Choosing snacks for dogs is not as simple as many shoveling officials think. Snacks have many other practical functions for dogs besides satisfying TA's appetite. If you want to know more about the shovel, please take out your paper and pen and learn from Dr. E!
The role of snacks
So what is the role of snacks? E Dr. here specially sorted out the common functions of dog snacks, take a look at it.
1 Provide daily pastime
Many dogs stay at home alone during the day, which is very boring. Some resistant, fun snacks can help TA to pass the leisure time.
2 molar cleaning
Dogs during the tooth change period are so destructive that they were torn down by TA's if they were not careful! However, preparing some bite-resistant molar snacks for dogs during the tooth replacement period can solve this problem perfectly. In addition, some molars snacks also have the function of cleaning teeth. Dogs can clean TA's teeth by the way when eating.
3 Auxiliary training
When training dogs or correcting bad habits of dogs, reprimand and punishment will only make dogs feel disgusted and fail to achieve the training effect. If the shoveling officer uses the dog's favorite snacks to guide the TA to do the right thing, the dog can connect the correct behavior with the reward and achieve a better training effect!
4 Other functions
In addition, there are snacks on the market that include extra meals, calcium supplements, hair beauty and other functions. The shoveling officer can choose according to the needs of his own dog.
Classification and selection of snacks
There are so many kinds of snacks for dogs that they are accidentally picked out. Don't worry, after reading the table summarized by Dr. E, you will know how to choose!
Feeding snacks instructions
Feeding snacks to dogs should not be allowed at will. The following precautions need to be taken by shoveling officials:
1 Do not feed too much.
Snacks are not a regular meal. How easy it is to cause dogs to be picky about food, and it may also lead to indigestion of dogs. Therefore, when feeding snacks, one must pay attention to the amount of food.
2 Do not feed.
Remember that nothing is paid, and snacks are best used only for dog rewards and training. The shoveling officer usually does not feed the dog snacks at will, otherwise the dog will not be interested in the snacks rewarded by the training.
3 teeth cleaning should pay attention
Canned, meat snacks soft texture, very easy to residue in the dog's teeth, which will not only cause bad breath, but also may cause dog periodontal disease. Therefore, if the shoveling officer feeds the dog a soft snack, he should pay more attention to TA's tooth cleaning!
Dogs in these conditions are not suitable for feeding snacks
Although snacks are good, they are not suitable for all dogs. Dogs with the following conditions are not suitable for feeding snacks:
Dogs under 13 months of age
Puppies under 3 months of age have very fragile intestines and stomach. Snacks will increase the burden on TA's intestines and stomach and cause indigestion. At this time, if the dog needs to grind his teeth, the shoveling officer had better choose molar toys for TA.
Two sick dogs.
Snacks are less digestible than dog food, and sick dogs will suffer from poor gastrointestinal function, so it is not advisable to feed snacks. If the dog has a loss of appetite after illness, the shoveling officer can choose wet food to help TA restore appetite.
3 Picky Eating Dogs
Dogs eat too many snacks can easily lead to picky eaters. If dogs already have picky eaters, stop feeding snacks.
