[Dietary management of puppies]
The growth period from puppy to adult is very important and can shape the life of the puppy and affect the quality of the Poodle.
Puppies are weaned about 6 weeks after birth.
Weaning until about the third month, feeding times should be set at 7am, 12pm, 5pm and 10pm. 4 times a day.
Between the 4th and 8th month of life, the puppy can be fed three times in the morning, at noon and in the evening, and the amount of food given to the puppy during this period of time is approximately equal to 1/3—-1/2 of that given to an adult dog.
The composition of the puppy’s food in the months from 2 to 3 months after weaning to less than 6 months will determine its eating habits for the rest of its life. It is important to acclimatize him to the taste of the specialized dog food during this time if you intend to continue to raise him on it in the future.
If kept on a home-meal diet, the food should be based on animal protein and fed more high-calorie foods.
When a puppy is 2 to 3 months old, meat should be cut into fine pieces before feeding it, as the teeth and jaws are not yet fully developed. Butter and cheese are also preferable.
6 months to less than a year after birth, which is about the equivalent of a human’s 10 or so years of age. This is the time when the Poodle grows the most and requires about twice as many calories as an adult dog! They should be fed more animal protein foods.
[Puppy Diet and Feeding Requirements]
1、Foods suitable for puppies
(1) Puppy-specific food: such as dog food and canned food.
(2) Calcium: Supplement with a calcium product with a high natural content like Super Calcium to promote the development of your puppy’s bones and teeth.
(3) Milk powder for puppies: There are special goat milk powder for puppies.
(4) Egg yolks: The advantage of egg yolks is that they are not only rich in protein, but also contain easily digested and absorbed vitamin A, calcium and minerals.
(5) Vitamins and minerals: For puppies with poor body condition, consider some extra vitamins and minerals, you can consider feeding 21 Gold Vitamins, there are also pet-specific Gold Vitamins for puppies.
(6) Meat: Although beef, pork and chicken are excellent foods, it is advisable to choose fat-free portions when feeding your puppy, as fat tends to spoil. But feed cooked, not raw meat!
2. Foods that are not suitable for puppies
(1) Frozen Milk
(2) Meats that contain a lot of fat.
(3) Sour, spicy, salty and other irritating foods.
(4) Small bones: large and medium-sized puppies can be fed large bones that are rich in calcium, never chicken, fish or duck bones.
(5) Pastries Generally speaking, there is no need to feed your dog pastries.
(6) Chicken livers and other, poultry offal should not be fed.
(7) Chocolate
[Vaccination and deworming]
The first vaccine is given on the 40th day, and then every 15 days thereafter, plus the rabies vaccine is a total of 4 shots, the first time you get the infectious vaccine you have to get 3 shots and then a rabies vaccine, and then the infectious vaccine is given once a year, and the rabies vaccine is given once every 3 years.
Teddies also have to be dewormed internally. When it comes to vaccinations, the dog has to be in good health, a bad Teddy can lower the Golden Retriever’s immune system affecting its health. Teddy can’t go out to play until a week after the vaccination.
[Common Diseases and Prevention]
Diseases in poodles are preventative, with regular vaccinations.
You should pay attention to your dog’s health in general, and you can do a decisive check when you groom your dog every day. Check the whole body of the dog from head to toe to see if there are any signs of illness, such as swelling, abnormal secretions, abnormal temperature or pulse, and lack of spirit. Preventing and treating problems as soon as they are detected will allow your dog to be completely cured at the earliest stage of illness.
Frequently occurring abnormalities
Experienced breeders can detect diseases in their dogs based on some common symptoms and treat them in time to ensure the healthy growth of their dogs. Poodles may show the following symptoms when they are sick.
Strange steps: first of all, you should think about whether the soles of its feet into a foreign body, is not injured, whether there are fleas between the toes, and so on. If you do not find any obvious trauma, it may be due to arthritis caused by pain affecting walking, or rickets or bone dysplasia. Touch its feet, if it makes a squeak, perhaps a fracture or dislocation has occurred.
No appetite: If there is no appetite and the spirit is still good, you can observe for another 1-2 days, but if there is no appetite and accompanied by obvious wasting, then we should pay attention to it. If the amount of food is less than half of the usual amount, and always lie still, we should take it to the hospital for examination. This condition can basically detect other diseases and should be observed.
Drinking more water: Dogs drink more water after a walk to regulate body temperature, if there is not much activity but drink a lot of water, you should first consider whether the dog has eaten food containing too much salt. In addition, high fever, dysentery, diabetes mellitus, kidney disease, uremia, etc. are all reasons why dogs drink a lot of water. In the event that the cause cannot be found, a veterinarian should be consulted.
Odor: The Poodle itself does not have body odor, if the body odor should be observed. Smell in the mouth may be due to tartar or stomatitis; ear odor is due to otitis externa, otitis media or ear ulcers; body hair odor should be taken into account the skin inflammation or anal cysts; genital odor is due to inflammation of the uterus, genital ulcers and urinary secretion abnormality and other reasons. After finding the cause of the odor, you should consult a veterinarian.
Coughing: Frequent coughing indicates an abnormality in the dog’s respiratory organs and bronchial tubes. If a cold is not treated promptly, it may also cause bronchitis or pneumonia. If the cough is severe, it is most likely asthma. In the case of foreign body inhalation, the cough will seem very painful. If you have infectious bronchitis, you may also cough, so seek medical attention as soon as possible.
Dry Nose: It is normal for a dog’s nose to be dry when it first wakes up, but be careful if it also has a fever at the same time. In addition symptoms such as runny nose, nosebleeds, swollen nose, and incomprehensible nostrils should not be ignored. These symptoms can be caused by rhinitis triggered by a cold, as well as head trauma, abscesses, ulcers, vitamin A deficiency, and nutritional deficiencies.
Salivation in the mouth: It should be checked whether there is stomatitis, whether the mouth is pierced by foreign objects such as bone tips, wood chips, etc., whether the color of the tooth root changes (such as whitish, yellowish, over-red, blackened, etc.), and whether there is any other trauma.
Frequent vomiting: If the dog’s spirit improves after vomiting, there is no big problem. If the dog repeatedly makes vomiting, or is limp and weak, there may be something wrong somewhere. Possible causes are: blockage of foreign objects in the esophagus, swallowing plastic bags and other indigestible items, intestinal obstruction or intestinal torsion, Balbovirus infection, leptospirosis or other diseases. At this point the owner should bring the dog’s vomit to a doctor.
Eye circle paste full of eye droppings: If you find that the dog’s eye circle around the sticky full of eye droppings, or eye swelling and other symptoms, you should find a doctor to consult, and should never take it upon yourself to use human eye medicine to treat the dog.
There are red blood vessel-like objects in the white sector of the eyeballs: eye drops to pay attention to observation, use Runkang eye drops, no enlargement, leave it alone.
Adult poodles are susceptible to otitis externa (miniature adult teddies are more susceptible)
Causes: Otitis externa stems from the accumulation and deterioration of earwax, which irritates the skin of the external auditory canal, and the earwax is repeatedly infected with bacteria.
Symptoms: The affected dog itches, shakes its head frequently, and continues to develop pain, thus resisting contact with its ear and its surroundings, where foul-smelling yellowish-brown pus can be found coming out. If not treated immediately, the inflammation can spread to the middle or inner ear, thus injuring the tympanic membrane and eventually causing hearing impairment.
PREVENTION: Regular examination and cleaning of the ear canals is essential and recommended once every two weeks.
Tracheal atrophy (miniature and toy prone)
Cause: The trachea was originally in the shape of a tube, but when the annular ligament stretches and the cartilage of the trachea can no longer remain in its normal state, atrophy of the trachea occurs
Symptoms: frequent coughing, dyspnea, and consequent gradual resistance to exercise, dry cough after exercise, excitement, eating, drinking, coughing attacks lasting about 15 minutes, walking around in circles or sitting still during coughing attacks.
Prevention: Prevent excitement, control weight, use a carrier instead of a collar, do not use random medication.
Gastric torsion (standard susceptibility)
Reason: Gastric dilatation occurs after eating a large amount of food, and the ligaments supporting the stomach are stretched, at this time, sudden and violent exercise, it is very easy for gastric torsion to occur.
Symptoms: dyspnea, abdominal pain, sudden vomiting, profuse salivation.
Note: Gastric torsion is fatal within 24 hours if not treated immediately.
[Sports and Training]
Every day let Teddy exercise or walk about 20 to 40 minutes is already enough, you can also use this time to train it some basic or more difficult movements, in order to achieve the consumption of Teddy exuberant energy, but also because they have a high IQ of any learning is faster than other dog breeds, will be re-training to see their sensitive, vigilant learning ability.
Playing ornamental dog training purpose, one is to make it develop good dietary hygiene habits, easy to keep and manage; second is to make it will do a few amusing small movements, to the dog owner and family to bring fun. The subjects of training are simple and easy to do.
[Specific care methods are as follows:]
One: You should start brushing your little teddy bear’s teeth 2-3 times a week, starting when he is 6 months old.
At the beginning of the small Teddy will certainly not adapt to the resistance, but if you insist on doing it will develop better habits. First take gauze strip dipped in a little saline wrapped around the index finger, wipe the gums, teeth, action should be light, so as not to damage the gums; such as poodles to adapt to, and then dipped in a small amount of pet toothpaste, brushing its teeth, this toothpaste without rinsing, can let its own swallow dry. The above operation can last for 2 weeks, and so completely adapted, and then use the dog special toothbrush to brush its teeth, long-term persistence will be able to get the desired effect of care.
Second: do not overly give small teddy eat sweets, such as chocolate, sugar, so as to avoid it caries. You can feed it vegetables stick and other kinds of bite bones, not only can exercise the small teddy bear teeth bite force, but also can play a role in cleaning tartar, cleaning tartar.
Third: If once the mouth ulcers, gums red and swollen phenomenon, can be used to warm saline cleaning and wipe iodine glycerin or antibiotics, if the lesions are serious, the application of antibiotic therapy.
Four: Always supplement with some vitamin B medication or puppy gold vitamins to replenish vitamins and trace elements to reduce morbidity.
Tip: Daily prevention can greatly reduce the number of times your dog gets sick.
[Grooming]
Grooming should be done at least once a week or more, although they will not lose their hair (under healthy skin conditions), but we must often help them to comb and organize, otherwise their fluffy and curly hair will be knotted and look very unkempt, when you think of it, you can help them to comb their hair, and they will feel very happy Oh! In addition to helping them to promote the metabolism of their hair, it can also be a good way to promote the owner’s relationship with the pet. Grooming can be done once every 2 months.
[Summer Hair Care Matters]
Every summer is the high incidence of dog teddy bear skin disease, there are the following ways to Fan stop.
The hair of the dog is divided into two courses, the inner hair is down for warmth, the outer hair is steel for waterproof windproof. Fleece to a certain time will naturally fall off, so you need human help, fleece is easy to knot if not combed for a long time hair will be like around the cake like pickpockets in the dog’s skin, but also impede the growth of new fleece and air can not circulate the skin temperature Shen high to give some parasites and fungi live in the space, so it is best to give the dog every day to combing hair from the skin stalks begin to like the outside of the combing, after bathing, be sure to flush Clean, blow-dry hair comb through, and to give the dog a regular spray every month to prevent fleas and fungus of the potion, the drug should be sprayed to the skin with a hand gently massage the skin two times a month, you can reduce the chances of skin disease, outside the grass is also the spread of fleas and fungi through, we should be careful.
After bathing with cotton to check the ears inside clean, you can prevent ear mites and ear mediator, the dog has no sweat glands, the soles of the feet is the way they dissipate heat, to the dog regularly repair the soles of the feet hair, but also at the same time can be anti-slip puppies will not be old wrestling, the dog’s toenails have a blood vessel with the growth of the toenails, so the dog should be small time to reduce the toenails on a regular basis to prevent the growth of the toenails are too long bad to repair and reduce.
