28 Oct What is the suitable food for dogs?

There are lots of advertisements for the dogs’ food. Different and variety of food with a lot of brands fill the shopping malls shelves. So if you want to buy suitable food for your dog, you must search as much as you can between different items. Nowadays, there are many foods with varying prices for all tastes. So it can be challenging work. We want to describe the advantages and disadvantages of every food to make the decision easier for you. Everything has good and bad quality. Choosing great food depends on your information or groomers help. Don’t forget that you can mix different foods, too. So look at the list below and choose the right food for your dog. 

1.  Complete or complementary food for dogs

• Complete food:

Complete food as the name shows is a complete meal and includes every effective and useful ingredient and substances such as vitamins and minerals for your dog’s health. It has three types; dry, wet and raw foods. European Pet Food Industry Federation (FEDIAF) observes and checks its completeness for dogs.

• Complimentary food:

This kind of food supports the main food. They don’t have all the necessary nutrients for dogs healthy; so, they should be used with a complete food. Sometimes dog’s owners add complementary food to make the main food more delicious. 

•  Mixer biscuits:

Mixer biscuits contain cereals, vegetables or herb and muesli. They don’t have all of the food nutrition. So they shouldn’t be used alone, and they must be with a complete or good complementary food. It’s been a long time that this food is not so acceptable with many dog owners. But using raw or wet food is excellent food for dogs.

2.  Prepared food for dogs

These are different kinds of prepared foods. Based on the foods nutritious, they can be parts of complete or complementary foods.

•  Dry foods:

Dry food is available everywhere. It is prepared, easily and quickly. Keeping this food is not difficult for anybody. They are made in different methods: extrusion, baking, cold-pressed, air drying and freeze-dried foods.

• Wet foods:

These foods aren’t as popular as many years ago. But still, they are good options. It has different shapes. Before packing, ingredients are cooked, mixed and sterilised completely. Cooking and sterilising take a high temperature and duration. So it’s believed that this high and long temperature damages the useful nutrients. But this packing and sanitising guarantee a long life without additives. Wet food is a better choice than dry food because it contains water. So, it is a great choice for dogs that are reluctant to water or have a disease because of lacking water. 

• Raw foods:

Because of raw foods, there are plenty of prepared foods in the shopping mall’s freezer. It is raw, so it is the most natural dogs food in the world. Few dog’s owners make raw food for their dogs themselves, but some companies make their work easier and prepare some frozen raw foods, suitable for dogs’ health. It comes in two types of complete and complementary foods. The good advantage of raw food is the low price. 

• Fresh food for dogs

Complete fresh food is new. They are a new and easy version of home foods with saving all fresh food’s ingredients which are cooked and packed. Unlike dry and wet foods, it has low temperature and a short process, so it keeps high natural nutrients. It doesn’t have any artificial additives; so, it can’t last fresh for a long time, so after packing, they should be kept in a freezer. But still, it can be saved in the freezer 14 days from manufacturing date. 

Finally, you understand why pet owners can’t decide and choose good food for their dog. All foods above have advantages and disadvantages. So, using just one kind of food is not ideal for dogs. Here you need a groomer help to choose the best food according to your budget, your dog probable disease or activities. Choosing the wrong food may cause other problems or serious diseases.