Dogs' life is only a short decade. Most dogs are already aging at the age of seven or eight. If some bad habits of dogs are not improved during old age, it is likely to endanger their health and even cause the dog to become paralyzed. Dog shovelers must not be careless.
1. Let the dog jump up and down
After the dog enters old age, its body has slowly declined. When a dog likes to jump up and down when he is young, if it continues to be so "active", it will easily cause abnormal squeezing of the intervertebral disc, resulting in paralysis of the dog.
So for the sake of the health of the dog, when the dog is old, the owner must pay attention to the daily activities of the dog. Don’t play too fiercely, and don’t let the dog jump up and down. You can use a gentle way to play with the dog.
2. When you stay indoors for a long time, your dog will become lazy and unwilling to move when you get old. Some owners are also busy with work. They are overjoyed when they see that their dogs don’t like to go out, so they simply reduce the frequency of walking their dogs, but they don’t know that this is not good for the dogs.
Even elderly dogs need appropriate exercise. Keeping dogs indoors for a long time will make the dog lack exercise and sunshine. Over time, it will also lead to abnormal calcium absorption, which will affect the health of the dog and even cause paralysis.
3. Frequently let the dog go up and down stairs
When the dog gets old, the joints themselves are very fragile. If the dog goes up and down stairs frequently, it will cause great wear and tear to the dog's joints and limbs, and it will also cause great damage to the spine. Especially for those dogs with long and short legs, they are prone to paralysis.
4. Walking upright
No matter what age it is, walking upright is a bad thing for dogs, especially when the dog is old, because the elderly dogs cannot bear this movement that has a great burden on the spine, which is very likely to cause paralysis. The owner must stop it in time.
It is best to eliminate this behavior when the dog is young and not to let the dog develop the habit of walking upright.
5. Feed the dog very fat
When the dog is old, many owners will feel that the dog lacks nutrition and feed all kinds of good things to the dog. However, blind supplementation of nutrition will not only easily cause overnutrition, but will also make the dog obese.
For older dogs, obesity is a very serious disease, which can easily put burden on the dog's body, causing disc herniation, and in severe cases, it will lead to paralysis. Excessive obesity can also cause heart disease and other diseases. When the dog is old, owners must pay attention to the dog's weight problems.
Dogs get old is something that every owner is unwilling to face, but has to face. What we can do is to make dogs healthy and happy in old age and reduce the occurrence of illness. In short, I hope every owner can understand scientific pet raising and feeding, so that the dog can live a healthy and happy life~