increased, once a week in summer, 2 times a month in spring and autumn, and once a month in winter. But be careful to prevent colds.

Precautions for puppies between 1 and 6 weeks old

Feeding and weaning:

Under normal circumstances, a litter of puppies is suckled by the mother until they are 3-5 weeks old. After 3 weeks of age, some milk or breast milk can be placed in a dish so that the puppies can learn to lick food from the dish to supplement their nutrition. This can avoid nutritional deficiencies. The development is blocked and the burden on the female dog is reduced.

Weaning from the mother:

When the puppies are almost three weeks old, they can start to be given creep food. Use commercial creep food according to the instructions. You can also prepare it by yourself. The method is to mix milk with baby cereal and put it on a plate. Bring the puppy to the plate, dip some with your fingers and put it into the puppy's mouth, twice a day. The puppy will eat on its own in the future. When giving creep food, in some cases, the mother dog must be taken away to prevent the mother dog from interfering with the puppies' eating. When the puppies get used to eating from the plate, the amount of food can be gradually increased to three or four times a day, and then meat food can be given. If you give fresh meat (because meat lacks calcium), you need to add some bone meal to maintain nutritional balance. Use various brands of canned puppy food in rotation. Canned meat food for adult dogs is better than fresh meat, but you still need to add some bone meal.

Puppies develop and grow rapidly and should be fed several times a day more than adult dogs. If the mother dog has sufficient milk and is breastfeeding well, do not rush to wean it off. However, if it is 5 weeks old, it should be weaned according to the above steps. , 6-week-old puppies no longer need the mother to breastfeed.

Feeding for developing adult dogs:

When puppies reach 12 weeks of age, feed them three times a day until they are 6 months old, and then reduce to two meals a day until they are 9 months old. After that, one or two meals a day can be maintained depending on the individual or the environment.

Generally speaking, it is advisable for small dogs (especially toy dogs) to eat two meals a day.

Correct eating habits:

Don’t let your dog become a picky eater.

When feeding puppies, after putting the food in, take the dog to the food place, keep quiet, and let the dog eat. After 20-30 minutes, take away the food plate and remaining food. The remaining food can be stored in the refrigerator , then feed the next meal (heating, adding food).

Artificially raised puppies:

Generally speaking, female dogs will automatically take care of newborn puppies. The following special circumstances require artificial breeding: 1. Orphans, 2. Weakness, 3. Sickness, 4. Premature birth, 5. Rejected by the female dog, 6. Unable to be nursed by the female dog. Artificial rearing includes bottle feeding, body cleaning, stimulating defecation and keeping warm.