How To Feed The "outdoor Dog"

Article Title: How To Feed The "outdoor Dog"
Author: John Mailer

The dog that is kept outdoors all of the time, or an exclusive
diet of dry dog food, does not need to be restricted to portion
control feeding. These dogs will do quite well when self-fed.
One precaution should be pointed out about outdoor pets that
are put on self-feeding programs. If they have not been eating
dry dog food, their water consumption will jump considerably
when they begin to eat it. A special effort should be made to
keep plenty of cool, fresh water before these dogs at all
times.

Outdoor dogs require even more water during the summer because
a dog's body-cooling processes that depend on water. When
outdoor pets are individually fed they can be fed by either ad
libitum or portion control. The feeding location should be
under some kind of shelter. This will keep the direct
sunlight, dust, and dirt off the dog food.

Outdoor feeding locations should also be located away from
garbage cans. A back porch, back steps, or corner of the
garage may be convenient, but if there are garbage cans nearby
such places are unsuitable as dog feeding locations. First,
such places allow flies of all descriptions to contaminate the
food. Flies are not particularly objectionable to a dog. Most
outdoor dogs go through life snapping up and swallowing a fly
now and then. Ordinarily this is no cause for alarm, but
around garbage cans flies become so numerous around the dog
food that they constitute a disease danger.

With dogs that are fed outdoors, it is of particular importance
to pick up any dog food remaining uneaten after 20 or 30
minutes. Dog food served at room temperature, then allowed to
stand outdoors, quickly warms to temperatures at which
contaminating bacteria rapidly multiply. Most dogs do not find
the odor of over-ripe dog food unpleasant. Many, in fact,
consider the smell quite desirable. The toxins and other waste
products produced by bacteria, at the same time they are
creating that smell, may have a distinctly detrimental effect
on the dog.

There is perhaps a more important reason for feeding an outdoor
house-pet at the same time and place every day and allowing the
dog food to remain before the dog only 20 or 30 minutes. It is
to train your dog to eat only at that time and at that place.
lf the dog does not, it learns quickly that it must wait until
the next feeding before it gets anything more dog food to eat.
Your dog will soon become accustomed to eating at only a
specified time, and will come to the specified place every day
around that time anticipating the dog food.

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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