Five Tips for a Happy and Healthy Dog

Your dog’s diet is just as complex as yours. Just like you need to meet daily requirements of calories, vitamins and nutrients, so does your dog. As your pet’s caregiver, it is your job that its diet covers all the vital nutritional bases. A deficit of certain vitamins and nutrients can lead to various problems such as an upset stomach, dry or oily skin, frail bones, weight troubles, and possibly death.

A balanced and nutritional diet is the foundation of your dog’s overall health. If it doesn’t get the proper mix of vitamins and minerals, all the love in the world won’t make a difference. A healthy diet can strengthen your dog’s defenses against disease and disorders as well as a long and happy lifetime of companionship.

Canines are in fact carnivores, and our dogs still have that primordial instinct to this day. They still like to hunt their toy prey, love a good sausage-flavored treat, and get excited when they hear the crunch from chewing on a bone. This should provide you a little better feel of how assorted a dog’s diet can be. For the most part, manufactured dog food will cover all of the key nutritional requirements for a happy, healthy dog. However, for many dog owners, this is sometimes a problem just because of how easy of a decision it can be. They believe that the only options in dog food are either dry or moist food. The truth is the best diet your dog can get is one with assorted ingredients, textures, and nutritional value.

When a dog’s diet has a portion of it built around meat, it provides a great deal of the crucial nutrients it requires for both energy and growth. However, we can’t forget about fiber and carbohydrates, which aid in digestion and stability. You can give your dog a small amount of dry food every day and then for a little treat, feed it a little bit of moist food here and there but this doesn’t give the dog too much variety does it?  Have you ever thought about cooking your own food for the dog? You cook for your family all the time, so what makes the dog any different?

All dogs require a well-balanced diet. Obviously, the way to make sure this happens is by providing it a wide variety of acceptable foods and ingredients. Did you know that some dogs love to eat vegetable? In fact, it may appreciate some veggie-oriented foods. Try it out and see what your dog thinks. What’s the worst that can happen?