| Dry dog food has been recommended as the | | | | To maintain good health, dogs need a largely |
| best diet for dogs, however this is quite untrue. | | | | natural diet. The best diet is a raw diet that also |
| While dry dog food can be included in your dog's | | | | incorporates healthy scraps from the family and |
| diet in a limited way, most products are very high | | | | raw dog bones. If this isn't possible, feeding your |
| in simple carbohydrates, relatively low in protein | | | | dog commercially prepared organic food from a |
| and of inferior nutritional quality. Furthermore, it is | | | | reputable company can provide most of your |
| very bad for dogs to eat food that doesn't | | | | dog's nutritional needs. Organic dry dog food can |
| contain natural moisture. | | | | be added to this diet or given your dog as a |
| The heavy use of commercially prepared dry dog | | | | treat, but should not be the only thing you feed |
| food by dog owners is a leading cause of rising | | | | your dog. |
| incidence of canine diabetes and associated | | | | We have become a very convenience oriented |
| pancreatitis. Doing a search on "dry dog food" on | | | | society. We are busy and often stressed by the |
| the internet will lead to a lot of websites and | | | | demands of earning a living and raising children. It |
| articles encouraging the use of this product, yet | | | | is so much easier to pour food out of a box or |
| the purpose behind these articles is to sell dry dog | | | | open a can (and even then we'd rather have |
| food. So how reliable is this information really? The | | | | ring-pull cans) and we can fall into the trap of living |
| only safe and healthy dry dog food is likely to also | | | | on autopilot and feeding our animals and our |
| be organic and contain high levels of protein and | | | | families food that is of poor nutritional value and |
| include complex carbohydrates in the form of | | | | that can actually be a health hazard. Let's switch |
| whole grains. It will also contain dried vegetables | | | | back to manual control and pay attention to what |
| and be very low in sodium and not have chemical | | | | we are doing. Our family - both four legged and |
| additives. Even so, organic dry dog food should still | | | | two legged members - will look and feel better |
| be used sparingly. It should not be all that you | | | | and even if they don't thank us, we'll know who |
| feed your dog. | | | | they have to thank. |