Dogs also have middle-aged blessing problems! Worried about becoming "grandma-raised"? Veterinarians teach you to test with the naked eye. (Photo/Courtesy of Sisa)
Consumer Centres/General Reporting
Did you know that Wang Xingren also has a crisis of middle-aged happiness? The dog at home is carefree every day, want to eat what you want, has always been like this, it seems that there is no problem, but as you grow older, not only your own fat has become thicker, even the dog at home looks as if it is rounded, more and more like "Grandma's dog", the dog enters the mature age period after about seven or eight years old, metabolism and activity will decline, it is easier to be blessed in middle age, and like people, once the dog becomes fat, the probability of disease finding the door will also increase, entering the mature dog, There are more and more things to pay attention to in life, and how to take into account the caloric intake and consumption of dogs is a topic that every owner must learn well.
If you can't see the dog's ribs from the horizontal and vertical view, it is that it is too fat, and the owner can quickly help the dog lose weight.
According to statistics, 60% of dogs in Taiwan are overweight, has your dog begun to be blessed? Huang Zheyi veterinarian of Zhongshan Animal Hospital taught everyone a method of naked eye detection, if the dog in the home can not see the rib lines, no waist and no abdominal curve, suddenly look like a bucket or gas bucket, it is absolutely too fat! Dogs that have reached the mature age, because the basal metabolic rate and activity are reduced, are prone to accumulate fat, so the calorie intake should also be reduced.
Surveys show that more than half of the owners often feed the dog to eat, and nearly 1/4 of the owners will be because the dog eats "looks happy" and overfeed, but only 20% of the owners will strictly calculate the amount of food they feed the dog; modern people because of busy work, go home only want to rest, not only lack of exercise, hairy children stay at home for a long time has also become a potato, into the mature dog accumulated excess calories can not be consumed, coupled with a long period of overfeeding, resulting in the main cause of pet obesity.
No matter how heavy your baby is, it is a sweet burden for the owner, but it is best not to burden as long as it is sweet.
Many people think that the pet fat at home is very cute, but the so-called "happiness fat" is just human wishful thinking, happiness or happiness must be based on a healthy body, if your dog is like a "moving gas bucket" to smirk at you, it is time to start to help it control its weight! Dogs are overweight, in addition to the appearance of the change, may also make hidden diseases or not serious old diseases worse, resulting in high incidence, such as arthritis, diabetes, fatty liver, cardiovascular diseases, respiratory diseases, etc., and the risk of anesthesia and surgery will increase, not only seriously affect the health of dogs, huge medical costs will also cause a heavy burden on the owner.
Dietary control for mature dogs needs to be more precise, and the all-you-can-eat system is an absolute mother soup.
Huang Zheyi suggested that to prevent dog obesity, the first step is to start from the diet, if the dog at home has been a free-to-eat system, then from today to let the dog and buffer say break, according to the dog's physical condition to calculate the calories they need for a day, snacks are also recommended to be used as a reward, not to let the dogs eat human food, if there is a gluttonous dog at home, the owner will often be soft when he sees their pleading eyes, but human food for dogs is mostly too oily and salty, absolutely mother soup. For the owner often has a "dog can only eat feed seems to be very pitiful" mood, Huang Zheyi said that if you want to be good to your baby, you can use the diet suitable for the dog to make changes, wet food calories are lower than dry food, good palatability, taste changes, dry food with wet food to make the dog taste more changes, but also reduce calorie intake and take into account the deliciousness at the same time.
Owners need to play with their dogs more and increase their activity.
Flexible sports such as walking or swimming can avoid increasing the burden on the dog's knees.
There are mature dogs at home, and it is often necessary to measure the weight to observe the physical condition of the dog.
To eat but also to move, in addition to diet, mature dogs because of reduced mobility, the body is gradually aging, you can walk or swim and other flexible sports, to avoid increasing the knee burden, even at home can also use the dog's favorite toys to interact with it, increase the amount of activity. Dog weight control and humans are not far away, after the above matters are ticked, the last one is to often measure weight, after the dog enters the mature age, if the weight suddenly increases or suddenly decreases, it may be a precursor to the disease, can not be ignored, as a responsible owner, the observation of the baby can not be less.
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