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Why Do Vet Tech need to be able to recognize the body language and postures of dogs?
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For safety reason to know what the dog is feeling, thinking, and sometimes what there next move is.
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List five of the eight common behavioral problems of dogs.
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Attention Seeking, Destruction, barking/howling, roaming,and digging.
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What is puberty and when does it occur in dogs?
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Puberty is the point in which an animal or human are first capable of reproducing sexually. 6-12 months with dogs
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What is gestation? How long is gestation in dogs?
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Gestation is carrying young within the female body. 63 days
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Why is it not a good idea to overfeed a gestating bitch?
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Because overweight females tend to have dystocia (difficult birth)
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When do most puppy death occur?
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In the first 18 days of life
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What are some factors that contribute to puppy mortality?
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Excessive licking, cannibalism, neglect, lack of milk, and eclampsia
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What are 3 most common nutritional problem in dogs?
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Obesity, anorexia, and ingestion of vegetetion
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what the most important nutrient? what 3 factors affect water intake?
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Water; exercise, weather and lactation.
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What are 4 types of commercial dog food?
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dry,semi moist,canned, and snacks and treats
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What 4 factors that contribute to obesity in dogs?
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Nutritional, type of diet, hypothyroidism, and breed and individual temperament
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What is allergy hypersensitivity?
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Allergies to food
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List 4 common allergens
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Beef, Dairy products, pork, and cereal grains
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List some contributer to neonatal deaths pf puppies
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canine distemper, hepatitis, and hydrocephalus
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List the 5 developmental stages of a dogs life
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Neonatal, transitional, socialization, juvenile, and adult.
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