The harm of obesity to dogs

The harm of obesity to growing dogs:

1. Excessive nutritional intake of puppies will lead to rapid growth in the early stage and easy to cause The bones are unstable, causing health risks to the bones.

Second, the continued weight gain in the later stages of growth ultimately suppresses the growth ability of the bones. As the saying goes, being too fat weighs you down.

This means that if you feed a puppy too much, it will appear to grow very fast in the early stage, and it will be more than one circle larger than other dogs of the same age. Even the golden retrievers in many kennels have reached the age of two months in one month. Weight, this will not only increase the value, but also be popular among buyers.

But will such a puppy really be bigger than other dogs when it grows up? not necessarily. Although it is not ruled out that there are differences in stature among brothers and sisters with the same parents. But everything remains the same. The reference factors for size are one is parental genes and the other is the feeding process, and the dominant factors are genes. Judging from the data on people, parental genes can account for 70-80% of a child's size. %, the rest is the influence of dietary nutrition.

With excessive nutrition and diet during the growth period, puppies will grow very fast in the early stage and catch up with other puppies. However, most of them will obviously feel that their growth slows down after half a year old, and finally they are less than one year old. It enters a stagnant state, that is, the growth bone line closes early.

At this time, other dogs were still growing slowly, and many owners even reported that their male golden retriever had grown taller again when he was one and a half years old.

Slow growth can not only ensure the stability of bones and joints, but also extend the growth line and avoid various health risks caused by obesity during the growth period. Why not?

(Actually, it’s very simple. Think about the students in junior high schools and high schools. Are they short at the front and taller when they start to grow later? Is it true that fat children are generally not tall? Do they grow very fast when they are young? Those children didn’t grow much by middle school?)

3. Especially for medium and large dogs, it is easy to have adverse effects on the development of joints (including hip and elbow joints). Especially for dogs with low hip joint levels, being overweight can easily worsen the problem. For details, please refer to Baidu CHD.

The principle is very simple. One is that it is too heavy, which deforms the joint bones; the other is that the puppy is overweight. When the puppy is playing and running, the degree of bone-to-bone collision is much more serious than that of ordinary puppies. As a result, the cartilage that protects the joints is prone to wear and tear. Eventually, after the cartilage is destroyed and can no longer protect the two linked bones, bone collides with the bone, and it is the bone that wears away, which ultimately leads to serious consequences.

The dangers of obesity to adult large dogs:

First, we still have to talk about joints. Too much weight can easily wear down your joints, leading to arthritis.

Two, it can easily lead to heart problems. reason,After gaining weight, fat not only accumulates under the skin, but also there is more fat in the blood. Have you heard of hyperlipidemia? If your heart is blocked, what are the consequences?

Third, female dogs that are overweight are prone to blockage of the ovaries and fallopian tubes, making it difficult to ovulate and lead to infertility. Even if they become pregnant, the probability of dystocia during childbirth will be much higher.

Fourth, it is easy to cause pancreatitis. What is pancreatitis? To put it simply, even if you spend more money than treating canine parvovirus, you may not be able to cure the disease.

5. Causes diabetes. Diabetes is a chronic disease, and only those who have experienced it will understand the pain. Ping An’s mother once met a dog owner whose dog suffered from diabetes, insulin and dialysis. The owner spent money and energy, and the dog also suffered. After that, he repeatedly told me to remember to lose weight for Ping An.

So in 2015, Ping An exercised for a whole year to lose weight~ I exercised all my muscles and my body was in great shape. Unfortunately, I couldn't move the treadmill when I moved, and I haven't had much exercise since the treadmill was resold. It seems that I will still need a treadmill for exercise next year.

Sixth, causing spinal disc herniation, which is rare among golden retrievers. It is common in dogs with long bodies, such as corgis and dachshunds.

Seven, easy to fracture. This is from the information. It is said that because of the heavy weight, the impact force received when falling is also large, and the bones are easily broken, resulting in fractures and bone crushing. I don’t have much exposure to the actual case of Ping An’s mother, so I put it here as a reminder~