Tips for choosing a healthy dog:
Choose a guaranteed way to buy a dog.
Generally, if you buy from a pet company’s breeding farm, dog farm (kennel) or from a friend, you will be relatively guaranteed, because many of them are guaranteed to be healthy and have been fully vaccinated. Don't go to those pet markets to buy. Most of them are sick dogs and week-old dogs. The cost of buying them to see a doctor is more than buying a dog. Moreover, if unfortunately they are not rescued, you will be even more sad.
Select the gender of your dog.
You also need to consider whether a male dog or a female dog. Male dogs are usually larger than female dogs and more lively; female dogs are more docile, kind, homesick, and especially like children.
Be sure to observe carefully when purchasing, do not act too hastily, and pay attention to the following when observing:
(1) When you first come into contact with a puppy, if it walks towards you automatically and confidently, with bright eyes and a wagging tail, you can believe that it is a normal and healthy puppy. On the contrary, if it snorts and hides in the dark when you approach it, it is a puppy with a lonely personality. If you pet it gently with your hands and it jumps or barks loudly, this is a neurotic puppy born from "inbreeding", don't choose it.
(2) Healthy puppies are lively, energetic, and have normal appetite and excretion. Careful inspection also has the following characteristics:
① Eyes are bright, flexible and lively. Use sounds on the left and right sides of the head to determine whether the puppy's hearing is normal.
② The nose is moist, the eyes, ears, and nose are clean and free of secretions, and there is no odor in the ears.
③ The color of eye mucosa, oral mucosa and tongue is red but without bloodshot eyes.
④ There should be no baldness, dander, ectoparasites (worms) or itching in the fur of the puppy's body, including its limbs and tail.
⑤ Let the puppy stand and touch its whole body. The ribs should be palpable but not obvious; pay attention to the dog’s bones, such as whether the skull is deformed, whether the spine is bent, whether there are cracks in the jaw, and whether the hip is Whether the joints and knee joints are dislocated, etc.
⑥The abdomen should not be excessively distended or distended; there should be no lumps in the center of the lower abdomen and groin (to avoid "hernia").
⑦ Gently lift the puppy’s tail to make sure the area around the anus and tail are clean.
⑧ By playing with the dog, running and jumping, the puppy can move normally and flexibly without lameness.
