Dog Food

What do you feed your Children?

Are you happy to feed your Kids junk food, processed ready meals, sweets all the time?  Or do you prefer to give them a balanced diet to make sure they have a long and healthy life?  

What do you feed your Dog?

Are you happy to feed your Dog junk food, processed Animal derivatives, sweets all the time?  Or do you prefer to give them a balanced diet to make sure they have a long and healthy life?

Yes, its the same question!  Many people have already become wise to Childrens nutrition, but good nutrition for Dogs is only slowly catching on.  We are seeing an obesity problem in Kids and a rise in obesity in Dogs.  Apart from a lack of physical (and mental) stimulation, a good diet is key.   Even where there are no signs of obesity, poor nutrition means more illnesses, weaker body tissues and problems in later life.  A young lively pup may seem to do well on the cheapest brands, but when they are older they may suffer from the lack of good nutrition in early life.  That could mean more Vets bills, pharmacy medicines, greater amounts of supplements, poor teeth, a lack of vitality in later years.  

You ARE what you eat - its the same for our pets.   Many of the well advertised familiar brands lack in nutrition.  Unfortunately foods with good nutrition dont seem to have the same advertising budgets (maybe putting the funds into quality ingredients?).  Also it is hard to get the good foods at larger outlets such as supermarkets - the markup for the retailer is just not big enough for big boys (again quality ingredients generally means a higher trade price).

Look around and do some research.  Some people object to better quality foods because of a higher price.  But surely you should provide properly for your Dog as you have chosen to commit to its welfare?   In fact many quality foods are fed in smaller quantities per portion and often weight for weight work out cheaper.  Some cheap foods need to be fed on up to three times the quantity of a quality food.  So a bag of quality food might cost say, £45 for 15 kg Vs £18 for 15kg of a cheap food, but the cheap food might be fed in quantities of 3 times per portion.  In fact the real comparison is £45 Vs £18 (x3) = £54.  Why feed three time the amount?   Well for the Dog to try to extract the right amount of usable nutrition from the cheap food you have to over feed, which leads to .... more poo!!

Use the comments below to tell us what you do......

Do some research on the Internet.  (you could look at our dog food page too!)  
Look at dog nutrition.  By feeding your Dog good food you will be doing right by them and you may also end up saving money!

 

Is your Dog Microchipped?

A miniature pinscher who went missing was finally rescued after showing up more than 750 miles from her home.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2028732/Missing-dog-turns-state--750-miles-home-Utah.html#ixzz1VzDtivIn

might be taking the 'dogs are like your kids' idea a bit far... then again.....

A dog-loving woman has revealed she spends £15,000-per-year raising her six British bulldogs like children - with their own wardrobes, organic diets and beauty regimes.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2026938/Barking-mad-Meet-couple-spend-15-000-year-raising-bulldogs-like-CHILDREN.html#ixzz1Vz2xmbYk

your dog is like your toddler

Have you ever noticed that your dog is like your child?   Small, hairy and bounding around on all fours.... well maybe not the hairy bit.

Have you ever noticed that families with well behaved dogs, have well behaved children?  co-incidence?  We think not!   Have you noticed the opposite is also true?

When we have worked with dog behavioural problems we always suggest to people to imagine their dog as a young toddler - very able to absorb directions but less able to communicate in a way familiar to most Adult Humans.  Think of how you might interact with a young child to show them how to behave and to keep them from being naughty.  What method would you use if your child is naughty?  Have you seen a child that knows it has done something wrong (yes, we believe young children can tell the difference) the child approaches you with head lowered, submissive and often placing their head on your lap - in much the same way as a repentant dog?

Do you ask children to behave then reward them with some sort of treat?  How do you toilet train a child?  Have all your answers so far seemed the same as those for dog training??   They should do!  

mobile dog grooming van conversions

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