Nutrition is the cornerstone of a healthy, long lived dog. Nothing else we do for our friend will carry as much importance in his continuing vibrant health, as the choices we make on what he should eat. We love them so much and we try very hard, but most of us are going into battle armed with very few facts and many advertising innuendoes. As with so much else in this century, we have complicated the notion of what to feed or not to feed our dogs to such a degree, that, I'm sure many of you feel quite frustrated. To clear up some of the smoke screen, lets look at a few basic facts.
Dogs are omnivorous.
This means that they are able to digest and use nutrients from both animal and plant sources. Left to the wild, a dog will eat the belly of their prey first. From this they receive the grains, fruits and vegetables, and the enzymes vital to their survival. They will consume the meat of the prey last. This is not to say that the canine does not need meat, they do, but in less quantities than we have been led to believe through the marketing of the high protein products.