Dogs are pack animals, and they have similar social structures and intrinsic motivations to humans. They easily regard the owner's family as their companions. But do you know them when they treat you as a companion? Today, I am here to share the little knowledge I know. Let's get to know our family together.

1. Do you know how many hours of sleep your dog needs every day?

A: Under normal circumstances, puppies ( Five months or less) is 15-18 hours, adult dogs are 10-12 hours, if the owner is an office worker, the dog's sleep period will increase by 3-4 hours! (Dogs have no complex thinking logic, so it It will not feel bored and lonely, it will sleep when it is tired and play when it wants to play, but often its gameplay is to destroy furniture or other items in your home).

2. Do you know the body temperature of an adult dog?

A: It is normal for an adult dog not to exercise, not to ride in a car, not to be nervous or excited , the body temperature is maintained at 37.8 ~ 38.8 is still a reasonable range, if there are the above situations, the body temperature will be high, and the body temperature of the right dog will be about 0.5 degrees higher than that of the adult dog.

3. What is the average life expectancy of a dog?

A: This is related to the feeding method of the owner and the daily routine of the dog !

Generally speaking, scientific feeding is 12-15 years old for large dogs, and 15- 18 is normal.

4. Do you know how many teeth an adult dog has?

A: There are 42 teeth in total, including upper and lower incisors, canines, and molars.

5. Do you know how many toes there are on the front and back of your dog?

A normal fore paws are single leg and five toes hind legs It is four toes, but due to genetic evolution problems, more or less dogs will have recessive wolf toes at the ankle joint, so you need to pay attention when trimming your nails! If the owner does not like the existence of wolf toes, surgery can be used Removal will not affect the physiological function of the dog.

6. Why is the dog's nose always wet?

A: Dogs with normal physical functions need a keen sense of smell, and use their tongues Often licking the nose will increase the dog's contact with the air sensitivity and increase the sensitivity of the sense of smell!

The sick dog is dehydrated due to inflammation of the internal organs, which affects the secretion of saliva. Therefore, even if the dog licks the nose because There is no saliva, so it is impossible to make the nose look moist, SO! When the nose is found to be dry when the dog is moving normally, the owner must pay attention to whether the dog is not feeling well!

When the dog is going to sleep or Just woke up, because the organs need to take turns to rest, so the dog will not deliberately use the smell function, so the dog's nose stealing during these two times will appear relatively dry, please don't worry after distinguishing it clearly!

A: There is no system for distinguishing color differences in the nerves of dogs, and there is no way to distinguish colors. The dog's world is full of gray-scale color discrimination, and the definition of color can only be said to be bright degree of color gradation!

8. How many meals are most suitable for adult dogs to eat each day?

A: Two meals! Many owners think that only one meal for adults is wrong!

A balanced intake of food and nutrition can reduce the digestion of dogs Functional burden is a very important part. You try to eat all the meals of the day in one night, and then stop eating the next day. After a month, I will congratulate you on having stomach problems!

9. Love Can dogs eat home-cooked meals every day like you?

A: All feeding methods depend on the owner's concept! Let's not talk about whether the oil and salt content in the home-cooked meals that people eat is harmful to dogs. Well, just saying that the food intake is nutritionally balanced is not comprehensive! Therefore, for the health of the dog, the owner should adopt a scientific feeding method.

10. Do you think high-quality dog food is nutritionally balanced, safe and convenient food?

A: Feeding dog food It is more convenient and practical, because we cannot be nutritionists and we cannot grasp the various nutrients that dogs should consume on average, so it is a good choice to give dogs high-quality dog food! It is more considerate Nutritional balance for dogs.

11. Can dogs directly absorb the nutrients in fresh fruits and vegetables?

A: Because of different physiological structures, dogs are very sensitive to large animals. The nutrients and vitamins contained in some fruits and vegetables can be absorbed but cannot be metabolized! Therefore, long-term consumption of fruits and vegetables will cause excessive accumulation of vitamins and cause vitamin poisoning (this depends on the dog's physique, but the owner should not think that it is okay to eat now, this is It doesn't mean it will be fine in the future).

12. When choosing food, do dogs rely more on smell, taste or vision?

A: Dogs distinguish food by smell It depends on the protein content in the dog (the so-called scent is meaningless to the dog's sense of smell), so if the dog's olfactory tract protein is not fully digested, it will also think that the part is BB but not the dog's BB. Food!