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Just as you would read the label of any product that you buy, you must also read the label on the dog food can. It will tell you a lot about the contents like the ingredients used in its preparation, the nutrients included, the fat and protein content and quality and instructions for feeding your dog. You can also find the price on the label.
When you buy dog food from a dog supplies store, give preference to dry food, as it is not only economical but also easy to store. Whatever kind of food you buy, remember that it should be of good quality and be healthy. Given below are some of the main points that you should check on the label of the dog food.
- Guaranteed Analysis – Though it sounds complicated, it is not so. The label contains an information panel that lists levels of all the protein, fat, water and fiber that has been used in the manufacturing of the food. This is not unlike the information found on cans of human food. The protein and fat content is crude and hence they are not digestible. Only when you read the analysis, you will be able to judge if the food is digestible and how much. The second information that you can glean from this chart is the percentage of fats and proteins that is determined by the water content in the product.
- List of Ingredients – It is essential for all manufacturers to provide the consumer with a list of ingredients that have been used in the formulation of the product and dog food is no different. The order of listing should be in descending order according to weight. One trick that manufacturers use without lying is sub breaking of a single ingredient so that you are unable to judge its weight. Some of the common ingredients used in pet food are detailed here.
(a) Meat – This is the clean flesh and can include striated muscle, diaphragm, tongue, and heart et al.
(b) Meat-By-Products – These are the clean parts of animals that are not flesh. They include kidneys, brain, blood and bone et al.
(c) Fish Meal – It is the tissue of whole or cut fish that has been powdered without extracting oil.
- Instructions For Feeding – These must be included in all dog food as they recommend the quantity of food to be fed according to the fat content. Also, they depend upon weight, and growth level. But the guidelines should be taken as a rough chart and you must feed your dog according to its metabolism, temperature et al.
- AAFCO Standards – AAFCO is the association that controls the production and sale of pet foods. If a company has met the standards like nutritional levels et al set by AAFCO, it can market its food.
It is difficult to say which is the best available dog food. Each dog has is own needs and there are so many brands and types of food available that you have to choose the best one keeping in mind what your dog may need.
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The pet dog can eat many things that a human being eats. Raw diet is better. Raw diet is nothing but the food that was not cooked and the one that doesn’t have any fillers or added ingredients. The raw diet usually consists of raw egg, raw meet, bones and few vegetables. It is needless to mention that raw dog food is much better than commercial dog foods. You may wonder why it is so. The raw dog food contains ingredients that are natural, organic and fresh. The dog’s health will be at its prime if fed with raw food.
Raw dog food will make the dull coat to look shiny and healthy. Raw dog food will help to prevent the bad breath. The digestion of the food will be better and the stamina of the dog will also be good. Raw food increases the muscle mass and does a lot to reduce the unwanted fat from the body. Hence the dog will look much better in shape.
In addition to this the raw dog food will boost the metabolic rate, general health condition thereby increasing the life span of the dog. The other advantage of the raw food is that it is much cheaper than the cooked or commercial food. As the raw food is healthy and also cheap, why should one hesitate to go for the same?
What type raw food is good for dog? Chicken is definitely better as the fat content of the same is much less compared to the other red meats such as beef and mutton. While giving chicken, one should be careful in avoiding the bone portion. Because the bones are very brittle and the splinters can cause damage to the internal organs of the dog. You can consider giving raw quail and turkey too.
Beefs can be included, but in small quantity. The bones can be mixed with beef. The dogs have the ability to digest the bones of the buffaloes. The puppies can also be fed with raw food. But you need to be extra careful, while doing so, because the puppies can’t chew as good as adult dogs. Add as much as fruits, vegetables and whole grains, your dog will be healthy and active.
“Your dog- SILVER is dying”- my vet told after removing his Goggles. I was really astonished and opened my mouth my dog was just two and half years old. I asked him- How it happened? I am feeding my dog with commercial dog food only and not feeding table waste. He confirmed that the death is due to some of the commercial dog food.
If you have used a cheap commercial food, your dog will also loose its life in young age. I tried to get more info from my vet. He disclosed so many matters. They are-
1. Most of the commercial dog food manufacturer are procuring euthanized dogs to mix them in the dog feed. So you’re making your dog as “Canabalic”.
2. Dog food contains at least 6 deadly chemicals.
How To Stop My Dog Die Young?
1. Stop using commercial dog food
2. Learn how to read commercial dog food labels.
3. Get some healthy, well-balanced dog food recipes
I searched the Internet to get an idea about Dog Food Secrets. So I landed up in an e-book that covers all these three points. I bought the e-book – “DOG FOOD SECRETS”. This book help me to identify a commercial food that would kill a dog and also how to read the commercial dog food labels. In addition to this the author describes few recipes that tingles your dog’s taste bud.
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Most of us are taking meat or fish on Sundays and have a nice nap in the afternoon. Some of my friends ask is there any special diet for their dogs especially on Sundays. I inquired this fact with some of the pet owners. They are giving a special diet called “Rice-Meat Pudding” for their beloved dog.
Ingredients
- 2 cloves Garlic
- 1 tbs vegetable oil
- 1 cup vegetables
- 4 cups rice
- 1/2 cup of ground meat
Method
Cook all ingredients together in a hot air oven. Be sure that the meat is well-cooked. Allow to boil and serve to your beloved pet.
Your dog will love this dish like anything. Only thing it won’t take the regular feed next day because it will ask the same special diet next day also. If you won’t provide this rice-meat pudding on next day, it will take the next meal.
