Dogs are like children, they are picky eaters. Dog picky eating is a headache for every dog ​​owner. If the owner leaves it alone, the dog will become picky as it grows up, and the owner will always worry about the dog's diet. The dog's body is anxious about dog food, so how to correct the puppy's partial eclipse?

[Dogs are picky eaters generally due to the following reasons]:

1. Estrus: Due to the increase in hormone secretion, the dog's appetite will decrease and there will be signs of irritability. This kind of anorexia is relatively easy to solve. As long as you pay attention to hygiene and provide adequate drinking water, you can eat normally after estrus.

2. Parasitic diseases: Dogs suffering from parasites usually suffer from ascariasis, and the other is Fasciola hepatica. Both diseases will cause anorexia in dogs at one stage, but Fasciola hepatica often causes hyperphagia and ascites and other symptoms very quickly. Ascariasis, in addition to anorexia, can also cause chronic weight loss. Of course, there are other parasitic diseases, so I won’t list them all here.

3. Endocrine disorder anorexia: The situation of change of type is more complicated. Symptoms usually occur at the same time and anorexia is only one of them. It is often accompanied by extensive hair loss, pigmentation, nervousness, mental disorder and other symptoms.

4. Anorexia in other diseases: When the dog suffers from other diseases, such as: canine fever, parvovirus, viral enteritis, colds, intestinal dysfunction (intussusception, intussusception, enteritis, peritonitis, etc.), fractures, etc. Anorexia occurs again.

5. Normal anorexia: Dogs sometimes become anorexic when they are in a low mood, or are tired of the taste of a certain food, etc.

[How to correct your dog’s picky eating]

1. Feed at a fixed time. Not only the time for feeding food should be fixed, but the time for eating should also be fixed. Take away the food bowl within 5-10 minutes regardless of whether you have finished eating. Do not leave leftover dog food or empty food bowls there.

In fact, if the dog eats dog food normally, it will not take more than 5 minutes. If you stop eating, you will finish it in 10 minutes. Therefore, when 10 minutes are up, no matter whether there is still uneaten dog food in the basin, put it away decisively. The dog may not understand what is going on at first, but after a few times the dog will know that the food bowl will disappear within a few minutes after the food appears, and he will seize the time to eat.

2. In the process of correcting the picky eating problem, only feed dog food at the specified time and stop all other foods (dog snacks and other supplementary foods).

For healthy dogs, not eating enough for a few days will not affect their development. Most picky dogs will show significant progress on the third day of this process and start eating more normal dog food in about a week. At this time, the owner still needs to be firmIf you insist on not feeding other foods, your dog's appetite will usually improve significantly in about a month.

3. Use a fixed paper cup (mark the height of a meal with a pen) to hold dog food. If the dog has left (5 minutes), subtract the remaining amount next time. The dog eats all the dog food in one go. After two or three days of this amount, increase the amount slightly to ensure that there is still no leftover after adding the amount. Gradually adjust the feeding amount to a reasonable amount (determined according to the age, weight, fatness and thinness of the dog).

4. Dogs cannot tolerate hunger well enough. Starve your dog first and let it stop eating for 24 hours. Drink plenty of water during the fasting period (you can add a small amount of sugar to the water), and your appetite can usually be restored the next day. In order to ensure their strong appetite, they can stop eating one day a week.

5. Strengthen physical exercise and increase the dog’s amount of exercise. Generally, small toy dogs only need to prepare more toys at home, such as dog chews and pull ropes for them to play and exercise. Usually, making them run and jump can satisfy their exercise capacity. However, large dogs must exercise outdoors more often, especially hound dogs. Their ancestors made a living by hunting and are accustomed to strenuous exercise. Let it run at least 5-10 kilometers every day. Walking the dog is a good way. Running with the dog not only exercises the dog, but also exercises yourself; the dog's appetite increases, and your own weight also reduces, killing two birds with one stone!

The corrective method is to force the dog to eat some delicious food, use food to stimulate the dog's sense of taste to arouse appetite, and step up the treatment of respiratory diseases. No matter what the reason is for loss of appetite, you must find ways to constantly change the types of food to avoid eating a single food.

The best prevention method is to avoid feeding dogs a single food for a long time. In addition, when the dog is sick, try not to mix the medicine with the food and give it through intramuscular injection or intravenous drip as much as possible to avoid causing the dog to react to the medicine. reaction to anorexia.