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| Provide Your Golden Retriever A Healthy Living |
By:
Ulla Saastamoinen |
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The best means of providing a golden retriever dog healthy living is to keep him on a healthy diet. The basis of good health is healthy food and when a dog is fed well, he keeps good health too. The best diet for a dog is very much like a diet that dieticians advocate for us humans, comprising of a variety of fresh healthy foods rich in vitamins and minerals. This diet alone can promote optimal health in your golden retriever dog and increase their lifespan.
In case you too are looking to give your dog the proper kind of food, start with fresh and natural foods. When the foods are processed, it loses its vital nutrients like vitamins and minerals so fresh foods mean foods which have hardly gone through any processing. These diets could also include some dog foods created in your kitchen, some raw foods or even dehydrated foods. Doctor Richard Pitcairn, who has done enormous research into the area of natural care for pets says that the best dog food is the one which is home-made which contains all the specific requirements of the dog.
Uncooked foods have took the fancy of many golden retriever dog owners though the topic has evoked a lot of debate, but these dog owners are happy with the nutritious value of raw foods. These types of foods are showing to be good for the treatment of conditions like long-term allergies as well as some other regressive complaints. The redeeming feature is that owners need not only rely on Fido the raw cut from the butchers, but can buy several frozen natural foods from specialty shops which are both nutritious and safe. Today raw foods are available in free-dried form, a process known as 'cold processing' in which some of the vital nutrients like enzymes, amino acids and probiotics are not lost.
Another form of natural dog foods are those which are dehydrated, and this ways that they are dried at very low temperatures, very like the soup mixes which are available at the food stores. Since the process uses less heat, the activity of enzymes in the food is suspended until the food is re-hydrated. Dehydration is a action by which nutrients are lost to the tune of 3 to 5% only as compared to other food preservation processes like canning or kibble making where the nutrients lost can be in the range of 60% or more.
While home-cooked foods is a good healthy option for dogs, this may not always be possible since it is difficult to keep the ideal ratio and balance between meat and vegetable components of the dog diet. Be glad to know that there are pre-mixes that take the guessing out of making homemade dog food and all a golden retriever dog owner needs to do is add some H2O and fresh meat to make a tasty treat for their four legged friend. Just like a wonderful meal is a happy experience for us, it should not be any different for our four-legged friends. What is needed from us is a bit of care and concern to see whether the food served is fresh, whether there is adequate variety in his meals and whether we are providing the right kind of food, and if we do this, our best friends can live happily ever after. |
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