A frequent dog complaint is ringworm, and it can be avoided and cured if your dog has the infection. Many ailments affect dogs, some are quite frequent and arise no matter how well looked after your pet is at any time. Dogs are animals who explore the outside world, and they can get into many things. Ringworm seems to be frequent in puppies and older dogs. Other common dog ailments can be avoided with the correct vaccinations and proper health care. Ringworm is a skin infection that targets the overall health of the dog.

The frequent dog infection ringworm has multiple different ways it can be identified and diagnosed. One common way to detect this fungal skin infection is by using a black light. The ringworms glow in the black light when the light hits them. Sometimes this practice won't work and the vet will need to carry out another test to detect the fungal skin infection.

If you see tiny areas of your pets body that are bald, there's a high chance your dog has ringworm. Their skin will be scaly and you'll see pus in the area. After time the areas become bigger if your dog receives no medical treatment. You will notice this parasite on the tail, head and legs.

If the health of the pet is healthy then the skin infection will disappear in approximately four months. In saying that, when severe infections exist, medical treatments are required. If the pet has the lesion, trimming the hair around the area is needed, but do not touch the lesion or the infection will spread. Apply a topical anti fungal treatment after trimming the hair away. Such anti fungal treatments like miconazole and lotrimin treatments are applied for this purpose, or you get the option to use natural, side effect free alternatives. You mustn't let the dog lick the area where you administer the treatment. A dog funnel collar might be needed to stop the pet from reaching the area.

If the treatment doesn't cure the infection on its own, anti fungal shampoos and anti fungal dips will assist the treatment, and help the infected patch to heal faster. Some other anti fungal agents are griseofulvin and itraconazole, which treat dogringowrom quite well.

Keeping your pet in perfect health and guarded from fungal, viral and bacterial infections is your responsibility. The most important need of the pet is proper care and regular vaccines. Dogs need vaccines against provirus, distemper and rabies. Dogs also need to be checked annually for heartworm which can result in death to the dog if not properly prevented. Remember that rabies jabs are given every two years and distemper jabs are received annually.

Many ailments cause health issues, and in a variety of dogs, the breed is prone to more health issues than others. Heart and joint problems account for some of these more serious health issues. When looking to purchase a dog, you want to be aware of some of the health issues that can arise in a dog's life. Besides the everyday fungal infections and injuries from playing rough, some breeds are prone to mange, eye infection and ear infections.