Dog food~狗糧

kona (66)in #pet-post • 6 years ago

In different countries in different times, the food for dogs is also very different. How can I choose the dog food? I will share with you at here!

There are three main types of dog food in Hong Kong: human food, raw meat, and dry and wet food produced by factories.

在不同的國家不同的時代，給狗狗的食物也大不同，希望在此分享一下我是怎樣選擇狗糧的！

在香港主要有三類狗糧的選擇：人類的食物、生肉糧以及工廠生產的乾、濕糧

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[Human Food]
The street where I live has a garage and a Shar Pei dog. I usually walk freely around the street. The staff will give it a savory meal every day. I'm very impressed with this because I believe its owner was loved it so much. The dog wear a leather studded collar! Every day when I wait at the bus station, I will see it defecate. When I first saw it, I was shocked. It's poo was black in color and diluted! Dogs' stools tend to reflect their state of health and have not seen it in a few months later!

The meal given to humans is the oldest practice for dogs, but in fact, many dogs are not suitable for human food. Now there is a group of people who advocate healthy recipes. They choose their own ingredients and give them to dogs. The advantage is that it will have a good influence on the psychology of the dog. Dogs will be very happy to share things with you, and they can avoid eating foods that can poison them, and they can also control their weight. The downside is that it is necessary to calculate the nutrition needed for the dogs. Because many human foods are not able to get the necessary nutrition, it is very time-consuming. It is too difficult for me to have such a family without food!

【人類的食物】
我所居住的街道有間車房，養了一隻沙皮狗，平時會在街道自由走動，那些員工每天都會給它燒味飯，我對這兒的印象很深的，因為我相信它的主人是非常寵愛它的，給它套上一條黑色皮革上面鑲滿窩釘的頸圈，好有型的！我每天在車站等車的時候都會看到它排便，第一次看見的時候嚇了我一驚，它拉的是一大灘黑色稀便！狗狗的便便往往反應了它們的健康狀況，過不了幾個月就沒見到它了！

給人類的飯?是老人輩養狗的多數做法，可是其實狗狗很多人類食物都不適合的，現在也有一派人是主張健康食譜，就是自己選擇食材然後給狗兒。好處是對狗狗的心理會有好的影響，狗狗對你跟它一起分享東西會非常開心，而且可以避免吃到一些會令到它們中毒的食物，也可以控制體重。壞處就是必要計算好狗狗需要的營養，因為很多人類的食物它們是汲取不到所須的營養的，另外，就是很花時間啦，對我這種無飯家庭太困難了！

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[Raw Food]
In recent years, there is a group of dog lovers who advocate feeding raw meat to dogs. Hazel's golden-retriever friends also have raw fresh meat. Their owners buy frozen steak or frozen venison at a frozen meat shop every day. You just search for raw meat. There will be many benefits and disadvantages as soon as grain comes. Some manufacturers also sell bagged raw meat, such as K9!

I have not yet accepted raw meat. First of all, the price is too expensive. I am still in doubt as to whether the second is able to ingest balanced nutrition. Furthermore, it is too inconvenient to feed. It is too much trouble to thaw in advance!

【生肉糧】
幾近年有一幫愛狗人仕主張餵飼生肉給狗狗，Hazel的金毛朋友們也有轉食生肉，他們的主人每天會在凍肉店購買凍牛排、或急凍鹿肉，你只要搜尋一下生肉糧馬上會出現很多好處及壞處來，一些生產商也有袋裝的生肉糧售賣，如K9！

我還未很接受對生肉糧，首先價錢太貴，第二能否攝取均衡營養，我仍然存疑，再者，餵食時太不方便了，要預先解凍太麻煩了！

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【Dry and Wet Food produced by the factory】
There is a wide variety of dry and wet foods on the market. In some small-scale pet shops in Hong Kong, it is not possible to represent big name brands. Most dog friends will check the Whole Dog Journal daily. Rank to go shopping. My family Hazel was eating FROMM's puppies when she was a child. Afterwards, I changed Candidate's formula without cereals. In the last two years, I started to pay attention to the joints because of her age. So I chose AATU and I feel okay for the time being!

In my opinion, what is the proper dog food? Just after eating one or two bags will not be too fat or too thin just fine!

【工廠生產的乾、濕糧】
巿面上的乾、濕糧種類繁多，在香港一些規模較少的寵物店是不能夠代理大名牌的，大部份的狗友們都會每天檢查一下全犬期刊(Whole Dog Journal)的狗糧排名而去選購。我家Hazel小時候是吃FROMM的幼犬糧，之後轉過Candidate 無穀物配方，最近兩年因為年紀開始大要注意一下關節，所以選擇了AATU，暫時也覺得不錯！

在我來說，怎樣才算得上適合的狗糧？就是吃了一/兩包之後不會過肥或過瘦就好了！

Finally, let's talk about the following not allow to dog foods again: Do not eat chocolate, coffee, grapes/raisins, fish bones, pods, garlic, and onions!