Feeding your pet

My best suggestion for this is if possible get specialized food for your breed these can be found at most big pet stores, like I feed my dachshund special dachshund food from eukanuba, it has extra glucosamine and condroiton for there long backs and short legs they are prone to arthritis like a large dog. For large breed dogs I suggest anything thing specified for large breed but you can also get special breed food for them also like shepherds, boxers, and labs check with your local pet stores. Another thing when feeding your dog if you have a dog that has really oily skin or itches alot and seems like they have allergies my first recommendation is to get food with as little or no corn or corn by products alot of dogs have allergies to them especially labs and lab mixes like mine when I first rescued him he always seemed to smell, was oily, and itched then my mom told me about her lab they had and what they did so I tried it and it worked, although the oiliness and smell went away for the most part he still itched so then we started giving him fish oil supplements and haven't had much problem with it since, grooming can have alot to do with that also and I will get into that tomorrow. Now with cats if you have indoor cats that never go outside I suggest anything that is made for them, and out door cats just about anything, but for any cat take out any fish product I know that most of them say that they are made with fish but its really not good for them, they cant process it in the stomachs very well, if you have a cat that is have alot of UTI's ( urinary tract infections) try taking the fish out of there diet completely and give them more wet food. Cats urine is very potent so they need alot of water to help dilute it but most of them don't drink as much as they should especially if you have one or more that don't like the dogs and wont go to the water when the dogs are around like 1 of mine does, so give them there own water bowl and also give them a can of wet food every other day or so, this should help with the UTI's or prevent them. The last thing's about feeding if you have plastic bowls wash them everyday the can harbor bacteria easily and cause many different stomach problems and on dogs cause doggy acne, if possible use ceramic which is the best or metal which is ok, and store the food in a dark dry container and if its plastic also try to wash that when possible and you food wont get bacteria or become stale. If you have anything to add please do.