Wet food can be described as a lot of advantages, not only home-made food can ensure fresh nutrition, but also relative to dry food will have higher moisture, for dogs are more healthy.
but if the owner does not feed the dog wet food in the correct way for a long time, it will also eat something wrong! Today, we’ll take a look at the potential issues that can arise from feeding wet food long-term and learn some strategies to address them!
Advantages of wet food
Dogs are carnivores, and the meat in wet food is abundant, which can play a regulatory role for dogs with poor appetite. Similarly, for dogs who do not like to drink water, if the water intake is insufficient, they are prone to various diseases, and the moisture content of wet food is sufficient. Feeding wet food to dogs can help them replenish water and avoid urinary and kidney diseases.
Disadvantages of long-term wet food feeding
1 does not meet the AAFCO (American Feed Management Association) standard of wet food feeding too much, easy to cause the dog nutrition shortage.
2 wet food palatability is better than dry food, long-term feeding is easy to cause the dog picky food, do not eat dry food.
3 Wet food is soft and easy to chew, and the residual stains are easy to adhere to the dog's teeth. If fed for a long time and do not pay attention to the dog's oral cleaning problem, the dog is easy to suffer from oral diseases.
4 Easy to be over-nourished, the dog is a very fat animal. Wet food than dry food contains more protein and fat are easy to make the dog fat.
Warning! Oral cleaning is important.
In theory, dogs should brush their teeth as often as humans do every day. If you can't do it, you should brush your dog's teeth at least once a week. In addition, the usual with mouthwash, teeth snacks, such as the dog's oral health care, the effect is better.
Whether it is to feed the dog wet food or dry food, can not ignore the dog's oral cleaning. If the dog has dental calculus and other oral diseases, please take it to the hospital immediately!
Pay attention to preservation after opening
If the dog cannot eat the wet food at one time after it is opened, the owner should seal it with plastic wrap and put it in the refrigerator to prevent the food from deteriorating. Especially in summer, be sure to seal and store opened wet food properly.
In addition, the owner can keep some health products that promote digestion and adjust intestines and stomach at home, such as probiotics, snack tablets, etc., to deal with the dog's needs from time to time.
