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.