Understanding the ingredients of your dog's food items is a must for the
dog lovers or dog owners. Whenever you feed the dog with different kinds of
food items, you should always read the label and understand the contents
about the dog feed types that are being used in such commercial
preparations. You should understand the ingredients while buying food for
your dog and also know what to look for.
Feed items include dry and fresh food. The fresh dog food that is
prepared in homes generally consists of ingredients like freshly cut chicken
pieces in addition to the cranberry juices, blue-green algae, etc.
If you come across any different kinds of preservatives and if the dog
develops all of a sudden signs pertaining to the food allergy, suspect the
unwanted ingredient in the feed items given. Similarly, understand about the
moisture status. If the food item is having more moisture, then the dog may
prefer this as well.
Beet pulp, pasta, Soy bean oil, wheat middlings, calcium carbonate,
magnesium oxide, copper sulphate, iron sulphate, zinc oxide, choline
chloride, etc. are often the ingredients in case of vegetarian based diet items
offered to the pet animals like dogs.
Raw egg, chicken, beef, mutton, fish, quail etc. are often the
preferred ingredients in case of dog diets that are prepared on the basis of
the non-vegetarian items. Taurine is one of the essential ingredients for the
dog’s nutrition. Like wise, in the case of dogs feed with frozen fish items,
the vitamin called thiamine needs to be supplemented as an ingredient.
Many premium type of dog food preparations contain essential fatty
acids, carbohydrates with adequate fiber contents, vitamins like A, D, E and
B complex vitamins.
Furthermore, minerals like zinc, is an essential ingredient for skin
health status and calcium, which is an essential ingredient for bone growth,
tonicity of muscles. They should be enriched in these food items.
However, the cost of those food preparations are comparatively more
expensive than the food preparations with general ingredients. Though it may
be better for your dog's health.
