The Advantages Of Using Grain Free Dog Food

 

Many dog owners currently are switching their dogs to a grain free dog food formula. This trend has recently caught on mainly because many pet nutritionists have shown evidence of harmful causes of a diet full of grain ingredient.

The choice to switch your pet to a grain free diet may be a costly one, you will have to take into account the cost of this food because the grain free kind is slightly more costly than the normal food you are used to giving your dog.

You will however realize that you still make a saving by deciding to make that switch, this is because your dog will eat a lot less of the grain free kind before it can feel satisfied. However the regular kind of dog food contains a lot of grain ingredients called fillers so that it may increase the bulk of the dog formula, your dog will have to eat a much larger amount of this food in order to feel content.



Another factor to consider about this formula is the distinction between canned meals and dry formula dog meals. The dried kind is usually added a carbohydrate-base supplement so that the food may maintain its shape, this is not the case with the canned food formula, it has moisture in it which helps provide the dog with its daily water needs.

You also will have to consider the amount of calorie content in the formula this is especially when you have an overweight dog. You will need to look into the protein content of the meal that you feed it, the reason for this is that when the protein ratio is increased, so is the fat content in the meal, hence this might not be a very good choice for your dog.

One other important factor to take into account is the age of your pet, if your pet has reached the age of around 5 years it may be best to switch its diet to the grain free formula, this is because dogs that are advanced in age usually have difficulty digesting the grain filled dog formula, some may even develop allergic reactions caused by the regular diet.

When changing your dogs diet you should do it in a step by step manner, reason being that dogs have bacteria in their stomachs that attack foreign objects, this may cause your pet to suffer diarrhea and stomach upsets.

The first week of introducing the formula, give the dog about three quarters of its previous diet and a quarter of its new formula, the second week give the dog half of its old dog meal and half of its new dog formula, the third week give the dog a quarter of its old dog formula and three quarters of its new meal, finally you will complete the transition on week four.

Dog owners that have changed their animals diet to the grain free type have all recorded remarkable results especially with the dogs health. Allergies were done away with and skin problems were also improved.