Dog food can be cooked independently from natural products (so-called naturalka), and it is possible to choose from industrial forages. As a rule, owners prefer to buy drying – a dry feed in granules. With its choice the beginners in dog breeding have problems.
The choice of a dry feed on a class
First of all, it is worth noticing that there are many budgetary options of dry feeds, which names very famous thanks to massive advertizing. These are products the house-keeper of a class. However most of dog handlers adheres to a position that it is better to feed a dog with a premium forage and a superpremium. The brands "Proplan", "Royal Kanin", "Chau's Mastiff", "Brit", etc. will be the most available of the first category of dog food.
Forages of more elite level go under the names "Ekanuba", "Hils", Orijen, "Biomill", "Acana", Innova, Canidae, GO Natural, Now Natura and others. Differences in a class of dog food in practice are expressed as a part of a product, so, dog food of a premium class has up to 30% of meat in structure, usually it is chicken, and the dry feed a superpremium can include 40-60% of meat products, and in a line there can be offers and with meat of a lamb. The last are more preferable, but also is more expensive. As filler in dry dog food various grain acts (more often rice). The structure of expensive ready-made feeds is balanced, it included all necessary vitamins and minerals.
We choose a dry feed by the sizes of a dog
It is necessary to choose ready dry dog food proceeding from age, weight, activity of the pet. Industrial forages are subdivided into categories:
- for puppies, for juniors, for adult dogs, in a number of brands there is a position for elderly;
- for large, small, average breeds;
- for active dogs, for sterilized/castrated;
- medical forages.
On packing of any dry dog food weight borders of an animal are specified, being guided by which it is possible to define what dog food best of all will suit your pet. It should be noted that not always expensive ready-made products of a superpremium class will be the best choice for your dog, the forage can sometimes not approach because of an allergy to any product.
Owners select food of the dog a trial and error method and, since expensive forages, often find optimum structure in cheaper line. Therefore the best forage for a dog absolutely not necessarily has to be expensive.
Where to buy dog food
The products of industrial forages are widely presented in any, even the smallest, pet-shop. Today it is possible to buy dog food and in online store, however it is necessary to choose the checked suppliers not to receive a fake or overdue goods. It is desirable to get acquainted before purchase with reviews of dog food from concrete shop. If you only just took a puppy from the manufacturer, it is better for you to ask that it gave to the kid and to continue feeding of a dog by the same product at least in the first months.
Summarizing, one may say, that dog food of a premium class prefers to buy to pets most of owners, proceeding from an optimum ratio the price quality.