Boston Terrier Nutrition: What Your Boston Terriers Need Most!
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Hi and Welcome Everyone! This is Sharda with Boston Terrier newsletter! It is a lesser known fact that there are in fact 10 essential amino acids—the building blocks of protein—that your dog’s system cannot manufacture on his own. Studies have also demonstrated that often dogs can tell when their diet lacks a single amino acid and will avoid that meal. Though it is true that a high fiber diet is not your pet’s natural food, some dietary fiber is necessary for him for his gastrointestinal motility, besides also being responsible for weight loss. However, care should be taken to see that your pet does not exceed his intake of fiber as this can only prevent the absorption of vitamins and minerals and lead to diarrhea. |
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WATER
This is by far the most important of nutrients for your Boston Terrier pet.
Since water plays a crucial role in transporting all other nutrients to different parts of the body, no living creature—and that includes your Boston Terriers—can live without it.
PROTEIN
In your quest to provide the most nutritionally high diet to your family dog, you will find that all dog foods differ in their source of protein.
Generic dog foods, however, use less expensive sources of protein. As a result, the ensuing quality of protein is very poor.
VITAMINS
Vitamins are important to a dog’s diet as these organic compounds form part of a wide range of metabolic activities.
However, your pet will require vitamins in his daily diet at low concentrations. About 75 years ago, it first came to light that vitamin deficiencies could lead to a wide range of clinical abnormalities reflecting the diversity of their metabolic roles.
FIBER
This occupies a very important place in the overall gastrointestinal health of your Boston Terrier and may even help in preventing him from being overweight.
FAT
These nutrients contain fatty acids and glycerol, so necessary as providers of the most concentrated source of calories.
In addition, they also add flavor and texture to food. While Omega 3 and 6 are fatty acids that add luster to your Boston Terrier’s coat and skin, you will be happy to know that fats also contain vitamins A, D, E and K.
CARBOHYDRATES
Many dog researchers and others usually argue that carbohydrates are not that important to your pet’s diet, since these nutrients do nothing for them, particularly since they are “true carnivores.”
But, it is well known that carbohydrates are a source of calories and some of them even provide fiber and so play a healthy role in your Boston Terrier’s digestion and bowel health.
MINERALS
Your pet needs 12 minerals to be healthy. Chief among them is calcium, so necessary for your Boston Terrier’s bone and teeth formation, besides also being a signal chemical between nerve cells.
You can be sure your pup has had an insufficient amount of calcium if you find he has pinkish, translucent teeth, a bow-legged stance and knobby painful joints.
He may also suffer partial bone fractures.
MAGNESIUM
Magnesium plays a vital role in muscle and nerve cell activity as well as a portion of the mineral structure of bone and teeth.
If your Boston Terrier has a deficiency of magnesium, he will have reduced weight gain and have problems of motility in later life.
If you give your pet a carefully planned diet, and team it up with regular exercise, he will lead a long and healthy life.
Right from the time he is a pup, you should ensure he gets the right nutrition to develop strong bones, well-conditioned muscles and a natural immunity to disease and infection.
If you give him food that is inappropriate to his bodily needs, he will develop gastrointestinal problems that create excessive gas—one that can easily be controlled with the right diet.
Some argue that the best diet for a Boston Terrier is one that you make for him fresh, using quality ingredients, without preservatives.
Cooking for your Boston Terrier barely takes about an hour or two every week, besides being less expensive than buying commercial pet food.
But of course cooking your pet a meal each day is not possible for everyone and there are many good premium brand dog foods available that are very suitable.
Have a chat with your vet.
I hope that you learned something from today's Boston Terrier newsletter.
All the best and take care
Warmly,
