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                                                                   Responsible Dog Ownership

•        Keep your dog healthy.
This includes feeding a healthy diet, regular vet visits, up to date vaccinations or titers, keeping
your dog clean and groomed and plenty of exercise.

•        Pick up after your dog.
Always have baggies to clean up your dog’s waste where ever you are.

•        Keep identification on your dog.
Have tags on your dog’s collar that give at least one if not two phone numbers to reach you if
your dog becomes lost. Also, micro-chip your dog to get him home quickly.

•        Spay or neuter your dog!!!!
              A neutered dog will be less likely to stray from your home.
              A neutered dog is less likely to “mark” your, (or anyone else’s), home.
              Generally, an altered dog displays a more even temperament.
               A spayed dog will never become accidentally pregnant.
              A neutered dog will not get prostate cancer.
              Spaying a dog eliminates the possibilities of a potentially fatal condition known as
pyometra as well as several types of cancer.
              You will do your part to keep the unwanted pet population down…more than 3 million
dogs are euthanized in the US in one year (source HSUS).
              A spayed or neutered dog will live longer.

•        Don’t leave your dog tied outside for long periods of time. NEVER leave your dog tied out
when you are not home. Your dog can get loose and run far away before you know he’s gone.
Your dog can get tangled up and get hurt or worse. Your dog can be tormented by kids and
neighbors. Dogs are social animals; they will not exercise themselves on a tie out. They will at
best ,sit there, bored and at worst, become barkers and aggressive.

•        Do not put more than one dog in a single crate when you are not home. Even if your dogs
are best of friends serious problems can arise. Also, it is a very good idea to take your dog’s collar
off when he/she is in the crate. It can easily get caught on the wire and strangle your dog.

•        Do not allow your dog to roam free in your neighborhood, even if there is no leash law.
Your dog can be hit by a car, attacked by another animal, attacked by a human, lost or a number
of other possibilities. Please safely contain your dog at all times.

•        Provide fun, enriching activities for your dog every day. After all, why the heck did you get
a dog in the first place if you don’t have fun with one another?

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