| Being responsible for how healthy and how long your | | | | avoided. |
| dog lives is only a matter of knowing what to do. A | | | | The second key ingredient is the preservatives. |
| longer life means proper exercise, good hygiene and | | | | What you don't want to see is bha, bht, propyl |
| good dog food for your dog. | | | | gallate or ethoxiquin in your dog's food as a |
| Most people make sure their dog gets enough | | | | preservative. Ethoxiquin has been allegedly linked to |
| exercise, is brushed often, checked for ticks and | | | | liver damage in dogs, so be extremely careful here. |
| fleas but in most cases they may are misinformed | | | | Instead, good dog food has vitamin e (Tocopherols) |
| about exactly what their dog needs to eat in order | | | | which allows your dog's food to be preserved a |
| to live longer (while cutting down on the vet's bill, by | | | | more natural way. |
| staying out of the office as much). | | | | The third key ingredient you want to take into |
| The first key ingredient- the meat | | | | consideration is the grains. |
| In order to find out exactly what is in your dog's | | | | Finally you want to take a look at the grains listed in |
| food, start by reading the ingredients listed on the | | | | the dog food. Oatmeal and rice are two of the best |
| bag. The first ingredient we want to see listed to | | | | grains that you can find as ingredients. These grains |
| make sure we have some very good dog food is | | | | are easy for your dog to digest and chances are |
| the meat that supplies the protein. You should see | | | | they won't be allergic to either one. |
| fish, chicken, lamb, or turkey and you want to see | | | | Now on the other hand, if you find corn or wheat as |
| this meat listed as the very first ingredient. Whatever | | | | the grain, you may want to find another source of |
| ingredient is listed first is the main ingredient, so it is | | | | food for your dog. A lot of dogs have trouble with |
| important that a meat (not a turkey, chicken, fish, | | | | corn and in some cases wheat. So, don't consider the |
| lamb, or beef by-product) is listed first. | | | | dog food good if it has one of these used as the |
| Avoid by product foods as much as you can. They | | | | grain. If your dog is known to be allergic to grains, |
| usually don't provide good protein for your dog, and | | | | there is grain free food available as an option for |
| you really don't know what part of the animal your | | | | your dog. |
| dog is going to get, so by product meat should be | | | | |