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Switching Food on Dogs |
Should you decide to switch brands, be cautious by ensuring that you make the switch to the new brand over a two week period so as not to upset your puppy’s sensitive digestive system. Switching too quickly has a high risk of creating illness. The most common side effect of a quick switch is diarrhea.
The two week switch-over process involves gradually weaning the puppy off the current brand of food by adding a small amount of the new food to the old brand the first day, then slowly increasing the amount of the new brand each day until you are completely switched over.
Before switching food brands, take the time to investigate which type of food is best for your puppy and for your pocketbook. Check labels to ensure ingredients are of good quality. The first ingredient should always be meat for top nutritional value. If the first ingredient is a by product or wheat, flours, and bone meals, the food is basically made up of fillers and not much meat. Be sure that the preservative in the food is Vitamin E and not BHA/BHT. BHA/BHT are known carcinogenic and can shorten the life span of your pet and reduce their quality of life.
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