Dog’s life expectancy is determined by many factors such as body size, lifestyle, weather and nutrients. Body size, the larger size of dog’s bodies, so his age is getting shorter, the smaller the size of the dog’s body so he was going to get longer. For example, the Great Dane has a very large size of the average can only survive until the age of 8 year Chihuahua while having a very small size can survive until the age of 13 years.
Lifestyle, a dog whose life is always stressful because grounded or not maintained according to its function then age will be shorter. Beagle is intended for hunting, kept in a small house and always grounded then level all his stress would be very high. If you want your dog to live a long life, keep it according to its function.
Weather, many dogs are kept in climate such undue Siberian husky dog with thick fur maintained in countries with tropical climates. Many cases shaggy dog dying because of the heat (Over heat) in a tropical country. Even if the dog could be saved, organs such as the brain must also have decreased function due to over-heat the attack. Therefore, even if you have thick shaggy dog to adapt to the weather in the tropics, do not notice until it was placed in the heat.
Before giving ear drops, cat ears need to be cleaned first, because the pile of dirt and wax / cerumen causing drugs does not work with the maximum. There are three different ways to clean cat ears that is often used vet, namely:
1. method of suction. This method uses a tool / machine vacuum suction specific or special balloon made of rubber. How this is done when the ear wax / pus is somewhat fluid. Also be used to clean the middle ear, especially when the eardrum has been damaged / torn.
2. Irrigation. How this is done by inserting a liquid that serves ceruminolitik destroy / release wax / dirt in the ear. The liquid is then removed again with dirt that comes from inside the ear.
3. Mechanical. This method is the most frequent and easy and can be done at home. Earwax cleaned with cotton-stemmed / cotton bud.
How to clean cat ears:
- Used as drops of the ear canal with cleaning fluid. Ear cleaning solution can be purchased pet store or veterinarian provides.
There are many types of dogs that can hunt wild animals were used for, among other things: German Pointer, English Foxhound, Weimarener, Irish Wolfhound, Black & Tan Coonhound, Blood Hound, etc.. But of the many types of these, generally they are only responsible for tracking and herding or outflank prey animals, giving the sound of barking dogs that hunters know the whereabouts, and eventually opened fire on the hunters to prey, and the dog task is complete. Many dog lovers who dreamed of creating a dog with traits such as the ability of the above, they are generally the type of fighter crossed with hound hunters to obtain a dog with a combination of exceptional courage and supreme physical abilities.
Dogo is a dog that is very slow maturation process. They have not reached the point of optimal growth if it has not reached 2 years and they have not reached the point of mental maturity and ability optimal physical if not yet 4 years old, while old age / elderly if they pass the age of 8 to 14 years. A Dogo can indeed be kept in a small house or yard that narrow, but it will disrupt muscle performance and affect their physical abilities as a hunting dog, Dogo require a large space and adequate sports facilities, such as running hard on the plantation, pasture, or tracking in the forest.
Like humans, cat’s baby also appeared to be vaccinated or immunized. The goal is to protect them from various diseases. Besides it, set aside a little money to vaccinate cats could actually save a lot of money later on.
Imagine the money you have to spend when your cat suddenly stricken with the disease, let alone that are zoonotic, which can also infect humans, certainly troublesome.
How to work for cat immunization is not much different, where a small number of viruses that have been attenuated kittens injected into the body to provoke an immune response that increases the kitten’s immune system against diseases.
Immunization for cat must follow several steps based on age.
Here is the schedule of vaccination / immunization of cats:
Age 8-10 weeks
Tumor disease in dogs and cats is dangerous. Moreover, in some types of tissue in dogs or cats percentage of this disease is higher than in humans.
Mammary gland tumors in dogs often have receptors for the female hormones (estrogen and progesterone). This means that the hormone-hormone stimulate tumor growth. Because it was a case of the mammary gland tumors was not observed in dogs and cats that had their ovaries removed and its contents at a very young age. Conversely, giving hormone progesterone to prevent pregnancy or to other medications, increases the risk of tumors.
Preventative measures that we can do such as sterilization or spaying is done before the lust (lust is a term in the sexuality that shows the state of physical and mental readiness of an individual to perform sexual intercourse / copulation) the first can prevent mammary gland tumors.
Most dogs and cats are not sterilized female (spayed). Therefore, pet owners should routinely inspect female dogs and cats for the presence of lumps around the mammary gland.