Q: If it doesn't make her anxious to have your presence, watch your dog while she is laboring. You don't need to hover. Expect her to be uncomfortable during contractions, just like a woman would be. This is part of the process. In many cases, puppies are born in the middle of the night when you are sleeping. Make it a habit to check on your dog as soon as you wake up as she approaches her due date. The mother dog should clean her puppies right after they are born. Give her a minute or two to take the sac off the puppy and start licking and cleaning the puppy. If your dog is taking longer than that, you can step in and get the sack off and vigorously rub the puppy to dry and stimulate breathing. If necessary, you can carefully tie off the umbilical cord about an inch from the puppy and cut it with clean scissors. Puppies should start nursing within 1-3 hours after birth. You may need to place the puppy in front of a nipple and gently squeeze a little milk out for the puppy to get the idea. If the puppy absolutely will not nurse, or your dog won't let the puppy nurse, there may be something wrong with the puppy, like a cleft palate. Open the puppy's mouth and look at the roof of the mouth. It should be a solid surface without any holes into the sinuses. Consult your veterinarian if there are any concerns. You may need to tube feed or bottle feed the puppy with puppy formula if they are not able to nurse and are otherwise healthy. After the puppies are born, count them so you know exactly how many there are. This will help you keep tabs on the pups. The mother dog may want to eat the placentas, which is not harmful. She is getting back all the nutrients she put into her pregnancy. Don't feel compelled to remove them immediately. If she does not eat them, dispose of them in the trash. In some cases, eating the placentas may cause vomiting later. Remember that every puppy will have its own placenta. Puppies do not regulate their body temperature well and need to be kept warm. For the first few days after birth, keep one area of the whelping box around 85 degrees F. Then you can drop the temperature down to 75-80 degrees F. Provide extra heat with the help of a heat lamp in one corner of the whelping box. If a puppy gets cold, it will not move much. Check to sure the birthing area is warm and the puppy is staying close to mom and the other puppies. Schedule a visit with your vet for checkups after the puppies are born. The vet will make sure that the mother is healing properly and that the puppies are growing. If you own the father dog, ensure that he is in an area separated from the female dog and the puppies. Other dogs in the household should not be allowed to bother the momma dog and her puppies either. There is a risk of fighting between the adult dogs and possible risk to the puppies themselves. The female may get aggressive because she is protecting her puppies. This is normal and you shouldn't punish her for this instinct. Protective aggression toward humans may occur as well, so prevent children from bothering the puppies too. Unless she is filthy, wait a few weeks to give her a bath with a mild oatmeal shampoo formulated for dogs. Make sure to rinse her well in order to avoid leaving a residue that the puppies would come in contact with while nursing.
A: Keep an eye on your dog while she is giving birth. Make sure the mother cleans her puppies right away. Make sure the puppies are nursing. Count the puppies. Don't remove the placentas immediately. Keep the birthing area warm. Take the mother and puppies to the vet for checkups. Keep other dogs away from the mother and puppies. Do not bathe your dog immediately after birth.

Q: Cold water causes your hair to retain more moisture and keeps the cuticle closed, which in turn leads to silkier hair. Be sure to blot your hair dry rather than shaking it or rubbing it with a towel. This will help to avoid hair breakage.
A: Rinse your hair with cold instead of hot water.

Q: A great way to dry out pimples is to use a sea salt face wash. This can work as an overall mask or to treat individual problem areas. Boil some water and then remove from heat. Once it has cooled some, measure three teaspoons of hot water into a bowl and add one teaspoon of sea salt. Stir them together until the sea salt dissolves. Make sure you get sea salt instead of iodized salt. Sea salt is better for the skin. You can make more of this is you want by increasing the amount of water and salt. Once the salt is dissolved, you can apply the mixture to your face. Gently cup the solution in your hand and rub the liquid on your face. Avoid getting the mixture in your eyes because the salt will sting. Leave the mixture on for 10 minutes. Don't leave it on longer than the required 10 minutes because it will dry out your skin too much. If you want, you can also just treat problem areas with the wash instead. Take a Q-tip or cotton ball and soak it in the wash. Apply that directly to the problem pimples to get the same effect. Once the 10 minutes are up, rinse the wash off your face with lukewarm water. Make sure you avoid letting the wash run into your eyes. After it's gone, pat your face dry with a soft cloth towel. After you have washed and dried your face, you need to apply moisturizer to avoid excessive dryness. Make sure it is a non-comedogenic moisturizer, such as Clinique, Olay, Cetaphil, and Neutrogena. Don't overuse this method. One to two times a day is enough to work. If you do it more than that, you could dry out your skin too much, which can cause skin irritation and other skin problems. In addition to the wash, you can also make a sea salt paste for your face. This can be used on problem pimples to help dry them out and heal them faster. For this, use one teaspoon of salt to one teaspoon of hot water. Let the salt dissolve a little in the water and, while it is still kind of thick, apply the mixture with a Q-tip to problem pimples. After about 10 minutes, rinse the mixture off and then apply moisturizer.
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Make the solution. Apply the wash. Rinse your face. Apply moisturizer. Make a sea salt paste.