In Search of Real Dog Food 3

This is our third of excerpt from ‘Real food for dogs & cats – a practical guide to feeding your pet a balanced, natural diet’ by Dr. Clare Middle.

To our dogs we should be the source of many good things.  But the more we leave food lying around, the less the dog sees it as provided by us and the less he feels he needs to earn it.  A scientific explanation relating to digestion follows…

“Do not leave food out constantly.

Random feeding is not ‘ad hoc’ feeding. Optimal digestion for a dog occurs with a small number of large meals.

It is rarely a good idea to leave food out for dogs to help themselves when they feel like it.  With a constant supply of glucose from graze feeding, the liver will not produce energy from glycogen stores, or fulfil its important function of clearing harmful chemicals stored in the body.”

The above used with kind permission from the author, Dr. Clare Middle.

 

Leah & Angela OMeara

Hound Dog Day Care (Specialists in Dog Minding & Dog Boarding, Pet Sitting Brisbane & Doggy Day Care Brisbane)