Good lessons come tough…wondering how having a puppy will prepare you to be a great parent. Shed all your fears and look skim this blog to discover on how puppy can teach you parenting lessons. Too Expensive – Making you realize the importance of budget during parenthood Many think that having a puppy is all enough and never count on the expenses. But that just not completes anything. This bundle of joy along with them brings a huge cornucopia of expenses ranging from vaccinations, dog food, toys and chews, grooming and regular vet visits. Moreover, when your puppy needs any emergency medical care, you definitely need to spend those hundred bucks. On the same notes, having a baby opens up a new gateway of expenses. You need to really spend a few more on vaccinations, daily care, clothes, baby food, and many more. It is estimated that a family spends $ 200 alone on diapers. Isn’t that far more from your budget and definitely your furry pal helps you plan your budget for the new baby. Cleaning – You are ALWAYS on this TASK Food tit bits on the floor, the couch sprayed, the bed sheets trampled…well that is all you notice with your fur baby going around. You will find that at times they are mischievous. As a pet owner, you can be quite busy with all the cleaning stuff to be going around with your furry pal spreading the trash, shredding a piece of paper or wetting the bed. Well, that hones you with parenting skill as babies are no less in creating a wreck on a living room or the kitchen where you have to please yourself with cleaning the mess. Consistent Guidance While growing up, your furry ball requires your constant attention. Whether you are working on the computer or trying to groom yourself, there are those cute eyes staring with a waging tail and a tongue hanging. From the morning till night when you have to go under your sheets, you need to check on your puppy to train them, feed them or take them on the walk and they are there wherever you go. On the same platform, a baby would require your constant attention – a running nose, spilling the milk or the potty job. Well, a puppy teaches you good parenting lessons taking you on a ride of crests and toughs of parenthood. Your furry bundle of joy has surely implied a path to show you how lovely (yes with little tears in those eyes) it is to have a baby and love the journey of cradling up a newborn. Fleas are one kind of pests that pet owners don't even want to imagine about them. By the way, it is really important to know about these annoying and bothering creatures. Pet parents need to know how to avoid an infestation of your pet, and potentially your home. What Are Fleas? Fleas are reddish brown insects which are visible to the naked eyes. Fleas are supremely well designed to survive. They are small with bodies that are compressed, or flattened, from side to side. Their entire body is designed to maximize eater such as: the head is surrounded by sharp spikes, and mouths are adept at piercing through a host's skin and sucking the blood. Fleas are parasitic six legged insects, they are wingless, but possess incredible jumping ability. They can jump up to 160 times their own length. Their jumping skills allow them to transmit easily between hosts and the surrounding environment. What Is The Life Cycle Of A Flea? Fleas life cycle has four stages. Their life starts with a microscopic flea egg, larva, pupa and adult. They take a month to grow from egg to adult flea. The female adult flea lays her eggs about two days after she mates. Then the eggs take about 4 to 6 day to hatch into larvae. Flea eggs may fall off from your pet's body where your furry friend rests or sleeps as these eggs are not sticky. The eggs hatch into larvae and feed themselves on the flea dirt which is left behind by their mother flea's in the form of feces. After a week they start spinning a cocoon. This cocooned larva is known as pupa. This is the last stage of the life cycle to form an adult flea. This cocooned pupa remains in the same state for 2 weeks and it may even extend this time up to one year if the climate is too cold. How And Where Fleas Breed? Fleas Breed at an excessive rate, so it is important to take the proper precautions to get on top of flea problem sooner rather than later. A single adult flea can lay hundreds of eggs on your pet or into the environment where your pet lives. If your furry pal sleep on your bed, sit on your sofa or carpet you will most likely have them left behind some of flea eggs or larvae. These tiny pest are harder to detect them and very easy to ignore as they can be barely visible to our naked eye. Using Frontline Plus to Get Rid of fleas: Fleas are one of the pest which pet owners and pet get irritated of. You can prevent infestation with the correct flea control methods. If you own a dog or cat you can give them a regular treatment of Frontline Plus to make them free from fleas. This is the best method for the pet parent to get flea-free pets. Frontline Plus is a topical treatment. This is a flea and tick control product which contains the pesticides s-methoprene and fipronil. The extraordinary formula of Frontline Plus is highly effective and safe on your pets. It quickly and efficiently eliminates fleas at all stages of their life cycle. Along with this you even need to keep your environment and house clean. It is advisable to vacuum or use steam cleaning to clean your carpets and furniture. Washing all the bed sheets, pillow covers and blankets in the warm water. Make sure to clean the pet's bedding too. Many pet owners are not aware that cats can also get affected with heartworms. As cats are not as likely to get infected by the disease as dogs, much information for the same is too little. Though this disease is totally different in cats, it’s vital to explore the facts about the same as it can be as fatal as it is in dogs. It has taken decades for veterinarian societies to find how heartworms have the same dangerous effect on the feline community; however, the way it turns out varies compared to the heartworm infection in dogs. Let us first go step by step starting from knowing the symptoms of heartworms in cats and finally concluding whether treatment really exist for this disease in felines or not. One of the most dreadful symptom in cats is sudden death, and heartworm is the second most common causes of 76 % of deaths in felines besides hypertrophic cardiomyopathy – a kind of heart disease. Some of other symptoms of cat's heartwormer disease are as follows: Acute Clinical Symptoms
Chronic Clinical Sighs
Most Common Causes of Heartworms in Cats Whether it’s dog or a cat, heartworm in transmitted through a mosquito bite. Mosquitoes carry infective heartworm larvae from the host to the victim. Compared to dogs, the lifecycle of heartworms affecting cats is shorter, therefore it is quite difficult to learn the infestation process in cats. In dogs, immature heartworms reach the heart and blood vessels of the lungs, where they mature and multiply releasing heartworm larvae – microfilaria in the blood. This phenomenon is not common in felines and less than 20 percent of cats are infected with this. Diagnosis It is quite difficult to diagnose heartworm disease in cats as there is no specific tests that help in processing out the presence of heartworms in felines. Therefore, different tests are performed to aid in the diagnosis of this disease such as urine analysis, heartworm antigen and antibody tests, x-rays (which may unveil specific enlargement of certain veins and arteries associated with heartworm disease and an ECG (electrocardiograph), which may support in the identification of worms in the heart or pulmonary artery. Treatment As difficult as it is to diagnosis Heartworms in cats, it’s too tough to treat the infected cat. In medical treatment, there is no approved medication helpful for killing adult heartworms in the body of the cats. The only chance for cure is a surgical method to extract the adult worms. Nevertheless, the other issue is – as the heartworms in cats have a lower lifespan than those infest dogs, a spontaneous cure is the only remedy. Moreover, different medications may be used in order to help treat symptoms as well. My Doggie Does not Like it When I Hug Him.....A Logical Explanation by a Renowned Veterinarian for this Pre-condition in Canines In fact petting your furry pal is the best form of stress-buster that lowers your blood pressure and enhances the levels of hormone oxytocin. But have you ever wondered what impact does your hugging have on the tyke? A renowned veterinarian says that it might not be all wagging tails. The answer is very complex and so naturally there would be lot of questions in the minds of dog owners. Some dogs dislike getting hugged while others simply do not react at all. Other dogs completely fall head over heels when you hug them. So why is there so much of behavior difference in dogs? Isn't it true that dogs are best friends of humans? If yes, then why is it that your doggie lets you hug him while dislikes it when some other human does the same thing? Shouldn't he just crave for the attention the same way? Doesn't he enjoy the belly rubs or rump scratch as much as we do? Such questions come in our minds while dwelling on this topic. A reputed veterinarian answers these questions by saying that the one thing that dog owners need to be clear about is that every dog is different and so their reaction will be completely diverse. So if your doggie does not like your hugs it does not necessarily mean that he does not love you rather it is not a way that dogs display their affection contrary to what human beings do. This can be understood by an example. When you take your pooch to a friend's place who has a dog the two pooches greet each other differently than human beings. The way they say hello is contingent on factors like whether they are meeting for the very first time or are they reforming their old bonds. They smell each other's face, smell their rump, wag their tails, or bow to each other but never hug. This is a sad fact but it is true even if two dogs are besties. In dog parks, when you see dogs romping at the park there is a dog who bullies others by constantly standing on the other dog or pushing down on his shoulders. This can by no means be termed as an aggressive behavior in the doggie world. Rather it is considered to be an assertive and controlled behavior. So when you hug your little bundle of love the reaction totally depends on the dog breed. For example; golden retrievers are renowned for fondness over any kind of touching while other dog breeds consider it to be a threat So there is a thin demarcation line between what is acceptable or not by the dog. When you hug your pal he will sniff you, close his mouth or do a bit of lip licking. He is thinking in his mind whether he has done something wrong which has invoked such a reaction from you. This results in anxiety and he does not know whether to sit still or do something. We know that you love your tyke a lot but remember we are not the same species. This difference needs to be understood and then we need to correct the way we deal with our pooch. When you hug your furry pal and he leans on to you and snuggles it means that he loves when you hug him. But if he leaps away when you lean in it is safe to interpret that he does not like being hugged. Hence, it is important to interpret the doggie behavior correctly because mishaps do happen if the doggie behavior is misinterpreted. There have been cases where a hug at the wrong time resulted in lethal snaps by the pooch with the help of his sharp teeth. You would not want to have a piece of it. Do you?. |
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