| There is so much talk today about what dog food | | | | has something like brown rice as the main |
| you should be feeding, it is almost impossible to make | | | | carbohydrate. |
| a decision. I think the biggest problem is that the | | | | It is important to include essential vitamins and |
| information is coming from too many sources and | | | | supplements. What your dog needs specifically can |
| most of those sources have a financial stake in what | | | | be determined by your veterinarian and you should |
| they want you to believe. So how do you decide | | | | schedule a visit before you start choosing a new dog |
| what is right for your dogs food and what nutrition | | | | food for your precious pooch. This way you can |
| requirements they have? | | | | determine any health issues or deficiencies and |
| I would start with a little research and that research | | | | address them and then include the necessary |
| can be as simple as reading the labels if you are | | | | vitamins in their dog diet. |
| purchasing commercial dry dog food or canned food. | | | | Reading a label on a commercial dog food bag is not |
| At the top of the list should be protein for the main | | | | your only choice. There are numerous other food |
| ingredient. It is also important that the protein source | | | | choices, such as natural dog food, organic and |
| be a whole meat and consists of lamb, salmon, | | | | homemade dog food just to name a few. These are |
| chicken or venison. Chopped Pieces are never a good | | | | excellent choices but will require you to do a little |
| substitute. They are usually made up of leftover | | | | research and some trial and error to figure out what |
| animal parts and bones from rendering plants and can | | | | will agree with your dog. |
| even contain other euthanized dogs! | | | | These are just a few basic guidelines to help get you |
| Next you need to look for carbohydrates and fats | | | | started in your dog diet information quest. There is |
| but be sure that you are not just paying for cheap | | | | an enormous amount of information available out |
| fillers in your dog food. An example can be corn | | | | there if you are willing to sift through it. I am |
| where the quality and nutritional value can be low due | | | | attempting to decipher some of that information for |
| to poor digestibility. The big commercial dog food | | | | you one subject at a time on my website. If you are |
| companies will use multiple types of carbohydrates as | | | | interested in the details of how the right food can |
| fillers in their food to add to the quantity of their | | | | truly make your dog happy and healthy, please drop |
| food. It does not add nutritional value only to the | | | | by for a visit. |
| bulk of the dog food. Try aiming for a product that | | | | |