Benefits of feeding your pet a high-quality, all natural pet food.
Your pet deserves only the best. Both you and your best friend will reap many benefits when you feed a premium, all natural holistic diet.
Premium all natural pet foods are made using only the highest quality ingredients. These premium all natural pet foods have 100% U.S. sourced ingredients and are formulated without corn, wheat, soy, grain fractions, by-products or other fillers. Premium, high- quality pet foods also contain natural skin and coat conditioners, balanced Omega 6 and 3 fatty acids, essential vitamins and minerals and guaranteed enzymatic activity. Many dogs suffering from common skin and coat problems or allergies will see a rapid, noticeable improvement just by switching to a higher quality, all natural diet.
Why Transition Slowly When Changing Your Dog's Diet?
Most pets will transition easily when their diet is changed to a healthier, all natural formulation. In some cases the pet's digestive tract may be more sensitive and will need time to biologically acclimate to the new formula. Premium all natural formulas contain more meat and fewer carbohydrates than other brands. While a higher meat to carbohydrate ratio provides a healthier and more natural diet, those pets that are used to eating a lower quality diet will transition easier if the old food and new food are mixed together for a short time.
High-quality premium pet foods are denser that most other brands and the human grade meats used in these foods are lower in moisture and higher in pure protein. When cooked these meat meals shrink much less than other protein sources and results in a food that is much denser and much more nutritious than lower cost, lesser quality brands. Also, many pets find the change in food to be more palatable than their previous diet, so some will want to eat more.
An abrupt change to a different diet may cause some pets to experience gastrointestinal upset, which may lead to loose stools or vomiting. while this upset usually disappears in a matter of days, it can often be avoided by following these simple transition guidelines. Unlike humans, pets often eat the same diet for months or years and their digestive systems are not as used to change as ours are.
How to Transition Your Dog to a New Diet
We have found that the smoothest transition from one food to another occurs when the foods are mixed together. This process should usually take about six days but the transition time can be increased if your pet is particularly sensitive.
Day 1 & 2: Feed 25% new food and 75% current food
Day 3 & 4: Feed 50% new food and 50% current food
Day 5 & 6: Feed 75% new food and 25% current food
Day 7: Feed 100% new food
Additional Tips for Food Transitioning
In some cases transitioning slowly is not possible if you have already used up your old food supply. In that case, feed smaller portions more regularly. We suggest breaking up the daily intake to 3 to 4 smaller feedings per day. Adding warm water to the food will also decrease the chance of your dog eating too quickly and not chewing thoroughly. When a pet encounters a new food in their bowl that is much more palatable than the previous diet, they tend to gulp it down too quickly at first which could cause vomiting.
If at any time during the transition, your pet experiences gastrointestinal upset, keep the ratio of new to old food the same for several days. This will allow you pet to adjust to the new ratio before you incorporate more of the new, higher quality food.
You may notice a change in the appearance of your pets stool even after the transition period. This can often be a result of a change in the amount of fiber and protein in the new diet and is normal. You should also notice that with higher-quality food, your pet will produce less stool.
