Domestic Pets

Übersicht

A dog chained all day in the sun, a cat with no litter tray, a parrot fed only bread: each is a pet, and each is being kept wrongly. Domestic pets are animals kept in the home mainly for companionship, security or pleasure rather than for meat, milk or eggs, and getting their upkeep right takes the same disciplined thinking a farmer applies to livestock, even though no one is selling the dog for slaughter.

In this lesson you will learn how to house, feed, groom and keep a dog, a cat and a parrot healthy in a Nigerian home, including the one vaccination that protects the whole household and not just the animal. You will learn how each is trained, from housebreaking a puppy to taming a parrot, and how pets move from breeder or pet shop to a buyer's compound, and why a papered pedigree animal costs many times more than one bought informally at a roadside stall.

Ziele

  1. Give examples of domestic pets
  2. Explain the management practices for domestic pets
  3. Explain the methods of training domestic pets
  4. Explain the marketing of domestic pets
  5. State the economic importance of keeping domestic pets

Lektionshinweis

Walk through most Nigerian compounds and you will find a dog at the gate, a cat around the kitchen, or a parrot on the veranda. A domestic pet is an animal kept mainly for companionship, security, pleasure or ornament rather than as a source of meat, milk, eggs or fibre. That difference in purpose does not lower the standard of care a pet deserves; a poorly housed, poorly fed or unvaccinated pet suffers just as a poorly managed farm animal does, and an unvaccinated dog can pass a fatal disease to the family it is meant to protect.

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  1. A domestic pet is best described as an animal kept mainly for: A. Meat and milk production B. Companionship, security or pleasure C. Wool and hide production D. Draught work on the farm Answer: B
  2. The most important preventive vaccination for a pet dog is against: A. Newcastle disease B. Rabies C. Foot and mouth disease D. Coccidiosis Answer: B
  3. Teaching a puppy to relieve itself in one fixed spot is called: A. Socialisation B. Litter training C. Housebreaking D. Taming Answer: C
  4. Litter training relies mainly on which natural behaviour of the cat? A. Its instinct to hunt B. Its instinct to bury waste C. Its instinct to climb D. Its instinct to purr Answer: B
  5. A pedigree puppy from a registered breeder is usually more expensive than a similar-looking puppy from a roadside seller mainly because: A. It eats less feed B. It has documented parentage and health records C. It is always a different colour D. It never needs vaccination Answer: B

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