Dog Treats - How Safe Are They?

When your dog is performing a nice trick orquantities of liver, salt, chocolate etc. These
behaves good during training or a certain eventproducts can cause: diarrhea, kidney failure, heart
you feel like giving him a nice dog treat. But arediseases, obesity, etc.
you sure that every dog treat is healthy for yourIf you aren't sure of the dog treats you buy, you
pet?can try making some in your home, there are a
Dog's basic nutrition is almost the same as thelot of recipes on the internet and in special pet
human nutrition; our pets need fats,magazines. All you have to do is to make sure
carbohydrates and protein too, but in other ratiosyou avoid the products listed above and others
and prepared differently.which you know that affect your pet.
People can chose to feed their pets with rawOther important nutrients which must be assured
food or special dog food in stores. There is a bigdaily are vitamins. If you feed your dog raw food
controversy between some groups of pets aboutyou might find it hard to calculate if he gets
the way we should feed our animals regardingenough vitamins so you might need some
raw food and commercialized food; some believesupplements; there are a lot of brands which
that raw food has been used for centuries and it'scommercialize products that assure the daily
better for animals while others think that usingvitamin need. If you feed your dog with
special dog food assures the optimal nutrition.commercialized dog food, you will know that the
Dog treats which are found in stores are usuallydaily dose written on the package contains the
biscuits made with meat products, milk and wheatvitamins your little buddy needs.
but they also contain more fats than normal dogSome dog treats contain vitamins too but they
food. Think about dog treats like fast food orare also very tasty for your dog so be careful! If
chips for humans.you feed your dog too many dog treats you
In the last years commercialized dog foodshould cut down the food you give them in meals
including dog treats was found to be poisonousto avoid obesity and digestion problems. If you
for most dogs. Some of the ingredients containedbake your dog treats at home try to calculate
by dog treats which are known to causethe amount of nutrients; you can find a lot of
problems are: wheat gluten, onion and garlicnutrient lists on the internet and calculate the
products, dairy products in large quantities, largeoptimum amount of food for your dog.