How To Change A Dog's Diet

Article Title: How To Change A Dog's Diet
Author: John Mailer

There are five basic steps when it comes to changing your dog's
diet. They are as follows:

Step 1: lf a dog is in a new environment, has a new owner, or
is being required to undergo some other emotional or physical
strain, dog food changes should be postponed until the stress
has been eliminated or the dog has adapted to it. With changes
in ownership, the dog food fed by the previous owner should be
obtained if at all possible and fed until the dog becomes
accustomed to its new surroundings.

Step 2: Once the dog is in a proper emotional state to accept a
dietary change it should be accomplished without delay. Start
by substituting 25 percent of the old dog food with the new dog
food. Mix the two thoroughly making every attempt to conceal
the new food within the old. This mixture should be fed until
the dog eats the mixture with the same relish that it ate its
previous dog food. For some dogs this may be the first time
the mixture is fed; for others it may take several days or even
weeks. Don't hurry the procedure. After all, the dog may have
had 24 months to get accustomed to its old diet. Don't expect
it to change all of that in just 24 hours. Once the dog is
eating the 25:75 mixture as well as it did its previous food,
proceed to step three

Step 3: During the third step, 50 percent of the old dog food
is replaced by new food and slightly less effort is made to
conceal it within the old dog food. Again, when the dog is
eating the 50:50 mixture with the same gusto it did its
previous food, proceed to step four.

Step 4: Now 75 percent of the new dog food is present in the
mixture being fed, and little if any effort is made to conceal
the new dog food except to mix it evenly with the ordinal food.
By now, most dogs will readily accept the increased mixture the
first time it is fed. If the dog accepted the 50:50 mixture at
the first feeding, step four can be eliminated and you can
proceed directly to step five.

Step 5: This is the final step, the one in which all of the old
dog food is eliminated from the dog's diet. One hundred percent
of the new dog food is fed from then on. For some dogs this
procedure may take only three days and require only steps two,
three and five. For others it may take longer and must
progress through each step separately. Do not become
discouraged. With dogs, food likes and dislikes are mostly
learned from previous experiences. Changing a dog food is a
process of unlearning and relearning, and such things cannot be
hurried.

The third general consideration is to make sure that the
balance of dog nutrition remains the same.There is no better
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About The Author: John Mailer has written many articles about
dogs and puppies and how to train them.His main business is as
an internet marketer.
http://www.howtostartonlinehomebusiness.com
http://www.basicsdogtraining.com

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