When he was growing up, he had a very large appetite. He could eat about 2-3 times as much as I do with a large stainless steel bowl. It was incredible to think that he would eat with his small body. Now that he has grown up, his appetite has basically been determined. In fact, he eats more than I do. For dog food, just follow the weight recommendation on the packaging bag. My dog is 32KG, so I feed him 380G a day. Sometimes when I cook, I will use leftover ingredients to make some salt-free meat and vegetable rice for him, or I will roast some meat bones for him as a snack. In short, he went to the physical examination when he first came home and fainted after vaccination due to malnutrition. The veterinarian gave him a shot of cardiotonic and he was saved. Now, he is a fat little dog with three folds of flesh shaking when he walks. Recently, I try to walk the dog as much as possible. As a mother, I have to reflect on this, haha.
One of the advantages of my dog is that he doesn’t care much about food. For example, if I put too much dog food, he won’t finish it. He will just eat enough and save the rest for the next meal. Then sometimes we bring other puppies to play, and feed it wet food bags and meat in front of other dogs. It doesn’t guard the food, just that it has a share.
And off topic, when we go on a long trip and can’t really take it with us, we lock it in the bathroom, put enough dog food and water for the days we are out according to the usual amount, close the door and leave. When we come back, it only eats a little bit, less than a day’s amount. After seeing us, it happily turns around and greets us, and then lowers its head and eats fiercely…
I think the dog knows that we are not here, and it has to save food, one is to extend the limited food as much as possible to live longer, and the other is to reduce excretion.
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About character education
Because I am a home guard, when I first considered raising a big dog, I thought that I would be at home for a long time, suitable for raising puppies, and also reduce damage to the house. Although I still scrapped countless socks, underwear, shoes, and wooden boards and doors on the wall…
But it is better than those who need to go out to work…
It was naughty in the early days, that’s for sure. There is no normal puppy that is not naughty when it is young. It is full of energy and full of curiosity about the world. It is the beginning of its life and everything needs to be educated. For example, when it plays with you, it will bite you and hurt you, and the bite may turn red or even break the skin. In fact, for dogs, this is a friendly and loving performance. Dogs are like this. If it bites and hurts, it should be beaten and corrected slowly. Now the big dog still likes to bite my hand or something, but it just holds it in its mouth. For example, when it is about 8 months to 1 year old, its body has basically grown into a big dog, but it still likes to pounce on people like a puppy. In fact, it also likes you very much. But it is often pounced without psychological preparation, and it will be pounced and fall to the ground. Then the dog is thick-skinned and always does not remember it. What should I do? I can only hit it with my knees when it pounces, directly hitting the dog’s abdomen or chest, and then I hear the big dog groan, and it will go down obediently. It’s funny to think about it. Many years ago, I fought with the dog… and when it was on a leash, it would drag its owner and rush when it saw other dogs… There are many, many times, all of which require people to slowly run in and educate.
I think the personality of a dog has a lot to do with the personality of its owner and the way it is educated. Of course, dogs are born with different personalities, and the combination of these makes each dog have different personality traits, which is actually the same as people.
Everyone says that golden retrievers are well-behaved, like strangers, and are not aggressive.
My dog is like this. Generally speaking, he is well-behaved, but at the age of 5, he still pounces on children under 1 year old. Many golden retrievers at his age basically follow their owners on the street and ignore everything else. They are very cold and well-behaved.
Some golden retrievers are aggressive. Although my dog will not attack people, if it is blocked by someone when going up and down the stairs, or if it encounters something it thinks is dangerous at night, such as a man in black in the dark, it will roar. In addition, it is a golden retriever that guards against strangers touching it… So if you see my dog and touch it without my permission… Although it will not bite you, its stress reaction to avoid it will scare people, and some people mistakenly think they have been bitten by a dog.
And, it is a dog that knows how to guard the house… I can’t explain why.
Sometimes it strolls in the courtyard of the community not far from home. When a friend sees it (and this friend has met more than once), he barks “four hundred and three”. Wang looked up and paused. Then, “Woof woof woof woof woof” (Who the hell are you? I don’t know you)
and then runs home…
But except for these special situations, Wang will not bark randomly. In fact, he is also an introverted dog.
Here is also a reminder for those who think that dogs are very cute and well-behaved and want to touch them on the road. The best situation is to have a small snack like ham sausage or dried meat in your pocket, and give it to the dog first. Most of them will be friendly to touch. If not, it is best to get the owner’s consent first when the owner is present, and ask how to touch it without causing the dog to be alert and defensive. The owner will usually pull the dog for you to touch or teach you how to do it. If the owner is not around, you can first test whether the dog is hostile towards you before deciding whether to touch it. For example, you can make a sound to see if the dog pays attention to you, wave your hand to see if the dog comes over, approach it slowly and reach out your hand to see if the dog is nervous and resists. However, it is best not to touch it.
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