Diarrhea, soft stools, vomiting, flatulence, loss of appetite, etc., are all common gastrointestinal problems in dogs. Mild gastrointestinal disease symptoms are generally caused by the dog's stomach and intestines being too sensitive. If the dog does not pay attention to the diet from an early age, it is easy to develop a sensitive stomach when it grows up, so it will have frequent gastrointestinal problems. Today, Pointe will popularize the causes of dogs' sensitive stomachs and how to avoid developing sensitive stomachs.
1. What is gastrointestinal sensitivity?
Unlike gastrointestinal disorders, gastrointestinal disorders are caused by parasites, infectious viruses, spoiled food, or the pancreas. Gastrointestinal allergies are mainly caused by food, and the symptoms are usually mild, but frequent attacks may also evolve into serious gastrointestinal diseases such as gastritis and enteritis, and then cause various problems such as anorexia, malnutrition, and weight loss.
Second, the triggers of dogs' gastrointestinal sensitivities.
1.The diet is simple.
Dogs are omnivorous animals that eat mainly meat, but if they always eat meat, puppies will affect the formation of bones because of the uncoordinated ratio of calcium and phosphorus in the body, and although meat has a lot of protein, lack of vitamins and iodine, so it is still necessary to pay attention to the proportion of meat in the dog's diet.
2.Food is difficult to digest.
For some dogs are very difficult to digest and decompose food, the dog's stomach needs a long time to adapt and digest the decomposition, increasing the burden on the stomach, which is the main reason for the dog's gastrointestinal sensitivity.
3.Intolerance to food intake.
Carbohydrates in grains are generally intolerant substances in dogs, and the gastrointestinal sensitivity caused by carbohydrates is mainly manifested in the fact that when two different dog foods are suddenly replaced, the dog's intestines need a few days or more to adapt to the changes in the new carbohydrate food**, thereby increasing the burden and discomfort of digestion and absorption in the dog's stomach and intestines, resulting in digestive tract dysfunction.
Another food that can easily cause diarrhea, bloating and abdominal discomfort in dogs is milk, which is mainly due to the lack of lactase in the dog's intestines to break down the high levels of lactose in milk, resulting in lactose intolerance.
Protein is also one of them. Beef, milk products, and wheat are three foods that have been identified as the most common food allergens for dog allergies. Among them, glutenin, which is derived from wheat and barley flour foods, can also easily cause gastrointestinal allergies in dogs.
3. How to avoid dogs from developing sensitive stomachs.
Most of the gastrointestinal upset in dogs is caused by food. In addition to diet, the role of probiotics in gastrointestinal regulation is also important.
Therefore, for the health of the dog's stomach and intestines, to avoid developing sensitive stomach, they should be provided with balanced nutrition and easy to digest and absorb food, if you need to use dairy products for nutritional supplements, it is best to choose goat milk products, avoid using milk. In addition, before the dog is one year old, do not change the dog food frequently, and do not give the dog too many kinds of food. Dogs can be fed with special pet probiotics regularly every day to help regulate the stomach and enhance the immunity of the stomach and intestines.
Pointe reminds: Pull a hair and move the whole body, the dog's gastrointestinal problems will affect the dog's other body organs and daily nutritional intake problems, the dog with a bad stomach is usually relatively weak, and it is also easy to be infected by external viruses. Therefore, for the healthy growth of dogs, daily gastrointestinal care and health care must be done well!