Kijk naar de ontlasting, een poepje moet een goede vorm hebben en eigenlijk moet je het met blote handen kunnen

oppakken en niet meer als 2 keer per dag poepen. Ontlasting te hard??? Meer beweging of iets meer olie proberen.

Is ontlasting wat zachter een beschuit er door.  [Ik praat dus niet over ziektes]

 

Mijn advies als je iets niet vertrouwd met wat dan ook, liever 10x voor niets naar de dierenarts, als 1x te weinig.

Interior grooming 

As far as I know, there is no such thing as bad dog food. The prices can differ quite a lot. They depend partially on the price of the the raw materials (for instance maize), but sometimes one also pays for the name.

Many shelties are too fat. I think that the portions indicated by many of the manufacturers are too big for shelties. What a sheltie should eat, depends however on how active his life is, or how big he is. A good way to feel if your dog is too fat or too thin, is to use both hands at the same time and go from front to back over his ribs. If  you can feel his ribs without pushing, he is ok, if you have to push very hard, he is far too fat. Very often the dog does not get fat from the food itself, but from all the "in betweens" he gets. Sterilised or castrated dogs have the tendency to put on weight more easily. Overweight can be dangerous for dogs. It puts pressure on the joints and can cause heartproblems. If a dog is overweight, and does not get too much food, please make sure that he gets more exercise.

 

If the dog is healthy, his coat should look healthy as well. The coat is very often genetically determined.

Our dogs usually get dry food twice a day. Once a week they have a "meat day". I put a little sunflower oil through the food for a healthy skin and a shiny coat. If they are overweight, I treat them to a "green beans day" once a week.