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    Perfect Handbook For Imperfect Dog Owners
    Perfect Handbook For Imperfect Dog Owners
    Perfect Handbook For Imperfect Dog Owners
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    Perfect Handbook For Imperfect Dog Owners

    By Georgette Sun

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    Dogs are an integral part of human society on every inhabited continent on Earth. They drive livestock and protect it; police property; scent and detect illicit substances; haul sleds; retrieve game; guide the blind; search for and rescue the lost and injured; comfort the lonely; hear for the deaf; or simply add a sparkling natural reality to the lives of hundreds of millions of people throughout the world.

    As we move from an agrarian to an urban culture, dogs are in many ways one of our last and most important links with the natural world. We get pleasure from caring for our gardens and for our pets.

    This e-book on “Perfect handbook for imperfect dog owners” emphasizes the pet owner to offer good care to his or her pet and also gives solutions for unresolved problems.


     
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherGeorgette Sun
    Release dateApr 14, 2017
    ISBN9788826075129
    Perfect Handbook For Imperfect Dog Owners

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      Perfect Handbook For Imperfect Dog Owners - Georgette Sun

      Table of Contents

      Title Page

      Chapter 1

      1

      Perfect handbook for imperfect dog owners

      Table of contents:

      Prelude

      1. Understanding ingredients 

      2. Dogs need different diets at different ages

      3. Vitamin and mineral supplements

      4. Boredom and variety

      5. Cost of feeds

      6. Dry Vs. Canned food

      7. Home made diets

      8. Food allergies

      9. How much should I feed my dog?

      10. How often should I feed my dog?

      11. Signs of Ill health

      12. Heart worm, fleas and other parasites

      13. Heart worm prevention

      14. Common questions about heart worm

      15. Fleas and other parasites

      16. Do parasites cause Scooting?

      17. Preventing dental disease

      18. Home dental care

      19. Veterinary dental treatments

      20. The importance of the physical examination

      21. Why are regular check-ups important?

      22. What happens during an examination?

      23. How often should my pet be examined?

      24. How to administer medicine

      25. Nursing a sick dog

      26. Vaccinations

      27. Common questions about vaccinations

      28. Spaying and neutering 

      29. Spaying of the Female dog

      30. Surgical neutering of the male dog

      31. Pet health insurance

      32. Clipping a dog

      33. First steps in grooming

      34. Bathing a dog

      35. Pet Identification

      Prelude

      Dogs are an integral part of human society on every inhabited continent on Earth. They drive livestock and protect it; police property; scent and detect illicit substances; haul sleds; retrieve game; guide the blind; search for and rescue the lost and injured; comfort the lonely; hear for the deaf; or simply add a sparkling natural reality to the lives of hundreds of millions of people throughout the world.

      As we move from an agrarian to an urban culture, dogs are in many ways one of our last and most important links with the natural world. We get pleasure from caring for our gardens and for our pets.

      This e-book on Perfect handbook for imperfect dog owners emphasizes the pet owner to offer good care to his or her pet and also gives solutions for unresolved problems.

      1. Understanding ingredients

      Understanding the ingredients of your dog's food items is a must for the dog lovers or dog owners.  Whenever you feed the dog with different kinds of food items, you should always read the label and understand the contents about the dog feed types that are being used in such commercial preparations. You should understand the ingredients while buying food for your dog and also know what to look for.

      Feed items include dry and fresh food.  The fresh dog food that is prepared in homes generally consists of ingredients like freshly cut chicken pieces in addition to the cranberry juices, blue-green algae, etc.

      If you come across any different kinds of preservatives and if the dog develops all of a sudden signs pertaining to the food allergy, suspect the unwanted ingredient in the feed items given. Similarly, understand about the moisture status. If the food item is having more moisture, then the dog may prefer this as well.

      Beet pulp, pasta, Soy bean oil, wheat middlings, calcium carbonate, magnesium oxide, copper sulphate, iron sulphate, zinc oxide, choline chloride, etc. are often the ingredients in case of vegetarian based diet items offered to the pet animals like dogs.

      Raw egg, chicken, beef, mutton, fish, quail etc. are often the preferred ingredients in case of dog diets that are prepared on the basis of the non-vegetarian items. Taurine is one of the essential ingredients for the dog’s nutrition.  Like wise, in the case of dogs feed with frozen fish items, the vitamin called thiamine

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