Here are a few signs to know your loved one is not feeling well. I can make out when my sweet, fluffy, frisky Shitzu – Nikki, doesn’t come out from her royal basket to share morning tea with me or if she doesn’t greet me when I get back home. It means something is wrong […]
Ensuring appropriate nutrition: Just as a balanced diet is important to overall health of humans, balanced nutrition made to address the specific nutritional needs of your dog or cat is important to the health of your pet. To ensure your pet is receiving proper nutrition, it is best to feed a commercially prepared food. Premium
Wagging tails, sparkling eyes, smiling face… keep your pooch happy, even in his aging years. Here are a few tips to ensure that your pooch lives a healthy and long life in his golden years. Dogs begin to show signs of aging between 6 and 13 years. Similar to aging humans, an older pet may
Obesity is a great challenge, not only for us but also for our pets as it is the most common cause for various diseases seen in companion animals today. Here’s how to keep obesity at bay. When do you know your pet is obese… Although a pet’s body weight (BW) alone may not always provide
Dermatology in dogs has attained great heights in both diagnosis and management during recent years. Demodicosis or Red Mange is one of the common skin problems in dogs from one month to eight years and in almost all breeds, most common in Pugs and German Shepherds. Here’s more on Red Mange. How dogs get Mange…
Just like people, dogs need to have their teeth brushed and cleaned. But the fact is, probably the number one health problem for dogs, apart from being overweight, is periodontal disease. Regular veterinary dental cleaning along with specially designed pet toothbrushes and toothpaste and chew snacks designed to eliminate plaque, can help reduce build-up. Tooth
Is your dog expecting or are you waiting for your new puppy to arrive? If so, Royal Canin has developed its Birth & Growth nutritional solutions, specially formulated to make the critical period from birth to weaning safe for your dog and her puppies. It is very important to take care of the nutritional needs
How would you feel if you can determine whether your canine would suffer from canine dysplasia or not? Yes, hip scoring techniques just do that. But, if your canine is already suffering from this painful disease, there are ways to control them. Let’s see how. The basics Assessment of the coxo femoral joint (hip joint)
Unless properly formulated by a nutritionist, diets made at home are not likely to be nutritionally complete and balanced. For this purpose specially manufactured gravy foods match the feeling of home-prepared food with four potential advantages – nutritional, physiological, emotional and behavioural. In the emerging markets where commercial petfood penetration is very low (e.g. in
Diabetes in dogs? Yes, they acquire it too…. Diabetes is an endocrine disorder, and like humans, dogs too can acquire diabetes. Once your pet is diagnosed, the pet parent should take complete care. What is diabetes? Diabetes occurs due to malfunction of the endocrine glands. Once the pancreas fails to secrete the right level (Pic
The arrival of a litter of puppies is always an exciting experience and to make everything go well, you can rely on your vet’s experience and ‘Birth & Growth’ programme from Royal Canin. You need to provide the mother, and the litter she is carrying, with a range of nutrients essential for development. They must
The fact of the matter is that no dog naturally becomes pregnant without going through a heat cycle. During this period, she will display swelling of the vulva, bloody discharge and behavioural changes best described as ‘flirting’. During the fertile stage of the heat cycle, usually during the second week, the ovaries release a number
How do you know your dog is ageing? Here, we have to remember all symptoms do not appear together, it is, thankfully a gradual and slow process, but for an observant and alert pet parent these are not difficult to notice. When your dear pooch starts showing some of the below mentioned symptoms, gradually after
Young vs old The requirements of a dog are different at various stages. Their body structure changes and so does their activity and physiology. In old age, they may either put on weight or become lean as they are entirely dependent on you. Taking care of food Since the movements of dogs are restricted in
Changes in sexual behaviour – About twice a year, when females come on heat, males and females are strongly attracted to each other and show great ingenuity in finding ways to get together and mate. This behaviour is highly likely to lead to an unwanted pregnancy. Figures also show increased risks of straying and car
