There are a lot of things that dogs can't eat, so do you know that Bian Mu can't eat chicken liver for a long time?

Chicken liver mainly contains protein, fat, carbohydrates, vitamin A, vitamin D, phosphorus and other ingredients, with high nutritional value, good palatability, and good Unique fishy smell, loved by bordersheepdogs. However, if the border collie eats liver for a long time, and only eats liver, there will be some diseases.

1. Obesity - Because chicken livers are rich in fat and carbohydrates, excess energy in border collies that eat liver for a long time will cause obesity, and border collies who are too fat will increase diabetes, pancreatitis, heart disease Incidence of vascular disease.

2. Itchy skin - there are many growth-promoting agents in chicken feed, and most of these chemicals are metabolized by the liver, so eating chicken liver for a long time will cause food allergies or chronic accumulation poisoning in border collies, which is easy to cause skin disease.

3. Vitamin A poisoning - chicken liver contains a lot of vitamin A. If chicken liver is mixed with carrots, the dog's vitamin A will be excessive, and it will cause vitamin A accumulation poisoning if it cannot be discharged in time. Causes pain, lameness, and tooth loss in Border Collies.

4. Calcium deficiency - Because the liver contains high phosphorus and low calcium, and phosphorus has an inhibitory effect on the absorption of calcium, long-term eating of liver will lead to the lack of calcium in the body of border collies, resulting in border collies. Rickets in juvenile dogs or rickets in adult dogs.

5. Bleeding - the body's coagulation requires the participation of calcium. If the border collie eats liver for a long time and causes calcium deficiency, it will cause coagulation dysfunction, and chronic bleeding or acute bleeding is not easy to stop bleeding.

6. Postpartum convulsions - dogs that eat liver for a long time will lose a lot of calcium due to breastfeeding after childbirth, and the border collie itself has very little calcium reserves, so it is easy to have low blood calcium, manifested as Panting, salivation, convulsions, rigid limbs. If not treated in time, it may cause death.

Although there are various disadvantages of border collie eating liver for a long time, it does not mean that chicken liver should never be eaten. Chicken liver is a good tonic for dogs in certain situations: First, border collies, who are prone to colds and diarrhea, can take advantage of the high vitamin A content of chicken liver to maintain the integrity of the respiratory and digestive tract epithelial cells, to Enhance body resistance. Second, for border shepherds who have poor appetite or are seriously ill and have no appetite, the good palatability of chicken liver can be used to stimulate appetite and gradually restore the function of the digestive tract. Third, for border collies with poor nutrition or lean constitution, the high protein content of chicken liver can allow them to increase nutrition and strengthen their physique.

There is an old saying in China called too much too much, which means that if there is too much of one thing, it will become very bad, just as there is not enough of this thing. If we feed the border collie normally, give it a variety of food, balanced nutrition, and occasionally feed it some chicken liver, this is also a good choice, there will be no problem, but if you always feed the dog to eat Chicken liver and foie gras, in the long run, will definitely break the health balance of the border collie, and will damage the health of the border collie!

The living habits of each animal are different. The temperament and temperament of breeds are also different. Every dog has its own preferences. Every border collie has slightly different diets and care. There are bound to be similarities. The following are some issues that we should pay attention to when raising border collies.