THE DOG OWNER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA OF HELPFUL HINTS AND TRADE SECRETS

Table of Contents

(199 Topics)

 

BIRDS 

 

BITCHES  

 Bitches With Puppies 

 Dams Needing Help  

 “In Season” Bitches 

 “In Whelp” Bitches  

 Oxytocin  

 Spaying Bitches 

 Taking An "In Whelp" Bitch's Temperature  

 Whelping Bitches  

 

BREEDINGS

 Actual Breeding 

 Artificial Insemination (AI)  

 Housing "In Season" Bitches

 Long Ties 

 Stud Dogs

 Misc... 

 

CATS  

 

EARS 

 Bracing and Weighting Ears Which Should Tip Forward 

 Cleaning Dog's Ears and Your Hands  

 Ear Care and Ear Health  

 Ear Grooming 

 Encouraging The Use Of Ears 

 Removing Ear Braces and Weights 

 Softening Ear Leather 

 Stopping the Chewing Of Ears, Braces and Weights 

 

ELIMINATING BAD BEHAVIORS 

 Barking and Too Noisy 

 Biting

 Chewing 

 Cleaning and Staying Clean 

 Digging 

 Eliminating Other Bad Behaviors 

 Escaping and Jumping 

 Housebreaking 

 Stool Eating 

 Temperament Problems and Encouraging Good Behavior 

 

ENCLOSURES—CRATES, CAGES, PENS and WHELPING BOXES 

 Bedding, Mats, Footing, Etc. 

 Cleaning 

 Crates and Cages 

 Crate Training  

 Feeding and Drinking Containers  

 Indoor Enclosures 

 Newborns

 Outdoor Enclosures 

 Puppies 

 Traveling and Shipping 

 Whelping Boxes  

 

FEEDING 

 Containers—Food, Water, Etc. 

 Daily Feeding 

 Dangerous Foods For Dogs  

 Healthy "People-Food" For Dogs 

 "In Whelp" Bitches 

 Newborns

 New Mothers 

 Puppies 

 Show Bait 

 Supplements 

 Travel and Feeding 

 Treats 

 Tube-Feeding Newborns 

 Water 

 Weight Problems 

 Whelping and Feeding  

 Misc...

 

FERRETS  

 

GROOMING 

 Bathing and Conditioning Dog's Coat Cleaning 

 Cleaning Your Hands

 Equipment, Products and Supplies 

 Grooming Boxes and Tack Boxes 

 Grooming Tables 

 Nail Trimming

 Removal of Skunk's Smell 

 Show Grooming and Preparation

 Whitening White Parts of Dog's Coat 

 Misc... 

 

HEALTH

 Arthritis 

  • Osteoarthritis (OA) 

  • Gouty Arthritis (GA) 

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) 

  • Drugs For Treating Arthritis

 Breathing Difficulties In Newborns 

 Care During Cold Temperatures 

 Care During Hot Temperatures 

 Care During Illness and Injury

 Car Sickness 

 Ear Care and Ear Health

 Epilepsy

 Equipment 

 Eyes

 Fungal Problems 

 Hyperactivity 

 Lack of Coat Growth 

 Medications and Shots

 Newborns 

 New Mothers  

 Parasites  

 Poisoning  

 Puppies

 Record Keeping

 Removing Dewclaws From Newborns

 Sanitation 

 Skin and Coat 

 Teeth

 Vaccinations 

 Veterinary Services

 Weight Problems  

 Worming  

 

IN THE HOME   

 Cleaning

 Furnishings, Flooring, Etc. 

 Grooming Table In the Home  

 Indoor Enclosures  

 Odors and Stains

 Misc...

 

KENNEL MAINTENANCE

 “Doggy-Doo” Patrol 

 Dog Runs and Outdoor Enclosures 

 Outdoor Housing 

 

NAMING YOUR DOG

 

OBEDIENCE and PERFORMANCE

 Clothing 

 Equipment 

 Judging  

 Training 

 

OLDER DOGS 

 

OTHER PETS 

 Birds

 Cats 

 Ferrets 

 Holiday Hazards and Warnings 

 

PARASITES, PESTS and INVADING VARMINT CONTROL

 Crawling (On The Ground) Pests, Etc. 

 Ear Mites 

 Fleas 

 Flies 

 Invading Animals and Varmints 

 Mosquitoes and Heartworm 

 Other Flying Pests 

 Poisons 

 Roundworms and Other Worms 

 Ticks 

 

PHOTOS and PHOTOGRAPHY 

 Organizing, Displaying and Utilizing Photos 

 Taking Photos 

 

PUPPIES 

 Cleaning 

 Newborns 

 Play Toys  

 Young Puppies 

 

RECORDS 

 Identification 

 Judges and Judging 

 Measuring Heights 

 Medical and Health Records  

 Official Records and Registrations 

 Pedigrees 

 Photos and Photography 

 Protecting Your Breed Magazines 

 Records and Record Keeping   

 Ribbons and Trophies 

 Selling Dogs and Puppies 

 Shows and Show Entries 

 Telephone  

 Misc... 

 

SELLING DOGS 

 

SHOWS

 At The Showgrounds 

 Cleaning At The Show  

 Equipment To Use At The Shows 

 Feeding At Shows  

 Grooming At Shows  

 Health Problems At Shows 

 Identification  

 In The Ring 

 In The Vehicle  

 Lodging  

 Raffles 

 Ribbons and Trophies  

 Show Bait  

 Show Clothing  

 Show Entries  

 Show Grooming  

 Show Leads 

 Show Training  

 Traveling To The Show  

 Misc...

 

TRAINING 

 Conformation Training 

 Crate Training 

 Drink From A Sport's Bottle 

 Good Manners Training 

 Grooming Table Training 

 Housebreaking Your Dog 

 Improving Puppies' Temperaments  

 Leash-Breaking 

 Performance Training 

 Training To Improvement Movement 

 

TRAVELING and SHIPPING 

 Bedding and Mats For Travel Crates  

 Car Sickness 

 Cleaning While Traveling 

 Feeding While Traveling  

 Identification To Take When Traveling 

 In The Vehicle Lodging (Motels, Hotels, Etc.)

 Preparing To Travel  

 Shipping 

 

WARNINGS 

 Bloat 

 Brown Recluse Spider Bites 

 Cancer In Dogs 

 Choking, Suffocating and Drowning 

 Crate Hazards 

 Eating Dangerous Bones 

 Electrical Shocks, Burns and Death From Electricity 

 Foods Dangerous To Dogs

 Fourth Of July Dangers 

 Glass, Staples and Sharp Objects Being Ingested 

 Halloween Warnings and Hazards 

 Holiday Warnings and Hazards 

 Hot Temperatures, Heat Hazards and Summer Warnings

 Ice, Snow, Extreme Cold Temperatures and Winter Warnings 

 Identification and Lost Dogs 

 Jumping Out Of An Enclosure 

 Pancreatitis 

 Poisonous Snakes and Their Bites 

 Poisons and Poisonings 

 Protection When Walking 

 Stings—Bees, Wasps, Hornets, Etc. 

 Stomach Upsets 

 To Induce Vomiting 

 Trapped and Possible Suffocation 

 Traveling With A Pet 

 Veterinarians 

 Water Dangers and Hazards 

 

WHELPING 

 Bedding and Linings For Your Whelping Box 

 Feeding Newborns  

 Feeding The New Mother  

 Heating The Whelping Box 

 Mothers Needing Help 

 Oxytocin Shots 

 Puppies' Toenails 

 Records and Record Keeping  

 Taking A Dog's Temperature 

 Weak Newborns  

 Whelping Boxes

 Whelping Equipment