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Your Dog or Cat in South Africa: Choosing, Caring, Vets and the Rules

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A practical, South African guide to keeping a dog or a cat well and happily, from deciding whether you are ready to saying goodbye. Twelve chapters follow a Soshanguve family who plan their week before adopting a young dog, toilet-train her, catch her tick bite fever early, stop her barking at the gate, find poisoned meat thrown over the wall and get her safely through her first New Year's fireworks; a Chatsworth tenant who gets her body corporate's permission, avoids a kitten scam, keeps two indoor cats happy, moves flats with them and gets one to the emergency vet in time; and a Kimberley pensioner who slims down her old dog, briefs a sitter for Christmas, manages its pain with her vet and finally says goodbye, with a veterinary nurse at an East London welfare clinic: whether you are ready, and what a pet really costs; adopting or buying, choosing the right dog or cat, and puppy scams; the first weeks, safe spaces, toilet training, litter trays and children; feeding, body condition and the foods that poison pets; the vet, vaccinations, rabies and the law, ticks and tick bite fever, fleas, worms and sterilisation; grooming, teeth, exercise and indoor cats; reward-based training, barking and dog bite safety; gates, heat and cars, poisons, pools, snakes and fireworks; by-laws, the neighbours, microchips and reporting cruelty; sitters, kennels, travel, moving and lost pets; the signs that mean see a vet soon or urgently; and old age and saying goodbye. Health and the law in general terms, with every sign ending in see a vet. 30 diagrams and photographs, worked examples, practice exercises with answers, and a pet file: a readiness checklist and budget, a choosing checklist, a first-week plan, a feeding chart, a vaccination and vet record, a care routine, a training log, a home safety walk-through, a by-law and ID check, a pet-sitter sheet, an emergency card, a quality-of-life checklist, a glossary, where to get help, and 144 Exam prep questions. A Skills Series title. No pet foods, medicines, products, vets, breeders or kennels are named or recommended. Lecturers: a free Facilitator Guide (session plans built around a pet file, safe practice without animals in class, teaching notes and every answer) is available to colleges registered with HybridE. To register your college, contact Thandeka on 073 431 6763.

What is inside

  1. Chapter 1: Are You Ready for a Pet?
  2. Chapter 2: Choosing a Dog or Cat
  3. Chapter 3: The First Weeks at Home
  4. Chapter 4: Feeding and Water
  5. Chapter 5: The Vet, Vaccinations and Parasites
  6. Chapter 6: Everyday Care
  7. Chapter 7: Training and Behaviour
  8. Chapter 8: Safety at Home and Outside
  9. Chapter 9: The Law, the Neighbours and ID
  10. Chapter 10: Holidays, Moving and Lost Pets
  11. Chapter 11: When Something Is Wrong
  12. Chapter 12: Old Age and Saying Goodbye
  13. Appendix

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