Right Food for your Dog

Do you need help choosing food for your dogs?

Are you having second thoughts about what brand of dog food you will buy?

This column will help you give your dog the right food, especially during its physical and mental development.

Some dog owners argue about what brand they should give to their dogs. Some say it is better to buy cheaper dog food because their dogs are satisfied with it and look okay with the food they take. On the other hand, some say it is better to buy those expensive foods. This is because expensive food has more nutrients in comparison to cheaper ones.

However, after giving your dogs expensive food for a month, you will notice that they require less expensive food because they gain weight fast. After all, expensive dog food contains more nutrients. As a result, you will get a new kind of food that is cheaper so that your dog can maintain the weight that you desire for your dog. By doing so, it is clear that the issue is not the price of dog food. 

In choosing the right food for your dog, you must remember to read the label of the dog food that you will buy. Expensive and store-brand dog food may only be the best choice if its content has the essential nutrients that your dog needs. 

In selecting food for your dog, here are some useful tips that you can use whenever you buy food for your dog: 

1. You have to consider the meat protein sources since it will help your dog to develop its muscles. They also get most of their energy and fat from protein.
2. Carbohydrates are also important even though your dogs do not need carbohydrates; their purpose is to hold the dog food together.
3. You must ensure that the dog food you buy has fat sources, preferably animal fats.
4. Avoid dog food with generic vegetable oil, beef tallow, mineral oil, and poultry fat. They may have bad effects when you give them to your dogs. 

Here are some of the ingredients that may cause harm to your dogs:

1. You have to ensure that the dog food you buy does not contain by-products, for they are left over from processing plants. They may contain anything from chicken feet, heads, feathers, fur, blood, skin, feces, bone, horn, hooves from cows, and dirt or dust from the processing plants. 
2. Generic unidentified ingredients are one ingredient that is to be avoided, whether it can be animal, meal, or poultry fats. Since they are unidentified, we do not know what elements they contain, so it is better to avoid them before it is too late.
3. Chemical preservatives. They make the products last longer than natural preservatives, but chemical preservatives are proven to cause kidney and liver failure and cancer. There may also be other life-threatening effects on your dogs.
4. Salt. Like its effect on humans, it can cause your dogs to have kidney malfunction.
5. Brewer’s yeast. It can cause skin problems in your dogs. It can also cause infections and ear infections. However, only some dogs are affected by this.
6. Flax. Most dogs are sensitive to flax; they make their stools soft. Onions are also very toxic to dogs and can cause anemia that can cause death to your dogs. 

The next time you buy dog food, check the label and look for the essential nutrients your dog needs.