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