Dog owners are often a headache when it comes to dog picky eaters. If the dog doesn't eat, he will try his best to make some delicious food so that he can eat it quickly for fear that he will be hungry. However, is it really good to do so? The consequence of doing so is that children are often more and more picky about food, less and less like to eat staple food, and feeding has become a big problem. In addition, there are many reasons for picky eating, and we need to suit the remedy one by one.
Reasons for picky eaters
There are many reasons for the loss of appetite in dogs, such as bad mood, tooth change, illness and even weather, which will affect appetite, but these are all accidental factors, but the main reason for picky eaters is that the owner pays too much attention to his diet.
The source of picky food is that the owner is afraid that it will be hungry and is used to giving too much food at one time. Most owners will not take away the food bowl after the pet eats it. The consequence of this is that dogs eat as they want, never worry about not having enough to eat, and their appetite becomes more and more picky.
If the dog does not eat, the owner immediately changes to other food. After the dog is exposed to the new taste, it starts gobbling up again, which will make the pet feel that I can get new things to eat without eating. In this way, the dog fell into a cycle of picky eaters. In the end, the dog did not eat either, which made the owner worried about his head.
Objective reasons
Most of the time, dogs have poor appetite, and they are not necessarily picky about food. They may be sick or have no appetite, so the owner must distinguish the situation clearly.
1 dog food has peculiar smell
Some owners like to fill the bowl with dog food and let the dog eat at will. However, dog food will deteriorate after being placed for too long, resulting in peculiar smell, and dogs with sensitive sense of smell will not like it.
2 Dental change period
Dogs in the tooth changing period, because the gums are itchy and painful and easy to become no appetite, so the owner must carefully observe the dog's various conditions.
3 Estrus
Under the influence of hormones, the dog in estrus will have a decrease in appetite, which does not mean picky eaters.
4 The weather is hot.
Dogs, like humans, can also affect their appetite when the weather is hot, and will restore their appetite when the weather turns cold. This kind of situation is not serious, pay attention to give the dog more water.
5 physical discomfort
When dogs are sick and uncomfortable, they don't like to eat. At this time, the owner should carefully observe the dog's mental condition, with or without diarrhea, vomiting, elevated body temperature and other abnormalities.
How to correct a really picky eater
1 Feed at fixed times, in set locations, and with measured portions.
(1) Feeding dinner for five minutes at a fixed time, and withdrawing immediately if you don't eat.
In the process of correcting picky eaters, it is necessary to be "ruthless". You can't feed the next meal because you are hungry, or replace it with other dog's favorite food. You must make the dog feel hungry and ask to take the initiative to eat dog food. The essence of overcoming picky food is to feed eight points and develop a sense of crisis about food.
2 more exercise, increase appetite
You can take your dog for outdoor exercise before each meal to help consume the dog's physical fitness and promote gastrointestinal digestion and absorption. This is not only good for the dog's body, but also increases its appetite after exercise. Dog food is also more fragrant than usual.
After exercise will produce hunger, so that the dog has a strong willingness to eat, can be used to assist in eating
3 additional trace elements
The lack of trace elements is an easy to ignore the reason for the dog picky food. In the early days of lack of trace elements, dogs may be picky eaters, and when the situation is serious, they develop pica, such as eating dirt, chewing wall skin, or even eating their own poop. Trace elements can be obtained from some marine fish products, and you can also buy convenient pet trace elements from pet shops and install the dosage on the package for feeding.
4 timely replacement of dog food taste
Sometimes, the dog will also feel bored because of eating a kind of dog food for a long time, so the owner can change the food ration taste for the dog from time to time, but remember not to be too frequent, and pay attention to the 7-day food change method during the food change process to ensure the dog to smoothly pass the food change period.
