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Dog Food: 5 Types Of Commercial Dog Food You Might Want To Consider
from:Just a few years ago, feeding your dog was so much simpler compared to today's nutritional advice. I remember when my parent's dog ate whatever the whole family would eat, including dessert! In addition to table scraps, he also ate commercial dog food. That dog had a happy life and lived well into his mid-teens without contracting any serious illness or disease.
Picking a commercial dog food was also easy back then. There were only a handful of brands to choose from and these pet foods all had practically the same ingredients, only varying in color and flavor.
Nowadays, there are so many varieties to choose from. Below is a list of some of the popular commercial foods available for your dog:
Organic Dog Food
Most dog food products found in the market today contain pesticides and other chemicals. If you want to give your dog food that is free of these chemicals, consider organic dog food. However, the term “organic” can be misleading, so read the ingredients carefully before making your purchase.
No Preservative or Natural Preservative Dog Food
Most dog foods contain preservatives in the form of artificial chemicals such as ethoxyquin, BHT, and BHA. These are added for two reasons: To prevent the food from spoiling and keep the taste lasting longer. Some dog foods, however, have natural preservatives like vitamin C (often listed as ascorbic acid) and vitamin E (often listed as tocopherols).
Before you buy a dog food with natural preservatives, be sure to read the ingredients first to make sure that the preservatives are actually derived from nature instead of it being artificially synthesized.
You may also buy dog foods that are free of any kind of preservatives. These products must be properly sealed in a cool, dry, bug-free place and used promptly to assure freshness.
Vegetarian Dog Food
Vegetarian dog foods allow vegetarian dog owners to exercise their dietary beliefs with their dogs. These foods contain all of the necessary vitamins and nutrients that your pet needs, so long as they are properly made. A vegetarian diet is also beneficial for dogs that are allergic to meat.
Raw Dog Food
Many dog owners believe that a diet of raw food is the healthiest way to feed their pet because this is the way wolves and other wild dog species ate. This belief has no scientific facts to value its accuracy. However, a diet of raw food can expose both you and your pet to dangerous bacteria such as salmonella and E. coli.
Therapeutic Dog Food
Therapeutic dog foods, along with necessary medical care, have been the growing trend in dog food products today. It is only available through a veterinarian and is usually prescribed for cases of preventive treatment, as an after-surgery diet, or for certain health problems like food allergies.
Vitamin and Mineral Sources Part 1
Vegetables: While a few vegetables may serve as natural vitamin sources, most vegetables have little value to a dog Dogs can only digest about 30 to 50 percent of most of the vegetables eaten by man Many of these vegetables are practically all water What roughage they may contain can just as easily be obtained from cereal grains Vegetables contain too little fat to be of any value as energ.....More on High Protein Dog Food
The Fading Puppy Syndrome
One of the most common causes of newborn puppy deaths is what has been named as the "fading puppy syndrome" Many of the unexplained puppy deaths that fall into this category would undoubtedly go elsewhere if only an accurate diagnosis could be made Unfortunately, many of these poor little pets die so rapidly that no diagnosis can be made The fact is that whether or not the fading puppy .....More on High Protein Dog Food
The Proper Feeding Procedure For your Puppy
The growing puppy should be weighed once a week for the first six months of his life The weekly growth rate, which starts from weaning to six months, should be very constant that it forms a straight line when plotted on a graph The amount of food consumed by a fast growing puppy should be increased at almost the same rate as the puppyand#39;s growth The only way to make sure this increase in food .....More on High Protein Dog Food
The Weaning Procedure
Most dog owners allow their pups to eat directly from the motherand#39;s bowl as soon as they are able to do so This enables them to learn, by observation, how to eat However, continuing this practice for more than a few days after the puppies begin to eat has several objectionable features First, the mother usually is not eating the same diet that her puppies should be eating Second, the mother o.....More on High Protein Dog Food
The Dogs Mechanics of Eating
Many dog owners think that every different breed of dog must be fed different, according to some sort of specification However, the eating behavior of a dog is characteristic of the whole species, not of any individual breed, since all dogs eat the same way As a result, there are certain general considerations that can be made when feeding any dog A dog is not required to eat its food th.....More on High Protein Dog Food
Weaning Your Puppy
Whether a newborn puppy is fed by his own mother or by his owner, he must eventually be taught to depend on something besides milk for his food This learning process is called "weaning", and represents the changing of a puppyand#39;s diet from liquid to solid At about three to four weeks of age, as soon as their eyes open and they are able to move about with some ease, most puppies will begin to exp.....More on High Protein Dog Food
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