First, raising meat dogs has broad prospects. Although dog meat is a nourishing food, its market has certain limitations, unlike pigs, sheep and beef, which have huge consumer groups. Owners of meat dogs for the first time must carefully examine the market sales situation, and don't blindly listen to hearsay. At present, although the retail price of cooked dog meat is 30 ~ 40 yuan per kilogram, the benefits are considerable, but its fixed consumer group is not large, and the market prospect is not optimistic. Some newspapers or advertisements say that the price per kilogram of live dogs is above that of 20 yuan, and it only happens in cities with high consumption level.
Second, high-priced introduction has high returns. The first step in raising a meat dog is getting started. After a 20-day-old unknown puppy is labeled as an "excellent breed", the asking price is often as high as several thousand yuan. As a long-term investment, sometimes importers think that they will spend a lot of money to introduce improved varieties, but this is not necessarily the case. At present, there are only a handful of producers engaged in breeding, purification and rejuvenation of meat dogs in China. The "thoroughbred" meat dog that you spent thousands of dollars on is probably the ordinary meat dog that the dog dealer bought from the dog market for thirty or fifty dollars. If you decide to get on the horse after investigating the market, it is profitable to spend tens of yuan to buy some common breeds of meat dogs from the local market for short-term fattening.
Third, anesthesia is effective in raising dogs. Some farms claim that meat dogs raised in high density by anesthesia grow very fast after eating and sleeping, and can grow to 20 ~ 30 kilograms in three months. Animal husbandry experts severely refuted this view. Their reasons are as follows: 1. Anesthetics used for a long time in the process of anesthesia feeding will remain in the muscles and viscera of meat dogs, which will do harm to the health of people who eat dog meat. Second, meat dogs are in a daze all day, and they will inevitably have no good appetite and digestive function. If the long-term food intake is low and indigestion occurs, the rapid weight gain of meat dogs can only be empty talk. 3. If keeping dogs under anesthesia is so magical and scientific, and there are so many pigs, cattle and sheep in China, why hasn't anyone extended this method to the general breeding industry, so as to greatly promote the development of animal husbandry in China?
Here, the author once again reminds the majority of meat dog breeders not to believe in pseudoscience. In order to make meat dogs gain weight quickly, we can cut off the vocal cords and raise meat dogs in small sets to enhance their affinity and avoid fighting. In addition, scientific management and rational preparation of feed can not be ignored.