A couple of years back, it was very simple to feed your dog. But today it is quite difficult considering the nutrition they require. There were days when my dad's dog used to eat what was cooked for everybody at home, even the apple cobbler. Apart from eating the leftover food lying on the table, he even used to loving having the mercenary dog food. Until his mid teenage he lived a jolly good life, without getting any kind of disease.

Even getting the dog food from pet stores was easy in the earlier days. As there were not many brands of pet food to select from and moreover, the ingredients would be the same only with a different pack, taste and color.

But in today's modern world, you have a wide range of varieties to select from. Given below is a list of the popular pet food that is available in the market for your dogs:

Vegetarian

If you are a vegetarian and would like your dog also to be one, then you just don't have to worry, as there is a lot of vegetarian dog food available at the pet stores. These vegetarian foods also contain all the necessary nutrients that a dog requires. This food is the best for dogs that have an aversion towards meat.

Green dog food

In the earlier days the dogs and wolves just ate raw food to sustain, and they were very healthy. Most of the owners preferred to give raw dog food. You cannot prove this belief wrong as there any hard no core scientific facts. But, there are a lot of chances that raw dog food will guide you towards dangerous bacteria like the E.coli and the Salmonella.

Therapeutic food

In the recent past, the therapeutic food is becoming very popular. This type of food is not easily available in the market, but you will have to buy them from your vetenaranian, as this food is most of the time prescribed to dogs with health problems like allergies, or sometimes given to dogs that have undergone surgeries.

Natural dog food

Most of the dog foods which are made today have a certain percentage of bad chemicals and pesticides in them. So to make sure, you do not give your dog this kind of dangerous food, it is better you give them the organic dog food. However, before you buy the dog food, just don't go by the name ?Organic? but carefully read the ingredients.

Dog food without preservatives

Actually several commercial dog foods contain conservatives in them like the ethoxyqion, BHA and BHT which are present as artificial chemicals. The main purpose of adding these chemicals to the food is to keep the food away from getting spoilt and to retain its taste and flavor. There are foods for dogs which have natural conservatives in them like the ascorbic acid which is nothing but vitamin C and the tocopherols in other words Vitamin E.

So while you buy your dog food the next time, ensure you are getting the one which has a natural conservative. You can find this out very easily by reading the ingredients given on the food.

The last but the most important point is the dog food you buy should be properly sealed and stored in a cool and clean place so that the food remains fresh and nutritional.