Dog Care Guide

Increased Sexual Drive and Weak Labor Contractions

Increased sexual orientation toward the other gender occurs mainly in male dogs. This condition is considered mostly an inherited trait

Symptoms

The affected animal frequently whines and urges the owner to let it go outside. Once outside the dog seeks the scent- of a female, whether she is in heat or not If a female is accessible, the dog will try to mount her at all cost.

Another expression of the problem is for the dog to get into the habit of licking his penile area continually, which frequently leads to painful irritations and inflammations Eventually the dog might refuse food. If the condition affects a female dog, the animal usually expresses it by trying to mount any human leg that walks in her way.

Causes

Most conditions of this type are hereditary-Self-Help

- Home Remedies

There is no remedy for an increased sexual drive. The focus must be placed on the regulation of hormone function and production.

For female dogs administer Hormel drops two to three times each day. Male dogs should receive Platinum C 200 drops once each week.

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Inflammations of the Ear

Inflammatory ear problems may be part of metabolic disorders or they may be diseases in their own right.

Symptoms

The dog shakes its head over and over again, scratches its ears, tries to slide on its ears along the floor, and/or holds its head tilted at an angle (this is usually indicative of a single ear being affected). All this occurs without any other external signs of disease. Usually the dog will object if you try to touch its ears. Also, if you clean the inner ear, you might find excessive secretions, or even putrid smelling, discolored earwax. Sometimes the condition has progressed to liquefied, brownish deposits containing pus in the ear canal. The same problem may lead to dried, brownish crumbly deposits, which is usually an indication of ear mite infestation.

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