Good Dog Health: It’s What Your Dog Deserves

If you want to keep your dog healthy (and who doesn’t?), there are three areas to consider:

• Physical Health
• Emotional Health
• Mental Health

When it comes to the physical health of your dog, it’s really important to feed top quality dog food, exercise your dog frequently, and work with a good vet to keep your dog healthy. It’s also important to groom your dog regularly–teeth brushing, coat brushing, ear cleaning, toenail clipping… It’s all part of keeping your dog healthy and happy.

For your dog’s emotional and mental health, lots of positive dog training is important. That’s because the training keeps your dog’s brain active and healthy (just like keeping *your* brain active keeps it healthy) PLUS regular training sessions help your dog not to worry and fret. (That’s a whole article in and of itself, but for now let’s just say that when you engage your dog in positive training sessions, it establishes you as the pack leader and that’s really good for your dog’s health.)

It’s also important to give your dog something to do. Kongs stuffed with peanut butter (try freezing it so it’ll last longer), Buster Cubes, and agility training and games can all help your dog feel like he’s got something fun on the agenda.

When you take great care of your dog, you’ll be making it more likely your dog will have a long, healthy life as a member of your family. You’ll also be helping your dog to be a better family member (by preventing common, destructive habits). It’s well worth your time and energy to take great care of your dog’s health.