Your senior dog’s life can be extended with a well planned diet. Life can become quite hard work for your dog as he gets older.
Dog nutrition for a senior pet will include purchasing brands of dog food that contain antioxidants, essential fatty acids and other beneficial ingredients which are available in our Hills Science plan at Hills Pet UK.
As your pet dog grows older, his dog health may become affected in various ways. The main areas that are usually affected are his liver and kidneys.
This can become noticeable when a dog is losing weight at an alarming rate.
Take action straight away by visiting your local vet and asking about dog nutrition and of course the right amount of exercise required at this time in his life.
Dogs at their senior time in life may be happy with the amount of food you are giving him and that is great. Do not cut back on dog nutrition; allow him to eat the amount of food that satisfies him. You can provide good essential foods as a treat such as fish and poultry as they are easily digested.
It may be that your vet recommends you help with dog nutrition in your dogs pet food with added vitamins such as Vitamin E and C. These vitamins are great for stopping mental deterioration. However, it is more important that your dog has plenty of fresh drinking water at all times. Here are three more tips:
� Allow him a little amount of fat mixed in with his food to start his bowels working again
� Fruit and vegetables in small quantities are a natural way to give your dog valuable antioxidants
� Fish oils which can be included in a dog nutrition are full of essential omega 3 fatty acids to protect his brain cells. Fish oils also make a valuable contribution in preventing pain in old dog’s joints
