It's fun to have our dogs do tricks or obey commands that make us pleased, and the traditional action we take when that happens is to feed our dog a treat. But, do you know what's in that treat you're giving?
This article is going to talk about taking the responsibility as pet owners to know what ingredients are in the treats that we feed our dogs.
Much has been written about this topic of treats for dogs and the inclination that dog owners have of feeding too many treats to their dogs resulting in the dogs getting overweight or showing evidence of certain diseases. This topic can extend not only to treats but to food fed to dogs in general.
Here we will focus on treats for the moment. Dogs have their favorite treats that they are eager to gobble up as well as some food toys to chew on such as rawhide bones and chews to clean their teeth.
Take a moment and scrutinize what ingredients make up that food before giving it to your dog the next time. It wouldn't hurt to also do a little research online if you don't recognize some of the names or can't even pronounce them. Take as much care in what you give your dog as you do with what you are giving your family and yourself.
There are horror stories of terrible junk foods that make up our pet food, but my biggest caution in this article has to do with the possible dangers of giving your dog a big chunk of rawhide to chew on and eat and not paying attention to what your dog is doing with that rawhide.
This is the danger: your dog chews on the rawhide enough to soften it and when your dog starts to eat the rawhide, you dog may not have bitten through the rawhide sufficiently to take a small bite. Instead, a big chunk - bigger than what is safe for your dog to swallow - or even the entire chew can be swallowed whole.
Some dogs cannot digest this much rawhide in their system, and now you have a very sick dog that needs to be taken to medical assistance.
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