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Alan Benney
Are you over feeding your dog and shortening his life and taking away his energy? Discover the truth today to why many dogs are living shorter lives due to obesity. The buzz words today on almost everybody's lips is weight loss or obesity, with more than 24% of Americans are reported to be overweight this is a growing concern for the health authorities, however we hear about this almost every day on the news but we very rarely hear about over weight in our dogs. After much research I found that a minimum of 25% of dogs in the United Kingdom suffer from obesity, world wide probably more, and this is why experts say we have a growing health issues with our animals. So what are the repercussions of overfeeding dogs? The number 1 reason you should not overfeed your dog is over weight dogs in many cases can suffer from fatal diseases, for example; diabetes, arthritis, heart problems, and what's more this takes away the dogs energy and does not help his peace of mind. If you can take yourself back to why you decided to have a dog in the first place, then the reasons most people do is to spend quality time with him or her, out in the fresh air in the park or the country, and even days at the beach, plus the fact is he or she becomes your best friend. When dogs are over fed this formulates inactivity in a dog, and in most cases leads to a very unhappy dog and poor health. We as humans are fully aware that this is not constructive in our lives so it stands to reason it will not work for our dogs. A further issue is the financial side, not only are we spending too much money on dog food, but this leads to many trips to the vets and that is proving to be very expensive, it has a snowball effect. Folks today that are sensitive with regard to our health and weight, we watch what we eat very carefully and prepare nutritious meals for our selves and our families, in which case we should do the same for our dog's right? Numerous dog lovers are coming to the realization of the importance of quality dog food, and not falling for the quick option sold in the supermarkets and are preparing their own dog menus; there are numerous benefits to the facts it will not contain skin, bones, carcases, sugar, and fat, which numerous mass produced animal foods do which in turn can only create over weight dogs. Furthermore commercial dog foods in many cases are made to taste good so that your dog will want more of it, and this leads to over eating, we count the calories for our own benefit so why not do this for our pets. Let's look at the negatives to preparing our own dog foods, it takes more time and thought this is true, but the positives out weigh the negatives by far. For a start the overweight problem would disappear, two the vet bills, three your dog will enjoy better health, and four you will get back to enjoying those walks in the park and the great times you had together before he or she became inactive and over weight. At length you can be in charge of the food that your dog consumes, and this can only be a positive towards the best health for your dog.
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