Health For Dogs
Since I was a child, I love having dogs around our house. I can still recall all the thinbgs that I have done to them when I was just a neophyte in taking care of dogs. I took care of dogs intermittently. What I mean by intermittent is for a year, I have dogs around, then, after some time, they will die. For several times, I cried over the remains of my own dog. I am unsure if I was the one to be blamed. I don’t even know what exactly caused the death. After crying over untomely deaths of my dogs, I tried to know the reason why this thing is going over and over again. I have a confession to make and I know that this can influence dog owners out in the web reading this little article that I have written.
Nourishing our dogs with the precise food is one of the significant things that we have to keep in mind I want to put a stress on the word “right”. Not everything that we consider as right and appropriate for our dogs is actually healthy. It has been a habit among dog owners that our leftovers goes into our dog’s tummy until dog foods became a star in the marketplace. It has been a war between dog foods and home cooked meals. Which among the two is best for our dogs?
Dogs House Training
As an experienced dog owner who have encountered so many dog problems (lots of dog troubles), I can tell you from my own hard earned lessons which among commercial dog foods and home cooked dog meals you are going to trust. Before we get to the explanation, let me give you the advantages and disadvantages of each kind of dog food:
Home Cooked Versus Commercial Dog Foods
How can you tell the exact difference of a home made dog meal from a commercial dof snacks? Through this article, you are going to find out the difference and in the end, you will make the decision on which one you will trust.
Benefits of Commercial Dog Foods
1. Handy and at all times available.
If you don’t have time to prepare the food of your dogs, commercial dog foods are really handy and you can just pour them out on the bowl. You can just take them of the larder and pour off a cup of pebbles into your dog’s dish and that’s it – no need to prepare.
2. Easy to prepare.
With commercial dog foods, you don’t need to spend your time in the kitchen. You just need to have a good storage for your dog’s food and get bits from it whenever it’s “chow time” for your dog.
3. Inexpensive
Of course, after saving time and effort – the last benefit is this: choosing dog foods is a lot cheaper than feeding home cooked meals to your pets.
The Bad Side:
1. It’sdifficult to tell which one is hazardous and which one is not contaminated.
With the fast recalls of dog foods and the “scare” that it has brougt to the society of dog owners,it’s actually hard to set apart which commercial dog food is just a piece of trash and which one is not. The recent issue about companies including euthanized dogs and other animals into the dog foods that they are manufacturing has made it difficult for me to trust commercial dog foods.
2. Most commercial dog foods lack nutrients, thus, it cannot furnish all our dog’s needs.
Most dog foods lack the nutrients that dogs really need. Like humans, dogs need a complete variety of food nutrients such as protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals. How do you know if the labels of each dog food in the market are really true? Is it really 50 to 60 % protein? What about the CHO, vitamins like a, d, e, and k, and minerals like zinc and magnesium?
3. It can cut off the length of the dog’s life span.
It can shorten the dog’s life span since most have lots of preservatives to extend the shelf life of the dog product. These preservatives will be like a poison that can consume the dog’s vital organs such as the liver and kidney.
Advantages: Home Cooked Dog Food
1. Natural – no food preservatives
Home cooked meals are all natural. You can be assured of this because it’s just like our own food. If foods with preservatives are harmful to us, the same thing applies to our dogs too.
2. Produces Shinier Coats
Since we have an option to add vegetables and other foods which are full-packed with vitamins and minerals to our dog’s meal, we can make the coats of our canine friend vibrant than before.
3. Safe
We are assured that what we feed to our dogs are safe and clean because we ourselves have prepared them.
4. Healthy and Nutritious
There are a lot of nutrients that we can’t find in dog foods but the good news is – THEY ARE PRESENT IN HOME COOKED MEALS. Because we are going to prepare them, we are in control of the proportions of protein, carbohydrates, vitamins, and minerals.
5. Lengthens the dog’s life span.
It is safe, and healthy, and it can lengthen our dog’s life span because it is all natural, You can look forward to a lot of good years with your “paw” friend.
The Not-that-bad side of Home Made Dog Meals
If you are a newbie in preparing home made dog foods, you will encounter the following disadvantages:
1. It consumes a lot of hours for preparation.
2. Quite pricey compared to commercial ones.
3. It’s difficult to tell which home made food our dogs will eat.
The Final Decision
After presenting both the good and bad side of commercial and home made dog foods, it’s time to uncover the answer. Which one will you believe? Which one will you feed to your beloved dog? I highly suggest home made dog foods. It has setbacks but which thing on earth has no disadvantages? You will not encounter an all-good choice. So what are you waiting for? get your own dog food formula and pick grocery items for your own dog.
Older Dog Training
Mail this post