2. Dogs entering the old age will have some changes in their living habits and habits, such as decreased activity, increased sleep, cold and withdrawn personality, irritability and easy barking, love to be alone, increased body odor, and infirmity. At this time, the family must give more care and patience.
3. Dogs entering the old age should pay attention to reducing the burden on the kidneys and the burden on the heart.
4。 Old dogs should pay attention to zinc, calcium, vitamin D3 and various mineral vitamins. Zinc supplementation: anorexia such as eating dirty and wallpaper will occur when zinc is lacking.
5, iron supplement: often use red dates to boil water, and use red dates instead of dogs' drinking water to supplement iron and blood.
6. protein: No more, no less. Two at most a week? Three boiled eggs.
7, sodium salt: more sodium salt will increase the burden on the heart. Normal requirement: the minimum requirement is 4 mg sodium per kg body weight per day, and the maximum requirement is 50 mg sodium per kg body weight per day.
8, phosphorus content should be low. With the increase of dog age, the intake of phosphorus should not exceed 0.5%. Fried food has the highest phosphorus content, while Chinese cabbage, beef and kelp have lower phosphorus content.
9, into the old dog, food to reduce the fat content, increase the fiber content.
10。 In the cold season, dogs should eat hot food, not hot food. In normal seasons, we should eat at normal or warm temperatures, not too cold. You can usually feed some yogurt at room temperature to strengthen gastrointestinal digestion.
1 1, if the dog gets angry, you can use chrysanthemum to boil water and chrysanthemum water instead of drinking water. Using mung bean soup instead of drinking water in summer can dispel the heat.
12, aged dogs should pay great attention to protecting their teeth, and often eat coarse grain biscuits when cleaning their teeth.
13, pay attention to cleaning: take a bath in winter, and make sure the environment is warm. After washing your hair, you must dry it or dry it in a warm and dry environment. The corners of your eyes, ears, corners of your mouth, fingers and anus should be thoroughly cleaned and dried. When taking a bath in summer, prevent the temperature from being sultry and avoid taking a bath at the hottest time at noon. When wool is not completely dry, prevent cold air and air conditioning. When it is not suitable for bathing, comb your hair every day, wash your eyes, mouth corners, fingers and anus with warm water and dry them. Cut your nails regularly.
14, take a proper walk every day, bask in the sun, prevent strenuous exercise and ensure clean fresh food and clean drinking water.
15, the rest environment should be comfortable, warm, clean, quiet and ventilated. Regularly disinfect and expose the dog's bedding to kill bacteria. Let the dog have a good rest environment.