IF you have a pet pooch, you need to listen up.
Jamie Lam, a vet known on TikTok as ‘jglam6’ has revealed the mistakes that many pet parents are making, that could cause serious harm not only to your dog, but to you too.
The vet explained that allowing your dog to lick your face is something you should never do, you should always avoid feeding your dog food from the table and a raw food diet must be looked at with special consideration.
Not only this, but you need to be careful with the toys you give your dog and according to this vet, must never let your pooch play with sticks or tennis balls.
Jamie uploaded his video to social media with the caption ‘My 5 things I’d never do as a vet’.
He said: “I’m Jamie and I’m a vet and here’s my five things I wouldn’t do with my dog.
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“Number one, I would not let Otis lick my face.
“Dogs have a lot of bacteria in their mouths and it can even give us things like roundworm and tapeworm, so definitely no licking of the face.
“Next, I wouldn’t feed him food from the table.
“Although they may like it and even love it, it can encourage begging behaviour which can be very frustrating for people at home, and pet obesity is one of the biggest things that we struggle with in our industry, so definitely no table scraps with this one.
“Next, I personally would not feed a raw food diet.
“That’s not to say that there aren’t dogs out there that do really well on a raw food diet, but they do have an increased risk of causing things like salmonella and E.coli in our dogs.
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“Furthermore, if it’s not a complete diet and you are just making it up as you go along, you may be giving your dog a nutritional deficiency which is not ideal.
“Next, I would make sure I didn’t forget to give him his vaccines and that I stay on top of his flea and his worming.
“It’s so common to see these problems in the vets, I see fleas and worms pretty much on a daily basis, so making sure he’s covered is really important.
“The final thing, I personally wouldn’t allow Otis to play with tennis balls, sticks or rocks.
“I see a lot of injuries from all of these things, a lot of tooth erosion from tennis balls, it’s just not worth the damage, get toys, there are a lot of safer toys out there.”
Jamie’s video has clearly impressed many, as it has quickly racked up 368.5k views.
It has 10.9k likes, 792 comments and 1,690 shares.
One person said: “So good to hear vets speaking out about raw NOT being the answer to everything!”
Another added: “Thanks, great info”.
A third commented: “I’m with you on all these things”.
However, not everyone agreed with all of Jamie’s tips.
One user stated: “I switched my dog to raw food and she’s a completely different dog now. More energy, shinier coat, and better mood”.
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Another said: “I’m 48 yrs old, had dogs all my life, never have I become ill from letting my dogs kiss me, which is their way of showing love to you”.
Someone else revealed: “I always give my dog some of the food from my plate. I use it for training though and he doesn’t beg”.
