What you see as skinny ≠ the dog is really skinny Some pooper scoopers keep saying, my dog is so skinny so skinny! So have you ever wondered if the dog is really thin, or just looks thin, or even looks just right, and is actually already fat. On the matter of fat and thin, seeing is not necessarily true. Just like some people look not fat, in fact, body fat has exceeded the standard, some people look very large, in fact, the body fat rate is very low. Fat and thin, not only look at the body type, but also pay attention to body fat. The body fat level is the real criterion to decide fat and thin. The body fat is based on age, gender, sebum thickness and many other factors to determine. The method of judging the body type of the dog Look at the waist method The specific method is to look at its body type from the dog right above. Specific reference can be made to this chart. Together with the judgment of the belly size. On this usual method, the street is full of, here will not be repeated. Just an additional point to add, too fat dog basically have collapsed waist problem. If the dog looks collapsed waist, then it should consider whether it is overweight. The skin pinching method dogs, like people, have subcutaneous fat. The skin pinching method uses this, but be careful not to pinch the skin of the dog’s neck, because this piece of skin plays a big role in the dog’s childhood, the dog’s mother will grip here, in a fight to protect its important neck (trachea, blood vessels, etc.) So, regardless of the dog fat and thin this piece of skin will be very thick. Pick up the skin of the dog’s back with your hand. Can easily pick up but feel slightly thick, proving that nutrition is sufficient. If you carry up very tight, the dog’s body type and more round, that is basically fat to tighten the skin. The dog side, generally the skin on both sides of the rib cage. Can see the curve of the rib cage, but not particularly prominent, the skin easily pinched up, the skin has a certain thickness is just right. Can not see what curve, the dog is | | type or ( ) type, you have to lose weight. The curve is obvious, very bone dry, bone rib side can see very clearly, the skin only a thin layer of the dog, hurry to fatten up! Dogs are thin to have ribs is not thin? Can see the ribs is not the same as thin, especially puppies, the stomach is empty when the ribs will be very obvious, especially the most prominent place of the ribs will be very obvious. If the dog is really thin, then the protrusion is not only the rib cage, the spine will also protrude. xx breed of dog weight reference, in the end can not be trusted according to the situation, can not be believed. Don’t be dead set on numbers, be flexible in judgment. The weight of the dog’s body type or mainly refer to its parents. That xx breed dog weight reference is the same as the average Chinese height reference …… is really for reference only ah, did not meet the standard does not mean too thin, may just be short (head small) some. The standard is too much, it is not necessarily fat, there may be a big head. These weight standards are for racing dogs. Just like the models who walk in the showroom have to have a uniform height and weight standard. Not for us commoners. The actual competition, the judge is only the naked eye to compare the size of the dog with the dog, but not too small or too big is not a problem, will not be weighed one by one. The judge is more concerned with the structure and dynamics of the dog than the size of the dog. If there is no dog parents to refer to, then you can only meet other similar lateral comparison about the average, the dog is healthy, not sick is OK.
