Advantages and disadvantages of dry food for cats and dogs
Dry food already quite a long time entered the power systempets. Owners of dogs and cats note the convenience of such feeds - you do not need to cook porridge, buy meat and bones, specially cook them. It's all simple - took out the package, put it in a bowl - and that's it. The question is, is there any useful substance in this diet for the growth and development of the pet, is there a difference in comparison with natural feeding? Today we will talk about this.
First of all, let's think about why an animalneed food. It is needed to develop energy for life. It is important to remember that the amount of energy a dog spends per day depends on its lifestyle. Therefore, an active dog that gets physical exercise every day needs to get more food or food with a higher calorie content than the dog that lies on the couch and goes for a walk for 5 minutes. A puppy needs more energy than an adult dog, a young dog - more than the old one.
The animal will remain in good shape onlythen, when will receive with food as much energy as it spends. Lack of energy, obtained with food, leads to exhaustion, weakening of immunity and diseases of the animal. Excess of the same nutrients leads to obesity. Therefore, it is important to know the measure here.
Dry food is divided according to this system: economy class (most affordable, can be found inany supermarket), premium class and superpremium class. Unfortunately, using low grades of dry food (economy class), pets quickly want to eat again in a short time, so they have to be fed. If you use premium or super premium food, you do not need to add anything.
No one will deny that dry food is much cheaper than other types of food for animals. Its creators claim that it is useful forhealth of pets, because all the components in it are strictly balanced. In addition, the feed allows you to prevent the occurrence of diseases of the mouth in animals, remove plaque and clean teeth of tartar.
This malaise leads to gingivitis, the appearance ofunpleasant odor from the mouth, diseases of the periodontal tissues, the release of pus from the gums and the loss of teeth in animals. A dry food contributes to the cleaning of teeth and is an excellent prevention of the occurrence of dental diseases, so they are so popular among professional breeders and amateurs alike.
Another A great advantage of using dry feeds is convenient transportation, especially if you like to travel with your pet.
As for the disadvantages of such feeding, then when you feed your dog with ready food,you create a new problem: toxins and slags present in "balanced" feeds in reality only increase the body's need for high-quality nutrients, vitamins and fatty acids, which are needed to combat the toxic damage of the body. If they are not enough - which usually happens - your pet is expected to have serious health problems.
Dry food for dogs of low grades, as a rule,poorly digested and have an increased level of fiber, which can lead to the development of urolithiasis. Substandard food and counterfeits may contain harmful chemicals (including all sorts of waste from slaughterhouses, food waste, inedible fillers, heavy metals, sugar, pesticides, herbicides, medicines, artificial colors, synthetic flavoring agents and preservatives), and improper balance of substances. Also in the diet of the animal, in addition to dry food, it is not recommended to include other foods, even if the animal loves them.
