Nutrition or Not.

I know that, there are many views, varying from different canine experts on this area. I won't attempt to prove who has got the best approach, but I will give my own opinion in this.

As you have already know that millions and millions of dollars are being spent by top pet food companies to create nutritionally balance and complete products. So adding supplements to a basic food diet is not necessary, as some will suggest.

Raising your dog on home prepared meals is alright, if it is supervised by a nutritionist.

I believed, that giving your dog an occasional treat or nutritious snack will do no harm. Commercially prepared diets may be lacking in certain vitamins and roughage. To improve, you can give your dog daily some raw apples, carrots and some crunchy dog biscuits.

However, I will not suggest any table scraps because they are usually high in fats, causing loose stools. Proper snaking on fruits, vegetables, and roughage, will promote proper digestion. At times, I give my dogs pro-biotics, to assist good digestion. Try to start your dog young, to form good eating habits.

Crunchy food, carrots, apples, and veal bones, will help in cleaning up his teeth, scraping off tartar, along the surface of the tooth.

Caution: Be very careul when selecting a bone, as this may cause constipation, and death because if a splinter from the bone is ingested, it can penertrate internal organs and do much damage.

Nylon bones and rawhide is a safe bet.