Now there are more people keeping pets, but the service life of a dog cannot be as long as that of a human, so it will quickly enter middle-aged and elderly people. So how old will the dog become middle-aged and elderly? How to take care of an older...
Now there are more people keeping pets, but the service life of a dog cannot be as long as that of a human, so it will quickly enter middle-aged and elderly people. So how old will the dog become middle-aged and elderly? How to take care of an older dog? I will explain it to you one by one today!
The life of a dog is actually a quick version of human beings. If you have raised a dog, you should understand it. So how do you calculate the age of a dog and the age of a human? Below is a conversion table for human age and dog age.
How old is a dog considered to be middle-aged and elderly?
According to scientific research, dogs generally have a service life of more than ten years. Compared with the age conversion table above, when the dog is 8 years old, it is equivalent to the 50th year of a human being, so the time when the dog enters middle-aged and elderly is about 8 years old.
In this period, the dog's human body will also undergo certain changes. For example:
1. The hair on the lips will turn white and the hair will become dark yellow and dull;
2. The body shape will change significantly and the posture will become slow;
3. The eyes will be no longer clear and bright, and it will become turbid;
4. The front teeth will just start to loosen, and it will be more laborious to swallow the ingredients;
5. I am not as cheerful as before, and I become lazy and fall asleep.
How to take care of elderly dogs? 1. Pay attention to the dog's environmental sanitation cleaning
After the dog enters middle-aged and elderly people, its own cleaning ability will decrease, so at this time, the owner must clean up the dog. In addition, the hair of middle-aged and elderly dogs will fall off automatically, which is very easy to produce hairballs and the skin will be particularly sensitive. Therefore, pet owners should be more careful when cleaning.
2. Pay attention to appropriate fitness exercises. Although the dog has become unwilling to move, the pet owner must also take the dog to carry out fitness exercises. Since the elderly dogs are very prone to osteoporosis and are very prone to obesity, it is best for pet owners to take their dog out to sunlight every day to relax and give them appropriate fitness exercises so that the dog can live longer.
3. Pay attention to epidemic prevention
After the dog enters the elderly, its immune system will decrease, so it is very easy to be threatened by the symptoms. Therefore, pet owners must take the dog to get injections and pre-vaccine on time. After the injection, you can feed the dog some probiotic powder to help regulate the spleen and stomach and help the dog survive the discomfort period of premature seedlings.
4. Change the dietary combination
After the dog enters the elderly, its teeth are not good and its gastrointestinal effect will also be reduced. Therefore, it is necessary to change the dietary combination of the dog at this time. Please don’t give your dog too hard food, let alone eat too greasy food. They all cause your dog to be indigestion. It is best to give your dog some natural food that is low in salt and low in oil, which is easy to digest, absorb and absorb.
