Mature Dog Dietary Requirements

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If your dog is getting on a bit, its diet will differ greatly from when it was a puppy. What you feed any dog, no matter what its age, is also changeable from one dog to another, as a pet diet must take into account its breed, size and any health conditions. Pet food should have guidelines on the packet, but the best recommendations will come from your vet.

A dog's diet should include five essential ingredients: vitamins, minerals, proteins, fats and oils, and carbohydrates. For more mature dogs, it is important to get into more of a feeding routine than when it was a puppy. Dogs are usually fed twice a day, but smaller dogs may need feeding more frequently. Make sure the feeding area is clean and also easy to clean (eg, on a tiled floor or with the serving bowls on a mat) and try and choose a quiet area. Also feed multiple dogs separately so that they will not be bullying or fighting each other.

Never include raw meat as part of a pet diet, as the same bacteria that can harm humans can also harm your pet. Also try and resist serving your dog a portion of your own food as a 'treat' - human food does not contain ...
... the essential nutrients that dog food does and so will not be doing your dog any good.

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