Firstly to start with
balance diet and good nutrition.
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Virtually everyone knows how paramount it is for them to take good food as well as their pet. In man as well good food has been know to increase healthy living. There are different kinds of feed for puppies and geriatric animals. This feed are important for their optimum growth. Without good nutrition they won't be able to maintain muscle tone, teeth and bone. They won't be able to do normal daily activities with ease or fight-off infection. There won't be good skin and hair coat. It helps in their immunity and prevention of diseases.
Regularly exercising your pet is just as important as exercise for you.
Health benefits range widely, but include helping hip joints, reducing digestive problems, and keeping your dog and cat at a healthy weight, which decreases the likelihood of developing other health problems.
Exercise also helps control behavioral problems. Pets that are not given outlets for energy may develop destructive habits like chewing, scratching, or digging, be hyperactive, jump on people or start raiding your garbage bins. By doing daily activities with your pet you can prevent these behaviors from starting and keep your home a happier one
a close watch on your dog weight.
As in people, dogs carrying extra pounds of weight place extra demands on virtually all the organs of their bodies. When we overload these organs, disease and sometimes death are the consequences. The health risks to overweight dogs are serious and every dog owner should be aware of them.
Obesity is defined as an accumulation of excess body fat resulting in body weights over 15% of optimum. This condition can potentially impair the health, quality of life and life span of affected pets. The incidence of obesity seems to increase with age and with spaying and neutering because there is a reduction of both metabolic rate and physical activity associated with both of these conditions. It is especially important to keep your puppies and kittens lean because 70% of obese puppies and kittens grow up to be obese dogs and cats!
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By having vet examine your pet once in a year.
Health and wellness should start when your pet is a puppy or kitten to ensure your beloved furry family member is developing correctly. As your pet ages, the examinations provide a medical history for your pet that our veterinarians can use to determine if your pet is developing any short term or long-term illnesses or diseases and provide treatment before your pet's health is negatively affected.
vaccination of your pet
Vaccination is the act of immunizing an animal against infections diseases which could be detrimental to their health. When puppy are born they come with what is called innate immunity( derived from dam). After 8 weeks the immunity goes off. It is therefore important that animals are vaccinated after this. Some of the disease the animal is predispose could lead to the death of the animal if not vaccinated. Protecting your dogs and pet against diseases is very paramount.
also through spaying and neutering
This also help to protect your dog from various diseases and condition. Some condition like testicular neoplasia will be prevented by neutering. Conditions like ovarian cyst can be avoided. There are several other advantage of spaying and neutering. This is usually a surgical procedure done.
Also it could be through regular deworming and other parasites...
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