Dog Training Basics

Dog health food is essential to keeping your dog healthy and vital. We need to become aware of what is really going into the food we are giving to our best friends. We have the choice about what we eat but our dogs, eat whatever they are given, healthy or not.

In the production process of dry food, once the biscuits are made and look ready, most dogs wouldn’t eat them. But to make it more appetising, a spray of animal fat is then applied. That’s what your dog’s smelling when they’re eating commercially produced kibble. That’s the smell you get when you first open a bag of dog food.

You probably don’t have to think hard to come up with something that you’ve seen a dog eat which you would never even contemplate eating. So in that light, what gets put into dog food that even a dog wouldn’t eat it without a tempting coating? Most people who’ve looked into the ingredients in dog food would agree that it isn’t really even food. Often there’s just nutritionally useless filler, with a small proportion of protein and additives to put some minerals and vitamins into it.

This is also why most dogs are always hungry, their food has so little nutrition in it, it’s no surprise they’re hungry. It’s a bit like if you were to eat McDonalds for every meal and expect to get the nourishment you need. You wouldn’t expect it for yourself so why would it work for your dog?

A dog’s metabolism needs much more animal protein and it can’t effectively process too much carbohydrate. So when there’s too much in the way of starch and carbohydrates in a dog’s food, it gets converted to fat because the dog can’t process it. They aren’t getting enough protein so they’re always going to be hungry. Begging for scraps five minutes after being fed. Does this sound like any dogs that you know?

By changing this so that your dog is getting all of the nutrients they need, your dog won’t just be surviving, it’ll start to really thrive. And in case you’ve been feeding your dog on ‘premium’ or ‘ultra premium’ foods thinking that you are giving them the very best, that’s necessarily the case. Often there’s very little, if any difference in the actual ingredients of the food, just different packaging.

So you need to make sure that there is a proper breakdown of protein, fats and carbohydrates in the food your dog eats. And also there is a big variation in the quality of the protein. The regulations about what makes a complete food suitable for dogs only concerns the gross amounts of protein and fats, not the quality of the protein.

There are many different types of proteins, road kill and beef are not the same quality, so you want to make sure that there are named meats and not ‘animal’ meat in your dog food. Another method that is becoming more and more common is to make your own so that you know exactly what goes into the food the your dogs’ eating.

It doesn’t need to be a long winded chore and is often a cheaper option. It’s also a great way to vary your dog’s diet so that they get plenty of the nutrients that they need. Mixing up some ground beef, vegies and oatmeal is a great way to cover the nutritional bases that your dog needs. You can really let your imagination go, just make sure you avoid foods like onions, raisons and chocolate in your recipes.

Dog health food is a lot about knowing what goes into your dog’s food and making it yourself is a great way to be 100% certain of what you’re feeding your best friend. By taking a little time to find out what really goes into your dogs food, you can give your dog more energy and a longer, healthier life.