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Though dislocated eyeball is not too uncommon in dogs generally, it is encountered most frequently in breeds with bulging eyeballs, such as the Boston Terrier and the Pekingese, because the combined factors of large eyeball and shallow eye socket render these dogs anatomically predisposed to eyeball dislocation.
After the dog has made its preliminary adaptation to the household—let us say after a week or so—put a collar on it and allow it to remain on for several days until the animal has become thoroughly accustomed to it. A harness is not recommended at this time because training can be accomplished much more readily with a collar. Then attach a short leash to the collar and let the animal drag it around for a couple of days more, reprimanding it whenever it tries to chew the leash. After this time take hold of the leash and encourage the animal to be led through various rooms with you. Make it a point not to drag the animal, since this will frighten it and make further training difficult. With gentleness, and with repeated daily efforts inside the house, the animal soon will permit itself to be led with surprising ease. If the animal should sit down and refuse to be led, tell it “No! No!” before picking it up on its legs and starting over again. When the animal can be led quite easily, take it outside to a quiet street and repeat the procedure there. With a little patience on the part of the owner, the animal will be seen to make a rapid adaptation and will behave quite well on theleash. And this is so especially when the animal starts to associate pleasantness with the outside. When the pet sees you pick up the leash to take it outside, its tail will very likely wag in pleasant anticipation.When the animal is thoroughly trained to a leash and collar, a harness may be used. But at best a harness serves merely a decorative purpose. It is quite useless in the matter of training.
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Proper ear hygiene consists in keeping the hair of the ear clean and thoroughly combed out, free from parasites at all times, and in maintaining the cleanliness of the inside of the ear. To clean the inside of the ear, dampen a piece of absorbent cotton with alcohol, squeeze out the excess moisture, and clean out all the accumulated scurf as far down into the ear as the finger can conveniently reach. There need be no fear of doing damage to the inner ear, for the finger simply cannot penetrate that far. The cleaned surface should be dried with a piece of cotton. The next step is to put some boricacid powder on the back of a spoon handle or other convenient object and dump the powder into the ear. Then manipulate the ear so that the powder will penetrate as far into the ear canal as possible. After this is done to both ears, allow the animal to shake out the excess powder. A clean film of boricacid powder will remain. It is apparent that there need be no concern about putting too much powder into the ear since the animal will shake out the excess anyway. If this procedure is followed about two or three times a week, it is very unlikely that the dog ever will be affected by the common ear ailments.
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Fleas are parasites that feed off your dog’s blood. Flea eggs can be found almost everywhere – in your couch, carpet, etc. so the likelihood of infection is very high. To know if your dog has fleas, look for flea excrement – small, dark, curly dots that are also known as “flea dirt.” To do this, brush your pet’s coat with a white cloth or sheet and look for these black specks, which contains digested blood that looks reddish brown when wet. If your dog has a darker coat, eggs that resemble dandruff is visible when a magnifying glass is used.
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Vaccination is still the safest and surest protection. And until scientists develop a distemper vaccine that guarantees life-long immunity with a single series of inoculations, veterinarians recommend vaccinations for your dog every year.
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