The reason why dogs poop more after eating dog food

This is the most common problem encountered. People often say that they poop more after eating xxx food. Not absorbed.
In fact, many things are not as straightforward as they seem to us. If a dog does not absorb something after eating it, it should eat and poop as it should. Still using the above example, feed boiled corn kernels to your dog, or eat enoki mushrooms to your dog...cough.
Reasons for excessive dog poop:
High fiber content in dog food: This usually occurs when the main carbohydrate in dog food is beans. Compared with potatoes and grains, beans have a higher protein content. High, fiber (ash) content is also high.
With high fiber, the moisture retention rate of the dada will increase, and as the moisture content increases, the dada will be fluffy. The visual effect will look much better. Similarly, due to the increase in the volume of feces and the difference in the dog's ability to store feces in the rectum, this is reflected in the fact that the dog frequently poops... which makes the scavenger feel that it has been excreted without much absorption.
Gastrointestinal discomfort after changing to new food: It takes a period of time for a dog to adapt to new food. This "period of time" varies from dog to dog. For example, it usually takes four months for my two dogs to completely adapt to a certain kind of food. The initial period of food change could only ensure the initial adaptation to the new food and prevent loose stools and loose stools.
Therefore, there are many factors that affect the amount of stool. It is either too much stool or lack of absorption. In the same way, less diarrhea does not mean that all nutrients are absorbed.
This is all an illusion, an illusion, an illusion~!

How dogs digest

The dog’s stomach, small intestine, and large intestine are the main places where food is digested and absorbed. Humans still have an oral cavity, but dogs swallow their food. There is very little chewing, so the oral cavity is not included.
Human teeth can grind food, and dogs like to swallow it raw, so a dog’s stomach is much stronger than a human’s, and the pH value of gastric acid will be much lower. Dogs are carnivorous omnivores, and their overall digestive tract is much shorter than that of humans. For example, dogs do not have a duodenum, and food goes directly from the stomach to the small intestine. Moreover, the large intestine, small intestine, and rectum of dogs are shorter than those of humans.

What foods will affect the absorption of dogs

There are many reasons that affect the digestion and absorption of food, which are divided into the following
Digestive organ lesions: various acute and chronic digestive systems Inflammation, pancreatitis, insufficient secretion of pancreatic juice, intestinal damage caused by parvovirus, etc.
Food quality: The quality of dog food is determined by the amount of meat it contains. Most of the ingredients used in spicy chicken dog food are very poor, and some are even made with soil. It’s strange that dogs can absorb it after eating it.
Inappropriate food type: Dogs are carnivorous omnivores, and the digestibility of meat is the highest, followed by potatoes, grains, vegetables and the like. If you feed them directly to dogs, they will basically eat and poop. How do you feel about feeding corn kernels to dogs?)
Age: Dogs are too young and dogs are too oldIf the food is large, the absorption rate of food will decrease
Lack of vitamins: The lack of key vitamins will cause insufficient digestive enzymes, affecting digestion and absorption. For example, a lack of vitamin b6 can cause weak gastrointestinal motility, loss of appetite, indigestion, bad breath and other conditions.

Does it mean that you don’t gain weight just because you don’t absorb the food?

No, in fact, the concept of food not being absorbed is a false concept. Food refers to substances that can meet the body's normal physiological and biochemical energy needs and extend normal life span. For dogs, whether it is meat, grains, or potatoes, they are all food and can be digested and absorbed. Things like soil, paper shells, bones, etc. are not.
In addition to the food factor, the main reason for not getting fat is the dog, and a very important point is that if you think it is thin, it may not be really thin. It just looks "slim" and is actually chubby.

What does it mean if dog food is not suitable for dogs?

Finally, let’s talk about what it means when real food is not absorbed. First, whether the food can Being digested and absorbed cannot be judged in a short period of time. After all, the digestion and absorption of food are chemical reactions and cannot be seen by the naked eye in beakers and test tubes. Secondly, it is unreliable to judge by the state and smell of excrement.
The correct way to judge whether the dog food has been absorbed by the dog is: when feeding a kind of dog food, carry out: time (a cycle of 2 months) + dog health status (mainly the condition of the dog’s fur and Fat or thin) + observation of the dog’s resistance (whether it suffers from large-area skin diseases, pneumonia and other diseases related to low immunity). To give a somewhat extreme example: If the dog food is OK, even if the dog does not poop once during the period of eating this food, the condition of the coat is obviously very good, shiny and smooth, and the dog is mentally healthy. Never get sick. It proves that the quality of this dog food is no problem. As for the persistent loose stools and soft stools, the poop scavenger has to find the reason elsewhere.
Similarly, a healthy dog, after eating a certain kind of dog food, does not show any of the "unabsorbable" symptoms that the poop shoveler seems to have, but it becomes increasingly thin or flies as fast as a balloon. While gaining weight, his fur becomes rough, and he even gets sick from time to time. On the surface, the years are peaceful, but in reality, the undercurrent is even more terrifying.