Why meal feed your pet?
Many owners are unaware that meal feeding is much healthier and safer for their pet. Meal feeding is portioned amounts of food at a certain time of each day. The other option is free-feeding where the owner would place an unknown amount of food in the pet’s dish and let the pet eat all day. There are many good reasons not to do this but to meal feed instead.
1. Meal feeding allows you, the owner, the capability of monitoring your pet’s food intake. Pets may not be able to tell you if and when something is not right with them. If you feed your pet a certain amount of food at each meal and you notice that "Fluffy" hasn’t eaten her morning meal and then isn’t interested in supper either then something may be wrong with your pet’s health and you may want to phone your vet. One of the first questions that your veterinarian will ask when you, the owner, brings in your ill pet will be "When was the last time "Fluffy" ate?"
2. Meal feeding may stave away obesity. If you, the owner, can measure the amount of food your pet is getting then you can adjust the amount if "Fluffy" is getting a little on the heavy side or seems to be losing weight.
3. Meal feeding is great for training pets. If you, the owner, have a dog that you are training the most simple way to train is with treats. Having a hungry dog it is easier to train and get their attention with treats if they haven’t been eating all day.
4. Meal feeding prevents food from going to waste. If you, the owner, were to put down a large amount of food in your pet’s bowl and "Fluffy" doesn’t eat it then that food won’t be very fresh for long and your pet may not enjoy eating stale food. As well if you have a small child in the family it is better to have "Fluffy" eat the entire meal so that your child does not enjoy that food either.
5. Meal feeding is especially important with puppies and kittens. A growing pet needs adjustments to it’s energy requirements almost on a weekly basis. If you, the owner, are able to control the portions by meal feeding then these requirements can be met.
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