Who Wants To Know If Are Over-feeding Your Dog?

Are you over feeding your dog and shortening his life and taking away his energy? Discover the truth today to why many dogs are living shorter lives due to obesity.

The subject that everybody is talking about is obesity and over weight, due to the fact that over a third of Americans are suffering form obesity, and is creating increasing anxiety for health authorities, but our overweight dog problems seem to take a back seat.

After much research I found that a minimum of 25% of dogs in the United Kingdom suffer from obesity, world wide probably more, and this is why experts say we have a growing health issues with our animals.

The question is what are the consequences for feeding our dogs too much food?

The number 1 reason you should not overfeed your dog is over weight dogs in many cases can suffer from fatal diseases, for example; diabetes, arthritis, heart problems, and what's more this takes away the dogs energy and does not help his peace of mind.

If you can reflect to the reasons why you made a decision to get a dog primarily, it was probably to have a new friend that you can enjoy walks together in the park.

By giving dogs too much food this takes away a dogs energy and leads to a miserable dog in bad heath. We as humans are fully aware that this is not constructive in our lives so it stands to reason it will not work for our dogs.

A further issue is the financial side, not only are we spending too much money on dog food, but this leads to many trips to the vets and that is proving to be very expensive, it has a snowball effect.

Folks today that are sensitive with regard to our health and weight, we watch what we eat very carefully and prepare nutritious meals for our selves and our families, in which case we should do the same for our dog's right?

Numerous dog lovers are coming to the realization of the importance of quality dog food, and not falling for the quick option sold in the supermarkets and are preparing their own dog menus; there are many advantages to this you know it is not going to be full of skin, bones, carcases, sugar, and fat, which many commercial dog foods are full of which leads to obesity in dogs and poor health.

Furthermore commercial dog foods in many cases are made to taste good so that your dog will want more of it, and this leads to over eating, we count the calories for our own benefit so why not do this for our pets.

Let's consider the negative side, it is fact there is more time and dedication to preparing your own dog food, however the good points out weigh the bad by far. Primarily the obesity problem would cease to exist, the vet account would be less, your dog will be in better physical condition, and last but not least you can get back to giving your dog enough exercise and enjoy your relationship with your dog.

At length you can be in charge of the food that your dog consumes, and this can only be a positive towards the best health for your dog.