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Nutrition of dogs depending on their physical activity

Because sometimes less is more, we should take as a fundamental criteria for the menus of your animal's physical activity.

Types of activities

Serving food, one has an extraordinary power over the dog. Not only so spoluurcuje relationship that exists between the two, but the composition and quantity of feeding one directly affects the physical and mental condition of the animal.
Few dog is not always the taste, and it's hard to resist the typical dog's eyes. How to balance between feeding the correct composition and quantity of health benefits dog without a dog at home, a man or vice versa podvyziveneho obese? Only that match the type of diet and degree of the burden that the dog has shown.
The key is to identify the type of activity.

Standard activity (sometimes also the maintenance or slight increase) is common in dogs with minimal physical stress.The most common in dogs living in an urban environment, the movement divided into three daily walks and weekends spent in any nature.
Increased activity is typical of sporting dogs, hunting, dogs for free-moving field, the dogs in show condition and to watch and guard dogs in confined spaces.
High activity is presented working dogs, mainly official, towing and racing dogs during exercise.

Other factors

Degree of physical stress, namely the quantity of energy released at a time, closer to defining the types of activities. This energy is issued, moreover, depends on the size and total weight gain,and then to a wide range podruznejsich circumstances, such as the type of hair, housing, on the season, the male sex, his temperament, health and mood.

Types of feed

* According to energy expenditure are set out four main types of feed:
maintenance and standard diet;
Diet for increased load (show, breeding, intermittent exercise increased hunting and sporting dogs);
diet for severely and long-term workload dogs;
reducing diet.
The different types of feed, which are currently produced, are so-called comprehensive and balanced (if not the manufacturer of the packaging stated otherwise). Their differences lie both in the abundance of energy, both in the sources from which this energy is used.Own the differences between types of feed consists in the mutual proportion of protein, fat and fiber.

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