How to raise a pug

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Sarah Johnson

Healthcare Technology Correspondent

How to raise a pug
How to raise a pug? Feed it regularly and quantitatively, preferably professional dog food, with fresh meat, fruits and vegetables; groom your pug every day, clean its ears and eyes regularly, bathe it regularly, and clean and disinfect the kennel frequently. ; Make sure your pug gets some exercise every day, but not too much.

 1. Diet

First of all, to raise a Pekingese dog, you need to prepare a comfortable and warm kennel for it and create a warm living environment for it. Secondly, after the dog enters the home, the parents must start the necessary training and conditioning for the dog. Train your Pekingese to eat, sleep and eliminate in a fixed place.

In life, parents should take good care of the Pekingese. It needs to be fed regularly and quantitatively every day. Dogs have their own suitable food for life. For example, professional dog food, canned dog food, dog biscuits, and then paired with fresh vegetables, cooked mutton, pork with low fat content, etc.

In addition, parents should also understand the foods that Pekingese dogs cannot eat and avoid feeding these inedible foods to dogs in life, which may lead to serious consequences. Generally speaking, Pekingese dogs cannot eat onions, garlic, spicy foods, foods with high salt content, excessively refrigerated foods, raw meat, rotten foods, chocolate, coffee and other foods.

 2. Health care

In addition to daily diet and life, parents must also take good care of their Pekingese dogs. For example, comb the dog's hair at least once a day, clean the dog's eyes, ears, anal glands, toenails and other parts once a week, brush the Pekingese's teeth three times a week, bathe the Pekingese in a timely manner, and Comprehensive and thorough cleaning to protect the dog's body from parasites and skin diseases.

 3. Exercise

Pug dogs are lively and playful, and must be given a certain amount of time for activities every day to achieve a certain amount of exercise. However, this dog's respiratory tract is particularly short, and strenuous exercise may cause hypoxia due to shortness of breath. Therefore, it is not advisable to do too strenuous exercise. It is best to take it out for a walk in the morning and evening. When going out, put a collar on it to restrict it from running around or doing strenuous exercise.

 4. Deworming

Generally, puppies are expelled once 20 days after they are born, again for three consecutive days between 30 and 35 days old, and again before 60 days old. For dogs that cannot be determined whether to be dewormed at 6 months of age, deworming should generally be repeated after the first deworming, and then again every three months. Adult dogs should be dewormed every three months, and the interval can be appropriately lengthened depending on the situation. Levamisole is used to deworm roundworms, arsequinone is used to deworm tapeworms, and metronidazole is used for trichomonas. Different parasites need to be selected. Different anthelmintic drugs. Generally, if there are more parasites, certain parasite types can be seen in the dog's feces. However, trichomonas and coccidia need to be confirmed through microscopic examination, so the deworming must be targeted.

5. Vaccine

Puppy immunity is very important.Generally, puppies are given a two-shot vaccine when they are 28 days old or a multi-shot vaccine is given when they are 45-60 days old. After that, the second and third shots of a multi-shot vaccine are given every 25-30 days. Another way is to give the first dose of multi-linked vaccine on the 50th to 60th day after the puppy is born, the second dose of the multilinked vaccine on the 80th to 90th day of life, and the third dose on the sixth month. Three-shot multiple vaccine injection. The vaccine should not be injected too early, otherwise it will interfere with the maternal immunity of the puppies (except for the two-part vaccine). Vaccine injections with an interval of less than 15 days will cause excessive amounts of virus to accumulate in the puppies and cause serious diseases. as a result of. Adult dogs should be vaccinated once a year, and for dog farms with relatively high breeding density, they should be vaccinated every six months.