A dog that eats well and lives happily is the climate that owners most want to see. However, people still have some misunderstandings about raising dogs, which is very detrimental to the development of dogs. Let’s take a look, have you fallen into the misunderstanding of raising a pet dog?
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1. Eating fast means you are hungry.
In essence, dogs eat things very quickly regardless of whether they are hungry or not. This is a habit left over from the wild era. In the wilderness, dogs face severe competition pressure for food. They often finish one meal without knowing where the next meal is, so they must finish it quickly before their powerful rivals steal their food. This habit does not change because the dog becomes a pet, so even if your puppy's belly is full, it will not slow down his eating speed. Don't think that it is hungry.
2. Dogs that eat more are prosperous
Many owners believe that giving their dogs food all the time will make their dogs grow prosperous. In fact, this is very wrong. concept. In the puppy stage, excessive food will cause the puppy's skeleton to develop too fast and lead to abnormal skeleton structure. For adult dogs, excessive food and related lack of exercise are the most common causes of obesity. , and obesity will lead to many diseases such as heart disease and diabetes.
3. Feed dogs only meat
Some people think that feeding dogs the best meat can make them grow healthy. It turns out that feeding dogs in this way not only consumes a lot of food, but also causes diarrhea in most dogs, causing indigestion and making it difficult to absorb. In order to obtain energy, puppies need to understand the protein of meat; in fact, all these can be obtained from carbohydrates. In addition, meat is also lacking in vitamins A, D, and E. Under normal circumstances, if a puppy is fed an excessive amount of meat, or is fed only meat (especially from 3 months to 12 months old), there must be defects in the formation of bones, because calcium and meat The phosphorus ratio is out of balance. In other words, there is less calcium and more phosphorus. In addition, feeding only meat can also cause malnutrition in puppies and cause rickets.
4. Feed milk to puppies
Most people think that giving milk to puppies is good for puppies to thrive and grow. They often feed some milk to newly brought home puppies. However, it is not known that puppies should not drink milk. After drinking milk, most dogs will have diarrhea and even gastrointestinal catarrh. becauseThe ingredients of dog milk and cow's milk are completely different. Dog milk contains high protein, high fat and low lactose, while milk contains low protein, low fat and high lactose. The ingredients of the two are very different. If milk is used as feed for puppies and they drink too much, their stomachs will not have enough lactase to digest the appropriate amount of lactose, which will cause diarrhea. When dogs drink some milk after they are 6 months old, they will generally stop having diarrhea.
5. Feed chicken bones to puppies
Many puppies like to eat chicken bones, and owners also think that it is natural for dogs to chew bones, but this view is wrong. Regardless of the size of chicken bones, owners cannot easily feed them to dogs because chicken bones are very hard and cannot be digested by dogs. If chicken bones are broken into pieces, the fragments will be in the shape of edges, which can easily puncture the gastrointestinal mucosa of puppies and cause traumatic gastroenteritis. At the beginning, there may be white stools, and then there will be mucus in the stools. Occasionally, there will be vomiting, and finally bloody stools will appear. At this time, the pet should be sent to the hospital for treatment as soon as possible. Don't let puppies have the opportunity to swallow chicken bones, ribs or fish bones, because they will sink in the throat and then break. If they are not left in the throat, they will slip into the body and pierce the stomach wall and intestinal tract.
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