SOME TIPS FOR THE MASTERS OF A PUPPY

You just purchased a chiot.Il be good to follow some simple guidelines to best preserve its health:

Your puppy is characterized by the fact that it continues to grow. You have to do to become a dog. On both physical and psychological level it is of great things to do.

Its skeleton consists of bones that have not yet acquired the same strength as that of adults. Constantly changing, the direction of aplombs suits. It is often a crisis period for the young begins to limp. We often talk about lameness growth. Depending on the size, race, weight of the dog, “fabrication” of the bones will not happen the same way. So you can feel along the long bones of the legs, bony callus. Your dog renforceavec the bone tissue, fragility points. Gradually, it grows, the angles change, the callus can be brought to disappear.

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TEMPERATURE

38.5 ° Celsius (37.7 ° to 38 ° C for Husky).
Heart rate: 70 to 120 beats per minute.
Respiratory rate: 15 to 30 movements per minute.

REPRODUCTION

Average age of puberty in males: 7 to 10 months.
Average age of puberty in females: 6 to 12 months.
Estrous cycle: 180 days.
Heat: 9 to 14 days.
Gestation: 63 days. (more…)

TEETH

Milk teeth:
They are 28 in number.
Either: 3 incisors, 1 hook and 3 premolars per half-jaw
Adult dentition:
Upper jaw: 6 incisors, 2 hooks, 8 premolars and 4 molars.
Lower jaw: 6 incisors, 2 hooks, 8 premolars and 6 molars
A total of 42 teeth.

EARS

We consider that the wearing of the ear is the kind of domestication of the race. The ear is naturally drawn races closer to their origin, as Spitz example. The ear is a sign of falling further domestication, as in most hunting dogs. It can also be semi-erect as in the Shetland or semi-pricked at the Fox Terrier.The sense of hearing is 6 times larger in dogs than in humans.

EYE

The dog sees the man differently. The colors are perceived less clearly, but he sees better in the dark. It is less sensitive to details of the relief but the visual field is 50% higher than ours.

NOSE

Smell is the most developed sense in the dog. It is composed of more than 200 million olfactory cells. For comparison, the man owns only 5 million.

THE TAIL

Said whip. It is worn instead falling in sheepdogs or custody. In saber arrest in dogs and hounds. Wrapped in Spitz. It is tied in the bulldog and hook for most greyhounds. The Bobtail is born tailless, ie without a tail. (more…)