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What is a stress response?

Stress response refers to the adaptive response of the body to various internal and external stimuli, which is a systemic adaptive response. The stress response of dogs has both advantages and disadvantages. Simply speaking, stress can be understood as pressure or stimulation. However, after the stress reaction, if the dog can not adapt to the stimulation and the new environment, it may produce physical or psychological abnormalities, and may even induce diseases, which can cause sudden death in serious cases. But stress is normal. All animals have stress.

If you bring a new dog back to your home, you must pay attention to the fact that the whole environment in which it lives has changed, and there will inevitably be some stress reactions, which will lead to the decrease of its immunity, so some dogs may have symptoms such as elevated body temperature, constipation, loss of appetite, trembling, hiding in the corner and so on. Seriously, it can lead to mental mania, depression, sudden death and so on.

Your dog's stress reaction experience:

What happened: I bought the Ferrari in the kennel. The seller had said that they would drive it by themselves, but something happened on the way, which led to the Ferrari being consigned. From Heze, Shandong Province, to Ningbo South Railway Station, the bus took nearly 14 hours to reach me. At that time, it was locked in a cage, and it was estimated that no one was feeding it on the way. Because there was no water or food in the bowl of the cage when it came to my hand (it was Ferrari's poop).

I was driving home. I didn't let it out on the way because it was shaking badly (in fact, it was a kind of stress reaction). When I got home, I found a box around it because it would give it a sense of security. He would need something to lean on, and then I put food and water in the dog bowl, but he didn't eat, and he was shivering in a corner, and when I decided that he had a stress reaction, it was stress caused by the new environment.

Action: I did not touch him because I was sure that it was a stress reaction caused by the new environment. Then I observed him not far from him. I must be careful not to play or cuddle the dog frequently. I should let him get familiar with and get used to the new environment first. After a while I watched him start poking around, and then I started softly soothing him and talking to him, slowly giving him a sense of security.

What causes a stress reaction?

If the pet owner's feeding to the dog is not reasonable, when the dog's stomach is weak, some pet owners frequently change it to different dog food, which will make the dog appear stress reaction because it can not adapt to the new food.

How to deal with stress reaction

Owners should stop changing food, soak the dog food in warm water, or give the dog some liquid food, such as minced meat porridge, noodles and other digestible food. And feed the dog a proper amount of Wangxiang probiotics, and it will be all right after a few days of observation.

We should try our best to minimize the change of the environment.

A. You can bring some used objects or toys from the place where the puppy used to live, so that he can have familiar things around him. B. Try to keep the food consistent with what it has eaten before, so as to reduce the gastrointestinal discomfort caused by stress reaction.

C. Don't rush to bathe puppy who comes to the new home, because its immunity is reduced at this time, and it is easy to get sick.

D. Do not play or cuddle the puppy frequently, but let it get familiar with and get used to the new environment first, so as to avoid overwork and aggravate stress. E.

Feed some special nutrients for alleviating stress reaction, whose main ingredients are electrolytes, trace elements, immunopotentiators and vitamins, which can regulate metabolic imbalance and electrolyte disorders caused by stress reaction.

F. If you want to take the dog out, pay special attention to the puppy who is going out for the first time, and remember to bring his daily necessities. The stress regulator can be fed half a day before the trip, and can be fed on the way and after arriving at the destination. Before leaving, we should feed less or try not to feed food, and after arriving at the destination, we should not feed too much.

G. Talk to the dog. We should reduce the stimulation of external factors, preferably without changing the environment at that time. Observe whether the dog has abnormal reaction. Touch it and talk to it, but never leave it behind.

H. Make the dog feel more secure in the new environment. (In fact, the cage can give the dog a great sense of security, but you have to keep the door of the cage open.)

I. When you find that the dog has signs of stress reaction, do not move it and reduce the intake of food and water.

J. If pathological changes are found, they need to be sent to the hospital immediately, and it is better to let the veterinarian provide door-to-door service, so as to reduce the harm to the dog caused by going out. Therefore, it is suggested that before raising a dog, the surrounding environment should be prepared and checked on the spot to see if there is a pet hospital.

How to prevent stress reactions:

Prevent harmful stress and prevent the temperature of the external environment from being hot and cold. Do not suddenly bring a dog from the hot outdoors into the air-conditioned room, nor suddenly take it out of the air-conditioned room, so that the stress reaction will cause the dog's physical discomfort, every day with the dog should pay attention not to suddenly frighten it, when encountering sudden thunder, firecrackers, car noise and other other restless situations, it should be promptly appeased. And watch for signs of stress.