How to choose a healthy dog Healthy dog shopping skills

How to choose a healthy dog? Do you also want to know how to choose a healthy dog? Then the following I share with you healthy dog shopping tips.  Healthy dog shopping tips: choose a guaranteed way to buy a dog. General pet company breeding farms, kennels (kennels) or from friends to buy, there will be relatively secure, because they can guarantee the health of many, and are vaccinated. Do not go to those pet fairs to buy, sick dogs, week dogs, buy back to see the cost of more than the purchase of a dog, and if unfortunately not saved will be more sad. Choose the sex of the dog. Male or female dogs are also issues you need to consider, male dogs are usually larger than female dogs, and lively some; female dogs are more docile, affectionate, nostalgic, especially like children. Selection must be carefully observed, do not be too hasty, observe: (1) the first contact with the puppy, it automatically and confidently come to you, its eyes bright, wagging tail, you can believe that is a normal and healthy puppy. On the contrary, if approaching it, it hums its nose, sneaking in the shadows, that is a lonely puppy character. If you gently touch it with your hand, it jumped or barked loudly, which is “inbred” by the nervous puppy, do not choose. (2) Healthy puppies are lively, spirited, appetite, excretion are normal. Careful examination of the following characteristics: ① bright, flexible eyes. Use sound on the left and right side of the head to determine whether the puppy’s hearing is normal. ② Moist nasal mirror, eyes, ears and nose are clean and free of secretions, and there is no odor in the ears. ③ The color of the eye mucosa, oral mucosa and tongue is red but without blood. ④ The fur of the whole body of the puppy including the limbs and tail should not have bald hair, dander, ectoparasites (worms) or scratching phenomenon. ⑤ Let the puppy stand and feel its whole body, the ribs should be palpable but should not be visible; pay attention to the bones of the dog, such as whether the skull is deformed, the vertebrae are bent, the jaws are cracked, the hip and knee joints are dislocated, etc. (6) The abdomen should not be excessively enlarged or dropsical; there should be no lumps in the center of the lower abdomen and groin (to avoid a “hernia”). (⑦) Gently lift the tail of the puppy, the anal area and the tail are clean. ⑧ By teasing the dog, running and jumping, the puppy’s action is normal, flexible and without lameness.

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