What are the precautions for feeding the Shiba Inu? When feeding the Shiba Inu, you must ensure protein supplementation, and onions, garlic, raw meat and other foods are prohibited. The Shiba Inu loves to be clean, so it is necessary to comb its hair every day, bathe regularly and clean its teeth and ears. The Shiba Inu usually has a bad temper. That’s great, try not to keep them free-range, and take them for vaccinations regularly.

1. Diet

　1. Food suitable for eating

Protein supplement: Of course Shiba Inu needs all nutrients when growing. The most important thing in developing a good physique is protein. A puppy that lacks protein during development will not be strong. Animal protein has a relatively high content in beef, pork, horse meat, fish, and chicken, but these are not cheap, so you can use internal organs, such as heart or liver, which are not expensive but are rich in protein. Fat to supplement nutrition.

Plant-based foods include rice, wheat, bread, noodles, etc., as well as vegetables eaten at home. In addition, calcium, phosphorus, etc. are all indispensable nutrients for bone formation, so you must give your puppy some small fish, dried fish, bone meal, etc.

2. Forbidden foods

Onions and green onions: Do not feed Shiba Inu onions and green onions because they contain disulfide, which can cause oxidation of Shiba Inu’s red blood cells and easily cause hemolytic anemia.

Raw meat: Do not feed raw meat to Shiba Inu. It is easy to be infected with parasites and is not easy to digest. Don’t think that because your dog’s digestive system is good, you can feed it raw meat directly. Be sure to cook the meat before feeding it, otherwise it will be easy to be infected with parasites.

Food with too much salt: Food with too much salt should not be fed to dogs, because it contains too much salt and fat, which is not good for the Shiba Inu.

2. Nursing aspects

The Shiba Inu is a very clean dog, so be sure to do a good job of cleaning them.

Requires frequent combing. Just use a professional pet hair brush. When combing the hair of a Shiba Inu, you need to pay attention. You should comb it in the direction of hair growth. When combing to the soft and sensitive parts of the chest, abdomen, and buttocks, your movements should be gentler and more soothing. Never pull forcefully to avoid hurting the Shiba Inu.

Spring has arrived. Spring is the shedding season. The thick winter hair will fall off. If it is not combed in time and frequently, unclean skin will cause itching. Dogs will scratch and rub their bodies to eliminate the itching, which will It is easy to break the skin and cause bacterial infection. Dirty coats are prone to matting, providing a favorable place for the reproduction of external parasites and fungi, causing skin diseases. Therefore, attention should be paid to combing and cleaning the coat in spring to prevent skin diseases.

3. Other aspects

The biggest difference between Shiba Inu and other dogs is that they usually have bad tempers and can easily hurt people. Therefore, when we raise Shiba Inu, we try to keep it in a cage or tie it up with a chain. After all, it is safe.All-rounders come first, especially if you have children at home or people who visit frequently, try not to keep them free-range.

In order to prevent Shiba Inu from having rabies or other germs, we need to check and register it when we raise it. Giving the Shiba Inu a shot of vaccine is, firstly, for the health of the Shiba Inu, and secondly, so that we will not get sick from raising the Shiba Inu. However, many rural areas do not have this habit, and many Shiba Inu dogs carry germs. If we want to raise Shiba Inu dogs well, and for our own health, we must give them a vaccination.