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Energy Sources
from:Originally, dog owners who fed their pets natural ingredients were attempting to replace the natural diet of the dog. Natural ingredients used today are no longer the foods eaten by an animal ''naturally'' in the wild, but have become modifications of those original foodstuffs to more confinement or longer lasting forms.
The human diet consists of a large selection of such modified natural foods, most of which have been tried for feeding a dog. Besides these human foods, there are still a few natural ingredients available to the dog owner that are not normally considered to be human foods. Examples of such foods are horse meat, hog livers, and bone meal.
Meat is, without question, the most common natural ingredient fed to a dog. It is also the most common source of protein. It is not the only source, however, nor is it the best. Eggs, milk, and plant proteins also make up a large reservoir of protein sources available to dog feeders.
All natural foods containing nutrients are energy sources, since most nutrients can become energy. Some natural foods supply more energy than others and are customarily used as energy sources. These are the foods containing the largest quantities of fats and carbohydrates. Fats are the primary energy source in any diet for a dog. Most meats come with the fat already attached, especially in the chopped and ground varieties. Fats also can be found in nature in the pure form as vegetable oils or as tallow and lard.
Carbohydrates, while not as concentrated an energy source as fats, are lower in cost. Carbohydrates are useful to dilute the protein in high meat diets or lower the caloric density of diets containing too much fat.
Probably the most universally useful source of energy for a dog is corn oil. Corn oil supplies 9 calories in every gram, 250 calories in every ounce, 124 calories in every tablespoonful, and 62 calories in every teaspoonful. When used as the only fat in a food it also furnishes about ten times the amount of essential fatty acids needed by a dog. Corn oil is inexpensive, easily obtainable, and has a reasonably good keeping quality. Other vegetable oils that can be used satisfactorily as an energy source for a dog are olive oil, peanut oil, safflower oil and soybean oil.
Nutritional Diseases In Your Dog
Similar to healthy dogs, sick dogs need to eat in order to supply energy and nutrients for growth, for replacement and repair; as well as to meet an ever changing need Nutritional requirements for a sick dog usually do not differ greatly from those of a healthy dog A sick dogand#39;s dietary needs, however, can become substantially different from those of a healthy dog Diseases in which a dogand#39;.....More on Dog Food Nutrition Label
Determining The Amount Of Dog Food Needed For Your Dog
The pet dog has the same nutritional needs as any other dog The only difference is the reduced number of calories it uses because of the type of life a dog leads as a household pet The house dog living exclusively indoors is probably one of the least active animals in the world More inactive, even, than its owner Most of a house dogand#39;s time is spent sleeping Its greatest effort, in m.....More on Dog Food Nutrition Label
Feeding Your Puppy
A puppy always tells his dog owner whether he is getting too much or too little food in several ways Crying is one of the most often recognized, but least likely to be always accurate Although hungry puppies do cry, so do cold puppies, hot puppies, puppies that were disturbed from a nap, lost puppies, sad puppies, etc Crying is simply natureand#39;s way of giving a puppy a means of telling everybo.....More on Dog Food Nutrition Label
How To Feed A Guard Dog So Minimal Waste Is Produced
Engaged in military as well as civilian occupations, guard dogs serve on sentry duty, patrol duty, shore watch, riot control, store and warehouse security and many other similar missions Whatever the nature of their mission, all guard dogs have one thing in common: their high degree of training Every guard dog is trained to maintain a peak performance for the entire time it is on duty .....More on Dog Food Nutrition Label
Can I Feed My Dog Meat Only
There are a few dog feeders who foolishly insist that meat is the only thing a dog should ever be fed Meat alone is entirely inadequate for a dog The foremost deficiency in a diet of meat is its lack of calcium lf the meat is trimmed of fat there is also likely to occur a deficiency in energy There are numerous other deficiencies, but none as dramatic as these two Meat, nevertheless,.....More on Dog Food Nutrition Label
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