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Having a pet is one thing that can blow away your loneliness. A pet keeps you busy, happy and feeling liked. For this reason, keeping pets has become trendy among many people especially the financially well-off and celebrities. So you have a pet. This pet needs to eat, and that’s where pet food comes in. To ensure that your pet enjoys good health as well as its life with you, you would want to give it the best food, care and treatment you can avail. If you keep a dog, dog food is what it eats and if it’s a cat, then cat food will do. Pet food is food that is specially produced and packaged with pets in mind. Just like you take snacks to keep you going before the major meals, your pet would love that too. One sure way of keeping your pet happy and appreciated is by giving it treats with pet snacks. The snacks are meant for simple treats rather than full meals.

Importance of giving snacks to your pet

Giving your pet snacks is a sign of love and appreciation. Your pet loves you more for that simple act of kindness and this can go a long way in improving and strengthening the bond.

You can choose to give your pet snacks to signal your approval of its behavior or actions every time it does something positive or shows good behavior. Animals can learn through conditional reflex method whereby the response to a certain situation is associated to its specific reaction. Treating your pet to a snack after showing good behavior motivates the pet by letting it know that you observe and you are concerned with its actions and also signals your approval of its action.

A snack can be used to teach a dog a command. You direct a command at the pet and if it gets it right, you tip it. This method can work very effectively especially when the pet likes the snack.

How to choose pet snacks

You walk into a snack shop looking for some dog food or cat food for your pet; then you realize that you don’t actually know what you are looking for. For starters, a cat is strictly carnivorous while a dog is omnivorous. This means that for a cat, you would have to choose meat only. A dog can eat both meat and plant foods. However, not all plant foods are good for pets. Food from some plants is toxic to pets, and you might want to avoid poisoning your pet. That’s why you need to have at least a rough idea of what your pet can consume safely.

A snack should not substitute a meal. You should give your pet small amounts of the snack while leaving room for the main meal. You might also want to choose foods that are of positive health value to your pet. Although a little junk food is not that bad, too much of it is.

Some good choices of healthy pet food and snacks include: Blueberries, Apples, water melon, spinach, bananas and carrots.