Dog Health & Nutrition For Dummies Book

	Introduction	1
	About This Book	1
	How This Book is Organized	2
	Icons Used in This Book	5
	How to Reach Me	6
Part I	Basic Health Care	7
Chapter 1	Canine Health 101	9
	Recognizing the Signs of a Healthy Dog	9
	Appetite	10
	Attitude	10
	Coat	10
	Ears	12
	Eyes	12
	Gums and teeth	12
	Nose	12
	Pulse	13
	Stools	13
	Temperature	13
	Weight	13
	Knowing What to Look for in a Healthy Puppy	14
	Avoiding hereditary conditions	14
	Paying attention to temperament	16
	Giving Your Dog the Once-Over	18
	Brushing your dog's coat	18
	Looking in your dog's ears	19
	Taking a peek at your dog's toes	21
	Cleaning your canine's choppers	23
	Expressing your dog's anal glands	25
Chapter 2	Preventing Problems before They Start	27
	Vaccinating Your Dog	27
	Getting Rid of Fleas, Ticks, and Worms	29
	Making fleas flee	29
	Getting ticked off at ticks	32
	Whipping worms for good	34
	Knowing What to Expect from the Annual Checkup	35
	Health history	35
	Physical examination	36
	Heartworm check	36
	Blood chemistry and urinalysis	37
	Vaccinations	37
	Deciding Whether to Neuter Your Dog	37
	Understanding how much work goes into having a litter of pups	38
	Neutering your dog	40
Chapter 3	Working with Your Dog's Vet	43
	Choosing the Right Vet for You and Your Dog	43
	Helping Your Dog Enjoy His Trip to the Vet	45
	Covering the Costs	47
	Personal savings plans	47
	Pet insurance	47
	Clinic-based HMOs	48
	Pet-care credit companies	49
Part II	Food, Glorious Food!	51
Chapter 4	The Building Blocks of Good Nutrition	53
	Proteins	53
	Fats	56
	Carbohydrates	57
	Fiber	58
	Water	58
	Enzymes	59
	Vitamins	59
	Water-soluble vitamins	59
	Fat-soluble vitamins	60
	Minerals	60
	Major minerals	62
	Trace minerals	63
Chapter 5	Feeding Your Hungry Hound	67
	Identifying the Main Types of Dog Food	67
	Reading a Dog Food Label	70
	The product display panel	70
	The information panel	72
	Figuring Out How Much to Feed Your Dog	77
	Choosing the Best Food for Your Dog	78
	Paying Attention to How You Feed Your Dog	82
Chapter 6	Supplementing Your Dog's Diet	85
	Let the Buyer Beware	86
	Determining Whether Supplements Are Necessary	88
	Being Aware of the Benefits of Supplementation	90
	Boosting your dog's nutrition	90
	Helping your dog battle joint diseases	91
	Making digestion easier for your dog	93
Chapter 7	Good Ol' Home Cookin'	95
	The Argument against Processed Foods	95
	The Pros and Cons of Homemade Diets	96
	Come and get it!: Considering the advantages to homemade meals	96
	Being sure to look at the drawbacks	97
	What About Raw Diets?	98
	Complete and Balanced Homemade Diets	100
Chapter 8	Meeting Your Dog's Special Nutritional Needs	105
	Helping Your Overweight Dog Shed Those Extra Pounds	106
	Knowing what causes obesity	106
	Paying Attention to Your Large-Breed Puppy's Special Needs	109
	Controlling Skin Problems	111
	Battling Cancer	112
	Helping Your Dog with Heart Disease	113
	Getting Gastrointestinal Disease Under Control	114
	Helping Your Dog Live with Kidney Problems	115
Part III	Recognizing and Treating Common Maladies	117
Chapter 9	Innerspace: How Your Dog's Body Works	119
	The Hipbone's Connected to the Thighbone	119
	Playing Footsie	123
	About Faces	123
	The Pearly Whites	126
	The Eyes Have It	127
	The Better to Hear You With	128
	A Tale of Tails	129
	Got It Covered	129
	An Inside Look	131
	The heart of the matter	132
	Take a deep breath	132
	Down the hatch	133
	The canine waste treatment plant	133
	The puppy works	133
	The Body's Chemicals	134
	He's Got Nerve!	134
	The voluntary nervous system	135
	The autonomic nervous system	135
Chapter 10	Tackling Common Ailments	137
	Paying Attention to Your Dog's Skin	137
	Scratching	138
	Hot spots	139
	Discharge or odor in ears	140
	Licking	140
	Bald spots	141
	Lumps and bumps	141
	Plop, Plop, Fizz, Fizz: Dealing with Digestive Dilemmas	142
	Bloat	143
	Bad breath	144
	Drooling	144
	Loss of appetite	145
	Vomiting	146
	Diarrhea	147
	Constipation	148
	Gas	148
	Scooting	149
	Walk This Way: Knowing What to Do When Your Dog Has Trouble Putting One Foot in Front of the Other	150
	The factors that contribute to orthopedic problems	150
	The orthopedic problems dogs commonly face	156
	Handling Problems with the Plumbing	160
	Excessive thirst and urination	160
	Incontinence	161
	Bladder infections	162
	Kidney failure	164
Chapter 11	Fighting Off the Bugs That Want Your Dog	165
	Vaccinating against Viruses	165
	Rabies	166
	Canine parvovirus	167
	Kennel cough	168
	Distemper	169
	Battling Bacteria	170
	Lyme disease	170
	Leptospirosis	172
	Fighting the Fungus among Us	173
	Preventing Parasites	174
	Fleas	175
	Ticks	175
	Worms	176
	Being Aware of Which Bugs Infect Humans	176
Chapter 12	Canine First Aid	179
	Being Prepared	179
	Assembling a canine first-aid kit	179
	Getting familiar with your dog before emergency strikes	184
	Knowing What to Do in an Emergency	186
	Approaching an accident scene	186
	Handling an injured dog	186
	Examining an injured dog	187
	Administering CPR	188
	Giving first aid treatment	191
Chapter 13	Drug Therapy for Dogs	205
	How Drugs Enter Your Dog's Body	206
	Oral drugs	206
	Injected drugs	206
	Topical drugs	207
	Where Drugs Go When They Get In	207
	The Kinds of Drugs Your Dog May Need	209
	Chemotherapeutics	209
	Just a Spoonful of Sugar: How to Give Your Dog Medicine	214
	Getting your dog to swallow a pill	214
	Making sure your dog gets all the liquid medication he needs	214
	Giving eye medication to your dog	216
	Administering ear medication	217
	Getting comfortable with giving injections	217
	Toxicity: Too Much of a Good Thing	217
Chapter 14	Complementary and Alternative Therapies	221
	Complementary and Alternative Medicine 101	222
	Knowing what complementary and alternative therapies are	222
	Recognizing that many theories haven't yet been proven	223
	Understanding Which Complementary and Alternative Therapies May Help Your Dog	224
	Acupuncture	225
	Aromatherapy	226
	Bach flower therapy	227
	Botanical medicine	228
	Chiropractic treatment	229
	Homeopathy	231
	Magnetic therapy	232
	Massage therapy	232
	Nutraceutical therapy	234
	Nutritional therapy	235
	Physical therapy	235
Part IV	Health for the Body and Soul	237
Chapter 15	Stocking Up on the Supplies You and Your Dog Need	239
	Getting the Essentials	239
	Crates	239
	Leashes	241
	Beds	242
	Brushes and combs	243
	Toys	245
	Knowing Which Tools Can Keep Your Dog Safe	249
	Confining your dog	249
	Making sure your dog can be identified	252
Chapter 16	Getting the Lead Out: Exercising Your Dog	257
	Recognizing the Benefits of Exercise	257
	Getting Started	258
	Being Creative with Your Dog's Exercise Routine	259
	Instinctive activities	259
	Walking	260
	Trotting	261
	Skijoring	262
	Fetch	262
	Swimming	263
	Trying Your Paws at Canine Sports	265
	Exercising Indoors	266
	Paying Attention to the Heat When You Exercise Your Dog	268
	Getting Your Puppy the Playtime She Needs	269
	Giving Your Dog Things to Do While You're Away	270
	Occupying busy paws	270
	Doggie daycare	272
	Dog walkers	273
	Pet sitters	274
Chapter 17	We Want You!: Enrolling Your Dog in Basic Training	277
	DogSpeak 101: Figuring Out How to Communicate with Your Pet	278
	Knowing how your dog communicates	278
	Reinforcing your dog's good behavior and correcting the bad	280
	What Every Dog Should Know: Teaching Your Dog the Basics	285
	Come	285
	Sit	285
	Down	286
	Stay	286
	Let's go	287
	Training Your Dog to Eliminate on Command	287
	Knowing Why Dogs Misbehave	288
	Knowing why they do those things they do	288
	Being the leader of the pack	290
	Coming up with a plan to solve problems	292
	Finding solutions to common problems	293
Part V	Caring for the Canine Senior	301
Chapter 18	Title:    Dog Health & Nutrition For Dummies Manufacturer: Wiley Wiley Item Number: 9780764553189 Publication Date: June 2001 Number: 1 Product Description: Dog Health & Nutrition For Dummies Universal Product Code (UPC): 9780764553189 WonderClub Stock Keeping Unit (WSKU): 9780764553189 Rating: 2/5 based on 2 Reviews Image Location: https://wonderclub.com/images/covers/31/89/9780764553189.jpg Category: Media >> Books Weight: 0.200 kg (0.44 lbs) Width: 7.520 cm (2.96 inches) Heigh : 9.250 cm (3.64 inches) Depth: 0.800 cm (0.31 inches) Date Added: August 25, 2020, Added By: Ross Date Last Edited: August 25, 2020, Edited By: Ross Price Condition Delivery Seller Action $99.99 Digital Arrives between May 5 - Jun 4 Login to your account for a direct download. Some files are emailed from Dropbox. Continent $0.00 - World $0.00 WonderClub (9296 total ratings) Question Concerning Dog Health & Nutrition For Dummies Ask a Question about Dog Health & Nutrition For Dummies No Question found! Read Reviews for Dog Health & Nutrition For Dummies Write review Keith Shaw reviewed Dog Health & Nutrition For Dummies on May 22, 2015 Dog Health & Nutrition For Dummies I liked this book because I like animals. It teaches about a lot of dog breeds I don't know about. I also liked this because I want to be a vet. So it taught me a lot of information. That is why I like this nonfiction book. Login   |   Complaints   |   Blog   |   Games   |   Digital Media   |   Souls   |   Obituary   |   Contact Us   |   FAQ CAN'T FIND WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING FOR? CLICK HERE!!! X You must be logged in to add to Wishlist E-mail address: Password:           Open Account Here X This item is in your Wish List View Wish List Remove from List Continue Shopping X This item is in your Collection Dog Health & Nutrition For Dummies View Collection Remove from Collection Edit Collection Continue Shopping X This Item is in Your Inventory Dog Health & Nutrition For Dummies View Inventory Remove from Inventory Edit Inventory Continue Shopping X You must be logged in to review the products E-mail address: Password:           Open Account Here X View Cart Checkout Continue Shopping X X Add Dog Health & Nutrition For Dummies, You do everything you can to maintain your optimum health. Doesn't your best friend deserve the same? Your dog's a member of the family and needs the same attention to health and nutrition as you do to stay healthy, be happy, and live longer. However, , Dog Health & Nutrition For Dummies to the inventory that you are selling on WonderClub Product Condition Collectible - Good Collectible - Acceptable Collectible - Very Good Collectible - Like New New - New Refurbished - Refurbished Replica - Acceptable Replica - Good Replica - Very Good Replica - Like New Replica - New Used - Like New Used - Very Good Used - Good Used - Acceptable Price Condition Note Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 MSKU MSKU=Merchant Stock Keeping Unit, You can create any value you wish to help you keep track of your products Add X X Add Dog Health & Nutrition For Dummies, You do everything you can to maintain your optimum health. Doesn't your best friend deserve the same? Your dog's a member of the family and needs the same attention to health and nutrition as you do to stay healthy, be happy, and live longer. However, , Dog Health & Nutrition For Dummies to your collection on WonderClub Condition Note Quantity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 MSKU MSKU=Merchant Stock Keeping Unit, You can create any value you wish to help you keep track of your products Value This is the value of this item at today's market price Price Paid This is the price you paid for this item. Add