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I would like to introduce you to our vet, Dottore Filippo Carlino, he will be contributing some useful information regarding the care of animals.
Hi to everybody, I'm Filippo and I'm the Vet of all Mino's and Val's dogs and cats.
I have studied at the University of Bologna, I'm 46 years old, I've two children 7 and 10 years old, an European cat, Lillo, a dog, an English Cocker Spaniel, Asia, who every day accompanies me in my Clinic.
They are many years that I take care of the animals of Mino and Val and of those of their friends Bob and Debbie and it is a pleasure for me to help them who are so careful to the wellness of so many dogs and cats that need help.
In this space of mine I'd want to speak of so many topics that concern our four legs friends.
Talk to you soon, Filippo
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The first rules when a puppy arrives |
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Written by filippo carlino
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Saturday, 13 November 2010 12:13 |
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 Once chosen our pup, to have a pleasant cohabitation, is necessary to follow some simple rules which will be useful for him to grow in the best way both for what it concerns his health and his education.
The fundamental principle is to be constant and rigorous in its management
Arrived in the house, it will need to devote him a corner only for him, where he will be able to sleep or to rest, to eat and to keep to when it will have desire (a kennel or a simple carpet it 'll be used so that he will recognize as his refuge)
If it is not desired that the dog doesn't climb on couches or slacker, it won't need to ever allow him not even the day of ...his/her birthday or Christmas.
The bowls of the food and the water must be always in the same place: water must be always to disposition and, in the warmest months, more times you must changed in the day, instead for the bowl of the food, it is better to respect fixed schedules for the meals, which you will established in according to your family necessities, but that they must be always the same.
The dog must eat twice a day, so, once you have established the daily total ration of food (home or commercial), this must be separated in two meals.
The bowl of the food must remain to his disposition for 15-20 minutes, after which it needs to be removed and show it again from the following meal.
For a good education of the dog, but also for reasons of "food hygiene", our dog must eat to fixed schedules and not continually during the day.
If the dog lives in apartment you must also have some fixed schedules for his exits, so that to accustom him to effect his functions with regularity. During the week, it would be also well to find the time to bring the dog to run or to make a few of physical activity with regularity however, to maintain in health his muscle-skeletal and cardiac apparatus.
Because the dog will be a good companion for our days it will important to follow fixed rules from the first days and to always respect these rules: as we tell Italy, "it needs to Be German".
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Written by filippo carlino
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Friday, 29 October 2010 12:03 |
Hi to everybody,
I apologize for my long absence, but I promise to return very soon with new matters and to be more constant.
If, in the meantime, someone, has some questions or some preferred matters, please let me know.
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Written by filippo carlino
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Wednesday, 05 May 2010 17:10 |
To choose a puppy is a very important decision because he will be a new component of our family and he will be a commitment that will last many years. The puppy will become a great dog to which we will ensure affection, nourishment and care for a long time. First of all we have to choose the breed suitable, thinking to our style of life, to our daily routines, the house, to neighbours, to our work, to the presence of other animals, to the most common diseases in our territory, the available budget, etc. If it is not expected to a breed in particular, and it is decided to take a half-breed, is necessary to take its probable size by adult and try to understand from what breeds may have originated. Once decided the type of dog, you have to decide whether male or female, since there will be differences in the management of one or the other. If you have the possibility to choose the puppy having available litter, we must try to understand the nature and the temperament, since there will be that more timid, the more playful, the most stubborn, the most courageous, etc... In any case is very important to not expel the puppy too soon from the mother and by the brothers, not before 80-90 days, because in that period he learns a large part of behaviour which will use in adult age in respect of its similar and is a fundamental rule to increase the possibility of having a balanced dog.
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