Pet Nutrition
Feeding Adult Dogs by Purina
A Note Concerning Raw Meat Diets: "Due to these risks (from salmonellosis,) AAHA (American Animal Hospital Assoication) recommends that pet owners not feed their pets a raw meat based diet and encourages owners to ask their veterinarian for advice regarding a nutritionally balanced diet that is appropriate for their pet's age and lifestyle." These diets are a potential risk not only to pets but to humans as well. Read the article from the AAHA.
Raw Food Diets
Keeping Pet Food Fresh
Always keep canned pet food refrigerated after opening.
If you store dry pet food in a container other than its original bag, be sure to wash the empty container with soap and water before adding food from a new bag. The residual fat that settles on the bottom of the container can become rancid beyond its shelf life (the date stamped on the bag). This spoiled fat may contaminate fresh food added to the container, causing vomiting or diarrhea when fed to your pet.
Diary products are difficult to digest after pets are weaned. The enzyme needed to digest the lactose found in mild, lactase, decreases. For this reason dogs and cats will have difficulty in breaking down milk and cheese in the digestive track and diarrhea may result.
Unprocessed brown rice, oats and barley are high in nutrients and easily digested
Many dogs are intolerant to wheat gluten and many dog foods are now being offered which are gluten free.