{"id":829,"date":"2016-07-10T09:33:00","date_gmt":"2016-07-10T09:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=829"},"modified":"2016-07-10T09:33:00","modified_gmt":"2016-07-10T09:33:00","slug":"how-to-check-your-dogs-vital-signs-great-instructions-via-go-pet-friendly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bostonzest.com\/?p=829","title":{"rendered":"How to Check Your Dog&#8217;s Vital Signs: Great Instructions via Go Pet Friendly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gopetfriendly.com\/\">Go Pet Friendly<\/a> is a wonderful resource for those of us who like to travel with our pets. But whether traveling or not, I always gain valuable information from this great site.<\/p>\n<p>Update: 01\/28\/17 &#8211; With Canine influenza moving slowly towards the Boston area, this seemed like a good time to feature this post on how to check your dog&#39;s vital signs.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#39;s a related post we wrote <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonzest.com\/2015\/05\/canine-travel-alert-for-our-sunday-dog-lovers.html\">about canine flu and the vaccinations for it.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401b8d1feb70b970c-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Go pet friendly\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883401b8d1feb70b970c img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401b8d1feb70b970c-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"Go pet friendly\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I found myself making a note to reread a post, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gopetfriendlyblog.com\/how-to-check-your-dogs-pulse-respiration-and-temperature\/\">&quot;How To Check Your Dog\u2019s Pulse, Respiration, and Temperature,&quot;<\/a>&#0160;that appeared on the site&#39;s &quot;Take Paws&quot; blog this past spring, because I wanted to reinforce what I had learned.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401b7c874f21b970b-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"GarciaDog0412\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883401b7c874f21b970b img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401b7c874f21b970b-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"GarciaDog0412\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While we rely on professionals to diagnose serious illnesses, we all should know how to do a basic assessment of a dog&#39;s vital signs. This post does a great job of telling you how to do just that.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"asset-img-link\" href=\"http:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401bb0918650f970d-popup\" onclick=\"window.open( this.href, &#39;_blank&#39;, &#39;width=640,height=480,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0&#39; ); return false\" style=\"display: inline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"6a00e54fc42bb88834016768d67ef9970b-800wi\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00e54fc42bb8883401bb0918650f970d img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/bostonzest.typepad.com\/.a\/6a00e54fc42bb8883401bb0918650f970d-500wi\" style=\"width: 500px;\" title=\"6a00e54fc42bb88834016768d67ef9970b-800wi\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You might be able to spare your pup the trauma of a scary visit to the vet if you assure yourself that all his vital signs are normal and that he&#39;s just tired from something like an extra long dose of exercise and not sick. &#0160;<\/p>\n<p>As you can see, some puppies (like our Poppy when she was only a few months old) are not at all upset by vet visits. 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