Puppies and elderly dogs have weak physical resistance. If winter comes again, they will be more likely to get sick and even die. Therefore, parents must take more careful care of puppies and senior dogs in winter to help them survive this severe winter successfully and healthily!
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1. Protection from cold and warmth
Puppies are not cold-tolerant, and low temperatures can easily cause them to freeze to death. For older dogs that are becoming increasingly frail, comfort is even more important. As long as the temperature drops suddenly, especially in the cold winter and at night, elderly dogs will be particularly sensitive and even tremble with the cold. Therefore, the key for puppies and elderly dogs in winter is to protect themselves from cold and heat. The specific method is as follows:
In winter, puppies should generally be equipped with a dog bed, which should be padded with felt, soft grass, etc., and should be changed and dried frequently to keep it dry. Elderly dogs can put a hot water bottle in the kennel. Of course, the premise of this is that your dog has no history of destroying things easily.
Giving puppies sunshine can not only help them keep warm, but the ultraviolet rays in the sun also have a sterilizing effect, and can also absorb calcium, which is beneficial to their bones. growth and development to prevent the outbreak of rickets in puppies. Therefore, when the weather is sunny and warm, puppies should be allowed to bask in the sun more to strengthen their circulation, enhance their physical fitness, and improve their disease resistance. There are many uses for aging dogs to bask in the sun.
It is best to use pure cotton quality dog clothes in winter to reduce the outbreak of static electricity; when taking your dog for a walk, you should wear a warm coat and shorten the walking time, and try not to let it be exposed to the cold wind. The erosion of bitter rain, if the weather is really bad, simply give up and lose pace. After walking home, quickly help the dog take off his clothes to reduce the efficiency of temperature difference.
2. Diet arrangement:
1. Puppy diet: 1 week after weaning of puppies, the feed formula remains Similar to supplementing food during lactation, it should be gradually passed over. About 2 weeks after weaning, it can be changed to puppy food.
A safe living system can promote the growth and development of puppies and reduce the occurrence of diseases. Puppies' feed should be refined, fed regularly and quantitatively, with small meals and frequent meals, and only 7 to 70 grams per meal, in order to maintain the puppies' strong appetite and digestion ability. < p >Under this circumstance, the owner should pay attention to both deliciousness and nutrition when preparing dog food, and must not give the young pet the opportunity to live in old age because of his picky eating.
It is particularly necessary to absorb rich nutrients, especially protein and calcium. You can add some meat, fish, eggs, vegetables, etc. to their recipes, and pay attention to vitamin A. and calcium compensation. It is not advisable to add more salt, fat and bone ingredients to food. Because metabolism is slower in winter, it is best to feed more easily digestible foods.
In terms of feeding methods, you can adopt a small meal system to reduce the gastrointestinal burden of elderly dogs and ensure adequate absorption of nutrients. Of course, don’t forget to let your baby have access to clean drinking water at any time.
3. Deworming and disease prevention
Winter is the season when canine infectious diseases occur frequently, especially canine distemper and canine parvovirus that harm dogs. Diseases are easy to occur. In order to avoid the occurrence and spread of these diseases, deworming and disinfection of food troughs, tools, kennels and the environment should be carried out to completely eliminate the source of the disease, cut off the transmission routes, and enhance the dog's body's resistance.
Puppy deworming is generally carried out between 20 and 25 days of age, and has been carried out once a month since then. The dog feces and worms after deworming should be collected and fermented to avoid contamination and contamination of other dogs. Elderly dogs also need to be dewormed regularly, usually once every three months.
In winter, we should also be careful that elderly dogs with low immunity are infected with diseases or colds. Once they get infected, it is difficult to cure quickly, so the better way is to reduce the number of dogs with other dogs. Dog intercourse involves going outside to unblock.
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