A healthy diet is a healthy dog. A little bit of variety in your dog's diet will make it happy and healthier. Just as we don't like eating the same thing day in and day out nor does your
dog. Sometimes what your dog eats will come out in the smell of his skin, just like when we eat garlic. If this does happen add a little more variety to his diet such as your table scraps and some dry
food for a change. Skin disorders in dogs can be affected by their diet as much as from fleas. If a dog has a skin problem a change in diet may help.
As an example my Rottweiller (Titan) came to me with
no hair half way up his back and quite slim. I wormed him, bathed him regularly and fed him well, but still his hair loss continued. I decided to put him on a preservative free diet, which consisted of
Chicken and Meat block and some natural dog biscuits. He seemed to be doing really well. I was bathing him once a week in our Hydrobath solution.
His hair was growing back and I had taken him
off Cortisone tablets. One day I ran out of dog biscuits and just bought some from the corner shop, they had heaps of food coloring in them and he loved them. Within two days he had broken out in hot spots.
I wondered if he had enjoyed the flavor as much as he did the hot spots? Every time he ate food like this he broke out. I learnt through trial and error what was best for his condition. Changing diet isn't
be all and end all, but it won't hurt to try.
Chewing and grinding bones fulfills the natural instincts for bone crunching, it also acts as a natural teeth cleaner and can be a great reliever of boredom
for the urban dog . City-slicker dogs are somewhat soft and certain bones cause a lot of problems, especially in the very young.
Chops and T-bones can sometimes get stuck on their way to the stomach which
may have to be surgically removed. Rabbit bones can be dangerous just with their size and chicken bones can splinter. All bone for dogs to chew on should be large, such as lamb shanks or beef shin bones, and
they should be fed raw.
