讓吃飯太快的狗狗慢下來的小技巧

July 4, 2022 • james

讓吃飯太快的狗狗慢下來的小技巧
大多數狗狗都愛吃東西，但有些吃得太快，可能危害健康。幸好，有許多方法能讓吃飯速度過快的毛孩慢下來。

讓吃太快的狗狗放慢速度的小技巧

眾所周知，許多毛孩都愛吃東西，但有些狗狗吃得太快，可能讓健康陷入危險。狼吞虎嚥不僅無法好好咀嚼，還可能導致噎到、嘔吐，或引發一種稱為胃擴張的潛在致命狀況。因此，讓吃飯速度過快的毛孩放慢下來非常重要。

胃擴張俗稱狗狗腹脹，發生於狗狗的胃部因氣體累積而膨脹，甚至可能扭轉腹部，使氣體無法排出胃部。這種嚴重的狀況可能阻斷胃部、心臟及其他重要器官的血液循環；若未及時治療，數小時內便可能致命。雖然這只是吃得太快可能造成的嚴重後果之一，卻也突顯了用餐時讓 Fido 放慢速度的重要性。幸好，有許多簡單方法可以避免毛孩太快吃光晚餐。 
 
想讓狗狗在用餐時放慢速度，最簡單的方法之一就是改變食碗的物理結構。您可以在線上購買益智食碗，款式選擇非常多。這類餵食器的概念是透過不規則造型的食盤，來減緩 Fido 的進食速度。有些飼主也想嘗試簡單的 DIY 版本，例如在一個大碗盤裡倒扣放入一個較小的碗。藉由為食物製造一道狹窄的「護城河」，狗狗必須更費力地繞著盤子吃。您也可以在碗裡放入大型玩具（意思是大到無法吞下！），以減緩毛孩的進食速度。其他飼主則會將食物分散放在瑪芬烤盤的各個格子中、鋪在烤盤上，或直接撒在地板周圍，讓狗狗必須移動才能吃到每一口——不過最後一種方式較適合單一寵物家庭，才不會引發競爭。另一類稱為漏食玩具的互動用品，則設計成讓狗狗必須努力從方塊、Kong 或其他裝置中取出少量食物。有些飼主覺得這類玩具很吵，但當您白天上班時，它們也是讓狗狗保持忙碌的好選擇。

除了使用專為減緩進食速度設計的用品外，您也可以策略性地安排餵食時間，避免 Fido 狼吞虎嚥。把晚餐時間變成捉迷藏遊戲，為毛孩提供腦力與體力刺激。若您的時間安排允許，也可以在一天中多餵幾次少量餐點，減少牠想一口氣吞下晚餐的衝動。試試其中幾種方法，看看哪一種最適合您的毛孩，既能讓 Fido 維持健康體態，也能避免吃得太快可能帶來的風險。 

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  1. Jill

    My Weimaraner thinks about food all day. He has opened the toaster oven, removed and ate the entire pan of corn muffins and returned the shiny pan to the sink! I find food wrappers, especially butter, that he licks until all flavor is gone on the trampoline. I could go on & on. He has learned food tricks with age. He just turns the puzzle bowl over to dump it all on the floor. I often wonder how they even taste anything since it takes all of 40 seconds to eat a bowl of homemade food! I doubt chewing is involved. If I could train them where to relieve themselves, I would be a bit happier about the mess they make inside and out and even on the walls. Two prefer to kill my plants with their waste and the other has made cleaning after him a hide-and-seek game. I doubt there is a spot he has missed. He doesn't even stand still then. I think he is the dog I should have had first when I was not disabled with an Olympian dog who has not slowed a bit and is almost an extension of me at this point. He steps on my feet so often I have scars from his nails. The nails that have not been cut yet. He is five in December. Get the point? He never stops. Any tips would be nice!

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