How do pets spend the winter?

A state of emergency was declared in New York today in freezing cold weather. The indoor temperature is as low as 5.5 degrees Celsius.

How to protect your pet in the cold?

1. Dress in moderation

In winter, parents will wear their pets in a variety of clothes: down jackets, cotton-padded clothes, grain wool down, wool trench coat, small leather shoes, hats, small scarves...

These clothes not only put their pets at the forefront of fashion, but also keep them warm.

But do pets really need them?

Parents dress Mao children in winter, most of the starting point is to keep warm.

But not all kids need to dress.

Large dogs with thick fur, such as Samoyed and Alaska, do not wear clothes.

Cats living in suitable temperatures (except hairless cats) do not need to wear clothes.

Small dogs with single coats, such as chihuahuas and sausages, need to wear warm clothes.

Of course, do you want to wear clothes specifically? How thick is it?

It is still based on the child's reaction.

To comfort, do not let the pet move inconvenience, and hate dressing.

After going out to go home, also want to take off clothes in time, comb hair, avoid hair knot.

2. Heating safety cannot be ignored

In the winter, heating equipment is used in some areas, such as electric heating fans and electric heaters.

The children, also willing to stay near these appliances, but accidentally baked themselves.

If this kind of heating supplies are used in the home, we must keep a certain distance with the children to avoid danger.

If there are elderly, sick children in the home, you need to use an electric blanket, pay attention to the temperature, use time.

Because of the state of old age and illness, it will make the pets are not sensitive to the temperature perception, and the action is inconvenient, the improper use of electric blanket, it is easy to appear high temperature scald.

In addition to avoid burns, burns, pets have the habit of biting, pay more attention to prevent electric shock!

3. Don't forget to do your exercise

When it is cold, they are lazy, not only parents, but also children.

If the parents are lazy, the pet exercise is more difficult to protect.

The reduction of exercise, eating is not less, a winter down, the pet weight is also out of control.

Pet obesity is not good, obesity induced heart disease, diabetes, bone and joint disease.

And girls know that it's easy to get fat, but hard to lose weight.

Parents must not ignore the time when their children walk and play in the winter.

If you are worried about the cold outside and freezing them, you can shorten the time of a single walk and increase the frequency of going out.

You can also choose a warm time at noon.

If the dog is not convenient to go out, parents can also use some sniffing pads, toys to maintain activity.

For cats, you can play with them more often at home to amuse the cat stick.

4. Pay more attention to the state of your pet

Here petzzle want to remind parents of 3 points: (1) exercise state (2) breathing state (3) mental state

(1) Movement status

Winter is a high incidence of bone and joint diseases, especially for some large dogs, and special breeds such as sausages and corgi. Be sure to observe the movement of children, such as which foot dare not force, dare not jump, calf bend inward and so on.

(2) Respiratory conditions

In winter, the temperature drops sharply and the life rules are disrupted, leading to the high incidence of pet heart disease in winter.

It is recommended that parents observe the breathing status of the children, such as whether there is a short dry cough, whether the breathing rate is normal, and the cat should pay attention to the problem of mouth breathing.

(3) Mental state

In the middle of winter, the wood wither, humans will have some sadness, depression, in fact, pets will also have this situation.

In winter, pets have poor mental state, in addition to disease factors, there may be parents worry about pets catching cold, which changes their life rules: when they go out in the sun, and do not meet their friends, it will make them unhappy and become depressed.