Many dog ​​foods come in different flavors, such as “beef flavor”, “chicken flavor”, etc. Ingredients in professional pet foods are listed in descending order of weight. If chicken ranks first in the label list, it means that chicken is the main ingredient in the dog food and its content is higher than other ingredients.

Steps and methods

1. Meat ingredients can be identified

Meat is the main ingredient in dog food. Although each brand of dog food is marked as containing meat ingredients, there are still differences. To distinguish the "purity" of dog food, you can do a small experiment: first prepare several brands of dog food, several bowls filled with water, and a microwave oven; then, soak the dog food in bowls with water and place them Heat it in the microwave for two minutes; after heating, open the microwave door and you can feel that some dog food emits a meaty aroma. People with a good sense of smell can also smell whether it is beef or chicken, but some dog food has a meaty smell. Not pure, even a little pungent. Through this little experiment, you can accurately choose the food your dog likes.

Food pays attention to color, aroma and taste, and the same goes for dog food. Usually, dog food comes in green, yellow, red and other colors. Some of these colors are natural pigments, and some are artificial pigments. Try to choose dog food that does not contain pigments. Natural pigments are not a bad idea. As for whether the pigments contained in dog food are natural, you only need to observe the color of the dog's stool

2. Look for dog food in English

The raw material item should contain at least one kind of fresh meat, preferably of human consumption grade. Pay special attention when reading this content. For example, chicken means chicken and chickenmeal means chicken meal. Some dealers will deliberately mistranslate meat meal into meat to confuse the quality of the two. Meat meal is dried animal tissue after oil extraction, which is essentially different from fresh meat.

Try not to choose dog food with vague raw material descriptions, because it means that the raw material varieties are unstable or the source is unknown. According to the standards of the American Feed Management Association, the highest grades are Meat (pure meat) and Poultry (poultry meat), followed by MeatMeal (meat meal) and PoultryMeal (poultry meal). When selecting, the first ingredient must be Meat Meal (meat meal) or Poultry Meal (poultry meal) or above, not grains, because the protein provided by meat is much higher than the protein of grains. If the dog food contains meat by-products (By-products), do not consider it, it may be scraps. Many people choose bulk dog food because it is cheap. But there are some tips for buying bulk dog food.

3. First of all, it is not advisable to buy too much bulk dog food at one time. Consider that dog food also needs to be fresh so that your dog can eat healthily. BulkBecause the dog food is not packaged, its production date cannot be confirmed. In addition, dog food is often exposed to air during the sale process, which will accelerate its deterioration. Therefore, it is recommended to buy small amounts and multiple times, and pay attention to the smell and gloss of the dog food when purchasing.

Second, pay attention to the container. Many small stores just use bags or big buckets to store dog food. Such containers are poorly sealed and not hygienic enough. If you choose a professional bulk container with a high-strength sealing effect, the freshness of the bulk dog food will be better

Notes

1. Feed your dog only 70% of his food is full. Do not overdo it. It is best when your dog is still hungry.

2. Wash the bowls immediately after meals to prevent the residue from attracting flies, cockroaches, and ants. Especially in summer, food is very easy to spoil. Washing the residue can prevent your dog from having diarrhea after eating.

3. Dogs that have just finished eating should not run or jump to play immediately, as this may easily cause vomiting.

4. When feeding, be sure to provide sufficient water at the same time. There is no need to use distilled water or boiled water, because their intestines and stomach do not care about these.

5. For dogs that have been kept in cages all year round, eating is their rare entertainment, so they will be as greedy as "starving ghosts". Don't be fooled by them. In fact, they are not really hungry.