All pet owners want their pets to live happy and healthy long lives, and feeding them raw dog food can go a long way to ensuring that. It is absolutely vital to be aware of what goes into your pet's food bowl. Dogs depend on their owners to take care of them, and they give them incomparable companionship and affection in return.
While dogs in specific will eat almost anything, it is very dangerous to feed dogs chow meant for people, as their stomachs are not able to handle many foods that people are used to. For example, chow such as onions, garlic, chocolate, and tomatoes contain chemicals that are highly toxic to dogs, and can result in serious illness and even death if the dog were to ingest them.
This is why it is best to feed your pet chow meant for your pet, and not feed them remnants of people chow. Usually, store-bought pet chow comes in dry and wet varieties. Dry type is very popular simply because it is cheap, easy to store and lasts a very long time. Wet variety of pet chow has a very high moisture content but can sometimes contain a lot of fat.
These have been produced for pets, but sometimes, the companies making them care more about their bottom line than about the health and wellbeing of the pets that eat them. Many dog chow brands will have things like brain stems, spinal cords, animal byproducts and bone meal in their chow, even though these ingredients can transmit serious diseases and would be illegal in people chow.
To make matters worse, there are no real regulations as to what can be put into pet chow, or how it can be packaged. Many packaging of pet chow makes it seem like it is healthy or natural dog chow, when in fact it can even be harmful. It is very important to do the research and know what's in the food that your pet is consuming.
Most dogs are happier when they switch to a raw diet. But it's important to recognize the differences between raw meat packaged for human consumption and raw meat packaged for animal consumption. While the human variety is intended to be cooked, the pet variety is not. As such, the human variety is non-pasteurized, whereas the pet variety generally is. Pasteurization is a process whereby harmful bacteria are killed. This means that you should be careful when feeding raw meat intended for human consumption to a dog, especially if the dog is in the transition process to a raw diet, because of the lack of pasteurization. However, it should also be noted that dogs' stomaches are well-suited for handling bacteria; far more-so than human stomaches, so your dog will, in all likelihood, be just fine.
There are many businesses which are responding to the need for healthy, raw dog food. These businesses are starting to offer special foods that are prepared with the highest of care and take the needs of pets in consideration.
Many companies are starting to now offer raw dog food. These foods may be more expensive but will protect your pet's health for a very long time. These companies also take care to never put in their animal chow ingredients which would be harmful or toxic to pets. Dogs may not be people, but they, like all other living beings, have complex nutritional needs that must be taken care of.
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