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Discover Secrets Today to Over Feeding a Dog.

2016/5/4 10:30:15

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 buzz words today on almost everybody's lips is weight loss or obesity, with more than 24% of Americans are reported to be overweight this is a growing concern for the health authorities, however we hear about this almost every day on the news but we very rarely hear about over weight in our dogs.

However after a little digging around so to speak it is a fact that 25% of our dogs in the UK are overweight and leading to major health problems with regard to our dogs.

So what are the repercussions of overfeeding dogs?

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, furthermore this leads to a very inactive unhappy dog.

If you can take yourself back to why you decided to have a dog in the first place, then the reasons most people do is to spend quality time with him or her, out in the fresh air in the park or the country, and even days at the beach, plus the fact is he or she becomes your best friend.

When dogs are over fed this formulates inactivity in a dog, and in most cases leads to a very unhappy dog and poor health. 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?

Many dog owners are now realizing that it is a very important issue to what we feed our dogs, instead of just settling for what is on the supermarket shelves why not make your own dog food; 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 look at the negatives to preparing our own dog foods, it takes more time and thought this is true, but the positives out weigh the negatives by far. For a start the overweight problem would disappear, two the vet bills, three your dog will enjoy better health, and four you will get back to enjoying those walks in the park and the great times you had together before he or she became inactive and over weight.

Finally you are in complete control to what your dog is being fed this can lead to a longer healthier happier life.

Want to know how to feed your dog good nutritious meals and save a ton of money? Discover the best homemade dog food recipes, plus watch a video and discover the real facts about the contents of some commercial dog foods. Warning you may find this shocking. Furthermore take advantage of a free nutritional calculator for your dog and sign up for a free dog diet nutrition mini course
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