Check Out These Ten Ways To A Happy Pet
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I was browsing my RSS reader the other day and came across an article about the Ten Ways To Have A Happy Healthy Pet. As I was going through the list I was making mental check marks to be sure that I followed all ten ways discussed in the article and how I was making sure my two dogs were happy and healthy.
As I made my mental checklist I decided this would be a great article to first of all share with my readers and second let my readers know how I go about following the ways to a happy healthy pet.
3 out of 10 Ways To A Happy Healthy Pet
- Give Your Pet Love And Attention For It’s Lifetime – check off point number 1. While I haven’t had my dogs for their lifetime this is something I have no problem giving. There may come times in my life when I can’t give my pets as much attention as I’d like because of a little thing called work and making money. However, I make sure during long work days my mother, brother, sister, or girlfriend help out by giving my two dogs extra attention. We are just now getting our Lab involved in Therapy work and my Aussie mix may have a future in agility.
- Take Your Pet For Regular Checkups – First of all I’m constantly checking my dogs ears, paws, skin, etc. to make sure there are no irritations or infections. I’ve been getting regular vaccinations and yearly checkups I recently read that it might be a good idea to take your dog in every 6 months. The reason being that dogs each much faster than humans (approximately 7 years for every 1 human year). So that means if you take Fido in for a yearly checkup in dog years your taking him in every 7 years.
- Exercise Your Pet and Watch It’s Weight – I like to take my dogs out for a run. However, one likes to run while the other likes to slowly walk while smelling the roses. You can probably guess which one has a weight problem and which does not. My Labrador Retriever loves to eat, but hates to run. I usually just take him on longer walks. I control the amount of food and treats he takes him and keep a close eye on his weight. After all an overweight dog can lead to other health problems.
If you want to see the final seven ways to have a healthy happy pet you’ll have to check out the original article at Ten Ways To Have A Happy Healthy Pet.
What do you think? Do you have a list of things you do with your pet to keep him happy and healthy?
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