The Dog Diet Answer Book: The Complete Nutrition Guide to Help Your Dog Live a Happier, Healthier, and Longer Life

by Greg Martinez DVM

Overview

Avoid the vet by learning how to treat your pup's symptoms and know that a better diet means a healthier, happier dog.

Is your pup fighting to feel better? Your dog's skin problems, ear infections, bowel issues, obesity, seizures, and bladder issues can often be treated by changing the type of ingredients, calories, or moisture in your dog's diet.

The Dog Diet Answer Book helps dog owners better understand their dog's dietary needs and what ingredients to feed them. With this practical guide, veterinarian Greg Martinez helps you:

Diagnose common health problems

Decipher ingredient labels

Feed your dog beneficial nutrients

Identify common allergens

Understand the difference between types of dog foods and diets

Make home-cooked meals and treats for your dog

Decide when to purchase high-quality commercial dog food or add healthy human food, oils, raw food, or home cooking to your pet's diet

This resource will give you the tools to adjust your dog's diet in accordance with his nutritional needs so that he leads a long, happy, and healthy life.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781627887885
Publisher:	Fair Winds Press
Publication date:	05/01/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	9 MB

About the Author

Greg Martinez has been a partner/owner of Gilroy Veterinary Hospital (Gilroy, CA) for more than 30 years. He found that many chronic problems were not helped by medication, like skin, ear, and bowel issues. He began to see more and more success when incorporating better feeding practices in his treatment. Greg's self-published books, Dog Dish Diet and Feed Your Pet to Avoid the Vet teach pet owners how to choose commercial food, avoid grains, feed healthy oils, add human food, or feed homecooked meals to avoid allergies or medical problems.

Table of Contents

Introduction 7

Chapter 1 Key Ingredients in a Dog's Diet 14

Chapter 2 Finding the Right Food for Your Dog 30

Chapter 3 Feeding Healthy Human Food and Avoiding Toxic Foods 50

Chapter 4 Understanding Commercial Food 69

Chapter 5 Achieving Healthy Digestion with a Grain-Free Diet and Probiotics 112

Chapter 6 Puppy Diets 120

Chapter 7 Feeding the Active or Athletic Dog 132

Chapter 8 Canine Obesity 137

Chapter 9 Treating Medical Issues with Home Remedies 147

Appendixes 168

a Recipes

b Ingredient Glossary

c Calorie Chart

d Resources

About the Author 186

Index 187

Editorial Reviews

"With this practical guide, veterinarian Greg Martinez helps you diagnose common health problems; decipher ingredient labels; feed your dog beneficial nutrients; identify common allergens; understand the difference between types of dog foods and diets; make home-cooked meals and treats for your dog; decide when to purchase high-quality commercial dog food or add healthy human food, oils, raw food or home cooking to your pet's diet."

—Alan Petrucelli, Examiner.com

"Having followed Dr. Martinez's dog feeding advice for several years, I've become a huge fan. His new Dog Diet Answer Book is an easy read and makes perfect sense. It's based on the logic that no food can ever be magically better than the ingredients that were used to make it. And it's loaded with sound advice and valuable feeding tips that can be readily used by any dog owner. I highly recommend Greg's new book."

—Dr. Mike Sagman, Editor of www.dogfoodadvisor.com

"In this book, Dr. Greg shares the positive results he's seen in his own dogs as well as his clients' dogs when fresh foods are added to the diet and common allergens are avoided. I love Dr. Greg's down-to-earth writing style and appreciate his common-sense approach to dog nutrition."

—Mary Straus, DogAware.com

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