Yorkshire(details)

Spring is the season of recovery, however, parasites also start to become active at this time, whether they are body surface parasites or internal parasites, they will cause adverse effects on dogs. Yorkshire Terriers are long-haired dogs, and some surface parasites can be hidden in their gorgeous coats, making it easier for owners to ignore them. And body parasites will not make the dog show obvious symptoms in a short period of time, which is even easier for the owner to ignore. Therefore, in order to keep dogs healthy and happy, veterinarians recommend that owners deworm their dogs once a year in the spring. In order for deworming to achieve the best results, owners need to pay attention to the following issues in the process of deworming their dogs.

One, prevention is better than cure

It's not true that just because a dog doesn't show symptoms, it's assumed that the dog isn't infected with parasites. For example, when a dog is infected with roundworms, there are no clinical symptoms at the beginning, or only a slight diarrhea and other symptoms, the owner often mistakenly believe that this is due to the normal phenomenon caused by the change of seasons, which leads to the aggravation of the condition. To avoid this situation, the owner should first do a good job of prevention.

1. Prevention of surface parasites

Figure 1: fleas

Figure 2: ticks

Figure 3: lacewings

Figure 4: ticks

Figure 4: lice

There are four main parasites on the surface of the body of the Yorkshire Terrier: fleas, ticks, lacewings and lice. or blood. In addition to sucking blood, these parasites are also the vectors of many infectious diseases, which can lead to a variety of infectious diseases in dogs, such as fleas can spread biting dermatitis, ticks can spread Lyme disease and so on. The prevention of body surface parasites is mainly the following two points:

1.1 Hibernation for a whole winter, the dog can finally in the spring sunshine splash, this time the owner needs to pay special attention to, don't let the dog with stray cats and dogs contact. No matter how friendly the stray cats and dogs are, the owner should not let them have close contact with each other, knowing that the parasites on the stray cats and dogs are met with a ding a ding. In addition, the owner should not let the dog play for a long time in the place where the stray cats and dogs often hang out, because the dog is likely to get infected with the eggs dropped from the stray cats and dogs in the process of playing, and then infected with parasites.

1.2 Nowadays, there are many deworming sprays, deworming drops and deworming baths available on the market, which owners can use for their dogs according to the actual situation. Relatively speaking, the drops are a little more labor-saving, you can drop the deworming drops in the dog's neck when the weather is stable above 20 degrees Celsius, and the general validity period can last for about 3 months, it is necessary to remind that the dose is different for dogs of different sizes, the Yorkshire Terrier belongs to the small dogs, choose the dose of small dogs, and the other day after the bath to use the drops, the effect will be better, and the harm to the dog's body will also be more Small, if the home of the Yorkshire terrier is very fond of playing in the spring grass, the owner can give them a little insect repellent spray before going out, every time you take a bath to the dog with a little bit of insect repellent bath and so on, you can do twice as much with half the effort.

2. Prevention of internal parasites

The common internal parasites of the Yorkshire Terrier are roundworms, tapeworms, hookworms, pinworms and so on. To keep the dog away from these parasites, the owner needs to help the dog develop good habits, such as not licking the feces of other animals. Of course, this is not enough, the prevention of internal parasites also need the help of deworming drugs. The choice of deworming drugs must be reasonable, because some deworming drugs have age limitations, the owner has to understand clearly before letting the dog use.

2. What to do when you find your dog is already infected with parasites

1. Deworming of surface parasites

The external deworming medicines mentioned earlier, apart from being very good at preventing them, can also be used in the unfortunate event that your dog is infected with external parasites. However, these medicines should not come into direct contact with your dog's eyes or nose, so owners need to be especially careful when using them on their dogs. Sprays should be sprinkled evenly all over the dog's body and not repeated in the same area. Whether it is a spray or drops, owners should not use the agent on broken skin. For severely infected dogs, the veterinarian may also recommend that the owner give the dog a medicated bath. Flea collars are sold to prevent dogs from contracting fleas and other parasites. If a dog is already infected with parasites, the owner should not hope that wearing a collar will achieve the purpose of deworming. In order to completely drive away the parasites, the owner should also clean the room and kennel frequently and carry out sterilization work regularly.

2. The removal of internal parasites

Usually the parasite can be removed by giving the dog deworming medication, and the feces excreted by the dog should be cleaned up in time. If a dog develops an intestinal obstruction due to parasites, surgery may be necessary, which is one of the main reasons veterinarians have been urging owners to deworm their dogs regularly.

Three other notes

1. Deworming should be done before immunization because the presence of parasites may affect the immunity effect, in order to let the immunity effect to achieve the best, the owner needs to complete the deworming work for the dog before immunization.

2. The dosage of deworming medication should be controlled. The dosage is different for adult dogs and puppies, and the owner needs to give the dog the medication according to the actual situation. If you are not sure about the dosage of the medicine for your dog, you can consult your veterinarian.

3. Pregnant dogs need to be careful about deworming. If the owner wants the dog to reproduce offspring, then it is best to deworm the dog a week before mating. And if you have to deworm a pregnant dog, the owner should follow the veterinarian's requirements for deworming, and never use medication without authorization.

4. For the parasite infection is serious, ordinary deworming drugs can not completely drive out the body of the worm, the general veterinarian will choose the drug injection, here to remind a point, if it is to be retained for breeding male dogs, can not be used avermectin, because it has a spermicidal effect, it should be used instead of ivermectin.