It is a fact that instances of canine obesity can be avoided if owners pay more attention to the pet food they are buying and closely monitor how much of it they are giving their pets.
Many experts believe that there is a correlation between the relatively recent increase in dog obesity and the wider availability of low cost processed dog foods.
Most owners know that budget pet foods offer very little nutritional value; however it is their price – and the fact that they have added flavors which ensure dogs take great delight in eating them – that keep these offerings flying off the shelves.
Feeding dogs this kind of food is much like humans eating a diet of takeaways and fast food. Indeed, it is a very apt parallel – just as humans like to eat foods that are rich in things like sugar, dogs like to eat low value foods simply because they taste so good! But, in the same way as humans need to limit their own intake of unsuitable foods, dogs too need to have their access to their ‘junk’ food denied – and this comes squarely down to dog owners.
Dog owners who truly care about their animals will want to do everything they can to ensure their pet doesn’t suffer the ill effects that come from being overweight.
And that means paying more attention to the food they buy and closely monitoring how much of it they dish out!
