{"id":40,"date":"2009-08-06T16:10:00","date_gmt":"2009-08-07T02:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogbadge.com\/labradors\/labrador\/dog-care\/maintaining-dog-health-care-40\/"},"modified":"2009-08-06T16:10:00","modified_gmt":"2009-08-07T02:10:00","slug":"maintaining-dog-health-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogbadge.com\/labradors\/labrador\/dog-care\/maintaining-dog-health-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Maintaining Dog Health Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When becoming a dog owner, it is important to learn all that is available about dog health care for that particular breed of dog.  There are some breeds that are more prone to dog health care issues and it is wise to find out what those issues are before buying that type of dog.  In this way, it helps to prevent the buying of a particularly cute puppy of a breed that has significant dog health care issues which later become abandoned due to the inability of the owner to cope with those issues.  In addition, there are other dog health care issues that are related to the psychological makeup of a particular species of dog which makes it difficult to deal with that dog on a daily basis.  This is another reason that some owners will abandon their pets after a certain amount of time.<\/p>\n<p>Tips For Dog Health Care<\/p>\n<p>Besides finding out what particular dog health care issues are involved with a particular breed of dog, there are other considerations that can be learned to help an owner take care of his pet.  There are dog health care products that are beneficial to have in the home to keep the dog healthy on a day to day basis.  One of these is a chew toy.  A chew toy should always be considered carefully for the type of dog that the owner has.  There are some chew toys that are not constructed well and will fall apart when chewed by a stronger dog.  This can be dangerous and is a choking hazard to the dog when pieces of the plastic from the toy become dislodged.  Even of the pieces do not cause choking, they are also consumed by the dog which can cause blockages in the bowels which is a serious dog health care issue.<\/p>\n<p>Chew toys are important to dog health care because they provide teeth cleaning and entertainment for the dog.  In addition, the person should have a toothbrush and toothpaste for the dog so that he can brush the dogs&#8217; teeth at least three times per week.  Another common mistake in dog health care is to feed the dog from the table or to refrain from measuring the dog food properly so that the dog gets the appropriate portions.  People food is not appropriate for a dog and is not formulated for the dog&#8217;s health care needs.  Good dog food is formulated for the dogs&#8217; health care needs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When becoming a dog owner, it is important to learn all that is available about dog health care for that particular breed of dog. There are some breeds that are more prone to dog health care issues and it is wise to find out what those issues are before buying that type of dog. In [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dog-care"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogbadge.com\/labradors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogbadge.com\/labradors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogbadge.com\/labradors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogbadge.com\/labradors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogbadge.com\/labradors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogbadge.com\/labradors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogbadge.com\/labradors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogbadge.com\/labradors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogbadge.com\/labradors\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}