Puppies

• How To Successfully Train Your Puppy

  If you are a first-time dog owner, you may feel intimidated with the amount of training required for your puppy. Even for experienced owners, training requires effort and patience. It is important that you start training as early as possible. Puppies of all breeds can learn basic and simple commands like “sit” or “stay” when they are as young as 7 to 8 weeks.
  
  Even though each dog has different needs, and some techniques that work well on one may not have the same effect on another, there are a few ground rules that work extremely well. Here are some tips to help you in successfully training your puppy.

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• Ways to Puppy Proof Your Home

  Puppies are highly inquisitive and will leave no stone unturned in their mission to get to know you and your home better. While their antics are entertaining, it’s important to remember that their play can take a dangerous turn. There are many objects in your house that can create problems for your new puppy.

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• Hearing Loss in Dogs

  Dogs experience hearing loss, just like humans do. The loss of hearing can either be temporary or permanent. Temporary hearing loss is usually caused due to wax build-up or any foreign particle in the ear canal. Permanent hearing loss is caused either due to old age, ear infections that haven’t been treated for a long time or congenital hearing loss.
  
  Temporary deafness can be treated by a veterinarian. It is usually done by removal of excessive ear wax or the foreign particle that has entered the ear canal. Temporary hearing loss is most often non-treatable. Certain breeds of dogs are born with congenital deafness, which they have acquired by birth.

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• Five Stress Signs For Dogs

  If your dog is acting a little unusual, it’s usually not a cause for concern. Just like humans, dogs are also susceptible to being stressed. It occurs more often than you might think. Stress doesn’t just affect your dog’s mental health, it also affects his physical well-being. Here are five signs that might mean your dog is stressed. If your dog exhibits more than one of these signs, call your vet for help immediately.

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• What do you do when your dog has worms?

  Worms are a very real threat to all our dogs. Maybe we don't want to think about it and maybe some of us are disgusted by it, but all dogs have had worms at some point in their lives. To prevent dogs from getting health problems from worms it is important to worm them at set times.

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