Basic Health Check → You and Your Sleddog

Basic Health Check Intro 1

The basic health check routine simple enough to become a daily routine. It is created for you quickly and easily identify and prevent upcoming health issues. The health check is designed to target the most common sleddog specific health issues.
- Lecture1.1
  
  Basic Health Check Intro
  15 min
You and Your Sleddog 1

To make sure that your dog is in a physically good condition, you need some knowledge. Now sleddog health is not the subject you learn over a half-an-hour online course. But this is a start, a place to begin getting to know your dog with the eyes of a musher.
- Lecture2.1
  
  You and Your Sleddog
  15 min
The Sleddog Eyes 2

The eyes of dogs are more delicate than the human eyes. Their eyes are often exposed to dirt or snow and need to regular examinations. The sleddogs eyes can also indicate that your dog needs another rest day or two.
- Lecture3.1
  
  The Vulnerable Sleddog Eye
  15 min
- Quiz3.1
  
  The Sleddog Eyes
  5 questions
The Sleddog Teeth 3

Did you know that by examine your dogs teeth you can anticipate several life-threatening conditions? Teeth injuries are common in sleddogs and are easily overseen.
- Lecture4.1
  
  The Dogs Mouth – a Bacterial Highway
  15 min
- Lecture4.2
  
  Sleddog Dental Fractures
  15 min
- Quiz4.1
  
  The Sleddog Teeth
  8 questions
The Sleddog Hydration Status 3

Water is the single most important nutrient in your dog. Evaluating your dogs levels of hydration is important not only for daily health maintenance but for prevention of life threatening body conditions.
- Lecture5.1
  
  Physiological Functions of Water in the Sleddogs Body
  15 min
- Lecture5.2
  
  Hydration Check and Management
  15 min
- Quiz5.1
  
  The Sleddog Hydration Status
  6 questions
The Sleddog Balance - A Shortcut to the Physical Status 2

Dogs hide their pain instinctively. This means that small injuries are rarely recognised until they cause mayor problems. But the dogs balance rarely lies.
- Lecture6.1
  
  Searching For the Hidden Pain
  15 min
- Quiz6.1
  
  The Sleddog Balance
  6 questions
The Sleddog Foot 2

The sleddogs' feet is an area great enough to cover for its own set of courses. It is, however, impossible to adress the fundamental sleddog health issues without mentioning the feet.
- Lecture7.1
  
  The Sleddog Foot
  15 min
- Quiz7.1
  
  The Sleddog Foot
  10 questions
Body Condition Scores 3

Many health issues are closely related to your dogs weight. Excessive body fat is one of the reasons behind many diseases like cancer, diabetes and heart disease. A dog being too thin equally is in risk of diseases. This is how you measure your dogs body condition score and when you need to act on it.
- Lecture8.1
  
  Fat as the Most Important Sleddog Fuel
  15 min
- Lecture8.2
  
  The Body Condition Score System
  15 min
- Quiz8.1
  
  Body Condition Scores
  10 questions
A Summary of the Basic Health Check Online Course 2

Time to summarise and put the pieces together. The Basic Health Check is created to easily be integrated into your everyday life, also when you have many dogs. When you know what to look for, you will manage to do the health check within a minute.
- Lecture9.1
  
  Basic Health Check Summary
- Lecture9.2
  
  Thank You For Now!
  05 min

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Basic Health Check Intro 1

You and Your Sleddog 1

The Sleddog Eyes 2

The Sleddog Teeth 3

The Sleddog Hydration Status 3

The Sleddog Balance - A Shortcut to the Physical Status 2

The Sleddog Foot 2

Body Condition Scores 3

A Summary of the Basic Health Check Online Course 2

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