Maybe the day will come when breeders, and pet stores will provide you with the equivalent of a Car Fax when you shop for a puppy, but that is not the case today. The safe bet is to buy from a Breeder, but it's no guarantee that the mother was properly fed and supplemented, so that her milk provided your puppy with a strong immune system. The importance of real food and supplements is just as likely to be overlooked by a Breeder as is by the majority of MDs and Veterinarians in this country.
Just how high is the risk when you buy from a Pet Store and Rescue Facility? Most of the animals sold in rescue facilities were poorly cared for. Feral females are often impregnated when they are quite young, and are often impregnated while caring for a litter! Feral dogs must scavenge for food, which usually is loaded with bacterium that causes diarrhea. Diarrhea quickly causes dehydration, and leads to more advanced illnesses, which compromises the milk the pups rely on to develop strong immune systems.
Since the mid-1980s, families and empty nesters have been buying Pet Store Puppies at a pace that has turned breeding facilities (puppy mills) into Big Business. Even though you may spend a lot of money for your new puppy, price is no guarantee of health! Most of these puppies come from Puppy Mills, where the living conditions are highly stressful to the mothers. This stress is passed genetically onto the puppies; affecting their disposition, personality and health. Mothers are often over bred, with no regard to replacing the nutrients lost to the prior litter. Puppy Mills also cut corners when it comes to food costs. Manufactured dog foods, despite label claims, are sorely lacking in nutritional value, and especially in human-grade animal protein that should make up the majority of a dogs diet.
The living conditions in the puppy mill are highly stressful, but that is not the end of a puppy's stress. Premature weaning compromises the puppys developing immune system. Puppies are transported like cargo, in all kinds of adverse weather conditions; often going days without light, food or water, and living in their own feces and urine. Arrival to the pet store is also stressful. If they acclimate at all, the stress starts all over again coming to your home.
Bringing Your Puppy Home No matter how healthy your puppy is, they will succumb to emotional stress; imagine the effect on a puppy with a weak immune system. New puppies experience stress on many levels; Meeting you, leaving the store, traveling and adjusting to your home, new people, new sounds, new smells, new food, other pets, and all the attention Any one of these can cause your puppy to have diarrhea. First time puppy owners often panic, and run to the vet, where they will likely come home with antibiotics and steroids, and told to withhold food and water for 24-48 hours. Thats rough for a full grown dog, let alone a puppy. Stress related diarrhea can be quickly, and safely resolved by administering soil-based probiotic organisms (SBOs), clinically to restore bacterial balance.
Everyone wants to know What is The Best Food to Feed a Puppy? To answer that question, you need to understand a few things: 90% of your puppys total immune system is located in their digestive system. By providing the nutrients and supplements any puppy needs, you can supercharge their immune system and thus prevent most health crisis from developing later in life. Reinforcing the need to supplement the digestive system throughout your dogs life; 80% of all chronic disease is caused by an unhealthy digestive system.
Manufactured dog food lacks human-grade animal protein and digestive supplements any dog needs to grow up healthy, and stay healthy. People who have switched to a meat-based diet report improvements in health, energy, and behavior: however, no matter what diet you choose, it needs to be supplemented with digestive enzymes, soil-based probiotic organisms (SBOs) and a complement of omega 3-6 oils; all are essential to develop and sustain a strong digestive/immune system.
Hopefully, this article is a wake-up call. Owning a puppy is a huge responsibility that should not be taken lightly. All one has to do is look around at the millions of sick pets and ask "What do they have in common?" The answer is manufactured dog food, and a lack of digestive aids needed to break food down into absorbable elements. The knowledge you need to make sure your puppy grows up to be healthy and happy, as well as live a full life is very simple.
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