So can dogs eat fruits and vegetables or not? Give the dog to eat fruits and vegetables in the end to meet the psychology of the pooper scooper, or the dog really needs?
Is it really no harm to eat, but also to supplement nutrition?
The answer is: not really.
Dogs are not suitable for eating fruits and vegetables reasons
As an omnivorous vegetarian two-legged animals, our daily diet in addition to meat also need to supplement the right amount of vegetables and fruits to balance nutrition. After all, we are the evolution of monkeys.
The ancestor of the dog is the wolf, the wolf is a carnivore, the dog since with the human digestive system did change, into a carnivorous omnivore. But did not become a vegetarian animal.
Here we can see from the length of the small intestine.
The dog’s intestines are much shorter than humans, one-sixth of the human.
This short digestive tract is characteristic of meat-based animals, and at the same time, the enzymes that digest cellulose and the microorganisms in the intestine that assist in digesting cellulose are not very well developed.
Dogs do not have the right teeth for chewing food
We often eat fruits and vegetables, especially leafy vegetables and potatoes. are rich in fiber.
Dogs do not have grinding teeth (is the human back groove teeth kind of crown for flat), can not grind chew these fibers. Dogs basically eat by swallowing, wolf swallowing to understand
If these plant fibers are not processed, it is basically how to eat how to pull. Dogs simply will not digest and absorb, the intestines of weak dogs will also be stimulated by the fiber, but also cause diarrhea, soft stools and other problems.
Most of the fruit is rich in sugar, dogs will eat too much to cause obesity, increase the burden on the pancreas, some plants will also cause allergies and poisoning.
As long as the dog eats dog food that meets AAFCO standards can meet the dog’s needs for these nutrients (mainly vitamins), so fresh fruits and vegetables are not essential for dogs, and if fed indiscriminately, they can cause diarrhea, soft stools and other indigestion problems.
Dogs can not feed fruits and vegetables if they are not suitable to eat?
Feed your dog fruits and vegetables, you need the right way
Method 1: According to the dog’s gastrointestinal condition
For dogs, digesting plants requires a strong gut.
Gastrointestinal too weak, too young, too old, is sick dog’s will try not to eat not to try it, it is easy to indigestion, the loss is not worth it.
Method 2: Do not overfeed
Our daily fruit and vegetables as a small snack to the dog is a wooden problem, but the total amount should not exceed 10% of the total daily food, such as a day to eat 200g dog food, you can eat 20g of the total amount of fruit and vegetables. Since it is a snack, feeding more will have the possibility of picky eating.
Method three: processing before feeding the dog
Fruits and vegetables are generally divided into three main categories: leafy vegetables, roots and tubers and melons and eggplants.
For leafy vegetables, cooked + chopped can soften the fiber, destroy the plant cell wall and reduce the stimulation of the dog’s gut. It also causes loss of water-soluble vitamins, so this is the least necessary to feed up.
Common leafy vegetables include: all vegetable leaves, lettuce, cabbage, chard, etc
For root vegetables, cooked + chopped can not only soften the fiber, but also destroy the branched chain starch in potatoes, turning them into straight chain starch to improve digestibility. Common sweet potatoes are 80% carbohydrates (that is, sugar), many high-end food is also to take potatoes instead of grains to provide carbohydrates for dogs. It can be said that potatoes are the best of all fruits and vegetables for dogs to eat. Just pay attention to the amount, if you feed more of these on a regular basis, you need to cut out the corresponding staple food, otherwise the dog is easy to fat Oh!
Roots and stems include: all the digging out of the ground can eat, and coarse plant stems. Sweet potatoes, potatoes, yams, radishes, cassava, taro, water chestnuts, lotus roots, lettuce, etc.
For squash and eggplant vegetables + fruits, the choice is more important than how they are processed.
Fruits try to choose low sweetness, pectin-rich, or the main component is starchy fruits, such as apples and bananas.
Tropical fruits try not to give, one is too high sugar, and another is easy to cause allergies, such as mangoes, papaya, etc..
Vegetables are also try to choose starch as the main component, such as pumpkin, cauliflower, fresh beans, etc.. Also all must be cooked and chopped.
Also like cucumber. Raw is allowed to eat, but how to eat how to pull is, don’t ask me how to know ……
The melon and eggplant category includes: the fruits of all plants, such as pumpkins, apples, strawberries, bananas, frangipani, zucchini, etc.
Method 4: Don’t feed any of these fruits
Remember which can eat is too complicated, simply to remember these toxic to dogs
Grapes and products: dogs can not eat grapes almost every pooper scooper knows that grapes can cause irreversible damage to the kidneys
Onions, shallots: will hemolysis, causing anemia or kidney damage
Mushrooms: People don’t eat mushrooms in the grass, but dogs do. Give the dog to eat mushrooms after the habit can not guarantee that it does not go to the wild, causing poisoning, simply do not feed mushrooms
Cherries, apricots, persimmons, tomatoes: these fruit pulp although normally not much poison, some specific circumstances will still kill the dog, such as the cherry pits, unripe apricots, persimmons and tomatoes are toxic.
Fruits and vegetables you’re not sure your dog can eat: If you’re not sure if the stuff can be given to your dog, don’t feed it to your dog. This is the best way to reduce the risk, if you must feed it, then the consequences will be at your own risk.
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