When people are lonely, they like to keep a cat or dog to accompany them. Every time they see their own little cat or dog acting silly, they will feel better. There are many people who would love to have both a cat and a dog, but are afraid that they won’t get along and that they won’t have enough time to take care of two small animals. In the process of raising a dog, sometimes it is easy to run out of dog food, at this time, someone always likes to use some cat food to feed the dog, so the dog can eat cat food?

In fact, you can, but try not to give your dog cat food, because cats and dogs have different nutritional needs in food, cat food does not contain the carbohydrates that dogs need. In theory, cats have a high requirement for meat, so cat food contains a lot of protein. In addition to protein and protein requirements, cats also need a special amino acid called taurine to promote night vision, which dogs do not need. If a dog is fed cat food for a long time, it can lead to excessive tazoic acid poisoning.

Unlike dogs, which tend to have higher carbohydrate needs, cats do not have the same proportions or ingredients in their food. And cats digest fat more easily, which is their main source of energy, so cat food is high in fat, and dogs don’t need fatty foods. And in order to prevent some cats from suffering from urinary stones, so the acidity in the cat food is relatively high, to the dog to eat, easy to affect the dog’s bone development.

In addition, in terms of economy, it is not cost-effective to feed cat food to dogs, because most cat food is relatively small package, so the price will be very high. Moreover, cat food contains more calories than dog food, so it is not suitable for dogs to feed cat food. Why do you have to use cat food when you have dog food? Just let the cat food and the dog food do their job, without having to do anything wrong.