Now more and more parents are beginning to care about the health care of dogs. So the health care of dogs should start from the simplest, first of all, the dog’s teeth. As long as the teeth are good, the appetite will be good, so a healthy dog Dogs need a good set of teeth so that they can eat happily. Dogs’ eyes are also very important to dogs. Just like human eyes, they play an irreplaceable role. , so how to take good care of the dog’s teeth and eyes? Let’s learn about the care of the dog’s eyes and teeth.

Teeth care

Teeth are important tools for dogs to chew and gnaw food, especially hard bones. Just like human teeth, when food debris or debris is stored in the gaps between the teeth, bacteria can breed in the gaps between the teeth, causing dental caries or gum inflammation, affecting the dog's appetite and digestion. Therefore, it is necessary to check the dog's teeth frequently or regularly and deal with any problems in time.

Method: Use a wet cotton ball dipped in tooth powder (do not use human toothpaste, dogs don’t like the taste) to remove tartar. Generally, brushing your dog’s teeth once a week is sufficient. In addition, you should often feed bones to your dog, which can satisfy its desire to chew things and also achieve the purpose of grinding and fixing teeth.

Eye protection

Some dogs with large eyeballs and abundant lacrimal gland secretion often shed a large amount of tears from their eyes, causing the coat under the eyes to change color, such as Pekingese dogs, Chihuahuas, Shih Tzus, Poodles, etc. Therefore, the dog's eyes should be checked frequently.

When a dog suffers from certain infectious diseases (such as canine distemper, etc.), especially eye diseases, it often causes eyelid redness and swelling, and a large amount of mucus or purulent secretions accumulate in the corners of the eyes. At this time, the eyes must be treated and cared for carefully.

Method: Use a 2% boric acid cotton ball (cold water can also be used) to gently wipe from the inner corner of the eye outward. Do not wipe back and forth on the eye. One cotton ball is not enough, so you can change it to another until the eye is scrubbed clean. After scrubbing, drop eye drops or ointment into the dog's eyes to eliminate inflammation. Some dogs, such as Shar-Pei, often have excessive wrinkles on their heads, causing their eyelashes to grow inverted. The inverted eyelashes can irritate the eyeballs and cause blurred vision, conjunctival inflammation, and corneal turbidity. This should be addressed Ask a veterinarian to perform an operation to cut off part of the eyelids (similar to double eyelid surgery in humans). However, if the operation is unsuccessful, the eyelids will not be able to cover the eye sockets, causing the eyeballs to be exposed. The simple method is to remove the inverted eyelashes with tweezers. Shar Pei's inverted eyelashes are hereditary, so when buying a Shar Pei, in addition to checking its pedigree, you also need to know whether its parents have the disadvantage of inverted eyelashes.