Can dogs eat sweet food?

Dogs can eat sweets. Dogs like to eat sweet things. But it is not a good thing to give your dog candy for a long time! It is very bad for dogs to eat candy. Sugar is very sticky and can cause tooth decay when it sticks to the teeth. If the owner rarely brushes the dog’s teeth or even does not brush at all, it can easily lead to periodontitis and bad breath. The sugar contained in sugar eaten directly or in sweets such as cream cakes will increase the burden on the dog's gastrointestinal tract and cause endocrine disorders. Eating too much can cause endocrine disorders and even hair loss in dogs. Eating too much sugar will make dogs fat, and obesity can easily induce a series of diseases, such as fatty liver, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, coronary heart disease, etc., and damage the movement, circulation, reproductive and other systems. Especially when dogs enter old age, these diseases will threaten their lives.

Dogs (Latin Canis lupus familiaris) belong to the phylum Chordata, the subphylum Vertebrates, the class Mammalia, the subclass Eutheria, the order Carnivora, the suborder Schizopoda, and the family Canidae. Also known as "dog" in Chinese, dogs belong to the order Carnivora and are distributed all over the world. Dogs, horses, cattle, sheep, pigs, and chickens are collectively called the "six livestock".

Some scientists believe that dogs were domesticated from gray wolves by early humans. The domestication period ranged from 40,000 to 15,000 years ago and has developed to this day. Known as "man's most loyal friend", it is now the most frequently kept pet. Its lifespan is about ten years.

In Chinese culture, the dog is one of the twelve zodiac animals, ranking 11th among them. Dogs are a very common canine mammal and the most frequently kept pet. According to United Nations statistics, the total number of dogs in the world is about 600 million, and there are about 200 million in my country. Dogs are the earliest animals domesticated by humans.