Healthy Dog Treats For Your Canine Pets
Just as you enjoy culinary goodies every now and then, your dog also enjoys something a little different from his usual meals in the form of treats. Commonly, dog treats are given to dog pets as rewards whenever they exemplify good behavior, learned basic commands or whenever dog owners feel like giving them. If given in right servings, treats could actually enhance the diets of our canine pets. However, if you’re like most dog owners, you probably won’t be able to resist giving your dog excess treats whenever you see that sad look in his face. But there are some unhealthy treats that could possibly expose him to certain diseases.
Unfortunately, most commercial dog treats are similar to human treats - junk food products that are filled with artificial sweeteners, preservatives and other synthetic ingredients. Such ingredients are what make these treats delicious for your dog but in truth are not good for his health. This is especially the case if given in large servings. In assessing the quality of treats that you feed your dog, it is important to go back to being the label detective that you are the same way as you do when you inspect your dog meals. Avoid treats filled with engineered ingredients that often makes them tasty and delectable but contain little nutritive value, and do not be enticed by fancy packaging.
With all the commercial canine treats available and the hazards associated to them, you might now be thinking very hard if there are safe treats for your furry friends. It might be relief to know though that increasing numbers of dog food companies are now abandoning junky food products and are moving toward giving canine pets with healthy treats. In fact, there are many dog food lines today that offer dog treats containing organic ingredients that are supplemented with herbs and omega fatty acids to fight oral health problems and promote healthier skin and coats to your pets respectively. Two of the most noteworthy dog food brands that make healthy and all natural treats are Wellness and Canidae.
As a brief background, Wellness dog food is actually created by Old Mother Hubbard Company, which was originally established in 1926 as a sub-company for a family’s baking enterprise. The said company was then bought by an animal expert from Lowell, Massachusetts and from there Wellness emerged. Canine food products from Wellness were first developed in the 1990s by then CEO Jim Scott Jr. and were introduced to the public in 1999. As one of the pioneers in the production of healthy dog food, Wellness has established its name in the field of healthy canine edible products. Today, it is recognized as one of the healthiest canine food brands available in the market.
The people behind Wellness dog food maintain the belief that “you are what you eat,” and in order to present their adherence to such saying, they made sure that their dog meals as well as canine treats are made only from the finest ingredients packed with necessary nutrients that could improve the overall well being of our furry friends. Because of their commitment to animal health and welfare, they assure dog owners that their products are carefully formulated by a team of veterinarians and pet nutritionists. As such, all their canine food mixes and treats contain only the best all natural and human-grade ingredients void of animal by-products, artificial colors and preservatives.
Meanwhile, Canidae dog food was first introduced in 1993. Just like Wellness, Canidae dog products are only formulated from all natural ingredients, packed with premium holistic nutrition for pooches. Their popularly known original gourmet snap biscuits contain high quality chicken and turkey meals, lamb meals, valuable fruits, herbs and vegetables that are full of omega fatty acids and viable micro-organisms, which are helpful for canine pets to become healthy. Similarly, their original snap bits also contain the same ingredients mentioned above but are made in bite sizes, making them appropriate as training treats for canines’ of smaller lineage.
It should be remembered that dog treats should be given as reinforcements to improve our pooches’ diets and not as regular meals. Sadly, as much as we want to settle for commercial canine treats, they often fall short of our expectations as they often contain hazardous ingredients. Treats should be healthy and Canidae dog food and Wellness dog food stick to this belief. These canine food lines are acknowledged for their all-natural canine edible products.
- Melinda Smith
