We all love our pets very much and we make sure we spoil them rotten, buying them all sorts of pet products, especially food. For a cat you probably make sure it has the best toys, and its dry cat food is downed with milk. To your dog, you most probably give it water in s pretty bowl to accompany the dry dog food for the dog. Well there is no problem with loving our pets, for they are to some children. However, spoiling them with lots of food is more harmful than we think. The dog or cat may end up obese.
Many do not believe a dog can be obese, and so they think it is simply healthier, and the right size. To determine whether your dog is healthy and not obese, visit a veterinarian to give your pet a checkup. For dogs, it is essential that you check their heart, thyroid, and also thoroughly check for other metabolic disorders. It is so critical that the thyroid is checked as hyperthyroidism is often times the instigator of excess weight in dogs. You also need to critically look at the medical report. So say you find out that your dog is overweight, what do you do? Do you starve it to death? Makes it run for miles?
Dogs are not like human beings. They are made differently. Despite this, they are able to go on a diet, so as to lose all the excess weight. A healthy dog diet does not only mean dry dog food rations, for they appear to contain less fat. A healthy diet means that the dog should get all the essential minerals in his/her food. This includes meat, obviously, but not corn. “Best Dog Food” is at least 95% made of meat and is a definite good choice. As it is with all Pet products, read on the package for the ingredients, so that you know what you are feeding your dog on.
Supplement the dog’s meals with vitamins, minerals, or fatty acids. To keep track of your dog’s progress, record the pre-diet weight and reduce it daily by a third. After a fortnight, weigh the dog and if there is a change, well and good. However if there is no change, then reduce the rations again by a third.
It has been argued by many that a diet does not work for dogs, but this is not the case. A diet that contains fewer calories and more carbohydrates is good, for the carbohydrates produce insulin that which tells the body to store the unused calories as fat. There is also an amazing way to diet obese cats using dry cat food.
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