What Happens If Your Dog Drinks Wine?

Wine,

With the pass of the years, people have been discovering multiple things that are damaging others individuals or animals such as domestic pets like dogs, one of the few examples that can be dangerous for your dog’s health is the case of wine or alcohol in general, there are some few “basic” methods that claims to cure our dogs of issues in their stomach, the procedure consists of making the dog sip some alcohol or wine to make them feel better.

This has multiple points of views, a few individuals seen this as a good alternative for making our dogs feel better and the great majority has been wondering if giving wine to your dog should be considered abuse, so, to make things clear, it’s time to discover what happens is your do drinks wine for whatever reason in the world, stay tuned to learn more.

WHAT HAPPENS IF YOUR DOG DRINKS WINE:

First of all, if you are someone that has given your dog a sip of wine or alcohol in the past as a way of treating some stomach issue, then you can rest your head knowing that it won’t cause any problem to your dog health status, however, this is mainly because for the extremely low quantity that it was given to your pet, let’s be honest, a small sip of alcohol is not even dangerous to most children or even teenagers, so why would dogs get affected in a dangerous way by this addictive product, right? Well… wine is not something that is on the list of favorites foods or drinks of dogs, so you need to read the rest of the article to avoid making a bad move that could put someone in danger.

Like almost everything in this harsh world, consuming things in massive quantities will just give problems to your body, and in the case of dogs and wine, the reality is not very different from that statement and is a fact that dogs are not very tolerant to products that count with an insanely large amount of calories on their compositions and since wine of bad or regular quality tends to come with that characteristic, giving it to your dogs like it’s water will not be a good idea at all, remember that it could even cause massive issues in their livers which will gradually reduce the dog’s lifespan, and no one wants to receive that news ever.

SO, SHOULD I GIVE MY DOG SOME WINE IF IT FEELS BAD?

In conclusion, we discovered that a little bit of wine can’t be harmful to domestic animals like dogs, however, it shouldn’t be your main alternative of treatment for any issue, since you don’t know how your dog can react to that experience, and if it’s a small brand then the results could be worse than ever, so, take things easy, don’t rush the procedures and look carefully for good medicine or treatments that could help your dog in a less aggressive way, leave the win and alcohol to the human beings that want to celebrate holidays with you, let’s do our best to be great owners and maintain a happy relationship with dogs.

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Does Your Dog Know When You’re Drunk?

Dogs,

It’s 11 o’clock at night and you’ve had just a few too many while out with some friends. You manage to get an Uber and head home only to find Terry (that’s your dog) looking at you with a confused look on his face.

Huh. That’s weird. Normally Terry can’t wait to greet you at the door. Even around this time, he’s normally trying to barrel you over and get a few licks in.

You try to give him a smooch but he only backs away, yipping loudly at you as if you’re a stranger.

Wait a minute… he doesn’t actually “know” you’re drunk… does he?

WELL… KIND OF

Yes, ladies and gentlemen, when asking the question as to whether or not your dog knows when you’ve been knocking them back or getting a bit too crazy, the sad answer is “pretty much”.

“How is that possible?” you might be asking right about now and it’s certainly a fair question to ask. After all, it’s not like they know what “alcohol” or “drinking” means.

So how DO they know when you’re drunk?

THEY CAN SMELL IT ON YOU

We all know this. Dogs have an incredible sense of smelling that’s pretty much second to none. And while you may be able to fool your friends and family into thinking you’ve only had “a couple”, your best friend Terry is just way too perceptive for that. According to one finding, it was shown that dogs have over 300 million olfactory senses compared to the measly 60 million located in us.

That’s over 5 TIMES our sense of smell! Not only that, but the portion of a dog’s brain spent analyzing those smells is another 40 times ours.

It’s because of this incredibly sensitive amount of smell that dogs are so often used by the military and police for finding trace scents of different illegal materials such as weapons, narcotics, or even explosives.

So… yeah. They know when you’ve had a few too many.

THEY CAN GAUGE YOUR BODY LANGUAGE

When you walk, when you talk, how you stand, the crook of your neck, all of these things speak to your innate body language and overall body position. It’s why you walk differently than your siblings and why your friend “talks with their hands”. All of these things are subtle, subconscious bodily movements you make without even being aware of it.

You have to realize that every physical movement you make, be it how you breathe or what you say and how you say it, is all just electrical signals from your brain to various parts of your body. When you drink, those signals become delayed and disjointed. Not only that but both your medulla as well as your cerebellum (two aspects of the brain that control physical movement) are both directly impacted and impaired by drinking, making you more likely to stumble around or feel sleepy.

And just like with their sense of smell, dogs can know immediately when something is off with our altered body posture or position. In fact, from their point of view, you can appear as if you’ve been injured.

CONCLUSION

So, while dogs may not know THAT you are specifically drunk, based on your smell and gait, they can definitely tell WHEN you’ve been knocking them back.

So if you don’t want your little bud stressing out that something is wrong, maybe cut in a bit earlier next time you’re out.

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