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Why Choosing A Natural Diet For Your Dog?
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Your pet is important to you and you hope your pet will be a member of your family for a long time. But, are you sure that you are meeting your pet's unique needs? Selecting the right diet is up to you.
You are probably cautious about what you eat and how you live your life. You make changes that will improve your well-being. Proper nutrition and a healthy lifestyle are just as important for your dog or cat.
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Your
pet deserves a healthy
diet that is going to help, rather than
harm. But, how
can you be sure your pet's diet contains the proper
nutrients? ;Unfortunately, many of the products that are readily available are not the right ones for your pet. Poor nutrition is a direct cause of many major and minor diseases. Therefore, a commitment to optimum health and longevity for your pet must include a high quality diet. |
In their natural state, animals obtained all of the nutrients needed to exist from hunting and scavenging. Everything they ate was complete and the animals' lives were as nature intended.
| Now that we have
domesticated animals, it has changed both how they eat and how they
live. Domestic pets eat what we feed them -- in most cases dry or
canned food. Unfortunately, these foods, don't always contain what we think. Many people are fooled by marketing that entices owners through fancy packaging and clever advertising. Other owners can be persuaded to buy a particular food because it is less expensive or, because it is advertised as a "premium" brand |
| The Pet
Food Institute states that, "Forty percent of many pet foods
consist of meat by-products and offal (wastes). The other sixty percent is grain and soy meal not used for human consumption because of foreign odors, debris, germs, etc." Many foods contain unnatural preservatives, coloring, sugar, and salt. When you see "poultry by-products" listed on your cat or dog food bag, this does not mean your pet is |
To sum up what is wrong with pet foods today is to look at the whole picture. The majority of foods are produced to appeal to the public for sales purposes and not for our pet's optimum health. Quality control of ingredients is not always maintained, and added nutrients are not always digestible.
Generally, the higher quality the ingredients, the more usable they are by the pet's body, requiring less food and producing fewer stools.
Fortunately, there are natural pet food manufacturers that use high quality
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meats,
grains, vegetables, fruits, and natural preservatives. Natural foods
contain wholesome ingredients your pet's body organs and structures are
best equipped to utilize. You probably know that everything you take into your body affects your cells in one way or another. When your pet takes in the right foods, these foods will set up healthy biochemical reactions; when your pet takes in the wrong foods, they will set up destructive biochemical reactions in the body. |
Research has shown that a low quality diet -- meaning a diet loaded with chemicals, fillers, stabilizers, coloring agents, and by-products -- can lead to allergies, nervousness, hypertension, diabetes, weight problems, dry skin, and many other common ailments.
| Dogs and
cats sometimes strip wallpaper off the walls in a desperate attempt to
get some of the minerals and trace
elements that are lacking in today's pet foods. If your dog eats his own feces, he may not be a "bad dog";he may simply be trying to obtain some nutrients missing from his so-called "nutritionally complete" commercial dog food. You will save money purchasing these low quality foods, but years down the road you will make up for it with a sick pet and costly veterinarian bills. |
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| Happy Dog. More Vita. |
So why a natural diet? Feed your pet a natural diet, and you will immediately see results -- a shiny coat, glossy eyes, little body and mouth odor, less fleas, less shedding, and lastly, less visits to the veterinarian.
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