Tips To Keep Your Dog Shelter Clean At All Times
When you’re buying or building a doghouse or kennel, make sure that it meets the following requirements: It must be built above the ground. so that air can circulate underneath the structure and keep the floor dry. It must be big enough for the dog to move around in comfortably. It must be sheltered from direct sun or strong winds. Bedding hay or wood shavings, for instance must be changed frequently. If you’re also constructing a dog run a place where the dog can exercise and also urinate and defecate your main concerns are safety and sanitation. The run must be escape proof with sides high enough to deter the dog from jumping out. And it must be easy to clean; gravel is fairly easy to maintain, and concrete flooring is ideal because you can hose it off and disinfect it very easily. Grass or dirt runs cannot be cleaned effectively, and can harbor the eggs of parasites like roundworms and hookworms for an indefinite length of time. What will the newcomer eat?
Feeding and nutrition requirements vary according to the age of the dog, and the charts in the next chapter gives guidelines on nutrition for dogs of varying ages. When you adopt a grown dog, it’s easy enough to follow the feeding schedule used by the previous owner. If you want to make changes in that schedule, do it gradually. If your veterinarian, in the course of his initial examination, feels that the dog has been getting an inadequate diet, he or she will make recommendations for a special diet. Feeding a puppy takes a bit more work. Puppies are usually weaned introduced to solid food at four to five weeks old. By six to eight weeks the mother is hardly nursing them at all, and she will encourage this independence by pushing them away when they try to nurse. So when you take an eight-week-old puppy home he should be fully weaned and accustomed to solid food. You must, however, feed him at least three or four times a day, and he needs two to three times the calories that he’ll need when he’s fully grown. Remember, too, that any dog must have a supply of fresh water readily available at all times.
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