Improper diet could cause or add to dog issues

Unacceptable diet may cause or add to dog issues, too. Again, common sense is your best ally. You don't need 4 years at Cornell Vet college to be taught how to read a dog-food bag. While there's argument about precisely what dogs need in their diets, there's tiny discussion about what they do not need : sugar ( which is employed in big quantities to preserve the soft, damp foods ), food color ( which is used to please you, since your dog is color-blind ) and chemicals ( which are used to give the food a longer storability ).

Just like you, your dog may get stuck with some things he doesn't need, even if you are a careful shopper. If dog food were made without chemicals and your dog's chow spoiled before you used it up, you could be a unhappy shopper. You may not be ready to avoid chemicals in your dog's food, but you can avoid sugar and you can try for less food coloring. The best way to feed a dog is often a cheaper
way, though not always the cheapest way. The only way to feed a dog is actually rather simple, although not always most straightforward.

Your dog has no use for food that looks like little hot dogs, tiny meatballs or little beef chunks-but isn't. He can't see that the'meat' is red. If he is's anything like my dog, he almost certainly wolfs his food down so fast he wouldn't know a crepe from a blintze. He'll happily eat a good, plain, less dear diet of eighty percent dry dog food and 20 p.c supplement ( cottage cheese, canned dog meat, plain yogurt, leftover veg, any whole-grain food, cooked eggs, liver, for example. ). Your dog doesn't need ( though he'd disagree ) ice cream, pizza, hot dogs, sugary cakes and cookies, croissants or pancakes with syrup. Sugar can make him hyper. So can additives. A plainer diet is better. He needs some fat added to keep his coat from getting dry-corn oil added to his dry food will do. Some individuals like to add vitamins, too, for good measure-a multivitamin made for dogs, vitamin E for a shine on his coat, brewer's yeast to help to keep fleas away. Variety is not essential.

Sameness, oddly, is. The dog is a creature of habit. Familiar is good, so that you can find a tasty food and stick to it. Just monitor the amount you feed-not by what the bag says, but by watching your dog's waistline. Next time you visit the superstore, read those bags and cans. You just have to do it once.
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