Mistake 1: Bath your dog frequently

Wash your dog more frequently if you notice itching or other problems. Human skin is acidic, while dog skin is alkaline, which is completely different from human skin in structure and texture. Frequent bathing will destroy its natural protective oils and cause a variety of skin diseases.

It is better for dogs to take a bath once every one to two weeks

Mistake 2: Use human body wash to cleanse

The pH levels of human and dog skin are different. Products used by humans can cause dryness, aging and hair loss in dogs. , so be sure to use pet-specific hair shampoo, and it must be a fragrance-free product. Once itching or rash occurs, stop using it immediately.

Mistake 3: Going out without a leash

Going out without a leash is a very dangerous thing in itself. You may get injured in a fight with another dog or get hit by a car. Injuries and runaways are all caused by not keeping a leash on your dog.

For dogs who don’t know their habits very well, if you go out without a leash, you will lose control in an emergency. You neither understand the dog’s thoughts, nor can the dog understand your commands.

So if you want to take your new dog out, even if it is not used to it, you should not take it without a leash. You can train it to adapt to the leash and develop good habits from the beginning.

Mistake 4: Rushing to deworm the dog

Deworming is very important for dogs, both external and internal parasites need to be dewormed. However, deworming the dog when it first arrives at your home will cause the dog to become more uncomfortable, causing the dog to get sick or become afraid of you.

It is recommended that you tolerate internal parasites that are not very serious first. For dogs with external parasites, you should isolate them from people, preferably in a cage.

Wearing a flea collar on your dog will also cause the least fright to the dog. It is not too late to deworm the dog after he has adapted to the new environment, eaten well and slept well.

Mistake 5: Don’t call the dog’s name when reprimanding it

When the dog does something “not allowed”, have you ever called the dog’s name? Swear together, for example: "Dongdong, you bad guy". In this way, it creates a conditioned reflex for the dog. When his name is called, he will definitely be scolded. So, when the dog's name is called again, it will ignore it or even run away.

During the training process, calling the dog's name should be limited to when giving orders or praising the dog. In this way, the dog will think that "name" is something that makes it "happy". When you call it, it will immediately run to you.

Mistake 6: Feeding sweets to dogs

Dogs like to eat sweets, but giving sweets to dogs has a hundred disadvantages and no benefits. The dog's digestive system cannot secrete "catalytic dicarbohydrates" (such as sucrose) and therefore cannot break down and absorb sucrose.

Once a large amount of sucrose or fructose is ingested, the density of the liquid inside and outside the digestive tract will be different, and a hypertonic environment will be formed in the digestive tract, allowing a large amount of body fluids to enter the intestinal cavity, resulting in diarrhea.

Mistake 7: Failure to control food and diet

The biggest fear of family meal preparation is that it will lead to obesity. If you think your dog is too fat, you should feed it less sugary food. For starchy foods, you can make them drink more soup to fill their stomachs.

Meat can be replaced by lean meat with less fat, and milk can also be replaced by skimmed milk. Of course, snacks should never be fed to it.

Mistake 8: Do not distinguish between dog food and cat food

If you have a puppy and a cat at the same time, your dog will fight for the cat's food. Dogs also have dog logic. Cat food is rich in protein because cats have higher protein needs than dogs.

And too much protein intake is not conducive to the growth of dogs. So if you have a cat, feed her beforehand. Saves the dog from grabbing her cat food.

Mistake 9. Food selection taboos

1. Tofu

Avoid tofu or other soy products as a food source for dogs, especially dogs with thick chests such as Great Danes. These foods will stimulate the secretion of mucus and may easily cause stomach swelling and endanger life

2. Milk

We may need a certain food because we want to eat it rather than because our body needs it, such as chocolate. But dogs don’t do that. You need to pay attention to your dog's daily eating habits.

Puppies can secrete an enzyme that helps them digest milk. But adult dogs can only secrete a very small amount of enzyme,it is not enough to help digest milk, so milk can easily cause bloating in dogs.

3. Sweets

A craving for sweets is probably a common problem among dogs and humans, but sweets such as snacks and sugar can easily lead to obesity, and can also lead to insufficient calcium absorption and dental caries, which dogs cannot tolerate. Breaking down sugar yourself is not good for dogs at all.

Especially like an indoor dog that lives with the family all day long, it is easy for the owner to feed it cakes and other things in his free time. For the sake of your dog's health, please don't do this.

4. Bones

Dogs naturally like bones. Chewing bones is the most common cause of broken teeth in dogs.

If you want to feed your dog bones, you'd better teach him how to control those bones first. You need to give him hard bones, shins and joints are good choices. Don't let your dog become a passive dog who only chases bones.

If you need to feed it bones to supplement calcium, beef bones and pig bones are excellent choices. The bones of poultry such as chicken, duck, and goose are small and hard.

It cannot be chewed easily by dog ​​teeth like pig and cow bones, especially small dogs cannot chew them at all. Dogs swallow these bones whole, sometimes piercing the throat or stomach, causing the dog to lose its life.

So when feeding dogs, chickens, ducks, and geese, be sure to remove the bones.

Fish bones are just as dangerous as chicken bones and should not be eaten by dogs. However, if you feed canned fish with dog food because the spines are already crispy, you must be extra careful when feeding other foods to your dog. Because it is easy to create new nutritional imbalances.

5. Onions

Eating too much can easily lead to poisoning. Symptoms include dark brown hematuria and dysentery and vomiting within one or two days after eating, so special attention should be paid. Onions are susceptible to poisoning because they contain an enzyme.

Small amounts of onions may be mixed into beef patties, omelets, stir-fries, and many other foods. When feeding human food to dogs. Carefully check whether the food you feed is mixed with onions, fresh vegetables and fruits. Do not feed too much. Pepper, chili, mustard, mustard seeds, ginger and other seasonings will affect the dog's olfactory sensitivity, so you must not feed it. .