If you feel that your dog is not benefiting enough from the dog food you are giving them, there is nothing wrong with switching dog food.
If you have seen symptoms of an allergy in your dog or they seem to be suffering from any type of gastrointestinal illnesses, you may need to switch their dog food. Signs of difficulties that may be caused by dog food can include diarrhea, excessive gas, bloating, or vomiting. To determine if it is the dog food causing your dogs health problems, you can switch your dog food type and watch your dog for improvements in these areas.
If your dog improves in health after a few days of switching dog food types to an all natural dog food food or organic food, you will know that there were ingredients of the first dog food that was contributing your dogs gastrointestinal health. You can discuss the possibilities of dog food causes for your dogs situation with your veterinarian, and you can also discuss possible options for switching foods. This can help you to determine if changing dog foods will help your dogs health or if there is some other cause relating to your dogs sickness or allergies.
By determining this first, you can refrain from switching dog foods before it is necessary. This is important because, even though switching the type of dog food your dog eats may end up being inevitable, doing so too early or too often may cause more harm. If it is not the food causing difficulties, you may switch to a food for no reason, which can irritate your dogs stomach and cause problems.
Aside from actual illnesses, there are many reasons people switch dog food, and many times it is overall dog health. You may see a type of food that offers more benefits than the food you are currently feeding your dog, and so to achieve better dog health, you switch them. Or, you may decide that you want to offer your dog better dog health by changing them to an all-natural diet with no processed foods. For some people, the type of dog food is switched often so their dog receives variety, and has nothing at all to do with dog health. Unfortunately, this is not always a good idea. If your dog seems to be perfectly healthy on the dog food are currently eating, it is often best not to switch dog food.
written by : Aprilliza Varsya, 10 year school girl ( with assistance from her dog booger and her dad)
Aprilliza Varsya
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