Provide Dry Bedding and Check Water Sources Regularly

If your dog spends any amount of time outdoors in the winter months their are two things that you must be aware of. The first is providing proper bedding and replacing it regularly so that it does not get wet and freeze. Straw is great to use for bedding because it can easily be replaced and it is a great insulator.

The second thing that you must pay careful attention to if your dog stays outside in the winter months is their water bowl. A dogs water bowl will quickly freeze in winter months so you must keep a close eye on it to assure that your dog has access to fresh water.

Protect Your Dogs Paws

Protect your dogs paws from harmful irritants such as salt when walking your dog in the winter. You should know that both ice and salt can be harmful to the pads on your dogs paws. Both can damage the skin leading to tears or possible infections on the pad of the paw. Also, most dogs will lick the salt off of their paws thus digesting the chemicals found in the road salt. pet supply store. Your dog may resist wearing the booties at first but you should be persistent in order to protect their sensitive paw pads. Play it safe and train your dog to wear dog booties.

Avoid Dog Poisoning

Antifreeze kills dogs. It is reported that antifreeze has a taste that dogs like so they are naturally attracted to it. As a responsible dog owner, this dog care tips is one of the most important dog health care tips that I can give you. Make sure that antifreeze is stored in a sealed container and when flushing your radiator that you are quick to thoroughly wash away any spills that may occur.

Dogs and All About Them

I came across a really neat resource on several different dog breeds and thought that I should share it with you as well.

I am an avid ebook reader and often find free ebooks on the Project Gutenberg site. I came across a book written by Robert Leighton titled Dogs and All About Them.

You can find the book here

Project Gutenberg takes copywrite free material and publishes it into several different formats. If you enjoy reading, take some time to look around the site.

A Review Of The Dove Dresswell Dog Training Videos

If you would like to learn more than how to train a dog to sit , I would HIGHLY recommend the dog training material by Dove Cresswell. I purchased her training materials over a year ago and found them easy to use and very detailed. What made Dove's training materials stand out above everything that I looked at were the dog training videos.

The dog training videos show you step by step how to work with your dog and if you are having a hard time with any of the steps, Dove is just an email away. Everyone that purchases the dog training course gets access to Dove and her private email.

The Dove Cresswell program covers seven areas that are most important to dog owners. She has a potty training video, a crate training video, leash training and obedience video, good puppy and dog manners video, and since she is a "Hollywood" dog trainer, she rounds out the series with a dog tricks and commands video.

If I had to have just one dog training course, this would be the one!

You can find the complete dog training course here.

Signs That Your Dog Is Sick

Did you know that by looking at your dogs gums, you can quickly tell if your dog is ill or in need of immediate veterinary care? When your dog is healthy and in feeling fine, the gums should be pink in appearance. If your dog has dark blue to dark red, or white gums, you should seek a professionals care.

In order to check your dog's gums, simply lift the skin around the dogs mouth to expose the gum area.

Some other signs of illness include a fever, and an increased pulse. My next post will detail how to check your dogs pulse.

Review of: Veterinary Secrets Revealed

I recently purchased the book Veterinary Secrets Revealed by Dr. Andrew Jones. I must admit that I was a bit skeptical at first but I found the book to be thorough and full of realistic advice that could really save me and my fur babies a trip to the vet.

One of the best resources in this book is that it offers tons of advice on alternative treatments that you can do at home to help your pets most common health problems. If I had to purchase just one dog health care book, it would be the Veterinary Secrets Revealed book.

I give it a big thumbs up!

Dog Dental Care

Dog dental care is a big issue, especially when it comes to smaller breed dogs. Smaller dogs typically eat softer foods that don't clean their teeth like a dry dog food would.

As a small breed owner and breeder, I know that dog dental care is a big concern.

One of the best things that you can do to promote healthy teeth and gums in your small breed dog is to give them snacks that will help clean their teeth and gums.

Baby carrots make a great snack because they are healthy and assist in cleaning plaque from your dogs gums.