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Pet Health Care Part 1 - Dog Nutrition

If you're like most dog owners, you probablypopulation subsets. How do these 10 dogs fare
assume that commercial dog foods with brandin their lifetimes when they eat cheap kibble
names that are easily identifiable - Purina,every day? How about those 12 dogs who are
Iams, Pedigree, etc. - must be good for yourgetting a vegetarian diet all the time? And
pets, right? After all, millions of petwhat happens to those 25 dogs who are being
owners buy them and feed them to theirgiven a raw meat and bones diet? These are
beloved pets, and surely they wouldn't allthe types of questions I've asked as I've
give their dogs something harmful.dealt with large numbers of dogs and their
Unfortunately, this may just be the case.Now,owners or keepers over the years.These have
before I get any further along, let me makein no way been controlled experiments, and I
it clear that I am not a veterinarian. I do,would never attempt to pass them off as
however, have a science background andauthoritative or as adhering to any strict
education, and I've had more dogs in my careinterpretation of the scientific method. In
in one year than most people will have in aother words, take my conclusions with a large
lifetime. As an observant and naturallygrain of salt. I'm really just out to get the
curious person, I've paid close attention inwheels turning in the minds of all dog lovers
the past 20 years to the general health of mywho  read  these  words.
pets and those I've had in my care through a
rescue shelter I was involved with forAfter all of this careful observation and
several of those years. I've also picked thetracking, clear patterns have emerged time
brains of several top vets in my state in myand time again...Using Commercial or Wet
quest to get to the heart of the matterFoodDogs that eat commercial kibble or wet
concerning the best dog diet.What has becomefood have lots of health problems later in
abundantly clear is that one type of dietlife and tend to die youngest. This is even
stands well above all others in terms oftrue when they've been fed "premium" dog
fostering good health and long life. More onfoods, sadly.Using Vegetarian DietDogs that
that later...I've seen dogs fed commercialare fed vegetarian diets do better, but must
foods, both wet and dry, from the cheapestbe given large amounts of alternative protein
brands to the so-called "premium" brands.sources to make up for the lack of it in
I've also seen dogs who were fed vegan orstandard vegetarian fare. A purely vegetarian
vegetarian diets, as well as those fed rawdiet is difficult to provide that will
meat and bones (known popularly as the BARFsatisfy a canine's basic nutritional needs,
Diet). While individual dogs will do justbut it is healthier and leads to slightly
fine on any of these widely divergent diets,longer life spans than any commercial brand
what I've looked for are general trends indiet.



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