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Easy Weight Control for Dogs

·3 mins
In the previous section, we looked at kibble feeding tables and how to measure the daily portions for your dog, be it a growing puppy or a thriving adult.
A Hovawart puppy eating her kibble.
A Hovawart puppy eating her kibble.

In this section, we will discover how to control your dog’s diet by measuring her weight on a weekly or monthly basis. A puppy growing up should be weighed on a weekly basis, whereas an adult with no problems with her weight can be weighed on a monthly basis.

5 Practical Tips for Feeding Your Dog

·2 mins
Feeding your dog is a topic which even experienced dog owners struggle with. On this site, you will find a number of practical write-ups on dog nutrition, which aim to answer some basic questions on how to feed your dog properly. Most of the texts are aimed at new dog owners, but a number of experienced dog owners have found the information useful as well.
A hovawart puppy waiting attentively for the break command.
A hovawart puppy waiting attentively for the break command.

My focus is to demystify dog nutrition and focus on the essentials, since after all feeding your dog should not be that difficult.

Easy Tick Removal Tips for Dog Owners

·3 mins
In my experience, one of the most frustrating parts of dog ownership are ticks. Living in a coastal area in Helsinki Finland, ticks abound whenever the average temperature rises above 5 degrees centigrade. This is why every trip to the forest or park is terminated with tick inspection at home. The record number of ticks I discovered on Eve’s fur after one trip is 17, six of which had already attached to the different parts of her body!
Eve, a happy Hovawart dog, enjoying her freedom in a Finnish forest.
Eve, a happy Hovawart dog, enjoying her freedom in a Finnish forest.

What diseases do ticks carry? #

The biggest risk ticks pose for your dog is of course her catching a tick borne illness, such as Lyme’s disease. In practice, I have some bad and good news for you. The bad news is that yes, your dog can catch Lyme’s disease from ticks. For example, my previous Hovawart, Helmi, caught it why we were living in France. She was medicated and did not suffer from any ill effects, but it made me wary.