What if the dog is picky?

It is possible that the dog does not like dog food It is a matter of taste. Maybe the dog food you choose cannot satisfy its picky appetite, but the owner should pay attention to whether there are other symptoms if the dog suddenly stops eating. This may also be a manifestation of physical discomfort.

How often should I change the dog food?

The dog’s stomach needs to digest different foods Different digestive enzymes, if a food is not eaten often, the body will lack this digestive enzyme, and suddenly it will be very difficult to digest this food in large quantities. If the food is changed too frequently, it is easy to appear if it is not well accepted for a while. Gastrointestinal problems.

General pets nutrition experts recommend that the frequency of food changes should not exceed three months.

How to change food:

Add 10% of the new dog on the first day Food, 20% on the second day, and 30% on the third day... Slowly increase the amount of new dog food while reducing the amount of old dog food. It takes about 7-10 days to replace all of them.

In this way, the dog's digestive system can adapt to it, otherwise it is easy to have diarrhea.

Ways to improve dog eating too fast:

1. Use Slow food bowls

There are slow food bowls that are specially designed to control the feeding speed of animals. Different from normal bowls, slow food bowls have uneven designs.

When the dog food is placed in the bowl, the dog must use both mouth and tongue to eat, so that the food can be licked up before eating. .

2. Feeding with educational toys

There are also many cleverly designed educational toys on the market, which make dogs have to bite, throw, Rolling, etc., can slowly remove the food. In this way, dogs have to use their brains while eating.

3. Staged feeding

Before feeding, let the dogs sit for a while to exercise their patience before feeding.

If the dog eats too fast, you can take away their food first, let the dog sit down again, calm down and then feed, repeating for a while, the dog can gradually develop to eat slowly Habits, which are beneficial to the dog's intestines and digestion.

The steps of soaking the dog food:

1. Water temperature: the boiling water Place it until the water temperature is 40-70 degrees;

2. The amount of water: as long as the dog food can just absorb the water, so that the dog food after soaking can just absorb all the water, so there is no need to Pour out the excess water and lose some nutrients;

3. 'Time: soak until the dog food is fully expanded; the solubility of each dog food is different, so the soaking time will be different. Usually warm water around 60 degrees, 20 minutes is enough, at this time the water temperature is about 30 degrees, just enough to feed.

Develop healthy eating patterns:

Some dogs have a real eclipse Not very good-looking, always gobbled up and ate all over the floor. Dogs eating too fast can easily cause stomach bloating and indigestion. Coupled with the fact that a large amount of air enters the stomach through the esophagus when gorging, it may cause stomach cramps. Therefore, pet owners who want their dogs to eat healthier should train them to chew slowly when they eat.