Dogs Nutrition Guide

A dog begging for food is another serious defect that must be corrected the minute it appears. Most dogs try to rise over people’s laps sitting at the table or jump nonstop to attract their attention. The older place their muzzle underneath the person’s arm or their mouths directly over the tablecloth, with an evidently sweet look. Once more, a firm and coherent education will avoid these problems.

 When deciding to leave the dog at home, it’s convenient to write down every pertinent indication for the person left in charge of the animal, who usually will follow them to the dot. If you prefer to leave the dog at a kennel, the responsible person should be interviewed in order to explain the diet type that should be administered. In case the dog should come with us, we should consider that dogs don’t enjoy trips very much. The best solution is to keep on an empty stomach before leaving. However, we should take water to prevent dehydration. 

Here is a rough Guide to feeding a Racing greyhound. Greyhounds require an energetic an equivalent to triple of what a dog without exercise normally consumes. Its diet is made by 30% protein and 15% fatty matter. Calcium and phosphorous relation is 1,5.

Gestation is approximately 63 days. From the sixth week on, alimentary needs in the female will increase. At this moment you should try to provide a larger protein contribution and increase vitamins and minerals in 10%.

THE ADULT Dog FEEDING: Upon growth ceasing, the adult’s diet will continue until new needs appear

Each age comes with different needs that are vital to respect as much as possible. However, few owners consider this fact when feeding their dog since they are consider that they acting adequately because they trust the prepared food that they use.

The Torsion and Dilation of a Dog' Stomach is a very dangerous disorder in large dogs that demands immediate veterinarian intervention. It usually happens after feeding. This affection is mortal six hours after the first symptom’s appearance, reason why it must be immediately recognized without losing time. The stomach’s volume grows quickly and crushes the neighbor organs; blood doesn’t flow; the heart is compressed and mucous pale.

If the ingested food is rejected before beginning digestion in the stomach, it is said it’s regurgitated. Causes can be mechanical (obstacle) or mechanical (injury or malformation). Vomits affect an organ situated near the esophagus. They can be provoked by the ingestion of non digestible bodies, a stomach twisting, an allergy or a food poisoning, a virus affliction, a stomach, intestine, pancreas or liver swelling, an anguish, phobia or violent effort occlusion. 

A dog's owner can choose between feeding their dog traditionally and providing them a prepared meal. This second solution offers many advantages: it's easy and cheap. It's balanced and the consumer can easily stock up. Industrial production makes it accessible to everyone and reaches everywhere. On the other hand, its composition doesn't change, for which a reliable product that will suit the dog will always be available.  

When doing a comparison of dog foods, several presentations stand for the humidity index in manufactured food.

Raw Materials: BASIC PRODUCTS

By transforming materials not suitable for human consumption (i.e. approximately 2.3 million tons of slaughter products per year) in economical value product, the pet food sector has become a gold mine in the food industry. If these sub products were not recycled, consequences in the environment as well as economy would be very serious.

Basic ingredient to make dog foods are easy to find. The most common diets include meat, fish, cereals, vegetables, oil, brewer yeast and mineral complements. Large supermarkets offer meat for animals with very different quality, since it often contains too much fat or has a percentage of tissue with poor nutritional value. In any case, you should prefer lean meat over fatty meat, without tendons or aponeurosis* (rich in collagen, therefore not very digestible), such as cheek or ox or cow heart.

Adult dogs usually fed once a day, if possible, during the night after the walk and once they are calm again. However, it is recommended to divide the food in two rations (morning and night) for large dogs or those that are too nervous to reduce the risk of suffering from stomach torsion. Young dogs should receive four meals per day until they are ten weeks old. Later they will be able to take three meals until they reach four months. From the sixth month on, two meals per day should be enough. In every case, it is convenient to adapt the ration’s volume.

With the intent of choosing good feeding products at a lower price, prolific, nutritious, profit, resistant and attractive animal species or vegetable varieties have been chosen. Nevertheless, despite the appearance of new species, the impoverishment in our agricultural heritage has been increasing, since only those vari

 The meat used usually comes from the slaughter house. The chain makes the animal bred for consumption to be transported in the most convenient fashion and sacrificed in minimal stress conditions. The meat should be dispatched following official hygiene regulations. Although it contributes a large amount of protein and lipids (and, in consequence, energy), meat can’t be the only food source for a dog.

Minerals in dog food are divided in macro elements and trace elements. They tend to act together, for which the lack or excess of one of them could alternate or inhibit the action of one or several other minerals. Although macro elements and trace elements are often mentioned without specifications, it is convenient to know a little about each of their natures.

Lipids found in dog food is Animal or vegetable in origin, are fat substances that once emulsified in the intestine, are turned into fatty acids, such as glycerin. Their function is plastic and energetic.
Fatty acids are divided in saturated, unsaturated, polyunsaturated (especially omega-3 and omega-6 series) and linolenic. They all cover energetic needs satisfactorily. Lipids are found in vegetable oils, animal fat matter and mixed fat matter.

 

The organism can be compared to a factory capable of producing essential energy for its own operation.
Any animal like a dog, needs energy, especially to maintain body temperature (homeothermia) or to move. This necessary amount of energy will change according to its environment (weather, animal’s residence, type and activity time) and several of the animal’s own criteria (physiological state, size, temperament, and etcetera).

A dog's liver's role is food digestion is capital. The liver is rich in enzymes, it secrets biliar acids that activate the pancreatic lipase, active element of digestion.