Dog Hair

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Your dog’s hair is important to your dog’s health and how he looks. Dogs can sometimes get dry hair or experience increased shedding from shampoos which wash away oils your dog needs to keep his hair and skin healthy. This can be fixed by changing the shampoo you use or by adding different things to your dog’s diet.

One of the items that can increase the health of your dog’s coat is adding a raw egg to the diet. There are a few minor risks to this process, but is the easiest to do. Don’t feed your dog too many egg whites at a time or he may get sick. The other risk is salmonella. This risk is one in tens of thousands, but there is a small chance it could happen.

Fish oil is another thing which can be added to your dog’s diet to make your dog’s hair healthier. This is also another easier way to make dog’s hair better, but like the raw eggs, may take a little time to show the improvement.

If your dog can stay still for a long time while taking a bath, and you want to have an instant improvement, try using olive oil. Wet down your dog’s hair in a bath tub, put olive oil on your dog’s hair and rub it in, let it sit for about fifteen to thirty minutes, and wash the extra oil off of your dog’s coat. This way can be the biggest pain for dogs who don’t like to take a bath, but it is the fastest way to get an instant result.

The last thing that could make your dog’s hair better, is to change your dog’s dog food. Some dog foods will have more ingrediants to increase the health of your dog’s hair, but it can cost more because of the contents. This method will also take some time to show.

There are many other ways to make your dog’s hair healthier, but these are a few of the ways that are fairly easy and don’t cost a lot of money to do. But if you don’t have the time to do any of these, you could always drop your dog off at a local groomer, which can give your dog a bath and save you time.

Heat Exhaustion in Dogs

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While you’re out walking or at the dog park with your dog during a hot summer day, there is one deadly risk associated with these activities…heat exhaustion. Heat exhaustion can affect dogs differently depending on if you have a long or short haired dog. If you have a long haired dog, you’ll want your dog stay out of the heat for longer periods of time then a short haired dog. An average dog’s temperature will be around one hundred to one hundred and three. If the temperature is above one hundred and four, your dog will probably start reacting to the heat and will start to show problems.

If a dog is suffering from heat exhaustion, he will start to look distressed and may start circling or pacing, and may have his tongue hanging out of his mouth at weird angles. Your dog may also have glazed over look in his eyes that can also be a sign of heat exhaustion. You may also want to feel the temperature of your dog’s fur to know how hot it is. If it feels like it’s on fire, you will definitely want to take your dog over to a shady area or into some water to help him cool down.

If your dog happens to get heat exhaustion take him into a cooler area like under some shade, or if possible, inside. Once in a cooler area, put some lukewarm to cool water on your dog’s belly to cool down your dog faster. If you put the water on your dog’s back, it won’t cool your dog down as fast because the hair on your dog will get cooled more from the water meeting contact with that first. You also do not want to dump a bucket of cold water on your dog if he has heat exhaustion. That can lead to putting your dog’s body into shock and killing him. Avoid the use of ice because it may do more harm than good…cooling your dog down slowly is more effective…you do not want to make your dog shiver as this may raise his body temperature. Also, do not let your dog drink ice water when he is over-heated, this can lead to stomach cramps and possible bloating which can also result in death. If you decide to try and drive your dog to the vet, make sure the car is not hot, and you keep your dog’s temperature down on the ride there.

If you go outside with your dog during a hot day, make sure your dog can get plenty of water and make sure he stays cool. Also do not leave your dog inside a car without air conditioning. This will cause your dog to over heat quickly and possibly kill him. So remember to keep your dog safe when you go out into a hot place. You don’t want your dog to get heat exhaustion.

Why Your Dog Eats Grass

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Sometimes when you take your dog out to the dog park or into your backyard, you’ll see your dog eating grass. But why does he eat it you might wonder? Dogs, both young and old, well trained and not trained,  healthy and sick, eat grass sometimes. Most of the time, your dog’s stomach is not settling well and grass will help remove that food or whatever he just ate by vomiting. If you’re going to let your dog eat grass, try to keep him from coming inside and vomiting. If you don’t want him to do that, try to limit his ability to eat grass outside. Or you may end up with a mess or two.

Your dog eating grass can be good, and yet bad at the same time. If your dog has not been feeling well after eating something, this will help get rid of it. But if your dog goes and eats some grass that has just been covered with fertilizers or any other type of products made from chemicals, it can lead to worse things if eaten. So if you happen to let your dog eat grass as a usual practice, make sure you know it’s safe for him to eat it. The best place, if your going to let your dog eat grass, is in your back yard. This way, you’ll know if it’s safe for him to eat the grass or if it isn’t.

Your dog eating grass isn’t a bad thing, it can be a good thing. It is a natural instinct for your dog to eat grass. Just watch out for your dog eating grass that could be poison to him, otherwise he should be fine.

Submissive Urination And How To Stop It

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Some dogs will get excited when you come home or go to greet him, and he will roll over or squat and pee. This is good and bad. It shows that you are more dominant, but your dog still pees on the floor. Submissive urination can sometimes lead to your dog thinking that it’s alright to pee in that spot. There are a few ways to deal with this situation, and there are many different things that will cause your dog to do this.

Loud sounds (especially yelling), making eye contact, and/or bending over to pet your dog are a few of the things that can cause your dog to pee from submissive urination and should be avoided at all costs. One of the things that you should do when you open a door to greet your dog is to walk past your dog and try to walk to a spot which your dog can pee in. Call your dog to come to you once you are at one of those spots. There you should try to get your dog to go to the bathroom so he will not pee from submissive urination.

Another way to prevent it is to not let your dog drink too much water. Especially if he has been stuck in a room for hours and needs to go to the bathroom. But remember to not yell at your dog if he does pee out of submissive urination. This could also lead to him peeing again. And don’t stop to pet your dog if he has been in a room for hours. Just walk away to a spot which he can go in and call him to you so he can go to the bathroom before you pet him.

There are many other ways that you can train your dog to prevent submissive urination in a spot which your dog shouldn’t go in. These are just tips on what can cause your dog to do this, and how to prevent it. So if you find another way that works, stick with it.