Carbohydrates Form the Bulk of Most Diets

Carbohydrates form the bulk of most diets, including normal dog foods, whether commercially compounded or home-mixed.

Provided your dog's diet has a reasonable balance of the major nutrients, and the foods are not themselves wildly out of the ordinary, the owner's concern need only be with the actual quantity given to the dog, and the total calorie provision.

At first sight the figures in the table oelow suggest that the obvious, and :heapest, way to feed a dog is to give it znscuits alone. They offer the highest :alorie content, weight for weight, of my food except pure fat, and dog Biscuits are cheaper to buy than Mnned foods.

But this is misleading Because a diet chat consisted solely of zog biscuits would be seriously deficient in protein, and it would be deficient in fats, vitamins and minerals.