Nutrition and Your Dog's Behavior

Good nutrition is of paramount importance for every single aspect of your dog’s life. It has an impact on their health and well being by providing an essential balance of protein, fat, carbohydrates and the vitamins and minerals needed for the growth and repair of their immune systems'. Nutrition is a complex and major part of your dog’s ability to think clearly, lower stress levels and generate a more relaxed behavior. The act of thinking takes a substantial amount of energy. Dogs involved in a training plan expend much mental energy just focusing on the tasks they must learn. If your dog starts with relatively minimal nutrition, they become lethargic, edgy or hyper when they are asked to perform the simplest of tasks. They cannot focus and lose concentration after a short period of time or they may become confused. If the dog is constantly being asked to do something they can't comprehend, their confusion can lead to an aggressive form of acting out. In training dogs, the first thing I look at is the dog’s diet. I work from the inside out.

Training becomes ineffective if the causes for the behaviors are not addressed. Hyper or unfocused dogs often are eating foods with high levels of cereal foods such as wheat, corn, and/or corn meal. Aggressive dogs eat food containing higher levels of incomplete protein which do not digest well. Shy and stressed dogs do not digest their foods well at all and often suffer from intestinal complications such as diarrhea. Their coats are quite often extremely dry and shed heavily. One way to test the foods you are feeding is to soak the food in water for about fifteen minutes. If it swells in size and becomes mushy, it is primarily cereal. Are you dog’s stools often soft and loose or is the dog gassy? They are not digesting the food properly. By looking at their food, you will do more to help balance their behavior, as well as contribute to their health and longevity. The proteins are complete and digest very easily. The carbohydrates are complex and do not turn into simple sugars producing energy swings of highs and low behaviors. The Probotics in the food balance and digest more easily, which is not only perfect for the nervous or shy dogs, but ensures all dogs are receiving the nutrition they need from food.

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