Keeping a dog healthy.

Common sense should prevail when it comes down to taking care of your pet but unfortunately, sometimes just like with children, we are too soft for our own good!

The pet industry is now huge also with manufacturers and advertisers all after a share of our money. Not surprising it can all get a bit confusing.

Food

Let's start with the most widely debated and that's the best food to feed your dog.

There is too much choice! and too many "experts" telling us what's right and wrong. I am not going to tell you what to feed your dog. What I am going to tell you is what is available and how we chose the right food for Barney. Remember! A lot of what is on offer isn't necessary - it's just a way to make money!

In my years of experience of owning dogs, I have come to the conclusion that canned,processed dog foods are no better for dogs than processed foods are for us. A lot of dogs like them just as we often prefer food that isn't that good for us! They are designed to look appetising to humans (as in what a human thinks a dog would enjoy!)They have a lot of additives that can cause allergies and hyper-activity. Problems I encountered were also bad breath,dental health and sloppy,smelly stools! giving a dog cooked fresh meat is okay as a treat but is often too rich and causes stomach upsets in many dogs.

A popular diet idea started to gain attention a few years ago, based on raw,meaty bones. This goes on the theory that dogs are wild animals and this is what they would eat in the wild. In my opinion, this is true but dogs have evolved and become slightly different creatures, both physically and psychologically. While some dogs would enjoy this diet and take to it okay, others don't know what to do with it and it can cause anxiety. It freaked Barney out completely and I think he would have starved himself rather than eaten the raw food!

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