Varied Fuel

A huge part of keeping your dog fit and well is the food you fuel them with, every single day. Ensuring that your dog eats every one of his meals down, is fed the correct amount of a healthy, nutritional food, is vital for your dog's wellbeing. However, some dogs can turn their noses up at the foods you lay down for them, which can become a problem if your dog is refusing to eat. Of course, not eating can be a medical issue, and should be checked by your vet if this happens to your dog, however, some dogs are just picky with their food! This happened to Earl on a certain brand in the past, and I had no idea why. So, for the pickier dogs, adding some nutritional variety into your dog's normal food can work wonders on his tastebuds. Adding cooked vegetables, such as sliced carrot and broccoli can help make his food tastier. Also, adding some bran to your dog's food can not only make the food taste nicer, but also helps when it comes to your dog's bowel functioning, and helps anal glands to function properly. Alongside your dog's normal food, there is so much more variety you can add to make it tastier, and more nutritional! Because food is a HUGE part of your dog's fitness.

Add some extra nutritional value to your dog's normal meals.

Doing this can help your dog at mealtimes in so many ways. You could even add some leftover vegetables from your cooked meal to your dog's meal, to make it easier to prepare - or, as another easy method, cook your dog's vegetables as you're cooking your own meal. Some vitamins, minerals and fibre can do a whole lot to your dog's normal food bowl!

Some dogs gobble their dinners, while others turn their noses up.

So give some variety a try, for your dog's next meal. However, beware, and never add anything to your dog's normal food that could upset his stomach, such as something he is allergic to, and/or something toxic to dogs. If you are at all worried about anything diet related, speak to your vet, and get any strange behaviours, such as loss of appetite, checked out by your vet first of all. Be sensible, but don't be afraid to try something new, that would be a healthy, safe, tasty and nutritional addition to your dog's normal meals. Because fuelling your dog right is an important part of keeping him fit and well.

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