The Healthy Dog Guide

About the publisher

PÍLULA DIGITAL was born with the purpose of providing a Daily Pill of Knowledge for all people who, -- as nowadays they have little time to find out information -- search mainly in books; a clearer and more synthesized knowledge, but without losing the essence of what is really important in what they are looking for.

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Author's note

Read this book carefully and it will shed some light on the proposed topic. Rest assured that — with the knowledge acquired here — you will become an expert in caring for your puppy.

Introduction

Dogs are an integral part of human society on every inhabited continent on Earth. They drive the cattle and protect them; help the police; smell and detect illicit substances; transport sleds; recover game; guide the blind; search for and rescue the lost and injured; comfort the lonely; hearing for the deaf; or simply add sparkling natural reality to the lives of hundreds of millions of people around the world.

As we move from an agrarian to an urban culture, dogs are, in many ways, one of our last and most important links to the natural world. We enjoy caring for our gardens and our pets.

This e-book on The Perfect Handbook for Imperfect Dog Owners emphasizes the pet owner to provide good care to their pet and also provides solutions to unresolved problems.

●      Understanding the Ingredients

Understanding the ingredients of your dog's food items is a must for dog lovers or owners. Whenever you feed different types of food items to your dog, always read the label and understand the contents about the types of dog foods that are being used in such commercial preparations. You should understand the ingredients when purchasing food for your dog and also know what to look for.

Food items include fresh and dry foods. Fresh dog food that is prepared at home usually consists of ingredients such as freshly cut chicken pieces, as well as cranberry juices, blue-green algae, etc.

If you come across a different type of preservative and your dog shows sudden signs of a food allergy, be suspicious of the undesirable ingredient in the food provided. Likewise, understand the humidity status. If the food is more moist, the dog may also prefer it.

Beet pulp, noodles, soybean oil, wheat bran, calcium carbonate, magnesium oxide, copper sulfate, iron sulfate, zinc oxide, choline chloride, etc. It is usually the ingredients in the case of vegetarian diet items offered to pets such as dogs.

Raw egg, chicken, beef, mutton, fish, quail etc. are often the preferred ingredients in case of dog diets prepared based on non-vegetarian items. Taurine is one of the essential ingredients for dog nutrition. Likewise, in case dogs are fed frozen fish items, the vitamin called thiamine needs to be supplemented as an ingredient.

Many premium dog food preparations contain essential fatty acids, carbohydrates with