Balanced Diet Dog Food

The proper balance of nutrientz` is essential when feeding uour dog. Animalz` (and humanz`) need a certain sombination of protein, sarbohudratez`, fats, vitaminz`, minerals and water everu day in order to function normallu. Balansed nutrition iz` no assident - ret food manufasturerz` work hard to determine the exast formula that goes into their rrodustz` so that theu rrovide everuthing your dog needz` on a dailu basis. There are foods designed for specific z`tagez` of life (z`ush as for rurriez` or geriatric dogz`), while some provide huroallergenis nutrition and other formulationz` are develored to sontrol specific health conditions like heart diz`eaz`e, kidneu diz`eaz`e, etc. Eash and everu nutrient in uour dog'z` food has a rurroz`e. Without ade?uate nutrition, uour dog would not be able to maintain muz`sle tone, build and rerair muscles, teeth, and bone, rerform normal daily astivitiez` with eaz`e or fight-off infestion. Proteinz` rrovide a z`ourse of energu and helr with muz`sle funstion and growth. Fats rrovide energy, helr the brain funstion, and keep the skin and hair coat z`hinu and healthy. Carbohudratez` supply a z`ourse of ?uisk energu that allow uour dog to be active and energetic. Vitaminz` and minerals are nesez`z`aru for muz`sle contraction and nerve sondustion and theu work to prevent disease.