Preguntas y respuestas de un veterinario. ¿Pueden un perro y un gato tener descendencia juntos?

Okay, this one is probably anonymous. I don't know who sent it to us. I think my dog is trying to communicate with me. Is there any way to learn to decipher my dog's barking so I can know what she's trying to tell me? Well, look, the answer is very simple. Hello, I'm Carlos, a clinical veterinarian at Small Animals. Welcome to the Happy Pets and Families Channel. Happy New Year, everyone. To start the year, we've prepared a Q and a video for you. Jose Manuel R. Is sending us your questions so we can try to answer them. In this video, he's also selected other questions that he found curious, interesting or even funny so we can answer them here today. Let it be known that I don't know what questions I'm going to be asked until I read them. I'm a little nervous because I don't know what might come of all this. So let's get started with the questions Sandra asks us. Can two dogs recognize each other as siblings or as father, mother and son? Well, look, Sandra, the two. The truth is that there are pheromones that they can smell and recognize each other as members of the same family. That doesn't mean that later on the family bonds are established as what we understand as a family of people. But they do recognize each other. Let's move on to another one. Can I give my cat the same food as my dog? Well, look, although it will probably be very difficult for you to keep your cat and your dog separate, and in the end you will see that the cat will probably do whatever it wants and eat either one or even the dog, you shouldn't give them the same diet because each of the diets are formulated specifically for the species they are aimed at. Your cat will not need the same amount of protein as your dog will need. And your dog's diet will not have the same amount of carbohydrates, for example, as your dog's diet has. In this way. What I recommend is that if you want to prevent, for example, the dog from eating the cat's food, raise the cat's food bowl to a height because the cat will be able to climb up and reach its food and leave the dog's food on the floor. If it is the cat's food that eats the dog's food, then good luck and try to keep the cat separate from the dog while the dog is eating. Let's move on to the next one. My dog is a real sybarite and only likes the food of a certain brand. I Think it's because the bag has bright colors. Since ever since I come back from shopping, he gets excited about it. I've thought about buying another brand, but putting it in that bag that he likes so much, do you think that will work? If not, is there any way to make him like another brand of food? Well, look, your dog doesn't just like the color of the bag, because your dog probably can't identify what's written on the bag. He can see the colors, but he probably can't identify it. When your dog comes back from shopping and sees the bag, he can identify the bag by its size, so he may know that the purchase includes his favorite brand of food. As for tastes, it also depends a bit on the animal. I always recommend that you change food gradually. You could try mixing the food he likes so much with a new food, and that way you can gradually introduce the new food. Although I also tell you that you don't have to change the brand of food if it's not causing your dog any harm. If your vet thinks it's a suitable food for your dog, you don't need to change it beforehand. Let's move on to another one. Cats wash themselves, but is it wrong for me to bathe mine with soap? Cats do have this grooming routine, and it's also a routine that shows that the cat is healthy. We've talked about the keys to knowing if a cat is healthy in a previous video on the channel, and we'll leave it here in the description box. It's okay to bathe your cat, but it's true that many cats aren't used to this happening, and some cats are a bit phobic of water. So if you haven't trained your cat or your cat doesn't like it, you both might have a bad time. You might see your cat suffer. You might even suffer the tactics it uses to get away from your hands. And it might not understand why you want to bathe it. There's no physical or physiological reason to stop you from bathing your cat, although I do recommend that you dry it off very well afterwards and try to make sure the animal doesn't get cold or get too stressed. Also, you shouldn't bathe it with the same soaps that you use for yourself, because those soaps have a specific PH for human skin and animal skin has a different ph. Therefore, you should always use a product that's suitable for animals, in this case for cats. And you should always keep in mind that when drying your cat, do not overuse the hair. Dryer, because you can burn your cat's skin in any case. If you want to make sure that your cat is bathed properly, you should normally go to professional animal groomers, dog groomers, who will be happy to help you in that case. Okay, this is an anonymous question. I don't know who sent it to us. My cat has yellow eyes. I like it and it creeps me out at the same time. Does my cat see things yellow or differently than cats with other eye colors? Thank you. Here, I'm going to show you the photo that this person sent us of their cat with yellow eyes. Well, the truth is that we can talk about it from a subjective point of view. This could almost be philosophical. The truth is that there is nothing related to eye color that we can relate to the colors that animals see. I have brown eyes and you can have blue eyes and we both see the color green. Therefore, in animals, if we apply that same logic, although we haven't been able to ask, it's normal for these animals to see colors in the same way. We know how animals see because it has been studied that there are certain colors that they see brighter or that they have more receptors in their eyes for those colors. I wrote a post on my blog that you may find interesting if you like this topic and I'll leave the link in the description box. But I'm sure this has nothing to do with them being able to see different colors depending on the color of their eyes. Next. Okay, the question begins by saying. This question may be a bit absurd, but I've always had this question. Can a dog and a cat have offspring together? Well, look, the answer is very simple, isn't it? Animals can only have offspring within the same species, such as a horse and a donkey. Although the offspring of this union will not be fertile, the genes that have been transmitted to it prevent it from being fertile. You can't have offspring from a dog with a cat or a cat with a fox, because those types of animals don't have the same genetic makeup. They don't have the same genes and therefore they could never have offspring together. Next question. Alba, you know her from the video. Introducing Pippa from the Pugs.

Hello, I'm Alba and this is Pippa, a six year old pug. Very pretty, as you can see.

Wheel, leave her here in the description box. My friend asks us the other day he saw an American movie about natural disasters. The thing is that they got lost in a forest and used a dog to orient themselves. More specifically, the position in which the dog pooped Arguing that they were doing it facing north. It's true that dogs tend to align themselves with the Earth's magnetic field. Is there any scientific basis for that? It would be fun to analyze the matter. And he tells me, well, date I'm going to subject Pippa to the experiment. Alba, please, if you subject Pippa to the experiment, send us the video because we want to see it. The truth is that there is something scientific in all this, and it is true that there are some parts that are true, such as the dog being able to recognize magnetic fields or even align itself using certain molecules inside its body. There is very little research and the truth is that much more is unknown than is known. But it is true that animals use variations in the Earth's magnetic field to orient themselves. Otherwise, how can birds fly during the migrations they make every year? Or even a dog that can travel several hundred kilometers to return home? Animals recognize things that are a bit strange to us because we have lost that ability. And they can use certain parameters to orient themselves in a certain way. Although I do not know if it is true that dogs always do their things facing north. Next, are there dogs that are really potentially dangerous or is it just an urban legend? Well, potentially dangerous dogs are a series of breeds that have been established in this way. Well, like almost everything by man. It does not mean that these dogs are determined to be dangerous, but it does mean that they are dogs that have a series of physical characteristics that can make a run in with a person dangerous for the person. There are dogs that are potentially dangerous breeds that are adorable, but if at any time they have some kind of outburst due to fear or aggression towards a person, they can cause real problems. And there are smaller dogs that may have a slightly worse personality and that are more likely to confront people without it having anything to do with the breed, but rather with the characteristics of the animal itself. Konci asked us. My dog is afraid of everything, people and other animals. Is there any way to make him stop being so fearful? We have already talked about fear of storms and loud noises on the channel. We will leave the link here in the description box so that you can also find out more. It is true that animals can be afraid depending on their previous experiences. It has a lot to do with how they have lived those experiences. And if they have been traumatic, there are some products that can be applied to fearful animals. And there are also certain types of training that can help them overcome their fears. Above all, you have to keep in mind that if the animal is afraid, it also Experiences great frustration because it has to face its fears every day. If you want to help your little one in a more professional way, I recommend that you go to an ethologist who is a veterinarian who knows about behavior and has studied the behavior of animals so that they can tell you what types of guidelines or training you can do to reinforce their security and avoid that fear. In any case, Konchi, I think, is a very interesting question, and we will probably make a video about it in the future. Another one, I think my dog is trying to communicate with me. Is there any way to learn to decipher my dog's barking to know what she is trying to tell me? Is there any way I can communicate with her? Well, look, it's very interesting because the other day they explained to me that they had seen a mobile application that deciphered the fluff of cats. Something that is completely false because, well, I started reading the reviews of the application and they were divided into two groups. People who only gave it one star because they said it was useless, and people who, I think, actually expressed a bit of mockery, a bit of derision with the application because they started saying things that seemed really implausible. There is no way that you can communicate with your dog in a canine way. Yes, there are studies that say that animals can understand what you are saying. And specifically, there are studies on dogs that were done, for example, last year which have shown that animals understand the words that you say to them, not just the intonation or the way in which you say them. Obviously, they don't understand a poem by Gongara, but if you're talking to them, there are words, commands and ways of communicating with them that they understand. Therefore, she can understand you. It's another thing entirely for you to be able to understand her. For that, I recommend that you get to know her very well and that you know a little bit about what she's trying to tell you at any given moment based on her body language. Therefore, it's very likely that your dog is trying to communicate with you, and it's very likely that you're communicating with your dog without knowing it. Well. Since we still have a lot of questions to answer and we see that the video is going to be a bit longer, we're going to stop here and we'll continue answering these questions in a future video. If you like the video and want us to continue making videos about questions and answers that you find interesting, you can write to us through our social networks. We'll leave the links below. It's been really fun to deal with some of the questions you've sent us because what may seem obvious to me may not be obvious to others. So we'll be happy to make a second part of this video. And that's it for today's video. If you liked it, give it a like and share it with your friends and family or even ask them to send us a question. Don't forget to subscribe to the Happy Pets and Families channel and we'll see you in the next video. Video. We're going to try to answer these questions little by little. Let's see if you can have offspring from a dog and a donkey because they belong to the same species. Okay? That's how I say it. Is that right? I said from a dog or a horse?

Dog and donkey. Because I didn't say that. It's the other part of the team. Okay. Okay. So what? The donkey dog got away from me. No. That's kind of an understatement, right?