Healthy Option Pet Food
Healthy Option Pet Food
Healthy Option Pet Food
Your pet's health is affected by the food you give him or her. A poor quality diet can lead to many problems, diseases and complaints.
The information presented here is not intended to be a substitute for the advice of a veterinary surgeon. Healthy Option Pet Foods are not a substitute for medicine
Why Choose Healthy Options Pet Food?
It is a more natural food. We only use the finest ingredients to provide maximum nutrition and ensure optimum health for you pet.
It is a more natural food. We only use the finest ingredients to provide maximum nutrition and ensure optimum health for you pet.
Feeding Guide
Minimise digestive upset, introduce Healthy Option gradually into your pet's diet. Over the course of 7-10 days, introduce a little of the new food together with the original food. Gradually increase the new food while decreasing the old, until you are only feeding the new food. Always ensure plenty of fresh drinking water is available.
How much do I feed?
We recommend 10g of food per 1 kg of body weight, although all dogs differ, this is a guide only. You need less Healthy Option food than other brands making it last longer and better value for money.
For example, 11kg Cocker Spaniel needs approximately 110g of Healthy Options, this dog would require approximately 300g of some other brand dog food.
Ear Infections Some particular breeds of dog seem more prone to the developing of ear complaints, e.g. spaniels. Certain remedies seem to clear the problem, albeit for a short time. The problem then reoccurs. Wax develops in the inner ear and an ear infection quickly develops. Using ear drops or canker powder will clear the problem but will not treat the root cause.
Feeding Healthy Option Pet Foods could reduce the amount of toxins developing in the body, reducing the toxins that are emitted out of the body through ear wax. Proof of this can be found in the results of a survey that monitored the amount of ear drops or canker powder that was sold in a twelve-month period to owners whose dogs were fed on Healthy Option Pet Food as opposed to owners whose dogs were fed a different pet food (from 2002 to 2003). Unsurprisingly, demand for these products was considerably higher for those feeding other pet foods. Almost all of those on Healthy Option Pet Food had no need for these products.
Sickness Many pets will periodically eat grass to induce vomiting. The reason behind this is the dog or cat is attempting to detox its own digestive system that has, over time, accumulated a build up of toxins, and so clear its system.
Another reason for digestive disorders can be a bacterial or viral infection; in the older pet, kidney and liver diseases are more prevalent. If the pet has undergone a quick change of diet, the reason for its digestive complaints is more often than not due to this rapid change of nutrition. This is rather akin to a British person trying new exotic, spicy foods and developing what is common referred to as 'Spanish tummy'. Many pet owners blame the problems of the food, labelling it as being 'too rich'. In truth, poor quality pet foods can contain cheap ingredients, such as wheat or meat or animal derivatives (emphatically not quality meat), which are hard to digest.
Colitis This refers to the inflammation of the last part of the bowel. Many owners hold the popular misconception perpetuated by certain manufacturers that their animal will need a special diet to correct the problem (although in chronic cases, a food allergy may be to blame). Our research suggests that pets on a poor quality diet show symptoms of colitis (which can lead to diarrhoea infused with mucus and blood). Healthy Option Pet Foods contain quality ingredients which are highly digestible and if fed correctly may overcome the problem.
Diarrhoea There are many reasons why a pet may develop diarrhoea, including, but not strictly limited to, bacterial infections, viral infections or even poisoning. Unfortunately, most of the time, the main cause is in fact the animal's owner! Feeding a poor quality diet or a quickly changing diet may lead to diarrhoea in the animal. If a pet is fed correctly, it will digest the food and move its bowels correctly. Yet many owners will, on occasion, try to give variety to their pet's diet, as they do with their own. Humans like change and vary their diet almost daily, depending on their mood, climate, season, etc. Certain manufacturers of Pet Food note this and market the variety of their foods, encouraging change. On further investigation, reading the ingredients shows that the actual contents of this diverse change are all almost identical.
In reality, it is in the pet's best interest to be kept on the same food; this way, it could avaid developing sickness, colitis or diarrhoea. Healthy Option Pet Foods contain only the finest ingredients for ease of digestion. What's more, they are also very economical to feed.
Moulting Many pet owners put up with their animals shedding unbelievable amounts of hair. At Healthy Option Pet Foods, we have seen remarkable cases of dogs filling rubbish bins with hair after being groomed. Many owners are not aware of the purpose of moulting or what happens to their pet at this time.
The purpose of moulting is to remove the winter coat and when casting this, toxins that have accumulated in the body over this period are also shed. This should last for a couple of weeks; dogs that continually shed hair could have an excessive amount of toxic matter in the body.
Feeding Healthy Option Pet Foods could reduce the amount of toxins that accumulate. So after only four to six weeks of feeding Healthy Option Pet Food, hair loss could be reduced to nil or very little.
Here at Healthy Option Pet Foods, we do not believe that central heating is the cause of persistent hair loss, but this does augment the problem by recreating the warm environment in which your animal would normally shed his hair: this artificially warm environment fetches toxins to the surface as it would during the normal moulting process.
Skin Complaints Skin complaints are often treated with medicines, creams, steroids, etc. In reality, these rarely work as the root cause of the problem is overlooked. Dogs develop skin complaints over a period of time, not generally over night. Therefore, curing the problem will not be instantaneous. Creams and steroids seem to help initially but the longevity of their usefulness is limited because the root-cause of most major skin problems invariable lies in the animal's diet. Dogs are generally fed a poor quality diet or, in a small number of cases, fed a good diet but excessively.
A possible solution is to feed a good diet correctly and this may reduce the amount of toxins coming through the skin and coat as it would with moulting.
Dogs that have skin problems may have very dry, red and inflamed skin. To sooth the skin, a quality shampoo (one preferably made from Tea Tree or from the Quistel range) could help calm the skin. When the dog's diet is controlled correctly, the skin may heal and the dog may cease scratching.
Fleas or Parasites
These obviously generate problems relating to itchy skin but on many occasions, owners can't see anything physically wrong with their dogs. If you can see evidence of fleas, then a natural flea repellent works best, e.g. Tea Tree or Neem, or by using garlic in their diet as a natural preventative. These approaches work better than putting chemicals on the dog's skin that will inevitably lead to further problems.
Anal Glands This refers to the two glands found at the anus. These glands collect toxins that accumulate in the body and are passed out of the body by stool or urine movement. Some people refer to these as the scenting glands as a means of territory marking amongst dogs.
Dogs show signs of anal gland problems by rubbing the rear end on the floor trying to squeeze them (to no avail). Dogs with full anal glands need them squeezing by a vet or other qualified professional.
Some vets recommend feeding bran as extra fibre which will create a hard stool which puts more pressure on the anal glands when the dog moves its bowels. This does not solve the problem: it merely makes the dog increase on stool volume, i.e. moving the bowels four to five times a day. Ideally, a dog should move its bowels once a day, passing true waste, not food it cannot digest.
A possible solution is the more digestible the food, the more reduction of the amount of toxins that accumulate in the body, reducing the amount of foul smelling toxins in the anal glands. Healthy Option Pet Foods are ideal recipes and when fed correctly may reduce toxins and so may prevent the reoccurrence of anal gland problems.
Hyperactivity This refers to dogs that exert excitable behaviour or to those dogs that are simply hard to control. This behavioural problem is often attributed to the level of protein in the diet. Our research in to patterns of animal behaviour have shown that in reality, it is not just a question of the amount of protein directly affecting the hyperactivity of animals, but it is essentially the quality of the protein administered that is most responsible.
High protein foods often contain colourants (universally known as 'E-numbers') and poor quality ingredients. Healthy Option Pet Foods contain only the best quality ingredients and are, consequently, more digestible. Research conduced in the scientific community concerning the diets of children contrasted a diet containing E-numbers and a diet free from such additives. The findings concluded that fewer E-numbers and all-round better quality food allowed for greater concentration. The same principle is applicable to dogs and it has been proven numerous times that the behaviour of the dog was greatly improved once the dog was converted to Healthy Option Pet Foods.
Rheumatism and Arthritis These complaints are usually associated with old age, yet they are becoming increasingly common in younger dogs. Correct feeding is an important part of enabling your dog to avoid these problems. Feeding Healthy Option Pet Foods could manage problems relating to weight. Pets that are over-weight are more prone to developing these problems, putting excessive pressure on joints and creating 'wear and tear'.
The growth of young dogs is very important and this stage of the animal's growth is not often associated with problems relating to joints and muscle. However, incorrect feeding can make your dog grow unusually quickly, which can create problems such as osteochonrosis or hip dysphasia. By feeding Healthy Option Pet Foods, the development of these symptoms could be avoided. Feeding Healthy Option Pet Foods could provide a young dog with the correct amount of nutrition without providing excessive protein and fats for a steady growth, avoiding problems in later life.
With older pets, feeding Healthy Option Pet Foods could reduce the amount of toxins that develop in the body. This in turn could reduce the stiffness or difficulty of movement that is often described as rheumatism or pain of joints and muscles. Many pet owners see a remarkable improvement in the dog's mobility after feeding Healthy Option Pet Foods after only a short period of time. This is mainly because the dogs have reduced the amount of toxins in the body. The root cause of the problem was diet and once this is addressed, the symptom is more easily managed. This (unlike short term fixes from drugs) will prolong the health of the pet.