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One of the best ways to increase your understanding of dog health care is to understand the risks to your dogs health. Care needs to be taken to ensure your dog is free from Mosquitoes, Fleas and Ticks to prevent many diseases, infections and shock.

 

MOSQUITOS AND DOG HEALTH CARE
Mosquito's contain the threat of canine heart worm, which is spread after a dog is bitten by an infected mosquito. This disease can be found throughout the world, where ever mosquitoes are found. Heart worms are tiny parasites transmitted by mosquitoes. When these worms mature inside a dog, they clog the arteries, "choke" the heart, and ultimately kill the pet. Since the disease itself is so devastating, by far the best treatment is prevention.

How to Prevent Heart worms:

Dog health care prevention of heart worms comes in the form of medication supplied by your vet. This health care medication prevents heart worms before they start by killing the larvae before they can grow and fill an animal's arteries. Medication can begin at a young age and the dog health care medication is easily administered using chewable treats or a daily pill. Most vets recommend dog health care treatment for Heart worms, regardless of where you live.

FLEAS AND DOG HEALTH CARE

Fleas use pets as hosts to incubate their larvae, which roll off your pet onto your bed, pillow, carpet, sofa and any other area they may come in contact with. As mature fleas, they will feed and breed, with female fleas able to lay 25 eggs per day, thus contributing 100's of eggs in her lifetime.

The best dog health care for managing fleas is regular house keeping to control the mature population, by killing the larvae and eggs. This is best down by diligent housekeeping, including such chores as:

• Vacuum your home weekly, paying close attention to the crevices of couches and chairs and other hard to reach areas.
• Run a flea comb through your animal at least twice a week. After each stroke, drown the fleas by submerging the comb in a bowl of hot soapy water.
• Wash your dogs bedding, pillows, blankets …etc. on a weekly basis.
• Be sure to rake up wet leaves and grass clippings and do not store garbage in the open, as they conditions attract fleas.

TICKS AND DOG HEALTH CARE
Ticks are eight-legged, wingless parasites related to mites and spiders. They're responsible for spreading such things as Rocky Mountain spotted fever and Lyme disease. Ticks are most dangerous in warm weather seasons, with 90% of all cases of Lyme disease are from nymphal-stage tick bites. This nyphal stage occurs during spring and summer.

To feed, ticks attach themselves to warm-blooded animals and bite -- they do not burrow under the skin. After feeding, the tick drops off its host, molts or lays eggs, and then waits for another host. They can blow up to more than 50 times their normal size after a good blood meal.

Here's Five dog health care tips to manage the risk of Lyme Disease through Tick bites.

1. When walking your dog, avoid off-trailing into thick vegetation and log grasses, which are likely to harbor ticks.
2. As a preventative measure, treat your dog with a spray, dip or powder containing pyrethrins, insecticides made from chrysanthemums, or other products containing D-limonene, linalool or permethrin.
3. If you identify a tick, first of all, spray the area with tick insecticide and then comb your dog's fur with a flea comb to remove other ticks in his coat.
4. It's important to dispose of the ticks thoroughly. Once the ticks are detached, put them in a container which has been sprayed with insecticide, then dispose of them.
5. Your dog health care does not stop with the removal of the ticks. You should keep a close eye on him, in case your pet develops symptoms of Lyme disease.

 

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