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Boost Your Pet’s Health Learn Facts, The Best Exercises and Balanced Diet For Them

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Boost Your Pet’s Health

Learn Facts, The Best Exercises and Balanced Diet For Them

Pets have been part of our family and holds a special place in out hearts. Mostly, dogs and cats are the common domesticated pets.

Dog Facts:

Dogs only sweat from the bottoms of their feet, the only way they can discharge heat is by panting.

Dogs do not have an appendix.

Dogs have about 10 vocal sounds.

Most domestic dogs are capable of reaching speeds up to about nineteen miles per hour when running at full speed.

Dogs have about 100 different facial expressions, most of them made with the ears.

Dogs only sweat from the bottoms of their feet and panting is their way to discharge heat

Cat facts:

Cats do not have sweat glands.

Cats have over one hundred vocal sounds, while dogs only have about ten.

A cat's tongue is scratchy because it's lined with papillae—tiny elevated backwards hooks that help to hold prey in place.

The nose pad of each cat has ridges in a unique pattern not unlike a person's fingerprints.

Just like us, these pets can acquire life-threatening diseases if not properly taken care of. Here are the most common diseases:

Obesity

Heartworm

Dental Disease

Parvovirus

Arthritis

Cancer

These diseases can cause your pet’s immobility and worse, death. However, veterinarians suggest that it could be prevented through:

Balanced Diet

Good Nutrition

Exercise

Vaccinations

You should carefully watch the food you provide your pets. The food you feed your dog or cat must provide 4 essentials:

Energy

Proteins and other minor nutrients

Fats, including essential fatty acids

Vitamins, minerals, and essential micro-nutrients

Regular exercise for your pets could boost their immune system and avoid diseases especially obesity. Here are the best exercises:

Dogs:

Interval Walk/Run

Fetch ball

Swimming

Flying Disc Sport

Dog Stairs

Cats:

Water and food work-out

Cat Tower

Train cat to perform tricks for low-calorie treats.

Encourage your cat to chase toys, balls, sticks with feathers and laser pointers

Food Puzzle

Don’t forget to get your pets vaccinated. Vaccination could help

them build their body’s defense systems against

diseases.

Ask A Reliable Veterinarian Today