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More than one beloved friend is asking me:

Youmi, why is my dog’s coat getting lighter and lighter?!

Is there any way to change it back?

There are so many reasons for the lightening of coat color, so today we will sort out the reasons and improvement methods.

It is recommended that you use the elimination method to find out the reason why your dog’s coat color has become lighter, and prescribe the right medicine~

(Yesterday many friends asked why Huigui was black when he was a child? There are answers inside~)

1. Dietary problems

Even though dog food has become common, there are still many parents who give high-salt human food as snacks or supplementary food to their dogs because their dogs are picky eaters, causing their dogs' hair to discolor. Nowadays, there are many special canned dog food and wet dog food to choose from in China. On the other hand, the nutritional content of each type of dog food is also different. It is obviously unrealistic to want to eat 5 yuan dog food to get the coat color effect of 30 yuan dog food. In this world, there are always more people selling things than buying things. of shrewdness.

Improvement method: Stop feeding food with high salt content, change to dog food containing fish oil, or feed fish oil, seaweed powder, lecithin, cheese and other health products separately. You don’t have to choose all of them. The effect of 1-2 will be obvious. (Gray VIPs may turn black after eating seaweed powder, so use with caution~)

2. Insufficient sunshine

Since many dogs are kept as family pets, people can only take their dogs out for a walk in the evening when they have no time to go to work in the morning. In the long run, dogs cannot fully absorb ultraviolet rays. Not only will their coat color become lighter, but the color of many dogs' noses will also gradually begin to become lighter.

Improvement method: If you can take the dog out for a walk in the morning before going to work, it would be best. If not, taking the dog out every weekend to participate in some group outings is also a very good choice. The dog can be fully exposed to the sun Taiyang, the owner can also communicate more with other dog friends~

3. Improper care

There are two main aspects of improper washing and care. On the one hand, some owners use non-pet-specific shower gel to bathe their dogs. I have encountered people who use human shampoo. Yesterday, a friend actually said that someone online suggested using dilute laundry disinfectant to bathe dogs to repel insects. , I was so drunk! Not to mention that the PH value of dogs’ skin is different from that of humans, even if there are fleas on the human head, they would not use laundry disinfectant to wash their hair! On the other hand, many people believe that shaving lanugo is better. , and think that shaving lanugo hair is easy or even do it yourself, but they don’t know that improper shaving can easily damage the hair follicles and cause abnormal hair to grow. The color of abnormal hair is usually different from the color of the dog’s original hair, which may be darker or lighter, or even grow out. White hard hair, which often looks like the dog's coat color has become lighter.

changeGood tips: Use dog-specific bath soap to bathe your dog. Don’t shave easily. The hair needs to be well styled. It is recommended to trim your dog’s hair once a month before the age of 1 and a half. The effect is similar to trimming the split ends of hair for humans.

4. Overbreeding

Female dogs consume a lot of nutrients every time they give birth, so their coat color will be very light during lactation. Male dogs will also have symptoms of lightening of their coat color if they mate frequently, especially breeds such as gray poodles that already have the fading gene.

Improvement method: Reduce the number of births and try not to give birth to dogs. If the female dog's coat color becomes lighter during lactation or after frequent mating, timely supplement with fish oil, seaweed powder, lecithin, cheese and other health products.

5. Genetic issues

Yesterday, many friends asked why my Domi was black when he was a child, but turned gray when he grew up? Because gray VIPs are black VIPs with fading genes. Because gray Poodles are now very popular and the price is much higher than other colors of Poodles, some breeders mate female dogs of any color with gray male dogs, so this is why champagne and cream Poodles are now available. One of the reasons for the increasing number - they all have coat colors due to carrying the fading gene.

Improvement methods: Using the health products mentioned above can keep the hair shiny, but genetic problems are difficult to change, so there are almost no improvement methods. This is why it is important to meet the parents before choosing a dog.

6. Aging problem

As people age, so do dogs; as people age, their hair will grow gray, and as dogs age, their hair will become lighter and lighter.

How to improve: Be nice to your dog and don’t ask for too much. He's been with you for a long time, now it's time for him to enjoy his life.

This article is originally written by PetU.

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Hi, I am Youmi

I am a dog owner

Also a half-assed beautician who once worked undercover in a pet shop

Now I am working as a foster care worker at home, picking up shit and talking nonsense

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It is to let dog parents and dog parents learn to feed scientifically, so that dogs can better integrate into our lives

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