HANDLING AND TAKING CARE OF DOGS 

by DADAN HAMDANI



      Caring for a pet is easy bother, but for some people these activities it is very fun and very entertaining. Caring for and maintaining a pet dog helped maintain emotional stability which in turn can create a happier atmosphere in the presence of a pleasant interaction between humans and their pets. This is often sought by people in his life. Besides maintaining a healthy dog ​​helps us avoid loneliness and of course a feeling of comfort because there is a companion pet.
Before we decided to keep dogs as pets first we must consider several criteria in choosing a Healthy Dog.
1.a Healthy Dog ​​Criteria Include:
1. Eye Health, including a clear eye and no eye pain
2. Dental Hygiene, including clean teeth and canker sores
3. Skin Health, which includes the fur clean and free of mats
4. Digestive Health, including good appetite
5. Bone Health, including a good frame structure and is able to move swiftly
6. Health Of The Ear, Nose, Throat, ear covers are clean and moist nose
In addition there are other criteria to support in choosing a healthy pet is Environmental Health, among others:

1.b. Environmental Health include :
7. Home Health, including good air circulation system, the minimum area required, and the         lighting system.
8. Health Beds, including the strength and resilience of the bed because dogs like to bite it would require a fairly supple beds.
9. Health Eating Places, including the strength and corrosion resistance
10. Health of Toys, including toys that can stimulate pet play.

      Another thing that is not less important is regular maintenance to keep your pet so that we stay healthy, this is precisely the hardest because it requires the Contribution Of Pet Owners all the time. Include:

1.c Contribution of Pet Owners include :
1. Sports:
Exercise is very important for dogs to keep the body healthy, strong, and not susceptible to disease, for dog sports with a walk and run. Dog exercise is done at places. Dogs should be removed from the cage and ran-laridi invited yard or garden. The time required to exercise dogs, baikdipekarangan or outside of a 1-2hours.

2. Bathe The Pet:
For the dog a bath is a must. Purpose of bathing the dog is eliminating the fleas are commonly lodged in the bristles, making the hairs are not sticky and smells, as well as bathing the dog's health kulit.Frekuensi depending on its type, short-haired dogs just two weeks, while long-haired dogs once a week.


3. Cleaning The Nails, Ears And Eyes
cut the nails at least once a week, diligent to cut dog's nails are already long. But remember, do not we cut the blood vessels in the dog's nails are looking much brighter. In addition to providing comfort when cutting nails also to train the dog get used to maintain cleanliness of nails, in the sense that dogs would no longer struggle when it will cut his nails.
Cleaning the ears done at least once a week. How clean is by wetting the bud cutton use baby oil and rubbed into the inner ear with a little push, so the dirt up. Cleaning the eye once a day, how to use a piece of cotton soaked in warm water and then wiped the dirty Valentine eye to eye with a clean soft.

       So it can be concluded here to be a pet is optimal as pets as well as guard animals required three basic capital interlinked with each other, namely:
The first criteria in choosing a good and healthy dog,The second is  the system handling of pet owners toward their pets, the third criteria pet owners who are intelligent and responsible for his pet.






BE BEST BUDDY FOR OUR BUDDY

by Dadan Hamdani





1.Historical of Dogs


     Historical evidence says dogs as human companions have undergone animal domestication (taming) about 100,000 years ago, drawn from fossil evidence and DNA, the dog or dog is experiencing taming wolves. because the properties of a dog that has similarities with the pattern of human life are: to live in groups, obedient to the head of the group, the element of loyalty to the group, keeping each other and love between members of the group and so it allows the dog to be trained, to play, stay together people and socialize with humans and other dogs.

1.a. WILD DOG


            Wild dogs (wolves) is an ancestor of domestic dogs, the evidence from studies using the techniques of molecular systematics managed to give a clear picture of the oldest fossils of Russia in the form of two and a Jaw Bone Kramium of Germans aged 13 000  and 17,000 years ago show dog is a wolf ancestors of the North Holarktik (canis lupus lupus).

1.b HUMAN ANIMAL HELPER


           Humans are interested in getting a dog because the dog has a high level of intelligence in addition to innate properties of a dog that is very similar to human behavior in general.Race and the individual nature of the intelligence turned out to also influence the level of the dog. In general, dogs still pick the natural properties such as wolves live in groups, using a canine hunting and devouring prey by biting and tearing at their prey. Dogs trained to assist humans in many ways like a blind guide to disability, and can Identify Hazards such as Bomb Disposal and Dog Drug Sniffer Dogs.

1.c. TYPES OF DOG


      Broadly speaking, the dog can be divided into two categories, namely sheepdog specifically to help people, to feed the livestock and pet dogs in the house. The properties of the individual nature of the dog breeds and dog caused some interested dog to obey and comply with other humans while showing his intelligence with other things such as herding livestock. Besides maintenance patterns and modes of interaction with the dog owner to create a pattern and certain characteristics in dogs, such as the nature of violence received at the dog would create an unruly temper and is likely to be dangerous to human life itself as the owner.



1. Labrador Retriever 
Labrador Retriever is one of the most popular dog in the world because of the famous smart and quick learning. Most of the Labrador Retriever is like swimming in the water, so when hunting, they are often told to take game animals that fell into the water. Labrador dogs are thought to originate from the island of Newfoundland. Balanced body shape so it would make a great working dog or pet dog, as well as their brains are too quick to pick up what was taught.

As the name implies, Labrador Retriever get something like (retrieve) to the employer. Instinctively, Labradors love to carry things with his mouth, and often happy to put your hand or arm people into his mouth and bit-gigitnya like to invite to play. Labrador puppy will also need to be trained to avoid biting people at random belongings such as shoes or towels. Average age of a Labrador Retriever is 12-13 years. In general, the Labrador is the breed is relatively healthy and have few health problems.


2. Chihuahua 
Chihuahua is the world's smallest breed of dog known. His name is derived from the name of the city of Chihuahua in Mexico. Chihuahua children often mistaken for hamsters, because his face is flat, very small, and thin hair. They have two types, long and fluffy fur.


3. Poodle 
Poodle is a curly haired dog. Dikonteskan dog because his fur is often long and easily cut to taste. Poodles come in different colors like black, white and brown.


4. Chow Chow
Chow Chow is one of the world's oldest breed of dog originating from China. This dog legs slightly bent so that when running a bit stiff. This dog has a benign character, polite, serious, and loyal to his employer. Chow Chow lifetime of 9-15 years, and once childbearing is usually 5 tail.


6. Shar Pie

Shar Pei has a uniqueness to the skin that wrinkles. In the still small, wizened great looks, but when mature, wizened disappear and blend with the skin. Shar Pei are also including the world's oldest dog. Maintain the wrong way can lead to adult Sharpei still have wrinkles covering the entire body. With small ears, billed as the hippopotamus and the tail is erect, Sharpei is very unique. Lifetime 7-10 years


7. Akita Inu
Akita Inu is a dog that originated in Japan. Akita Inu is one of six Japanese breeds of dog. These dogs include a new breed, and new breeds of dogs recognized as about 100 years ago.

Akita Inu has a great hunting abilities. Because of the size and courage, Akita Inu be a reliable hunting dogs, which prey of wild boar, elk, and bear large Yezo in the province of Akita.


8. Shiba Inu
Shiba Inu is also from Japan. Shiba Inu including superior breed of dog. Shiba Inu has existed since the time of kuno.Shiba Inu is the only type of dog-sized body is so popular as a pet dog. Custodian of the dog in Japan recorded 80% maintain the Shiba Inu breed of dog.

DNA analysis proved that the Shiba Inu breed is the most "primitive" and the oldest. Most of the fans say Shiba Inu that has characteristics such as the Jomon era dogs form a muscular body, cheerful and swift moves, the nature alert and cautious like wild dogs and a strong belief against the employer.


9. Basenji
Basenji is a dog race from the central African hunters. One of 14 dogs the most "primitive" in the world. Although it can growl, basenji does not bark or bark, but can mimic barks if raised with other types of barking dogs.


10. Ajak
Ajak (Cuon alpinus) is a coyote that lives in Asia, especially in the south and east. Take not the same as wolves. Invite a real dog archipelago, located on the island of Sumatra and Java, inhabiting mainly kawasa mountains and forests. Mutt and the other commonly kept as pets in Indonesia, is actually a dog imported from other regions. Invite're boned, reddish brown. At the bottom of the chin, neck, until the end of the abdomen are white, while the thick black tail.


11. Shih Tzu
Shih-Tzu is one of the oldest dog breeds that originated in China. This breed has long hair with different colors and patterns on the coat. Long fur to cover the ears, a sturdy body, short snout and short legs. Generally, this dog has a mercurial nature, very alert, intelligent, and have a good emotion, but also arrogant.

Custodian of the dog also likes to maintain the type of Shih Tzu is because of fur that can be bound and dimodeli like human hair.

This dog has a place of honor in the royal court of China in Manchuria dynasty. After the fall of the dynasty in 1911, Shih-Tzu maintained beyond the palace continue to work by the Chinese and foreign visitors.


2.  Bulldog
Bulldog is one of the oldest breeds in the world who came from England, it is often known as the English Bulldog. At first the dog was kept as dog fights / fighters with wild cow / bull, so that the Bulldog is a dog is aggressive and tough.

Currently known as the Bulldog dog a good friend, not aggressive, although he looks creepy. Bulldog suitable kept in the home as a family dog ​​who faithfully and well.

But as a symbol of a strong and brave dog still attached to the Bulldog. Bulldog is widely used as a symbol of courage and resilience in the military and the national pride of British dogs.


13. Beagle
Beagle or commonly known as the Painted Dog adalahras smallest dog of the hound family originally from England. Historically, these dogs are often used in hunting rabbits because it has a keen sense of smell is not too fast though pergerakkannya. In 1923, Beagle population almost to extinction in England because there are many people who no longer likes to hunt with Beagle.


14. Kintamani
Kintamani is a dog race that came from the mountains of Kintamani, Bali island. Dogs that have properties of this brave old from cultured so that it can be recognized by the international community.

Kintamani dog phenotype is easily recognizable, can be compared to clear the Kintamani dog with the local dogs that exist, or dog race from crosses between the same or other crosses.


15.  Affenpinscher
Affenpinscher is a toy dog ​​breeds (toy breed) The oldest are from Germany in the 1600s.

Some physical characteristics of this dog is a blunt snout, ears symmetrically (cut or uncut and can be straight up or folded down), as well as coarse and thick fur.


16. Afgan Hound
Afghan Hound is one type of hunting dog from Afghanistan who rely on speed and vision. In history, these dogs are believed to have existed since ancient Egypt and paintings found in a cave in Afghanistan around 4000 years ago.


17. Terrier Airedale
Airedale Terrier is a native British breed which is a type with the highest body size among other Terrier dog. In the 19th century, these dogs were developed to hunt foxes, badgers, and otters. Historically, this dog came from the River Aire, Yorkshire, an industrial area that provides a place for small game for people and dogs.

Generally, these dogs can live up to the age of 13-14 years and needed treatment for hairy dog ​​like this. During World War I and II, these dogs are used the military to carry ammunition, guard dogs, messengers, ambulance dogs, and dog patrols, as well as repellent nests of rodents (mice). These dog breeds have sharp hearing and vision, as well known for its bold and agile.


18. Malamut Alaska
Malamut Alaska is one big dog breeds from Alaska. This breed was once used to pull a freight train that is resistant to extremely cold temperatures, but now the dog is treated as family pets and show dogs.

This dog has a friendly nature, smart, and easy to absorb the lessons of what is given. Malamut Alaska has a thick and coarse hair with a variety of colors ranging from black to white. Much of this breed looks like a gray wolf with shades of black, white on the lower abdomen, and head or face is black.


9. Alastian Shepalute 
Alsatian or Alsatian American Shepalute is one of the dogs that are large and come from America.


20. Pauli 
Pauli is a medium sized dog breeds that come from Hungary and is characterized by extremely dense fur like a "broom".

Ancestors of these dogs are thought to have originated from West Asia was taken to Eastern Europe. The existence of this breed was threatened during World War II.


21. Yorkshire Terrier
Yorkshire terriers are (informally known as a Yorkie) is a breed of dog in the category of dog toys (Toys). Long hair terrier is known for playing. Distinguished in a blue coat and emas.Yorkie be very small, usually weighing not more than 3:18 kg or 7 pounds. Weight and height are not specifically defined. They are very friendly and can handle children well.


22. Welsh Corgi Pembroke
Pembroke Welsh Corgi dog is unique because of his short term as well. Many people are amazed to see this dog. Pembroke Welsh Corgi dog breeds are one short of the west Wales.