Be sure to control your mouth
Many owners still underestimate the damage they can bring to dogs. In most people's eyes, obesity, that is, the appearance does not look very good, has a certain impact on action. But the real harm caused by obesity is much larger than we think. It even affects the life of the dog.
What are the factors that cause dogs to get fat
A study in Australia found that only 3%of dogs were fat because they were sick, such as thyroid dysfunction. Other 97%of dogs overweight are caused by incorrect breeding of owners. All in all, the reason why dogs get fat is because the owner usually feeds too much food, and it does not allow the dog to do an appropriate amount of exercise to consume excess energy. In the long run, obesity will be formed, and the dog's body will be affected to some extent.
If the dog's weight is too large, the cartilage of its legs is more likely to wear and tear, which eventually leads to arthritis, and it hurts as soon as it walks. Then the dog will be more unwilling to walk because of pain. In this way, it will not be able to consume excess heat. Therefore, a vicious circle will occur, and the obesity problem of dogs will not be improved.
In addition, obese dogs have become more and more common. Once dogs have such diseases, they are quite uncomfortable for their lives. If the same is not controlled by the disease, the body will become worse and worse, and its life span will naturally be affected.
A reasonable arrangement of exercise is necessary
How to deal with:
If you worry about the dog's overweight, take it to see a doctor, do an individual examination, and eliminate the health cause of its waistline. If it is fine, it will start to lose weight. The most important thing to lose weight is to control the intake of food for dogs, while increasing the calories consumed by dogs every day. Although it looks easy, it is still difficult to actually operate.
To reduce the calories of dog intake, the first thing to do is to eliminate snacks that are usually fed. To lose weight, it is necessary to control the dog's mouth. As for dinner, we can choose:
1. You can minimize the food feeding to it, or let it eat low -calorie dog food. Low -calorie dog food is good. It can help our dogs lose weight without making it hungry. Of course, don't open it. No matter how low the calories, it will increase if you eat too much weight.
2. Next, make sure that the dog has a lot of exercise every day and consumes more calories. One thing needs special attention, because the dog's weight burden is too large, and too much walking will hurt its joints. Before it lose some weight, a better way is to take it to swim so that its joints will not be oppressed. If you have a swimming pool, you can let it swim in the swimming pool, or you can take it to nearby beaches or lakes. It should also be noted that weight loss needs to be progressing step by step, don't be too fast. At the beginning, do not increase the amount of dog exercise excessively. At the beginning, the amount of exercise was not particularly large, and then the amount of exercise gradually increased over time, and finally fixed. Do not excessively exceed the amount of normal exercise, otherwise it will be counterproductive and will cause damage to the dog's body.