Does the pet owner have this doubt – can they continue to keep dogs after pregnancy or giving birth? Veterinarian Xiao Ming actually sees every year that some pet owners who are pregnant will send their dogs away or abandon them because their families don't approve of keeping dogs. This is really a helpless situation, old-fashioned people's thinking is that dogs carry bacteria and can infect children.

Those people are just hearing or seeing on the internet, there is no evidence. Veterinarian Xiao Ming once saw a news: A woman refused to give up her dog during pregnancy, her husband was furious and threw the dog from a high-rise. This news really saddened Veterinarian Xiao Ming. It's too cruel to kill a dog that hasn't happened yet. Isn't it too cruel?

Veterinarian Xiao Ming wants to ask: What should a female veterinarian do? Can't they take leave to prepare for pregnancy? Pet owners don't need to panic. Instead of pet owners, veterinarians have more contact with dogs, so they shouldn't quit just because they're afraid of infection affecting babies. This is just scaring themselves. Pet owners need to look at this comprehensively and not listen to rumors.

Today, Veterinarian Xiao Ming will give you some knowledge about keeping dogs during pregnancy. Pet owners can understand it!

OneParasite infection

During pregnancy or pregnancy, pet owners are worried that dogs may be infected with tapeworms because they've seen it online that pregnant women can't keep dogs, and the severity can even cause fetal malformation and miscarriage. But have pet owners really known what a tapeworm is?

Tapeworms are a type of intracellular parasites, they can reach all parts of the body through blood flow.

But it's important to distinguish that tapeworm infections are mainly caused by eating contaminated food, that is, only if pet owners eat raw meat or undigested food with tapeworms, they will be infected with tapeworms.And generally dogs that eat dog food will not be infected with tapeworms.Pet owners may not know that

Cats are the ultimate hosts of tapeworms.Veterinarian Xiao Ming said this, and some pet owners may not be abandoning their dogs, but preparing to discard their cats. Here, we must emphasize thatOnly frequently hunting cats may be the ultimate host, that is, if the tapeworm-infected cats' feces or body fluids contaminate the food, and pet owners accidentally eat it, they will be infected with tapeworms.So now that there are pets in cities

They are all raised in captivity and eat dog food. If pet owners regularly bathe their dogs and clean their supplies, they generally won't carry tapeworms.If pet owners are worriedThey can take their dogs for a tapeworm check.TwoBacteria on the dog's bodyVeterinarian Xiao Ming was puzzled, why only bacteria on the dog's body? Pet owners can't live in a sterile state for a day, and sterile status will only lower the immune system. We ourselves have a lot of bacteria, even the air and breast milk contain bacteria. So shouldn't we not breathe or not drink breast milk?

Pet owners who send dogs away or abandon them because they think they have a lot of bacteria on their dogs may not be as fond of their dogs as they think.

Of course, it's necessary to keep dogs clean and deworm them regularly and vaccinate them.

ThreeHow to deal with the dog harming the babyThis is a concern for pet owners, pet owners need to create a healthy and safe environment for their dogs and babies.

When they interact, there should be one adult present,

To prevent babies from scratching dogs or touching sensitive areas, which can make dogs resist and bite babies. When adults are not around, it's best not to let babies and dogs interact, otherwise it may cause accidents.Of course, it's necessary to vaccinate dogs against rabies.FourDog sheddingPet owners may worry that dogs shedding will cause allergies in babies. First, Veterinarian Xiao Ming wants to say,

If pet owners are allergic to dog hair, it's not suitable to keep dogs. The probability of children being allergic to dogs has been shown in studies. Pet owners can,

Regularly groom their dogs to reduce shedding.Finally, Veterinarian Xiao Ming wants to say, pet owners may have many concerns about keeping dogs during pregnancy, and some pet owners are afraid is understandable. But Veterinarian Xiao Ming really doesn't recommend abandoning dogs, they can be fostered or sold to dog owners who want to keep dogs. If it's really difficult, they can also give them to stray dog rescue stations. Abandoning and throwing dogs to death is too cruel. I hope pet owners think about it.Image comes from the internet, if you have any questions, please contact Veterinarian Xiao Ming.If you have pet health and pet issues, please join Veterinarian Xiao Ming's circle for free consultation. For more exciting content, please subscribe to Veterinarian Xiao Ming's paid columnVeterinarian Xiao Ming teaches you how to deal with cat and dog common diseasessolve more cat and dog common problems.

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