| After many requests from previous buyers and friends I have decided to add this page to help all new and prior owners to have a healthy, happy pug. I have to charge a small fee (sorry!) since I have spent many hours in the making of this. I will be adding new stuff from time to time as this is a learning experience that never seems to end. GENERAL INFO Pugs are very social creatures who seem to be happiest in your lap. Most books will tell you they do not require a lot of exercise, but I have found that all of mine love to go for walks, swim in their pools, and oh yes, please can we go for a ride?!! Of course you NEVER want to overheat a pug, and must always have available LOTS of fresh water. Since they are such social creatures, they do much better emotionally if they have a buddy, whether it be another dog, cat or preferably another pug. If you want a dog who lays at your feet or on his pillow, pugs are not the breed for you. I have many pictures of me with as many pugs as possible laying on every square available inch. EYES We have found cod liver oil to be the absolute best treatment for eye scratches and infections. We had a 4 week old puppy who got her eye scratched and we used every prescription ointment available with not much luck. I used one drop of CLO every 4 hours and in 24 hours the swelling was almost down to normal. Her eye was to the point that it looked like it was going to pop out of her head! I always put CLO in the puppies eyes when they first start to open for the first few days. SKIN AND FUR Dry, itchy skin can be caused by a multitude of factors, poor quality dog food, environmental factors such as low humidity, allergies and stress. Of course females who have a litter of puppies will naturally lose some hair and go through a - my coat looks terrible!! phase. I have found that giving everyone 1/2 tsp. wheat germ oil daily on their food helps tremendously. I also feed a natural health supplement called Healthy Powder. Recipe 1 cup Lecithin Granules 1/4 cup Norwegian Kelp 1 3/4 tsp eggshell powder 1000 mg Vit. C (crushed in an herb grinder or mortal and pestle) Mix all ingredients together and refrigerate. 1 to 2 tsps. a day for small dogs 2 to 3 tsps. a day for medium size dogs. 1 to 2 tbsps. a day for large dogs. Lecithin granules can be found at most herb shops, as can Norwegian Kelp and the Vitamin C. Eggshell powder is easy to make - keep your eggshells in the freezer until you have enough for a good batch - a gallon size freezer bag is about the right amount. Thaw then lay eggshells out on a flat tray, bake at 300 degrees for 10 minutes, then use an herb/coffee grinder and grind very fine. Lecithin helps your pet emulsify and absorb fats, improving the condition of his coat and digestion. Kelp is for iodine, trace minerals, and calcium. (needed especially if your animal exhibits problems of hip dysplasia or the breed itself is prone to it.) Vitamin C is an all-around immune booster. (We would all benefit from it!) Eggshell powder has lots of calcium - very important for breeding females, helps produce lots of milk. FLEAS We all hate these nasty little critters, as they make our pets (and us) miserable. Keeping your pet's health at an optimum level is a great start to discouraging fleas. If you do get infested you MUST treat everything, house, yard, pet quarters and pet. Lime on your yard works great, Borax in your home is the best treatment naturally, and a lemon dip for your pet will take care of the rest. Get powdered lime from nurseries or feed stores, sprinkle liberally on your entire yard - it sucks all the moisture out of the fleas and they can't live. Vacuum your entire house, put Borax in the vacuum cleaner to kill the fleas eggs you suck up, then liberally sprinkle Borax through your entire house (it is just powdered soap), leave on for 3 days. Vacuum thoroughly again and retreat again for three days. The life cycle of the flea is 3 days long from egg to hatch stage. Lemon dip for your pet - Slice a whole lemon, including peel, add one pint of near-boiling water and let it steep overnight. Sponge onto your pet's skin the next day. This is a general skin-toner, parasite repellent and treatment for mange. Wash your pets bedding once a week in hot, soapy water. Heat and soap will kill fleas, fortunately. We also steam clean all our carpets at the beginning of flea season, then once a month there after. Diatomaceous earth can be sprinkled along walls, under furniture and other places your vacuum can't reach, also dries out fleas and their larvae. STOOL-EATING!!! After trying many different things, NO! had absolutely no effect, some of the products on the market for it never worked, we finally found that sprinkling Accent flavor enhancer (be sure you get the kind with MSG in it, for whatever reason works. It makes the pooh tastes bad - although we can hardly imagine how it tasted good to them in the first place.!!!! BAD BREATH Bad breath in your dog is one of the most common complaints we have heard from owners. Do you know why restaurants always serve a sprig of parsley on the side? It is not just for looks!! Give your dog one capsule of parsley a day and you will soon have fresh breath, works on humans, too!! If a capsule is too large simply sprinkle it on their food. You can also give any medicine much easier by dipping it into (wheat germ, cod liver, coconut or any other palatable oil. It makes the pill or capsule slide right down!! Of course all dogs benefit from chewing on rawhide bones, the dental greenies are great, although ours fight over them. We like the green Dingo Dental Stix. If you will notice, all of the greenie products have some form of parsley in them. Dr. Marvin Shipman Ozark Herb & Spice Marvin is a naturopathic physician my husband and I have gone to for many years. He uses muscle-testing to discover what your body needs in the way of herbs to heal. I finally figured out that since I have such a connection with all my pugs that we could use the same method to discover what herbs they might need. I had a female who had not come into heat for about 10 months. Marvin tested her, found what herb she needed, she was on it for two weeks and came into heat. Has had beautiful litters ever since. We have used many different herbal formulas to cure my pugs of all sorts of different disorders. I much prefer using herbs over antibiotics or other prescription medications with nasty side effects. His website is www.ozarkherbandspice.com. He charges $5.00 per phone call, plus the cost of the herbs. I urge you to contact him with any problem you have with your pet or any family member. My husband comes from a medical family and now we only go to doctors if we need sewed up or a broken bone set!! UPSET TUMMIES - From time to time your pet may have an upset tummy from eating whatever or some of my girls will get one around their heat time. Purchase some ginger capsules from your health food store and give them one. This works on humans too!! KEEP CHECKING BACK - I WILL BE ADDING NEW STUFF FROM TIME TO TIME. |
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