Dog grooming- basic dog care starts at home
August 8, 2010
Our pets are around us all the time so we may miss things that are seriously wrong with our pets.
For example, one day buddy gave me kisses and his breathe stank. It was worse then usual, so I looked in his mouth and there was a broken tooth that was rotting. I felt like a bad mom since I hadnt brushed his teeth in over 2 weeks. If I had, I would have noticed this a little sooner.
A friend of mine has a dog and I noticed its bad breath… I looked and there was an abnormal gum growth hanging from the dogs mouth!
To keep your pets healthy, I recommend the following SIMPLE things to do weekly, if not daily……
1) Check your pets teeth! Brushing them is ideal, but at the very least, check them.
if your pets breath is stinly, there is probably a reason.
2) Check your pets ears. A simple flip ofer of the ear flap, or a peer into an erect ear will be worth the 5 seconds it takes. Dogs have a huge pain tolerance and they may not show signs of a problem. If there is any build up, clean them out!
3) Check over their bodies for bugs, ticks, bug bites, new lumps. Ticks like to hide in between toes, in ears, anyplace warm. Feel with your hands so you dont miss anything.
4) Check your pets eyes. Wipe away any goobers. Look at the pupils. Buddy has recently developed uneven pupils that went un noticed by me, but were caught by the vet.
Its the little things that will keep our pets healthy. Being around our pets all the time makes it easy for us to miss little things unless we look. Just like a family member that we see everyday, we don’t notice things like weight loss. But if they are gone a month and come back, we would notice even though they have been that weight for a while!
