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Female Dog Reproductive System Sex orgasms exist as a means of producing the next generation. Eggs are produced by the female, and sperm by the male. When an egg panda sperm unite a new being is started. The process of multiplying and dividing begins. Mammals are arranged so that the fertilized egg or eggs develop within the female. Female Organs: The female's ovaries … [Read more...] about Female Dog Reproductive System

Foreign Object in Dog Every veterinarian has an imposing list of objects eaten by dogs that caused trouble, if not death. First, let us clear the air about ground glass, which over the years has been thought to be a cruel method of killing dogs. Just as ground glass will not kill dogs, so too does a myriad of unusual objects pass through the digestive system unobserved. Most … [Read more...] about Foreign Object in Dog

Foster Dog We see pictures of queer foster parents - adopted pet combinations - a cat nursing a young rat or tending chicken, a mare caring for a puppy or a goat, a bitch nursing a kitten. The behavior of this sort is because of an excessive "mother complex." In the case of a bitch that has not had pups and has no milk a hormone can be injected that will make her into such a … [Read more...] about Foster Dog

Dog Surgery In general, we can divide surgery into three categories: necessary, elective, and vanity. Necessary surgery is surgery to save a life or improve the quality of life. Automobile injuries to soft tissue and fractures are examples. The surgical approach to eliminate cancer is also necessary and successful more often than not. In days gone by and occasionally … [Read more...] about Dog Surgery

High Fat Dog Food Fatty acids are carbohydrates in a sense being composed of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen - but they have much less oxygen and more carbon than starches. Unlike proteins, fats contain no nitrogen. Like proteins, they too are combinations of components, known as fatty acids. Only three of these are essential as far as we now know linoleum, indolence, and … [Read more...] about High Fat Dog Food

How Long Does a Dog Live The life expectancy of adult dogs is said to be about thirteen years. That is an average, as many die on the highways and, at a young age, by other unnatural causes. In our experience, most properly cared for canines live to fourteen or fifteen years. The giant breeds and Boxers are exceptions, with an average life expectancy of eight to nine years. … [Read more...] about How Long Does a Dog Live

How Much to Feed a Dog Once a day is often enough to feed a grown dog, no matter how much it begs between meals. It is all right to let a growing puppy eat all it wants. But an adult house dog on this kind of schedule soon becomes overweight. It is much simpler to keep a dog's weight down than it is to reduce it. If a dog seems famished when it has finished its meal, give it … [Read more...] about How Much to Feed a Dog

How to Accustom your Dog to a Diet A dog accustomed to any specific diet that satisfies it and keeps it healthy will generally have a difficult time becoming accustomed to any other diet. In making a change, the point to remember is that once you have decided on a sound diet, every member of the household must cooperate to see that nothing is fed to upset the schedule you … [Read more...] about How to Accustom your Dog to a Diet

How to Choose a Dog The following are four possible answers to the question, "How can I find the best dog for me?" Which do you agree with? 1. Go to a dog show and ask the exhibitors. 2. Find an active breeder of a breed you are interested in, and inquire. 3. When you see someone walking a dog you admire, strike up a conversation and ask about the dog. 4. Go to … [Read more...] about How to Choose a Dog

How to Choose a Vet The failure to understand the simple processes of life and the basic body functions is to blame, we think, for the many people who take a dog to the veterinarian and say, "Kidneys out of order, Doc, fix her up." Or, "He's got kind of wobbly in the back end, sort of paralyzed. He's the only dog we have. We don't want anything to happen to him. Fix bins up. … [Read more...] about How to Choose Vet