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Travel Health | 6 Great Tips to Protect Your Travel HealthAuthor: Ray Attebery

Want a vacation from travel-related health troubles?

Try these tips:

Travel Health Tip #1:

Take regular breaks Stroll the airplane aisle or highway rest stop periodically to prevent the blood in your legs from pooling. Another good reason to get moving: Sitting in a car or plane all day can make you constipated, says Rick Kellerman, M.D., president of the American Academy of Family Physicians and chairman of family medicine at the University of Kansas at Wichita, but you can prevent that with exercise. Even moving around for just a few minutes helps.

Travel Health Tip #2:

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Dog barking can be a major problem, especially if it’s YOUR dog! If there is anything neighbors hate, it’s loud noise coming from your house or garden – not everything is music to one’s ears. And dogs barking seemingly without good reason is exceptionally annoying. Dog barking can be controlled through a number of ways, but as with all forms of dog training, positive reinforcement helps more than hitting your dog or just shouting at him to quiet down. You can try to restrain your dog from barking by using a muzzle, but this won’t stop him from whining and in the end, you haven’t resolved the noise problem.

Sometimes dogs bark for no visible reason, but it’s only because they’re lonely or restless. One of the lesser known ways of stopping a dog from barking is by countering noise with noise. How to do this? Put a few coins or pebbles inside a small empty can, and whenever your dog starts barking, take the can in hand and shake it. The noise will startle the dog and make him stop barking. He might start up again in a bit, but just shake the can again; sooner or later your dog will understand what the noise means, and be conditioned to respect it. If you’re keeping a puppy and the poor little thing can’t stop barking, take him aside and hold his jaws shut.

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Kennel Cough First Aid Tips

By: Cristian Stan

Kennel cough is one of the most common diseases dogs may acquire. It is very similar to human cough, wherein the condition could be at its worst during the night time. Kennel cough is acquired with contact to dogs having the same problem.

Needless to say, this is a highly contagious disease and you should be careful of it should one of your pets develop it. It may pass from specie to the next and you may find the disease hard to control.

If you observe your dog to be struggling with its breath due to cough, the very first thing you should do is to assess the severity of the disease. Mild cases dont usually require immediate attention but you have to observe the progress of the disease accordingly. Once you feel that your dogs condition is getting worse, it is time to take it to the vet.
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