Every Pet Owner Should Know About Pet Dog Health

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Your pet dog is probably stronger and healthier than most of the people that you know. Most dogs lead perfectly healthy, normal lives. They overcome occasional skin rashes, chills, and upset stomachs, recover from cuts and bruises with ordinary care and reasonable first aid when necessary, and professional diagnosis and treatment of serious diseases. Chances are that if you give your pet dog a normal diet, a healthy environment at home, a well balanced life, you only need to see the veterinarian for checkups and vaccines.

A healthy dog’s temperature, in the rectum when rested, is about 101.2 degrees in an adult dog, 102 in small breeds, and 102.5 in a puppy. Long-coated breeds have a slightly higher temperature than short-coated ones. Can vary from 120 beats per minute in a young puppy, 70 or 80 in an older dog. Normal respiration ranges from 20 to 30 respirations per minute for a puppy to 16 per minute in an older dog.

A sick or diseased pet dog have a temperature over 102 degrees, a sign of fever, or under a 100, a sign of weakness. If it doesn’t return to normal within 24 hours, call the vet.

Pet Dog - Understanding Pet Food Labels

Trying to read and understand the pet food labels can be very difficult and time-consuming. Pet dog food labels don’t usually indicate the minimum percentages of calcium, sodium, phosphorus, or linoleic acid. Cat food labels usually list taurine and magnesium, two necessary nutrients for cats.

The amount of moisture in pet food is different in all foods. Dry food has the least amount and canned food has the most. When comparing pet food, make sure to compare canned food with canned food and dry food with dry food.

There are 3 basic rules to pet food labels :
1 - The 95% rule: If a product has a name like ‘Beef for Dogs‘ that has to be at least 95% of this product is that the names. With these, it is the beef and tuna and does not include any added water.
2 - The 25% rule: If there is a qualifying word in the label such as ‘Dinner”, ‘Entree’ ‘Platter’ or ‘Formula’ there has to be at least 25% of the ingredient name on the label. A good example is “Shrimp Dinner”.
3 - The 3% rule: If the label has the word ‘with’ it must have only 3% of the product named.

Some foods are just for “puppies” or “seniors.” These are made for a pet of a certain age and stage of their life. Food for adults isn’t appropriate for a puppy that is growing. If the label says “100% nutritionally complete” the food is acceptable for all ages.

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