Improve Your Dogs Health With Natural Dog Health Care

By Joan Winthorp

Everyone who has a dog and who is conscientious about their own
health will clearly see the benefits of providing a similar
lifestyle for their pet.
That not only means finding a good place for your dog to live,
but also providing for his health.

Commit yourself to your dog’s health by giving your dog the
best in natural dog health care. As with humans, natural health
care
for dogs is often an advantageous alternative to chemical
treatment.

If you want your dog to have the benefit of providing you with
the companionship and entertainment that you need, then you
really should make that effort to take care of his needs.

Natural dog health focuses on taking care of your dogs needs
by using the best natural products you can find. Your dog has
special needs; and you must to ensure that these needs are met
on a regular basis if you want to see your dog live a long and
healthy life.

Natural dog health care is also about purchasing the natural
products that will best benefit your dog. A healthy dog is a
happy dog; and when you take out your friend to play, everyone
you encounter will see exactly how much love and dedication you
have by giving your dog the best treatment and lifestyle
possible.

The shiny coat and healthy look will be all the evidence they
need. You will also be doing the best for yourself by adapting
the natural dog care lifestyle, since you will have your friend
around for a long time.

His immune system will be strong and he will enjoy partaking in
the games that you will play. Natural dog health is also about
changing your lifestyle so that you can be able to incorporate
it in the way that you take care of your dog.

That means that you too should consider making natural health a
part of you life. This could mean purchasing products that are
natural and therefore good for your health.

By combining both methods, both you and your dog can life a
happy and healthy life.

About the Author: Joan Winthorp has always been fascinated by
dogs. If you are a "dog lover" then the Joans website at
http://www.my-dog-training-secrets.com was written just for you.

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Choosing Dog Food Brands Without Long term Health Risks

By Veronica Eng

I do not advocate for commercially prepared dried pet food diet even if it is premium quality. From the pet food recall incident, we know that dogs today get sick from cancer, diheabetes, liver and kidney diseases at a young age and most died suffering from the onset of the illness. The pet food recall event has confirmed my thoughts that a pet diet does contribute and play a major role in their health condition today.

Today, we cannot ignore the fact that commercially prepared food is a cause of these recent pet health issues. Cooking for your pet seems like the best choice today with the pet food recall incident. If you are unable to provide for homemade dog food, here are my suggestions on selecting a commercially prepared dog food and doing the best you can with choices you can make in minimizing long term health risks.

1) Select from specialty shop like your local pet shop rather then buy from supermarket. This option is most convenient for busy a busy pet owner. However, much consideration must be placed into selecting premium dog foods to ensure quality food source goes into preparing the food.

2) Read the labels of any food you buy. Avoid products containing unnamed animal and vegetable byproducts, wheat gluten and rice protein.

3) Check the FDA website regularly to see if the pet food brand choice you select is in the recall list.

4) Select brands that have meat sources listed as first two ingredients in the list. Look out for words like human-grade food source or organic. Avoid brands that list grains as their main source of protein, meat meals and by-products, dyes, artificial preservatives like BHA, BHT, ethoxyquin and propylene glycol. Propylene glycol is known to cause bloat and anemia in dogs.

5) Do your research on dog food brands that you are feeding. Talk to dog owners who purchase the same brand as you and observe if their dogs are healthy and coat is looking good.

6) Choose premium brands from specialty store and perform some basic research on the source of meats and food source of the brand you choose.

7) Consider cooking and making a little extra fresh foods for in their daily meal and let this little extra be about 30% of your pet diet. Very simply, just include in your dog food some cooked meats with pulp vegetables and eggs instead of just dried food or canned foods. This will not throw the diet out of balance and your dog will have a more palatable and healthier meals.

8) Add enzymes to their meals. Most commercially prepared foods do not contain sufficient enzymes which is responsible for breaking down the food properly. Purchase enzymes supplement or you can give your pet fresh raw foods daily as there are enzymes and essential nutrients in fresh fruits and berries (just a little portion a day (AVOID all citrus fruits, avocados, grapes and raisins). Feed your dog raw fruits (at least 4 hours apart) separately from their main meal for better absorption of the nutrients.

Canned Dog Food Vs Home Cooked Meats

I found that most canned dog food usually contain some preservatives and/or salt. Though some preservatives are natural, but we have to ask ourselves. If eating canned food daily is not a good for us humans, logically, it is unhealthy for your dog as well. Canned food is a very convenient option and can be used occasionally when you are in a rush or your dog is in boarding. But on a regular basis, avoid giving your dog canned food everyday.

If you would like to make their meals more palatable, cook a pot of minced/chopped meats with olive oil, add some minced vegetables and eggs. Freeze up to a week worth of cooked food and defreeze as and when you need for mixing with your pet commercially produced food. It will save you daily preparation time if you do in bulk but most importantly, you have prepared a healthier option for your dog. It is also a cheaper option compared to some premium canned food.

Above All, Seek medical advice if your pet exhibits symptoms such as loss of appetite, bloating, lethargy, and/or vomiting as this could be signs of organ failures which could be fatal.

Veronica Eng researched on dog care from various sources for many years and summarized many effective yet simple guides to dog lovers. Her techniques have made her dogs healthy, vibrant and gorgeous coat that many envy. Natural pet health is her passion! More tips at http://www.dogcarezone.com

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Basic Dog Obedience Training Command

By Leo Enoch

I cannot emphasize more the value of obedience training for your dog. Besides it is very substantial to the well being of your dog and your own happiness in owning a dog.

Dog owners would absolutely enjoy more sharing a house, a car or even spending the time together walking your dog in the public, when your dog can be told to eliminate outside (house training), to come, to sit or to stay easily at your direction.

Obedience Training also show very clear sign of responsible ownership, it is so widely known that if your dog can display these basic obedience commands as well as walking on leash with ease and some other simple task, your dog can earn the American Kennel Club (AKC) Canine Good Citizen Certification.

This Certification is a testimony that your dog is sociable, well behaved and not dangerous to people in general. In some state this CGC Certification is a benchmark of your dog behavior and responsible dog ownership.

Dog owners more than others those who are new in general faces difficulty in training their dog, it is because they do not understand that dogs think and act different from us. They failed to make much development in dog training because they failed to realize that dog communicate differently from us.

The major mistake made by new dog owners is having a lot of command and inconsistency in their training routines. Remember that consistency is very important, do not say 2 words for the same of action that you want your dog to obey.

Here below are some commonly used basic dog obedience commands that you should start with prior going to other more advance command, that will aid you as dog owner to feel comfortable bringing your dog for a walk in the park or in public areas.

Come: this command is used to recall your dog

Sit: this command tell your dog to be in sitting position.

Stay: the dog must keep still in any position whether it is sitting, down or in that location where the command is given until released by you

Down: this command tells the dog to go down with its front feet and rear legs are touching the ground.

Here are some tips how you can really improve the effectiveness and the rate of your dog learning:

1. At all times you must use the same command words and in the same tone or speed of speaking

2. Have tolerance, your dog will fail you.

3. The dog has single track mind, teach one thing at a time, do not try to teach a lot of command in one single training session

4. When your dog did anything right or wrong, your rewards and punishment should come almost immediately. Do not punish or reward after a long time break from the act itself because your dog will not be able to relate the two.

5. Increase bonding with your dog by bringing him out for an exercise or play with him. All training session should be based on this relationship.

6. Prior training your dog, you should get highly regarde dog training manual and go through it thoroughly before starting your dog training session. It is harder to ask your dog to unlearn wrong things than learning new things

7. Never call your dog to come to you to punish, you will give them wrong understanding that the word come means punishment.

8. Do not permit other people to give any command to your dog especially when you are training him.

9. Do not train your dog when you are not in the mood or when you are not feeling well.

10. Never get violence with your dog.

Obedience Training is a clear sign of responsible dog ownership. Every responsible dog owner should endeavor to train his/her dog to at least acquire these basic obedience skills.

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Natural Dog Food VS Commercial Dog Food

By:Dawn Williams

In order to make a truly sound decisions on your dog food options, we need to look into "Why was commercial dog food created in the first place?"

Commercial dog food was never created to be beneficial to your dog. The very first was actually a biscuit made with wheat, vegetables, beet root, and beef blood. However, this was just the first not the pioneer in the dog food market. Commercial dog food was created by slaughter houses and mills looking for a way to sell their by-products (diseased meats and un-wanted parts). In order to sell these disgusting products, companies had to come up with some very creative ways to market them. Here is a brief list of some of their marketing techniques, in my own words of course.

The miracle cure, just like in the old movies. Our food will get rid of your dogs fleas.

The Great Depression, cant afford meat than buy our cheap dog food.

Dogs eat just about anything form scrapes to poop, so why feed them expensive people food?

A huge Viral Campaign was launched in the 1960s, that stated people food was bad for your pets.

Specialty Dog foods, if your dog is old our food will make him live longer.

And my personal favorite (which is still used today), You must feed your dog store bought food, because you have no idea on how to feed your pet a balanced diet.

Truth be told, eventually people and vets started debating the nutritional value of dog and cat foods. In order to please the customer, dog food companies started adding vitamins and labels to their products. Adding nutritional labels also fueled a new marketing campaign, now they could market pet foods as "complete". It does not matter what product is in the can or bag, as long as it was fortified. After reviewing dog food history, it is very clear which food is best for your dog or cat. Since commercial pet foods where never intended to be good for your pet, why would you buy it?

The funniest thing to me about the whole debate is, commercial dog food is made from people food? When you see a dog food commercial, what is shown? Beef, vegetables, and grains, everything that people eat on a daily basis.

If your vet recommends a natural store bought product that has meat, and vegetables as the main ingredient, why is it wrong for me to give my dog a small piece of steak and some potatoes!

Dawn Williams is a freelance writer that enjoys researching and writing about small, but important topics. She gives her inspiration for good dog food to http://www.good-dog-food.com">GOOD DOG FOOD

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