pet education

PET EDUCATION

1. Grocery store food for pets is like you eating McDonalds every day.  There are so many fillers, and fat in those foods.  Later in life, when your pet gets arthritis, diabetes, and dies a long death.... Its because of the effects of poor nutrition.  Use preventive care and it will pay off later.  Good foods are ones from Pet Supermarket, and your vets office.

2.  Vaccinations do not harm your pet, and are not made from pesticides, they are needed even for indoor animals, they are made to boost your animals immune system.  If you can't afford them, don't have animals.  Somebody else could give them better care.  

2b. Heartworm tests and fecal tests yearly are necessary to make sure your animal does not have parasites.  Certain types of worms can be transmitting to people!!! Stray "cute" animals can make your family sick.  Hookworms and roundworms are SO COMMON in outdoor animals.  They cause diarrhea, vomiting, and lethargy in people.  So just make sure that is something you are okay with if you don't take your animal to a vet!

3. Flee and tick preventive are needed in all parts of our country and not the stuff from Walmart.  Heartguard, Interceptor, Advantix..... all good stuff.   

4.  ANIMALS HAVE TEETH! They needed to be brushed, "dog breath" IS NOT NORMAL!!!!! It means your dogs teeth are not taken care of! You either need to brush them every morning like your own, or get dental cleanings every year.  Or use a water additive, like fluoride for animals you can get it at your vet's office.  

...... I only share all this because every single day I see these ridiculous people that aren't educated about there animals, and I was one of them.  To this day, I have an outdoor cat at my moms house that has God only knows what, and is completely unvaccinated.  I never knew how important that was, and when I am home I will take care of that.  But for the time being, don't be a slacker and take care of your pets, they are just like kids and care about you just a much.

And I want everyone who reads this blog to never say nobody ever told me.