The most familiar issues concerning pet health are related to the presence of fleas and ticks on their bodies. These pests transmit diseases to the animals, and from them to humans too. While it is most ideal to prevent the onset of infestation completely by following certain preventive measures, if an infection has already begun, then there are quite a few common flea and tick prevention methods available. Ticks and fleas, like most bugs, go through a life cycle from being eggs to fully mature adults. Every stage of their life cycle poses health issues to your pets. Hence, flea and tick prevention methods have to focus on all of them independently, and periodically, throughout the year. Before using any method, it is essential to seek the advice of the veterinarian regarding the efficacy, dosage, and safety of the treatment on your pet: 1. Brush your pet The first thing you could do is to give your pet a thorough brushing; preferably, outside your house, away from even your lawn or garden, with a good bristled brush that goes through their hair and reaches their skin. First use brushing strokes against the hair growth, then along the direction of their hair growth.

Like in humans, foods can cause allergies in dogs too. Your four-legged furry friends could suffer from skin and gastrointestinal disorders because of food allergies. When the immune system in dogs incorrectly identifies plant or animal proteins as a threat, the response occurs in the form of allergies. Pet food allergies are uncommon and a very less percentage of dogs in the country experience this. Nevertheless, it does exist, and about 10% of the dogs with allergies have some kind of food allergy. Instead of your pets suffering from an allergic reaction, you could help them have a healthy, shiny coat and lead an active life by simply changing the foods they eat. After carrying out trials with an elimination diet to assess which foods cause allergies in your pets, there are two solutions: Restrict them to commercially prepared dog foods with limited ingredients or hypoallergenic foods. Limited ingredient diets include only one source of protein and carbohydrates that are both not known allergens. Hypoallergenic foods, on the other hand, could mean any of these—grain-free, gluten-free, novel protein diet, or hydrolyzed protein food. Feed them healthy and fresh home-cooked food every day. When you know what exactly your dogs enjoy eating and what they are not allergic to, you could prepare a variety of nutritious foods for them in your kitchen with ingredients you are certain are good for them.