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Dog Supplements May Not Be Necessary

If you use a good quality meat-meal based dog food, you usually do not have to supplement your dog's ration. In fact, it is very easy to throw the formulation of some of the specialty foods out out of balance if you add supplements. Adding a little of this and a little of that is a cultural mentality handed down from the time when pet foods weren't complete and needed supplementation. Breeders of...More on Dog Food Nutrition Analysis

Using Vitamin And Mineral Supplements

Vitamins and minerals are important components in any dog's diet. If the the dog's diet is well balanced and includes the proper amount of vitamins and minerals, the dog will have a healthy life and his immunity is not compromised in an unwanted way. This simply means that there the dog will be more disease resistance against various diseases. Supplementing your dog's diet with vitamins and miner...More on Dog Food Nutrition Analysis

Nutritional Diseases In Dogs

Both healthy dogs and sick dogs need to eat to supply energy and nutrients for growth, for replacement and repair and to meet their ever changing needs. Nutritional requirements for a sick dog usually do not differ greatly from those of a healthy dog. A sick dog's dietary needs, however, can become substantially different from those of a healthy dog. Diseases in which a dog's diet will need to be...More on Dog Food Nutrition Analysis

Energy Sources Used In Dog Food

Originally, dog owners who fed their dogs natural ingredients were attempting to replace the natural diet of the dog. Natural ingredients used today are no longer the foods eaten by a dog "naturally" in the wild, but have become modifications of those original foodstuffs. The human diet consists of a large selection of such modified natural foods, and many have been tried for feeding a dog. Besi...More on Dog Food Nutrition Analysis

Glucosamine For Dog Joint Health

As you stand in the store pondering the many varieties of dog food, you can become overwhelmed by the choices. The numerous ingredients in dog food simply complicate the decision. What are some of those ingredients? Glucosamine is one ingredient you will see on some of the dog food labels. That sounds a bit familiar. Haven't you heard of glucosamine in the news? What exactly is glucosamine and why...More on Dog Food Nutrition Analysis

Mineral Needs Of A Dog

Minerals and vitamins make up less than 2% of any formulated diet for dogs. However, they are the most crucial of nutrients. Minerals don't provide any calories or energy. Their main function is to assist the body in energy production. A dog's body can make vitamins, but it cannot make minerals. All minerals come from the food that your dog eats, and the availability of the minerals is quite comp...More on Dog Food Nutrition Analysis

Can A Dog Thrive On A Vegetarian Diet

Once you become a dog owner, you need to decide what to feed your dog. You eat a vegetarian diet, so you would like your new dog to follow a vegetarian diet for dogs. But is a vegetarian diet right for your dog? Let's take a look at what dogs eat in the wild. A wolf or stray dog typically will kill an animal or scavenge until it finds something acceptable to eat. In the wild, a dog will eat grain...More on Dog Food Nutrition Analysis

Canned Dog Food Versus Dry Nutrition

A dog's diet affects every aspect of its health and well being. You undoubtedly want only the very best for your companion and friend. When it comes to choosing the best for your dog's diet, you have so many options available. It can be hard to determine which food will have the most positive effect on your dog's health. Which is better, canned dog food or dry dog food (kibble)? The debate betwee...More on Dog Food Nutrition Analysis

Proper Diet For Your Dog

The dietary regimen is an important aspect of a dog's survival. The objective of dietary management is to meet the basic dog nutrition requirements of the individual dog with proper proportions of protein, carbohydrates and fat in a well balanced diet that will promote optimal body weight. Generally, dietary regimens are applied to humans. With the growing fondness for dogs, most dog owners and v...More on Dog Food Nutrition Analysis

Make Your Own Dog Food At Home

Who knows what is really in that bag of dog food at the grocery store? When you turn over the package and read the ingredients, it still seems baffling. What do all of those long, scientific words really mean? The only way to really know what your dog's diet consists of is by making it yourself at home. Is it difficult to make a natural diet at home for your dog? It really isn't. A little bit o...More on Dog Food Nutrition Analysis