Proper nutrition is the fundamental basis for every aspect



of your dog’s life.

It affects their health and longevity by offering an

essential balance of proteins, fats, complex carbohydrates

and the trace nutrients and minerals their bodies need for

growth, repair and maintains of sound immune system.

Nutrition is a complex and integral part of your dog’s

ability to think clearly, lower stress levels and a produce

a calmer behavior.

Thinking takes a lot of energy. Dogs involved in a training

program, expend tremendous mental energy focusing on the

tasks presented to them. If your dog starts with minimal

nutrition, they become lethargic, edgy or hyper active when

asked to perform the simplest of tasks. They cannot focus

and loss concentration after a short period of time or

become confused. If the dog is continually asked to do

something they cannot comprehend, confusion can lead to an

aggressive form of acting out.

In training dogs, the first thing I look at is the dog’s

diet. I work from the inside out. Training becomes

ineffective if the underlying causes for the behaviors are

not changed.

Hyper, unfocused and out of control dogs often are eating

foods with high levels of cereal foods such as wheat, corn,

and corn meal.

Aggressive dogs eat food containing higher levels of

incomplete protein which do not digest well.

Shy and stressed dogs do not digest their foods well at all

and often suffer from intestinal complications such as

diarrhea. Their coats are often very dry and shed heavily.

One way to test the foods you are feeding is to soak the

food in water for about 15 minutes. If it swells in size

and becomes mushy, it is primarily cereal.

Are you dog’s stools often soft and loose or is the dog

gassy? They are not digesting the food properly.

By looking at their food, you will do more to help balance

their behavior, as well as, contribute to their health and

longevity.

Life Abundance offers the best combination of food for all

dogs concerned.

The proteins are complete and digest easily.

The carbohydrates are complex and do not turn into simple

sugars producing energy swings of highs and low behaviors.

The Probotics in the food balance and digest more easily,

which is not only perfect for the nervous or shy dogs, but

ensures all dogs are receiving the nutrition they need from

food.

Jeanne Perciaccanto has been a professional dog trainer for

twenty years, at http://www.ultimatedogtraining.com, with

an education degree in Health. She has combined both

disciplines and researches diet and nutrition as it pertains

to canine behavior.

To search sites for food information go to

http://www.healthydogfood.net.

Jeanne Perciaccanto, a certified trainer and Health

educator. Information can be found at

http://www.healthydogfood.net and

http://www.ultimatedogtraining.com.