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sure that approximately 2.5 cm of the pulse, because the information provided
thermometer’s tip is inside the rectum. will not yield better results than that
of palpation or when directly listening
4. When the thermometer beeps to
indicate that the reading is done or to the heart. What’s more, finding the
the time required for the reading has location on the body where you can feel
passed, pull it out of the rectum and the dog’s pulse very often leads to the dog
read the result. panicking, and that doesn’t help anyone.
The normal heart rate ranges from 70-
Pulse and heart rate 120, and again depends on the size of
For dog owners with no medical training, your dog. Slightly slower heart rate is
it is only important to know how to check expected in giant and large breeds as
whether and at what rate the dog’s heart opposed to the faster heart rate in small
is beating. There are conditions where and miniature dogs. In puppies, we will
the heart rate differs from the peripheral often consider 160 beats per minute as
pulse rate. However, within this manual normal. Similar to humans, dog’s heart
it is superfluous to point to places on the rate will increase in stressful situations
body where it is possible to measure the or with physical activity.

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