YNP #017: 5 Dog Food Myths and the Truth Behind Them
Your New Puppy: Dog Training and Dog Behavior Lessons to Help You Turn Your New Puppy into a Well-Behaved Dog
Debbie Cilento: Dog Trainer | Dog Behavior Consultant | Owner of Playtime Paws | Belly Rub Specialist
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🗓️ 15 November 2017
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
We know that finding the right dog food for our dog is important. It can also be overwhelming. Most of us want to be able to walk into a pet store, pick up a bag and make the right decision. Unfortunately, it’s not that simple.
There is a lot of different information out there about which dog food.
Deciphering what is true and what is based on common beliefs that may or may not be outdated is next to impossible.
To help you out, this in this episode I go over 5 myths associated with commercial dog food. Most of these myths came from a small amount of truth BUT through a game of telephone, the misconceptions grew.
The worst of it, are some of the dog food companies take advantage of these myths to continue to sell us low-quality food for our pets.
The 5 Dog Food Myths (and what the truth is)
#1: Find a dog food your dog likes and stick with it. (not always)
#2: Dog food has a long shelf life (sorta)
#3: Grain-free means low carb (nope)
#4: Higher price means higher quality (not even close)
#5: The first ingredient should be meat (Yes! But that’s not the whole story)
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| 0:00.0 | You are listening to your new puppies podcast. Starting you and your dog off on the right paw. Here's your |
| 0:16.8 | host Debbie Salento. Hello and you are listening to episode 17 of your new |
| 0:36.8 | puppies podcast so today we're going to talk about some dog food myths that are |
| 0:42.0 | out there. |
| 0:43.0 | You know, one of the most important things that we can do for our dog is to give them some |
| 0:46.1 | really great nutrition. |
| 0:48.2 | It's also one of the things that we tend to overlook when we bring our new dog home because we've so many other things that |
| 0:55.4 | we're worrying about. We have potty training and socialization and obedience |
| 1:00.8 | training that that we run to the food store we pick up that puppy |
| 1:04.9 | formula we come home and that's that but just like us our dogs nutrition can make a |
| 1:11.0 | big difference in not only their health but their behavior as well. |
| 1:16.0 | So for today I'm just going to talk about, we're going to talk about five different myths, |
| 1:20.0 | you know, where they came from and what the truth is behind them just to make you aware that this |
| 1:24.4 | information is out there of course especially when it comes to your pet's nutrition I |
| 1:28.3 | encourage you to do your own research and what is best for you in your dog. I also have something that will hopefully |
| 1:36.0 | help you a little bit that I'm going to talk about towards the end. This is only going to pertain |
| 1:40.8 | if you feed your dog kibble or canned food. If you're feeding your dog |
| 1:45.3 | you know do it yourself like fresh foods cooking for your dog or even raw then these aren't |
| 1:50.0 | going to apply to you but if you're going that far making that effort to cook for your dog |
| 1:54.0 | then you probably already know the truth and the myths that I'm going to talk about |
| 1:58.6 | today. Okay so let's jump right to myth number one. |
| 2:02.9 | You're gonna find a food your dog likes |
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