Holistic Dog Food
User’s Guide To Raw Dog Food
You should consider a raw dog food diet for your pet. Many people have already done so, and are reporting great improvements in their pets’ health. This kind of diet is easy to prepare or you can buy prepackaged products. Your cost will be no more than what you are currently paying for dry kibble: it may even be less.
A wild canine subsists on eating prey species. Uncooked meats and meaty bones can approximate that wild dietary regime. Beef, pork, venison, chicken, turkey, and fish are all foods that a canine will thrive upon. You can also give them raw eggs, shell and all.
There are almost immediate benefits to this change in diet. Your pet’s coat and breath will not have an odor. His teeth will be cleaner and gums healthier because of the bones. There will be less stool, and it will not be as offensive in odor. You should also find that visits to the veterinarian are reduced because your pet is healthier.
A sluggish or lethargic canine will frequently respond to this kind of diet and have increased vigor. Allergic symptoms will usually disappear within a few weeks. Conditions caused by inflammation, such as arthritis, may improve or even disappear, depending on the severity. This diet will also help you get your obese pet slim and active again. Your pet has a far greater chance of an extended and active life. Bitches have been reported to have easier pregnancies, and produce healthier pups, when eating uncooked meals.
Uncooked and unprocessed foods contain vital nutrients that are destroyed in the cooking process. As a canine ages, their body produces fewer digestive enzymes, and uncooked foods contain enzymes that can be used in this process. Also, this diet has no grain, unlike most kibble, a food that is not good for canine health.
You can buy prepared food for this diet or make it yourself out of meats from the butcher’s. There are advantages to either system and, as a third alternative, you may want to use both. There are a number of excellent raw meals available in stores or online. There are frozen products that come in individual packets, and dehydrated ones that you add water to before serving.
These are very convenient to use. The dehydrated mixes are space saving, and easily rehydrated. A ten pound box of dehydrated food rehydrates into forty pounds of food. This saves you a lot of lugging heavy bags of food home from the store. The frozen packets can be thawed and poured right into the dog’s bowl. They all contain fruit and vegetables which many believe provide extra nutrients and anti-oxidants.
If you prepare the meals, you may save money, if you have access to quality meat that is low in price. The food is in its most natural state, and the bones provide extra benefits the prepared foods lack. Adding bones to the frozen or dehydrated meals may be the best way to go.
Either way, a raw food diet is sure to reap many health benefits for your dog. It will increase his chances for a full and healthy life. Any digestive, arthritic or allergic problems he may have should be eliminated. When you give your pet the diet his system is designed to thrive on, you’ll have healthy and active companion.
Jamie is a canine health consultant who specializes in natural dog food.
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