Feeding kittens, puppies, dogs and cats  Owners of cats and dogs should understand the main thing: there are two ways of feeding. This is a common food or dry, concentrated food. And he and the other type of feeding is acceptable, if you follow the main rules.  Feeding kittens, puppies, dogs and cats - analyze the most common misconceptions: "Dry food is bad, from his kidney stones, comes out hair, how can one without meat?"  The first dry food in America began producing company "Purina" in 1928.  The idea of ​​the creators - fully balanced pet food and comfort to the owners at feeding kittens, puppies, dogs and cats.  Now very fashionable to look after their health: eat healthy foods, take vitamins, exercise etc.  Are your dogs and cats?  They just like we were not very helpful and love tasty.  Loving owners go on about them, and as a result of cutting and so little time the lives of their pets.  Anyone have not surprised feed for farm animals and many diet for people through which we will return and stay healthy. Dry pet food has the same problem. It really is balanced by the indicators: proteins, fats and carbohydrates.  and, accordingly, the amount of feed in grams per day allotted. Per diem rates vary always from 20 to 100 grams.  Why? In each animal, its nature, mobility, and metabolic rate.  For lazy people - lower limit - for the nimble - the top.  Dry food is easier to digest - he has handled appropriately. When feeding dry food the gastrointestinal tract is working in a particular mode of loading. If you give a plus to feed meat (very hard to digest foods!) - Load on the gastrointestinal tract increases. Hence the possible - vomiting, diarrhea. Also, there is a surplus of protein, fat - is also fraught with disease.  The most common mistake owners feeding kittens, puppies, dogs and cats - in the morning - dry food in the evening - porridge + + meat delicacy.  Only animals with a very strong constitution could withstand such a long schedule, the rest start to hurt.  Remember: with dry feed blend raw fruits - vegetables (as rewards), dairy products (fat-free cottage cheese, yogurt, etc.).  Dry food should be given at the rate specified by the manufacturer, it must meet the age, breed, weight of the animal.  It is advisable to adhere to feed a single firm. Each company uses its stabilizers, flavors, fragrances - a sharp change of food can lead to allergies.  Quality dry food is defined as the starting material, hence the cost of feed. To date, the cost of high-quality food should be not less than 130 -150 rubles per kilogram. The use of cheaper feed requires the mandatory introduction in the diet of the vitamin - mineral supplements, while the use of more expensive brands do not need supplements.  It is advisable not to buy dry food by weight, as there is no guarantee of its proper storage (dry, cool place, closed package, etc.) and ensure that it is buying food that you need.  Poisoned food so animals - often patients veterinarians.  Dry food is optimal for feeding small breed dogs. They tend to eat little and prefer meat. Receiving only dry food - they get  all necessary materials.  Dry food is optimal if you have a few animals - as most of their lives they eat food for adult dogs.  Dry food for dogs is optimal captive content, which requires large amounts of normal food.  The usual complaints of the owners that the dog "did not sate" is not baseless, since the animals tend to have a "rainy day". Those who are very selective in food - inspire fear hosts his premature death from hunger.  Remember - the animal does not cover girl! It will not starve to exhaustion! True hunger will make him eat what is necessary and useful! With proper nutrition and you and your pet will thrive and live long!  Veterinarians have made their conclusion, and they want the owners accepted it: dry food, with proper use, benefits, and the only benefit.  However, this does not negate the benefits of conventional diets. Owners should determine the type of feeding an animal from the purchase date and the rest of his life. Observe the basic rules:  1. when buying a pet, find out what it was fed breeders. And stick to it the first few days of feeding, for a period of adaptation to a new home.

 2. then you can switch from one type to another feeding for 7 - 8 days! Avoid abrupt changes yesterday - food today - porridge, diarrhea and vomiting caused by such a meal can be fatal for a small puppy or kitten.  3. Exotic breeds of dogs and cats, and recently appeared in Russia were down from generation to generation fed dry feed. Therefore, and for their offspring is better dry food rather than buckwheat (in most Western countries do not!), Or meat scraps.  4. Do not go on about friends zhivotnolyubov: This food is better, this is worse. This is very individual, consult your doctor. If you have to replace one brand to another - do it gradually, mixing of feed for 7 - 8 days.  5. If you feed the animals usual food - do not buy them, even the most expensive dry food - they do not need it, and even harmful!  Going to the cottage? Buy canned food: meat, vegetables, cereals with.  6. If you bought a bag of food, store it in a cool, dry place, tightly closed original packaging, or in peresypte cans with lids. If you open a jar of canned food - Transfer the contents into another container. In an open tin can not keep any canned food.  7. Dogs are very fond of dry food for cats, but to feed them in any case it is impossible! Cat food whiter fat, it has more protein. It is necessary to cats, dogs and harmful.  With regard to feeding dogs and cats conventional products, the mass of literature written.  1. The dog (cat) - a predator, the more meat the better.  Any predator spends an enormous amount of energy to get their meat. Predator eats every day, and eats the prey whole (skin, intestines, small bones). And for your pet runs around cutting herself in the hands of "caring" boss!  Hence, excess protein in the body - and the disease.  2. "The meat we buy the best - fillet steak!" The gastrointestinal tract of animals created for the assimilation of coarse meat, with veins, fascia. Predators recovered from him material for his bones, and tendons. Eating meat causes a gentle easing gastrointestinal tract as a whole.  3. We give the nuts, raisins, sweet peppers - that were vitaminchiki!  Dogs and cats are carnivores, and plant foods absorb bad, and vitamins contained in them as well. Do not abuse the dog's stomach is nuts - it is not a monkey. Vegetable food is good for animals prone to obesity.  4. Cook gruel out of 5 cereals, so delicious!  Most easily digested carbohydrates from rice, buckwheat (in our country), rolled oats. Wheat, barley, oat groats - hard to gut the dog, used primarily for feeding large guard dogs. Recently, use and corn grits (abroad are actively using it).  5. Meat and offal give raw - so useful!  If they were still fresh and ... Offal must cook them quickly multiplies infection. Meat (no scraps!) Can be given raw. (But better for the safety also cook).  6. I gave him porridge sprinkle with grated cheese - he likes so much!  Cheese - I love dogs product. But it contains a lot of fat and salt, the kidneys of animals which do not. Cheese - no food, and a rare treat for the animals.  Animal health needs monotonous, simple food. If the animal gets proper exercise - it eats with pleasure! And if it lies on the couch, on the street is 30 minutes a day, the owners want to feed your pet "to dump" - it will lead to disease. Feeding fit: beef, chicken, turkey and their byproducts. Fish low-fat varieties. Dairy products (cheese and sour cream does not). Cereals: rice, buckwheat, oats. Vegetables, except potatoes, beets, beans. Bread products - is rare, and in posushennom form. Pasta - very rare! Malo - Crude vegetable.  Value and quantity of products in detail in books on the content of dogs.