Article Title: 4 Important Tips When Feeding Your Dog
Author: John Mailer
Rule 1: A dog should be fed by the same person at every
feeding. This rule is not nearly as important where a couple of
house pets are being fed by several members of the same family,
as it is where large numbers of dogs are being fed by numerous
different kennel personnel. It is particularly applicable where
dogs are in strange environments such as boarding kennels,
veterinary hospitals, or show arenas. Dogs that have become
accustomed to one feeder may exhibit all sorts of erratic
eating behavior if that person is changed.
Rule 2: Every dog should have its own food and water container.
This precaution is not only sound behavioral psychology, it also
is just plain good hygiene. It is especially wise to assign food
bowls on an individual basis when your feeding containers are
noticeably different from one another. Besides improved feeding
technique, certain practical benefits are to be gained from
following this rule. In racing stables, for example, where
maintenance of body weight is so important, feeding
instructions can be written on the bottom or the side of each
dog's feeding container, right next to its name or number.
Rule 3: A dog should be fed in the same place every time it is
fed. Whether it be the corner of the kitchen, beside the
back-door steps, at the rear of a kennel run, or along the
left-side wall of a cage, the site where the food container is
placed should remain the same every day. In fact, everything
that's done with the food container should be identical at each
feeding. lf you use a push cart or wagon to carry the tub of
food to the dogs, always use the same cart and tub. lf you
pre-fill food bowls in the diet kitchen and carry them on the
cart, don't decide one day to carry the tub of food on the cart
and fill each bowl as you reach the dog. It may have become
boring to you, but to your dog it has become the way of life. A
change only serves to disrupt his way of life and to create
cause for insecurity.
Rule 4: No dog should ever have its food changed without a good
reason. Contrary to popular opinion, dogs do not need a change
in food from time to time to keep them from growing tired of
the same food all the time. Many dogs have lived normal,
healthy lives by eating the same food throughout their entire
lifetimes. In many instances where a dog owner thinks a dog has
gotten sick and tired of a food, the dog has just gotten sick
from the dog food. Not so sick, perhaps, that it really showed,
but sick enough to stop eating. When a dog food is deficient, it
is not uncommon for a dog eating that food to lose its appetite.
Of course, dog nutrition deficiencies are not the only thing
that will cause a dog to lose its appetite.
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.
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