Causes of dog obesity
Is your dog fat? You may find your dog chubby and cute, but it's time to lose weight. There are many reasons why dogs are obese. Let's take a look at some common causes of dog obesity and see what causes your dog to get fat.
Fat reason 1: Hey, wrong choice!
Some dog owners often buy puppy feed for adult dogs so that they can eat more nutrients and maintain their hair and skin. This is a wrong idea! Because the dog's metabolic rate will change with the increase of age, therefore, the dog's food choice should be particularly cautious, and different feeds should be given at different times to achieve healthy standards.
Reason 2: Too much food makes it hard for dogs not to be fat!
Many people will worry about how to deal with the dog's feed. Most people use "visual inspection" or "feeling" to measure. Because they are not sure, they usually prefer to give more and try not to let the dog starve. As a result, dogs often overeat and soon begin to gain weight. In fact, the calculation of the dog's food share can vary according to the dog's weight, size, age and breed. Usually, the packaging of feed bags will be marked with "recommended dosage" or "calculation method". As long as the owner follows the instructions on the packaging bag, there should be no problem.
For example, the puppy weighs 3 kilograms, and the amount of food marked on the feed packaging bag is 120 grams. Then, eating two meals every morning and evening is to divide120g feed into 60g for each meal, so that dogs will not overeat. Controlling the dog's food intake must be "accurate". When necessary, first weigh it with the scale that makes cakes at home, or borrow other measuring tools to feed it with the most accurate amount, so as to feed it healthily.
Reason 3: Snack temptation, you must be fat!
In addition to the wrong food choice and overeating, there is another big reason for dog obesity, that is, we can't "reward" dogs with snacks or snacks except normal feed.
It often happens that when you are eating, the dog squats and waits, looking at you stupidly, as if not eating a little is unkind and sorry to him. When a dog looks at you with hopeful eyes, it is hard for ordinary people to refuse not to bite him. But we know that if the calories of these snacks accumulate for a long time, such as eating cookies or desserts, convenient feeding will become a source of calories that cannot be ignored over time, which will make dogs fat. Therefore, the supply of snacks should be "purposeful". If the dog does something right or behaves well, we will reward 1 or two biscuits or small pieces of meat as encouragement instead of eating with him or giving him as much as we want.
As for the fruits that people often eat, although they can be given to dogs, the amount needs to be grasped, because the sugar in fruits is quite high, and small pieces of 1 and 2 can be used, but not too much. Some people will feed their own food to dogs, which is especially common in "old-fashioned" dogs, but the calorie of human food is not easy to calculate, so when feeding, too many calories can easily lead to obesity of dogs.
Reason four: ligation, changing metabolism, gaining weight!
In addition to feeding deviation, dogs are also prone to obesity after some operations. The most common operation is ligation, in which the male dog will remove the testicles and the female dog will remove the uterus and ovaries. Therefore, dogs will obviously lack testosterone and ovarian hormones after surgery. The lack of these two hormones will obviously affect the metabolism of dogs, leading to the beginning of obesity after ligation. Therefore, for dogs that have undergone ligation, you should be very careful in your diet and calculate it very accurately. Otherwise, as long as it gets out of control a little, the dog will be so fat that you hardly know it.