How does climate change affect dogs?

Have you noticed? Whenever the climate changes, the dog's mood will always have some obvious fluctuations. Regardless of spring, summer, autumn and winter, these seasons affect the mood of dogs and humans to a greater or lesser extent.

hot

Most dogs will become listless in hot season. In the hottest season of the year, dogs also like to stay at home and blow air conditioning instead of playing outside.

You know, those dogs with short noses lose many companions every summer. Similarly, those dogs with double fur have a hard time in summer (and their owners are driven crazy by hair loss). In fact, these double-coated dogs are more sensitive to temperature, so they need to comb their hair regularly to improve the ventilation and circulation of their back hair.

cold

Similarly, dogs will become lazy in the cold season, especially short-haired and thin breeds. These dogs need to rest, rest and rest again this season, because they don't have enough hair and fat to resist the cold in winter.

But those long-haired dogs, especially those with double hair, are in full bloom, which is their season.

depress

Although humans need weather forecast, your dog has discovered the weather changes through air pressure. Some studies have found that dogs can know storms and typhoons in advance.

The American Veterinary Association found that the change of air pressure will seriously affect the behavior of dogs. It may become restless, even aggressive in extreme cases, and of course it may become extremely excited and curious, especially before storms and typhoons come.

Please rest assured that this change will not change the dog's future behavior, but if it reacts violently, the owner must give appropriate comfort and guidance.

Then the question is, won't dogs be depressed all day?

Let's start with a set of authoritative data. According to a survey by the British Veterinary Charity Association, 40% of dogs in Britain will have obvious emotional loss in winter.

Although dogs don't suffer from depression due to seasonal changes, 40% of dogs are suspected of suffering from a mental illness called seasonal affective disorder (SAD), which can lead to listlessness, depression, lack of social interest and fatigue.

Dogs with SAD will show that they love sleeping and don't like sports in winter. According to the way humans treat SAD, the researchers regularly take these dogs to the sunny outdoor. In this way, the symptoms of these dogs are greatly alleviated. Finally, the British Veterinary Charity Association found that:

"The sad symptoms of people and dogs in winter are caused by the increase of melatonin, which is a hormone that helps sleep. The pineal gland of humans and dogs secretes melatonin. When the outdoor light shines on the retina, the pineal gland will stop secreting melatonin, and the dog will no longer be groggy! "