Depending on as far as the dog has the balanced food, her health, appearance and health of future posterity depend. Ancestors of a dog – predators therefore representatives even of the smallest breed need meat.
The question of food is one of important questions which the owner of a dog faces from the moment of appearance of a puppy in the house. Health of a dog and appearance depends on the chosen diet. If you decided to feed the pet with a naturalka, then have to remember that dogs by nature predators and to them meat is necessary for full development. Meat – the most nutritious product and completely is digested a dog in 12 hours.
What meat can be given to dogs
To dogs any meat and an offal is suitable in food. The most acceptable is lean meat. Fat, for example, pork, can lead to disorder of digestion. The most optimal variant is the beef hem. Besides beef the dog can give mutton, horse-flesh, a bird, meat of wild animals and rodents. For full development the diet of a dog has to contain not less than 30% of meat products, the rest – boiled grain, vegetables. In a diet of a dog it is possible to alternate crude and boiled meat. Meat of unknown and doubtful origin should be cooked.
Crude or boiled?
Crude meat contains a large amount of iron, phosphorus, zinc, various minerals and enzymes. Meat is a source of protein. Crude meat the dog gorges on quicker and it the smaller quantity, than boiled is necessary. In spite of the fact that crude meat is more useful boiled, it is in certain cases better to give boiled. It is caused by a possibility of existence in crude larvae of helminths or causative agents of diseases. Therefore if you are not sure of quality of meat, it is better to scald it. Loss of nutrients is insignificant, but the risk of receiving diseases considerably decreases. Meat of chicken and an offal, in particular a liver, kidneys, an udder need to be cooked before feeding. They contain a large amount of toxins and in the raw can do harm to health of the pet. Selecting a diet to a dog it is necessary to remember that not all meat and an offal have identical nutritional value. For example, the most nutritious is heart, and here a lung or a hem – less pitateln, and it is necessary to give them more.
How many to give meat to a dog
There is no exact answer how many it is necessary meat or a forage for a dog. The amount of food depends as on age of an animal, conditions of keeping, and on temperament. Dogs of small and average breeds are more mobile, at them energy, and as a result, faster metabolism is more spent. A puppy eat forages more, than an adult animal. It is caused by need of an organism to develop fully.