Dogs are finicky creatures, did you know there are certain things that are really important when feeding your furry friend?

In this article, we'll look at 4 important tips we recommend when feeding your dog.

1. A Dog Should Be Fed By The Same Person At Every Feeding

This rule is not nearly as important where a couple of house pets are being fed by several members of the same family, as it is where large numbers of dogs are being fed by numerous different kennel personnel.

It is particularly applicable where dogs are in strange environments such as boarding kennels, veterinary hospitals, or show arenas.

Dogs that have become accustomed to one feeder may exhibit all sorts of erratic eating behavior if that person is changed.

2. Every Dog Should Have Its Own Food And Water Container

This precaution is not only sound behavioral psychology, it also is just plain good hygiene.  It is especially wise to assign food bowls on an individual basis when your feeding containers are noticeably different from one another.  Besides improved feeding technique, certain practical benefits are to be gained from following this rule.

In racing stables, for example, where maintenance of body weight is so important, feeding instructions can be written on the bottom or the side of each dog's feeding container, right next to its name or number.

3. A Dog Should Be Fed In The Same Place Every Time It Is Fed

Whether it be the corner of the kitchen, beside the back-door steps, at the rear of a kennel run, or along the left-side wall of a cage, the site where the food container is placed should remain the same every day.  In fact, everything that's done with the food container should be identical at each feeding.

lf you use a push cart or wagon to carry the tub of food to the dogs, always use the same cart and tub. lf you pre-fill food bowls in the diet kitchen and carry them on the cart, don't decide one day to carry the tub of food on the cart and fill each bowl as you reach the dog.

It may have become boring to you, but to your dog it has become the way of life.  A change only serves to disrupt his way of life and to create cause for insecurity.

4. No dog should ever have its food changed without a good reason

Contrary to popular opinion, dogs do not need a change in food from time to time to keep them from growing tired of the same food all the time.  Many dogs have lived normal, healthy lives by eating the same food throughout their entire lifetimes.

In many instances where a dog owner thinks a dog has gotten sick and tired of a food, the dog has just gotten sick from the food.  Not so sick, perhaps, that it really showed, but sick enough to stop eating.

When a dog food is deficient, it is not uncommon for a dog eating that food to lose its appetite.  Of course, nutritional deficiencies are not the only thing that will cause a dog to lose its appetite.

Diarrhea Associated With Changing Your Dog's Diet

In some dogs it is not unusual to notice a mild diarrhea following a change in food.  This is particularly true in younger animals.  In most instances it persists only until the dog's intestinal tract adjusts to the new food.  In rare instances the diarrhea resulting from a change in diet lasts longer and may precipitate more serious forms of diarrhea.

To prevent diarrhea from developing during a dietary change, make the change gradually.  A gradual change allows the intestinal tract to make a slow transition from the ingredients and physical characteristics of one food to those of the other.

Should diarrhea develop despite the precautions taken, reduce the amount of food being fed by one-half for a day or two.  If this fails to correct the upset stomach then return to feeding the old food until the stool is normal again.

Should the addition of the new food a second time also precipitate diarrhea, it is probable that the new food does not agree with your dog.  If a third food is available it may be best to try an alternative method rather than to continue to subject your dog to a food that fails to agree with it.

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Remember, giving your furry friend treats is very beneficial for several reasons, but make sure they are healthy, have nutritional value, and most of all, come from a trusted source.