Many owners who have just started raising dogs have had such unpleasant experiences: choosing from a thousand choices, paying a lot of money to buy a puppy and going home, and after a few days the puppy I fell ill. After I was lucky enough to enter the hospital and came out of the hospital, although there were some sequelae, I managed to save my life. If I was unlucky, it only took seven days for such a dog to go home and die, so it is vividly called it. Weekly Dog, if it can last a little longer for half a month, it is called Half-moon dog.

No matter whether it is a week dog or a half moon dog, it was actually infected with a severe infectious disease before it was bought home, but it was still in the incubation period at that time and was not discovered. So how do you avoid buying a week dog?

Try to avoid cross infection

The biggest guarantee for buying a healthy dog is to buy it directly from the breeding farm and breed it. The probability of the dogs on the farm being infected with severe infectious diseases is basically zero - if a dog farm has a severe infectious disease, it will be a disaster!

The fly in the ointment is that the breeds of breeding farms are limited and the location It is generally relatively remote and difficult for ordinary people to find easily. Therefore, most of the younger brothers who keep pets will choose to choose dogs in the pet market. In the pet market, dogs from all over the world come together for the same goal, which is where dogs who are not immune or not fully immune are most vulnerable to severe infectious diseases. Familiar with the operation of the market is the first condition to avoid buying a dog of the week.

The time to pick dogs is usually after noon on Saturday, because pet stores generally require breeding farms to transport puppies to the market close to Saturday, so that consumers can have free time on Saturday and Sunday. time to buy. And after noon on Saturday, basically all the dogs have reached the shelf - of course, in business, time is money. Going to buy a dog at noon on Saturday can not only have the most choices, but also minimize the time the puppy stays in the market, which naturally avoids the infection of severe infectious diseases to the greatest extent.

What I want to mention here is to evacuate the market as soon as possible after buying a dog, this is to reduce the infection of dogs with severe infectious diseases.

Looking for signs of infectious diseases

Observing a dog's anus is a common practice. Looking at the puppy's anus is to see if the puppy has any signs of diarrhea.

If there is too much secretion in the eyes of the dog, it means that there is a certain risk of inflammation in the dog. Of course, this may not be a sign of a serious infectious disease, or it may just be inflammation of the eyes.

Also check to see if the dog has a runny nose and cough, if so, then the right thing to do is to put the puppy down immediately and find a place to wash his hands with soap. Of course, in general, other than rabies, the severe infectious diseases of dogs are not transmitted to humans through such contact, and washing hands is only to avoid bringing germs and viruses to other puppies.

There is one symptom that cannot be covered up by unscrupulous traders. If you feel your dog's swollen lymph glands on the forehead, it's best to choose another dog for the sake of safety.

Dog selection is not necessarily limited to purebred dogs or famous dog families, but it must meet one of the most basic conditions - health.

When you first meet the puppy, he comes up to you automatically and confidently, with his bright eyes and wagging tail, you can trust that he is a normal and healthy puppy. On the contrary, if it snorts and hides in the shadows when approaching it, it is a lonely puppy. If you touch it gently with your hand, it jumps or barks loudly, this is a neurotic puppy born to inbreeding. It may also have this feature when it grows up.

A healthy puppy is lively and energetic, with normal appetite and excretion. Careful inspection also has the following characteristics:

①The eyes are bright, flexible and energetic. Use the sound to the left and right of the head to determine if the puppy's hearing is normal.

②The nose mirror is moist, the eyes, ears and nose are clean without secretions, and there is no odor in the ears.

③The color of eye mucous membrane, oral mucous membrane and tongue was ruddy but no bloodshot.

④The whole body of the puppy, including the fur of the limbs and tail, should not have baldness, dander, ectoparasites (worms) or itching.

⑤Let the puppy stand and feel its whole body, the ribs should be palpable but not obvious; the abdomen should not be excessively enlarged or bloated; there is no mass in the lower center of the abdomen and the groin ( lest it be a hernia).

⑥ Gently lift the puppy's tail, the anus and tail are clean.

⑦By teasing the dog to play, run and jump, the puppy's movements are normal, flexible, and have no limp.