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How to Feed a Pregnant
Pregnant dogs have a lot to think about,and should not have to worry about diet. | Source
Feeding a pregnant or nursing dog does not need to be difficult. This article will give you a few guidelines to follow, but remember that dogs have been doing this on their own for a long time. Even if we were not in the picture, dogs would scrounge around for the right food, get pregnant, carry puppies to term, and nurse them.
When coming up with a diet for a pregnant or nursing dog, you should think about the following food requirements:
Easily digestible
Good quality protein
Available energy
Full of enough vitamins and minerals
All of these requirements can be met by feeding a natural dog food. Even if you choose to believe the commercials advertising the puppy foods sold by commercial manufacturers, you should realize that those diets are not natural. They are not easily digestible, do not have the quality of protein she needs, have poorly available energy sources, and will be lacking the vitamins and minerals needed by a pregnant and nursing dog.
It is up to you to allow her to do what nature intended; your pregnant or nursing dog wants you to decide wisely.
Grains do not have easily available energy for dogs,but cows do love them. | Source
Why are commercial foods so hard to digest?
The commercial foods you purchase, even when they are mostly meat, contain a lot of grains. (Rice is another grain. A food composed of rice is just as hard to digest as one made up of corn.) Canned foods can be higher in meat, but dry foods require quite a lot just to make a pellet. All of the grains are composed of vegetable matter, of course, and every single cell in a vegetable is surrounded by cellulose.
Cows and other herbivores do fine when eating only cellulose. They have a stomach filled with bacteria th
