In addition to bringing lots of colors, beautiful landscapes and perfect weather, spring also brings lots of care for your dog. We tell you below everything you should keep in mind this season for your dog:
- It’s time to buy a dog repellent:
These warm seasons cause ticks’ eggs to hatch. So these little animals look for a new home, it goes without saying that with them come many diseases. Besides being annoying and painful for our furry ones, they can pass them to us. Mosquitoes are not only annoying for us, but also for them, in addition to the natural annoyance of the bite. Mosquitoes transmit diseases such as leishmaniasis and filariasis.
All can be avoided with a good repellent.
- Carry a water dispenser with you everywhere you go:
The temperature varies a lot during the day so hydration is very important for any living being. For dogs, hydration is especially important because not all of them regulate their body temperature as easily as we do, especially those with thick hair.
A temperature imbalance combined with dehydration can cause an increase in respiration which causes an acceleration in the heart rate and can trigger heart failure.
- Take care of their diet:
You have to take care of your dog’s diet always, but especially in change of seasons. If you give your dog sweets or treats, make sure they are eaten right away, because our dogs often hide food “for later” and if it is wet food or food for human consumption, with the heat it can spoil before your dog eats it and this can cause gastrointestinal problems.
- It is time to brush him a lot:
Dogs moult twice a year, in autumn when they prepare for the cold and change the thin coat for a thicker and more abundant one that serves as a coat and right now in spring, where they change the thick coat for a thinner and lighter coat.
This brings with it mountains of hair everywhere (in your house, on your clothes, on your bed, in your food, in your car and even in your work) and it can’t be avoided, it’s going to happen, but the process can be more bearable if you help your furry friend by brushing him constantly to remove those kilos of dead hair.
- Allergy season:
You have to take care of dogs from pollen and insect bites. Avoid playing among fields of flowers, clean his paws every time you come home and make sure he drinks plenty of water. If you see his eyes water a lot, he sneezes or is snotty, scratches or rubs himself against furniture, it is time to call your veterinarian. Just as we humans suffer from allergies, so do they.
We hope it works for you and your furry friends enjoy the beautiful spring days. If you want to contact the GESPETFOOD veterinary team, write us at info@gespetfood.com and follow us on our social networks for more tips.