The old mother said:
Since ruby was half a year old, my mother, as the first-line buyer of the little princess, began to buy snacks for ruby one after another, during which she also evaluated most of her snacks. First of all, we need to make it clear that snacks are not necessary for dogs to survive. Staple food is better than anything else. In addition, it is undeniable that snacks are a warming agent to cultivate the relationship between owners and dogs, and also a good companion for dog training. Now, sort out and summarize the princess's snack library, consume rationally (but not), and delight the little master.
About the classification of snacks: Understand what you need to make better choices
From the texture and composition of snacks:
1. Air-dried and freeze-dried snacks: These snacks are basically directly freeze-dried or air-dried meat of meat or fruit. The processing process is simple and does not contain additives. The difference in product quality is generally only the quality of raw materials and the difference in processing environment. When choosing, we need to see clearly the information of processing factories, and choose products manufactured by large factories to be safer and more hygienic. Most of the snacks I buy belong to this kind of products.
2. Biscuits and other baked snacks: Biscuits and snacks are mainly cereal products. Although dogs are omnivores and can digest such snacks, for dogs with normal diet, excessive consumption of cereal and flour snacks will lead to obesity, and will also face various diseases after obesity. Therefore, for biscuits and snacks, Although it can provide certain vitamins and amino acids, it is still better to choose to eat less.
3. Synthetic snacks: These snacks include canned food, chewing gum, ham sausage, jelly, cheese, etc. Most products contain pectin and various preservatives, in which the active ingredients are mashed into meat. In order to induce dogs to eat, additives such as attractants and spices are added. These snacks generally have no feeding significance, but increase the burden on the stomach. So in general, I will not choose to buy such snacks, with the exception of molars. In the choice of teething sticks, I also choose functional teething sticks, such as Vick's containing complex enzymes, Boledan's containing tooth cleaning powder, and Yakole's containing delmopinol.
Distinguish from the functionality of snacks:
1. Small snacks for training: generally used in dog training. Freeze-dried and dried meat are the main products. In use, the meat strips or freeze-dried meat are divided into small portions, which are only enough for the dog to swallow in one mouthful. This not only avoids the dog's attention from wasting too much time on snacks, but also controls the intake of snacks. After all, if you eat well, you can easily become a fat pig if you eat more snacks and don't exercise enough.
2. Teeth-grinding snacks: This kind of snacks is composed of two parts, bone snacks and teeth cleaning stick snacks. Bone snacks are used for daily tooth cleaning, using physical friction in biting to remove part of the surface tartar, usually after feeding cans, cleaning the corners of the teeth, and supplementing calcium. Functional chewing gum is usually used when you are lazy and don't brush your teeth.
3. Dietotherapy effect snack: It refers to freeze-dried food rich in certain nutrients. Freeze-dried mussel, for example, is not only rich in Omega 3, but also contains ammonia sugar, which can promote the production of lubricating fluid in joints, reduce joint pain, and is a good supplement for my healthy corgi; freeze-dried salmon, for example, is rich in Omega, which has a certain auxiliary effect on hair and blood vessel health. Taking such snacks will replace the addition of health care products, after all, medicine is not as good as food.
Feeding experience from old mothers:
It is fed once every two days, and small bones such as beef ribs are used on weekdays. For corgi dogs, these bones can be chewed up and eaten completely. The bite in eating may form a sharp tear, so it must be eaten under the care of the owner. For thigh bone/joint bone products, eating once a week is not only fun for dogs, but also can supplement calcium. When feeding, it can develop a good habit of fixing points, so as to save saliva and bone debris everywhere in the house. Regular biting can effectively clean dental calculus and the parts between teeth that are difficult to clean, and eliminate bad breath.
Use it in conjunction with how often I brush my dog's teeth and how often he eats wet food/canned food. Generally, after eating canned food, if you are lazy and do not want to brush your teeth, then give this kind of synthetic chewing gum, the purpose is only for a certain cleaning ingredient. For the choice of tooth cleaning stick, my family prefers the tooth cleaning bone of Boledan. After eating, there is no abnormal condition in the stomach and intestines. It is a bit unacceptable that tooth cleaning can cause green stool.
Generally, there are two kinds at the same time: viscera and meat.
Dogs naturally eat viscera first, because viscera is rich in vitamins. Viscera air-dried snacks can retain the flavor and nutrients of food very well. However, like humans, eating too much viscera can easily cause cardiovascular diseases, so once a week is enough. It usually needs to be stored in a sealed refrigerator.
Meat snacks have two processes of air-drying and freeze-drying. Freeze-drying retains more nutrients and requires higher storage requirements. If you just make snacks, it is enough to buy small-sized products.
TIPS: You can also mix the freeze-dried food with the puffed food to become the popular freeze-dried food. The ratio is 1:10. This blend adds flavor to the staple food and is a great nemesis for picky eaters.
Air-dried meat is torn into small pieces and fed during training, which not only increases interaction, but also does not divert attention too much. 10g of dried meat is enough for each training.
Tips on feeding:
Because of the variety of snacks nowadays, it is easy to cause the owner's impulse consumption (such as me), so in feeding, we must restrain, not in line with the principle of not wasting expired food for dogs. Snack products produced by regular manufacturers all have feeding recommendations, and generally give different recommended amounts according to body weight.
On this premise, my family will follow the manufacturer's advice and give the corresponding half treatment, because feeding is not only a snack every day, so controlling the intake is the key to not obesity. In addition, a variety of mixed feeding will also cause a serious burden on the dog's intestines and stomach, and increase the probability of pancreatitis and other diseases. Under this feeding thinking, the daily snack feeding varieties are controlled at 2 kinds.
At the same time, staple food will be adjusted according to the amount of snacks and exercise, so as to avoid obesity caused by insufficient exercise and excessive intake.
Among the various snacks I feed ruby, I have a few brands and products that I particularly like.
Red-teeth: zeal rib, redbarn penis, zeal hoof
Dietotherapy: woofstard mussel freeze-dried, lonno salmon freeze-dried
Interactive category: Baili Turkey Freeze-Dried Snacks, Ju Ju Animal Chicken Jerky, Jixin raw full range
Above, the individual suggested that hoped has the reference help to each child.
