Three measures to prevent lipoma in dogs
1, give the dog a healthy diet
A high-quality diet for dogs is the key to health. When feeding, the owner should try not to give the dog toxic food that the body cannot handle, such as pure chocolate. If the dog's kidney and liver can't work normally, lipoma may be formed on the dog's skin surface due to toxins accumulated in poor diet.
In addition to the daily diet, it is also necessary to ensure that the dog has enough fresh and clean water every day to help the dog's kidneys and liver maintain healthy operation. In addition, some nutrients, such as lean protein, fruits and vegetables, can be added to the dog's diet to gain antioxidant capacity and improve the dog's resistance. Generally speaking, eat less carbohydrates and eat more dog food with low fat, high fiber and high protein.
2. Avoid letting dogs ingest toxins.
Like a healthy diet, we also need to avoid dogs from ingesting toxic products, such as toothpaste, shampoo, household cleaners, pesticides, herbicides, fertilizers and anything toxic to dogs.
Because if dogs' bodies can't naturally digest and eliminate toxins, their risk of lipoma will be much higher, so it's best not to give dogs toxic things. Many times, it may not be that we give these things to dogs on our own initiative, but that dogs are greedy, so we should guide them not to eat. How can we guide it? First of all, put away these items that are toxic to dogs and don't let dogs touch them at will. Secondly, if you find the dog near any harmful substances or want to eat, you should stop it in time and drive it away so that it can't eat. Third, dogs should be trained to refuse to eat at ordinary times, so that dogs don't eat outside things. Because we can't judge whether something outside is poisonous or not, what we can control is our dog, so the dog should do a good job of refusing food in advance.
If a dog eats these toxins and accumulates them in the body, so that its body can't get rid of these wastes, the harder it is for its liver and kidneys to work, and the more likely it is to get lipoma.
3. Keep the dog at a healthy weight
"Hold your legs tight and open your legs!" Our health rules are very useful in the human world and the dog world. If the dog keeps a healthy weight, the possibility of developing lipoma will be greatly reduced. If he eats too much at every meal but doesn't exercise, the possibility of lipoma in dogs will be greatly improved. We keep the dog's healthy weight through diet and exercise, and its body will be able to remove these toxins faster before subcutaneous lipoma forms, and the toxins can also be released through exercise. If you want to help your dog lose weight, it is good to take it to exercise, and it can also reduce the risk of other diseases such as diabetes.
What should dogs do if they get lipoma?
If the lipoma is benign and the growth position will not affect the normal life of the dog, it can actually be removed in no hurry. But if the dog has lipoma and it still hurts, the doctor will usually do surgery to remove it.
In fact, the operation is not cheap, and the operation process will also make the dog feel painful and uncomfortable. Therefore, if we can keep the dog's healthy weight and exercise through a healthy diet, we will try our best to prevent the dog from getting lipoma. After all, compared with surgery, it can be much simpler and worry-free.