Dogs are social animals and have similar social structures and intrinsic motivations to humans. They easily regard the owner's family as their companions. But do you understand them when they treat you as a companion? Today I am here to share the little knowledge I know. Let’s get to know our “family” together.

1. Do you know how many hours of sleep your dog needs every day?

A: Under normal circumstances, puppies (under five months old) sleep for 15-18 hours, and adult dogs sleep for 10-12 hours. If the owner is an office worker, the dog's sleep period will increase by 3-4 hours! (dog There is no complicated thinking logic, so it will not feel bored or lonely. It will sleep when it is tired and play when it wants to play, but often its gameplay is to destroy furniture or other items in your home).

2. Do you know the body temperature of an adult dog?

A: Under normal conditions when an adult dog does not exercise, ride in a car, is not nervous, or is not excited, the body temperature should be maintained within a reasonable range of 37.8~38.8. If the above conditions occur, the body temperature will be higher, and the right dog's body temperature will be even higher than that of an adult dog. Dog is about 0.5 degrees.

3. How many years is the average lifespan of a dog?

A: This has something to do with the owner’s feeding method and the dog’s daily routine!

Generally speaking, scientific feeding is 12-15 years old for large dogs, and 15-18 years old is normal for small dogs (under 12KG, I call them small dogs).

4. Do you know how many teeth an adult dog has?

A: There are 42 teeth in total, including upper and lower incisors, canines, and molars.

5. Do you know how many toes there are on the front and back feet of your dog?

A Normally, the front paws have one leg with five toes and the hind legs have four toes. However, due to genetic evolution problems, some dogs will have recessive "wolf toes" at the ankle joints, so you need to pay attention when trimming your nails! If If the owner does not like the existence of wolf toes, they can be surgically removed without affecting the dog's physiological functions.

6. Why is my dog’s nose always wet?

A: Dogs with normal body functions need a sensitive sense of smell, and frequent licking of the nose with the tongue allows the dog to increase its exposure to the air sensitivity and increase the sensitivity of the sense of smell!

A sick dog is short of water because its internal organs are inflamed, which affects saliva secretion. Therefore, even if the dog licks its nose, there is no saliva, so it is useless.There is no way to make the nose look moist, SO! When you find that the nose of your dog is dry during normal activities, owners must pay attention to whether their dog is feeling unwell!

When the dog is going to sleep or has just woken up, the dog will not deliberately use the olfactory function because the organs need to take turns to rest. Therefore, the dog's nose will appear dry during these two times. Owners should make a clear distinction and do not worry. !

7. Do you think dogs can distinguish colors?

A: There is no system for distinguishing color differences in the dog's nerves. There is no way to distinguish colors. In the dog's world, it is all about grayscale color discrimination, and the definition of color can only be said to be the difference in "brightness". !

8. How many meals is the most suitable for an adult dog to eat every day?

A: Two meals! Many owners think that adult dogs only need one meal. This is wrong!

A balanced intake of food nutrients is an important step in reducing the burden on the dog's digestive function. Try to eat all the food for the day in one night, and then don't eat the next day. I will congratulate you on having stomach problems in a month!

9. Can your dog eat home-cooked meals every day like you?

A: All feeding methods depend on the owner’s concept! Let’s not talk about whether the oil and salt content in home-cooked meals eaten by people is bad for dogs. Simply talking about the nutritional balance of food intake is not comprehensive! Therefore, for the health of dogs, owners Scientific feeding methods should be adopted.

10. Do you think high-quality dog ​​food is nutritionally balanced, safe and convenient?

A: Feeding dog food is more convenient and practical. Because we cannot be nutritionists and we cannot know the various nutrients that dogs should consume on average, so it is good to give dogs high-quality dog ​​food. Choose! It can better take into account the nutritional balance of dogs.

11. Can dogs directly absorb the nutrients in fresh fruits and vegetables?

A: Due to different physiological structures, dogs can absorb the nutrients and vitamins contained in most fruits and vegetables but cannot metabolize them! Therefore, long-term consumption of fruits and vegetables will cause excessive accumulation of vitamins and cause vitamin poisoning (it depends on the dog's condition). Physique, but owners should not think that it is okay to eat now, this does not mean that it will be okay in the future).

12. When choosing food, do dogs rely more on smell, taste or vision?

A: Dogs distinguish food by relying on their sense of smell to distinguish the protein content in the food (for what humans call "scent", dogsIt is meaningless in the dog's sense of smell), so if the dog's olfactory tract protein is not fully digested, it will still think that it is a BB but food!