Patella or kneecap is one of the knee joints.
It covers knee in back legs of dogs and protects the knee joint.
Luxating patella means the status the patella is dislocated on its position.

Luxating patella is appeared to small dog breeds more than large dog breeds.
The kinds of small dog breeds are Maltese, Yorkshire Terrier, Chihuahua, Pomeranian, etc.
Japanese Spitz is a medium-sized dog breed but it can get Luxating patella, too.

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Signs of Luxating patella

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A dog hesitates to go to a high place or to jump from a high place to a low place.

A dog hobbles when it walks or runs.

A dog whimpers when it stands up.

The back legs of a dog is bent like "O".

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Preventation of Luxating patella

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1. Don't let your dog lives on the slippery floor

It can be hard on the joint of dogs to walking or running on the slippery floor.
If the floor of your house is slippery, you need to spread the non-slip pad on the floor where your dog usually passes.

2. Don't let your dog stand or jump on two legs

Standing or jumping on two legs is also hard on the joint of dogs.
Additionally, don't let dogs go up to a high place or jump from a high place to low.

3. Prevent obesity of dogs

The obesity is also hard on the joints of dogs.
If your dog is overweight, you need to make your dog diet for its weight-loss.

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Do you intend to adopt a Pomeranian?

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Pomeranian is so cute small dog which has rich white or gold fur.
It is also very cheerful and attractive.
Its fur looks like cotton candy and feels really soft.
There are many kinds of Pomeranian which has various fur color.
The white Pomeranian is the most popular among them.

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Charactor of Pomeranian

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Pomeranian has a sharp temper but is timid.
Nevertheless Pomeranian is aggressive to the other dogs even bigger than itself.
Having a sharp and sensitive temper, Pomeranian doesn't have good relationship with the other dogs and any strangers.
Pomeranian barks like big dog breeds when stranger come to its territory.
Hating being touched by a stranger, Pomeranian may bite him if he tries to touch it.

On the other hands, Pomeranian is full of charms.
When Pomeranian gets bored, it goes around and requires its owner to play with itself.
Pomeranian doesn't feel lonely easily so it can remain home alone.

Pomeranian is also very smart so the owner can train it easily.

Pomeranian has strong sense of belonging about the first owner's family so you need to adopt it when it was puppy.

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Cautions

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The fur of Pomeranian is very light and weak so there will be fur anywhere in your house especially its molting season.
If you shave off its fur too short, the fur of Pomeranian may not growth anymore.
So I recommend that you never shave off its fur but groom it once or twice a day.

Pomeranian has weak joint so it can get Luxating patella easily.
So you don't have to make it walk two legs.
And it has weak bones and teeth.
If teeth of your Pomeranian get weaken, you need to feed it moist dog food.

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8 kinds of food good for your dog

There are some kinds of food good for Dogs' Skin.
If your dog has problem with skin or you want your dog to have healthy skin, you'd better read this posting.

1. salmon, sardine

There is omega-3 fatty acids in those food.
Because dogs can't produce it themselves, you need to feed your dog it by food.
The omega-3 fatty acids is helpful to prevent infection and improve your dog's level of immunity.

2. coconut oil

That is good for skin problem like allergy and eczema and improve your dog's level of immunity.
It is good for your dog's skin and fur and heath generally.

3. oatmeal

That is good for moisturizing and itching.
It can keep your dog's weight healthy if you feed it for food and it can be good for skin suppression if you use it as bath preparation.

4. cherry

That has antioxidative effect.
And supplying nutrition to your dog's liver and kidney, it prevents skin trouble by toxin in his organ.
But you must get rid of its seed before you feed your dog.

5. chia seed

That has 7 times more vitamin C than orange and 8 times more omega-3 fatty acids than salmon.
In addition, it has 6 times more fiber than oatmeal.
So it helps your dog's digestion and is helpful to his skin trouble.

6. flaxseed oil

That has a lot of omega-3 fatty acids.
It can keep your dog's skin and fur healthy by preventing infection and allergy.
And it also effective for relieving joint pain.

7. egg

That has protein, unsaturated fatty acid, essential vitamin and minerals.
Unsaturated fatty acid can prevent cardiovascular disease and promote blood circulation and help antiaging of your dog's cell.

8. kelp

That is a kind of laminariaceous seaweed.
It has rich vitamin and mineral so it can make your dog's fur have shine.

Ingredients to avoid when we choice dog food.

You may wonder what dog food is the best.
The best food is what your dog like to eat and what makes your dog healthy.
But we can't know what is the best because we are not a professional.

So we need to read the ingredients in dog food we will buy at least.

There are some ingredients to avoid.

1. CMIT (Chloromethylisothiazolinone)

• BHA
• BHT
• ethoxyquin
• Propylene Glycol

That is a cancer-causing agent and cause of illness of every kind.
BHA, BHT, ethoxyquin, Propylene Glycol are belongs to CMIT.

2. grains causing skin problem

• Corn
• wheat
• soy or soy-bean

Corn, wheat, soy or soy-bean can cause your dog's skin problem or make it worse.

3. gluten meal

• corn gluten meal
• wheat  gluten meal
• soy-bean  gluten meal

That is very low priced dregs of grains.

4. by-product of grain

• corn bran
• rice bran
• rice flour
• brewers rice
• beet pulp
• dried brewers yeast

5. low-grade fat

• animal fat
• poultty fat

6. by-product of meat

Those are neck, beak, legs, intestine, etc.
Those are easy to rot and have no nutritional value.

7. meat not to see where it is from

• meat meal
• bone meal
• blood meal
• fish meal
• animal meal
• poultry meal

You need to check the name of meat.
Chicken meal or duck meal is safe because you can know that the meal is of chicken or duck.

8. food coloring

• yellow 5
• blue 2
• red 40
• etc

9. taste and flavor enhancers

• ~flavors
• ~digest

Those are synthetic flavoring matters.

10. canola oil

• canola oil

Most of canola oil may be GMO.


I recommend to read carefully the Nutrition Facts of a dog food which you will buy.

How to correct a dog

You may blame your dog if he makes trouble.
But he may do same mistake even if you blamed him.
Because your dog doesn't realize his doing wrong.
So, we need to learn proper ways to correct our dogs.

1. Clear up compliment and scold

When you blame your dog, your tone of voice has to be certain and low.
And when you praise your dog, your tone of voice has to be high and you need to make a great fuss about your dog's doing.

2. Train your dog in a very short time

When you train your dog, you have to do it in 30 minutes.
10~15 minutes are more proper to train him.
You need to train him at the place where he can concentrate.

3. Don't hit your dog

Your dog already knows he is being blamed without hitting.
Hitting your dog can make his character worse and make him confused whether he did wrong.

4. Don't force your dog to do something.

When you want your dog to do something, if you force him to do and praise about it, he never understand why he is praised.
Wait until your dog do something himself and praise him when he does it.

5. Scold immediately

It is meaningless that blame your dog after 2~3 hours your dog made trouble.
Blame your dog at the moment he makes trouble.

6. Scold consistently.

If one of your family blame your dog with shouting and another blame him with striking the floor, your dog get confused whether he is blamed.
You and your family member have to blame your dog with same way.