As the New Year is approaching, everyone has been reunited as a family. As the saying goes, every time you gain three pounds during the festive season, you will inevitably overeat during the New Year. For dogs, Chinese New Year is also a good time to enjoy a hearty meal, as the owner may give the dog more meat or bones to eat. But in fact, there are many diets in the New Year’s dinner that are not suitable for dogs. Don’t think that it’s okay to feed them. These wrong diets are likely to threaten the health of dogs.
Feeding dogs bones at risk of intestinal blockage
a lot People are accustomed to feeding dogs after eating bones, but it should be noted that when dogs lived in the wild in the past, they gnawed on raw bones, not cooked bones. Raw bones with minced meat are not easy to get stuck. On the contrary, cooked bones become hard and indigestible, and are easy to get stuck in the esophagus. If swallowed for a long time, they will accumulate in the stomach and cause the danger of obstruction.
Therefore, do not give the bones and skeletons of chickens, geese and ducks to dogs. Due to its small size, a dog may swallow it directly, causing the bone to get stuck in the esophagus. In addition, large bones with joints should not be bitten by dogs, because there are ligaments at the joints, and the teeth are easily embedded in the bones when the hairy child chews, causing the teeth to break.
The reunion dinner dishes are too salty for dogs
Even if you think the reunion dinner is not too salty, for dogs, Possibly very high sodium and salty. In general, one-third of the normal human salt intake is the limit for dogs. It’s not that dogs can’t eat salty food, it’s just that relatively speaking, they eat a lot less than we do. Because dogs consume too much salt, it may cause their kidney disease, heart disease and other diseases. Dogs don’t have sweat glands in their skin, so they can’t expel salt from the body through perspiration like humans do. If they have too much salt in their bodies, they can cause edema or kidney disease. However, restricting your dog’s salt intake too much for a long period of time can also lead to side effects of muscle weakness, so neither too salty nor no salt is the right diet.
Accidentally drunk by a dog, it can be fatal
Beverages and alcohol should be placed at a high place to prevent dogs from stealing them. Be aware that your dog’s ability to metabolize alcohol is extremely poor, and alcohol intoxication may not appear until 30 to 60 minutes later. In addition to irritating the gastrointestinal tract, the acidic products of alcohol metabolized by the liver will accumulate in the body and cause metabolic acidosis, with symptoms such as muscle tremors, hypoglycemia, and hypothermia. In the United States, some dogs have died from respiratory depression after accidentally drinking alcoholic beverages.
Give your dog desserts to be careful of ingesting xylitol by mistake
Nowadays, many sweets, cakes and biscuits are added with artificial sugar substitutes (xylose). alcohol, Xylitol) to increase the sugar content. But xylitol is arsenic for dogs. Xylitol can cause a significant increase in insulin levels in a dog’s blood, resulting in significant hypoglycemia. This condition may appear within half an hour to 18 hours after eating the sugar substitute, and cause the dog to cramp and coma. According to the UK’s Veterinary Poisons Information Service (VPIS), they receive more than 300 calls each year about dogs ingesting xylitol products by mistake, and many fur babies are killed due to delays in treatment.
It is inevitable for everyone to socialize a lot in the New Year, but it is necessary to avoid overeating and gastrointestinal discomfort. At the same time, owners who love dogs at home should also control their diet and salt intake when sharing a hearty meal with their dogs. In this way, you can have a fat year with your family and your dog~
During Chinese New Year, many veterinary hospitals are closed. Take good care of your dog to avoid trouble~
