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Buy a dog to determine whether it is healthy or not
Healthy dog: two eyes, ears, tail flexible, lively and active, to show curiosity about new things at the same time should also have a sense of fear, this kind of dog grows up to have a better personality, docile, no aggression, easier to integrate into family life, to bring you endless fun.
Unhealthy dogs: Dogs that are too mischievous may grow up to be more aggressive and difficult to tame. A dog that is too quiet may be sick or too shy, and such a dog may not bring you joy when it grows up.
The observation method of overall appearance
1, look at the coat: a healthy dog coat is neat and smooth, if there are obvious scars, mange, hair loss, pimples on the body surface, indicating that the dog is suffering from skin disease or has suffered from skin disease.
2, look at the muscle: healthy dogs are full and proportionate muscles, symmetrical limbs, robust; too thin to touch the muscle of the dog is malnourished, may suffer from chronic wasting disease or have chronic diarrhea; too fat dogs are not healthy, not recommended to buy.
3, smell: healthy dogs without obvious odor, with inflammation of the dog will have an abnormal odor, so smell the dog before buying.
4, temperature measurement: normal dog body temperature between 38-39 degrees.
5, look at walking posture, healthy dog action, smooth pace, no limp.
Detailed observation methods
Ear observation method
1、Measuring hearing: in the side of the dog or the back of the head to snap his fingers, if the dog takes the initiative to look and look in the direction of the sound, indicating that the dog’s hearing is normal.
2、Observe the skin on the exterior of the ears. The tips of the ears have flakes that may be mange mites.
3. Observe the inside of the ear: if there is a bad smell or sticky attachment, redness, swelling, trauma, bleeding, etc., it proves that there is damage to the inner ear or there are parasites in the ear.
4. Those that scratch their ears and scratch their cheeks and often shake their heads may also have ear disease.
Nose observation method
1, touch: feel the tip of the dog’s nose and nostrils, the tip of the nose and nostrils of healthy dogs are moist and cool.
2, smell: take food and shake it in front of the dog, if it shakes with the food, it means the dog’s sense of smell is normal.
3, look: observe the dog’s nostrils, a healthy dog’s nostrils are clean, if there is clear nasal snot and pus nasal snot are not to buy.
Eye observation method
1, observe the eyes, must remember that the eyes of a healthy dog is bright and bright, eyelashes clean and neat, eye ring slightly with moist.
2, observe the conjunctiva (inner eyelids)
1. the conjunctiva is flushed and congested mostly as a sign of some infectious and febrile diseases.
2. the conjunctiva is yellowish (beige in color) indicates that the dog’s liver, gallbladder or blood may have lesions.
3. pale conjunctiva is mostly anemia caused by various reasons.
3, observe the cornea (the outermost layer of the eye)
Corneal cloudiness, white spots may be the middle and late stages of distemper, or simple keratitis; corneal blue-gray is more likely to be suffering from infectious hepatitis (also clinically known as hepatitis blue eye).
4, if there is too much eye stool, more attention should be paid to the general distemper and infectious hepatitis will be more eye stool.
5, eye congestion, surface cloudiness, fear of glare, eye swelling, etc., mild may be stimulated by foreign bodies, there may be eyelash ingrowth, eyelid inversion (these need to be corrected by surgery), serious may suffer from keratitis, chronic conjunctivitis, hepatitis, etc.
Lower abdomen (around the belly button and posterior abdomen) observation method
Lower abdomen, this area is often ignored by new dog owners, here to give you a special list to raise a warning, the lower abdomen must be seen! Observe the dog around the belly button and the posterior abdomen, if there is an obvious bulbous protrusion, it is mostly suffering from umbilical hernia, perineal hernia, which is usually treated only through surgery.
Common deceptive tricks of dog dealers
1, falsely claiming to be a domestic dog, the general dog market dogs are not their own home, the dog said to be a domestic dog do not believe. The truth is that dog vendors have to sell so many dogs every day, they simply do not have time to raise so many puppies.
2, deliberately shut the dog in the cage, not put out, said put out will run, the truth is that the general dog vendors are hiding the defects of the puppy slope foot, encounter this situation, must ask the puppy out to walk, run, carefully observe its body and limbs.
3, many dog vendors say Labrador as Golden, because they are exactly the same as a child, connoisseurs can not tell, so you need to understand clearly before buying. When buying two breeds, it is recommended that it is best to go to a professional and regular kennel, not only because you can see the parents of the puppy, but also because the kennel has a fixed place of business and gives you more protection.
4、Puppies that have been groomed, generally such dogs are extremely common when they grow up, and there are also dog dealers who will turn long-haired dogs into short-haired dogs, and sometimes turn Pekingese into Shrike.
5、Be careful when you see spotted dogs, butterfly dogs and pure white famous breeds in the dog market, it is likely that they are just ordinary puppies that have been groomed and made up by the dog dealer.
6, very clean puppies, originally encountered very clean puppies should be a very happy thing, but the truth is that the dog dealer has so many dogs, he simply does not have time to clean the dog so clean, so too clean dogs may be hiding what disease, such as various causes of diarrhea, common canine micro virus and distemper.
7, very excited dog, but also to beware, may be a “week dog”. Week dog is you buy back basically live more than a week. The week dog is a sick dog, and then was given a serum, the disease is temporarily suppressed, because the serum of the dog will become very energetic in two or three days, the effect of this imported serum more obvious. Many dogs infected with distemper or fine virus will appear to pull blood, this time a shot of serum can be stopped for a while, but if not treated immediately, the mortality rate is very high. When you meet a very excited dog and you like it, you can pay a deposit and then observe it for 3-5 days, if everything is healthy, you can take it home.
Precautions when buying a dog deal
First, when buying a purebred dog, ask the seller for proof of the dog’s pedigree. The pedigree certificate should generally include the breed, name, breeding farm name, date of birth, gender, coat color, parental information, sibling information, as well as relevant competitions, training awards, achievements, registrant, registration number, and date of registration.
Second, a transfer agreement between the buyer and seller should be signed at the time of purchase so that the dog can be brought to the relevant association for re-registration and recognition. If you do not go through this procedure, your dog will encounter a lot of trouble when participating in competitions or breeding in the future.
Third, the buyer should ask the seller for the dog’s vaccination and deworming records or certificates.
Fourthly, it is not advisable to buy a dog that has not been vaccinated. If you really like the dog, you should ask the seller to vaccinate the dog before trading.
Fifth, after paying the deposit, observe the dog for 3-5 days, if everything is healthy, then take the dog home.
Sixth, you should ask the seller about the dog’s feed, because if the feed is suddenly changed, the dog will be very uncomfortable and even refuse to eat.
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The first step when buying a dog, must not pick it up and look at it directly, but observe it quietly first.
Observe whether the mental state is normal, whether the walking posture is normal, whether the coat is healthy and whether the reaction to external stimuli is both curious and fearful.
Step two look at the eyes, smell, touch the tip of the nose, these three points are very important, if they are normal, in general the dog will not have too big a problem.
Look at the eyes to see if the eyes are bright and bright, smell the ears to see if there is an odor, touch the tip of the nose to see if it is warm and cool, and see if there is a yellow mark under the dog’s tail (a yellow mark may be a dog that has recently suffered from diarrhea).
The third step is to see if there are obvious bulbous protrusions around the belly button and the back of the abdomen.
Observe the dog’s belly button around and after the abdomen whether there is an obvious bulbous protrusion, do not buy, may be an umbilical hernia, the need for surgery to recover.
The fourth step, if the above three steps still can not remember, then remember one, first pay a deposit, home to observe 3-5 days, everything is healthy and then hold home.
Finally, I wish you all can buy the healthy dog of your choice.
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