"Heart disease" is a very common disease and is also very common in dogs. Statistics show that 70% of elderly dogs are prone to heart disease. Therefore, you must pay more attention when feeding this kind of dog. Let’s take a look below! W...
"Heart disease" is a very common disease and is also very common in dogs. Statistics show that 70% of elderly dogs are prone to heart disease. Therefore, you must pay more attention when feeding this kind of dog. Let’s take a look below!
Which dogs are very prone to heart disease?
In addition to the elderly dogs, there are also some special dog breeds that are relatively prone to heart disease, such as Teddy, Pomeranian, Corgi, and Chihuahua, who are at a higher risk of congenital heart disease.
There are also dog breeds such as Labrador, Golden Retriever, Husky Dog, and German Shepherd, which are more likely to suffer from heart hypertrophy and cardiac hypertrophy!
Characteristics of dog suffering from heart disease:
When the dog suffers from heart disease, the owner only needs to pay attention to observation and discover that when the dog is in the early stage of illness, the following abnormal phenomenon will occur.
① After the dog exercises, its inhalation becomes increasingly abnormal and tight, and it also causes poor breathing.
②Dogs are listless and not as cheerful as before. They like to sleep on their stomachs.
③Dogs have poor appetite and often eat two bites before they eat
Frequently asked questions about dogs suffering from heart disease:
1. Reduce the intensity of exercise
When the dog suffers from heart disease, the owner needs to pay attention to its exercise time, try to avoid exercise time, and do not have to let it do some excessive exercise, such as long-term running and long-term training.
It is recommended that the owner can take the dog for 30 minutes a day, so that it can also achieve the dog!
2. Pay attention to dietary matching
When a dog suffers from heart disease, you must pay attention to dietary problems and do not have to give it too many high-sodium ingredients, such as sausages, grilled fish fillets, air-dried beef, idle fish, and shrimp skin.
If you want to reward dog snacks, you can also choose a high-quality snack that does not contain preservatives, melanin, and sugar. The dog will be healthy physically and mentally after eating, and can also promote the development of the dog's brain.
3. Don't intimidate dogs with heart disease. Don't intimidate them. For them, this kind of personal behavior is serious. Therefore, you should usually reduce the habit of speaking loudly and do not scare the dogs who wake up to sleep.
If the dog is frightened by the sound of thunder, it is best to soothe it!
4. Manipulate the dog's rest weight
Usually, owners must control the dog's rest weight more. Obese dogs will aggravate the load on the cardiovascular system, which will accelerate the malignant changes in the disease. Therefore, the dog should be given timely and quantitative analysis and feeding to assist the dog in control of the rest weight.
