Editing Dog (section)

==Nutrition==
The easiest way to ensure complete nutrition for dogs is to feed them commercial dog food. Although the proportion of feed allergies has increased considerably in recent years, this type of feeding is the easiest way to ensure that the animals are supplied with essential nutritional components. Some are of the opinion that a dog diet with fresh meat, offal, bones, vegetables and herbs, supplemented with valuable vegetable and fish oils (= BARF), is better. Nutritionally, at least in terms of nutritional physiology, the use of in-house leftovers is questionable, as this can lead to deficiencies.

Much human food and beverages are more or less toxic for dogs, chocolate is an example. The theobromine in chocolate is very harmful to dogs in large quantities and in individual cases can also lead to death. The lethal dose is 100 mg theobromine / kg body weight, but even smaller amounts lead to symptoms of intoxication, which can manifest themselves in vomiting, diarrhea, restlessness, muscle cramps and urinary incontinence.