{"id":173,"date":"2008-10-01T00:02:28","date_gmt":"2008-10-01T00:02:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pet-goddess.com\/avoiding-the-most-common-mistakes-that-pet-owners-make-2\/"},"modified":"2008-10-01T00:02:28","modified_gmt":"2008-10-01T00:02:28","slug":"avoiding-the-most-common-mistakes-that-pet-owners-make-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/avoiding-the-most-common-mistakes-that-pet-owners-make-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Avoiding the most common mistakes that pet owners make 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<body><p>* Not keeping their dog on a leash.<br>\nThis is a problem for many reasons. Dogs that are permitted to \u201crun free\u201d often get into accidents, or are aggressive to other dogs, or become the victim of aggression. They can also get into trash, to eat dangerous things like chicken bones. They can also ingest toxins.<br>\nAlso, they can just plain wander off.<br>\nAll of this can be prevented by keeping a dog within a fenced yard or on a leash.<br>\nFor cats, allowing them to be outdoor pets is documented as decreasing their longevity.<\/p>\n<p>* Not keeping a current ID tag on their pet, or embedding a microchip.<br>\nMany pets don\u2019t have a current ID tag or microchip. These two items provide the BEST information so your lost pet can be returned to you.<br>\nWithout identification, many pets can never be reunited with their owners, and are either put up for adoption or in more sad cases, euthanized because they are too old or deemed \u2018unadoptable\u2019 in some way.<\/p>\n<p>*Skimping on nutrition, or feeding the wrong kind of food for its age.<br>\nA good quality food is important to dogs. Skimping on nutrition can lead to serious problems for puppies, and adult dogs. Dogs need a  high quality balanced diet that is formulated to meet their life-stage needs, or breed issues. A single source protein, single source carbohydrate food will help avoid allergies as well.  Find a dog that your dog likes and stick to it. Many brands offer coupons now, such as Hill\u2019s Science Diet,<br>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.feedingisbelieving.com\/believe\/couponRegistrationForm.jsp\" title=\"Hill's science diet\" target=\"_blank\"> http:\/\/www.feedingisbelieving.com\/believe\/couponRegistrationForm.jsp<\/a><br>\nwhile others offer a club, where you buy a certain number of bags, and get a certain number free.<\/p>\n<\/body>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>* Not keeping their dog on a leash. This is a problem for many reasons. Dogs that are permitted to \u201crun free\u201d often get into accidents, or are aggressive to other dogs, or become the victim of aggression. They can [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-173","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pet-care"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=173"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/173\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=173"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=173"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guru-goddess.com\/petgoddess\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=173"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}