Is Dietary Fiber Good for Dogs?
Is Dietary Fiber Useful for Dogs?
G.D. Sunvold, Ph.D.
Have you always wondered if fiber could help your dog’s digestive system? If so, what types of fiber would be best?
Your Dog’s Digestive System
When your dog eats, the food travels through the esophagus and into the stomach. The stomach serves as a reservoir for a powerful acid produced by the body to break down the ...
How Does Gut Health Support Immune Health For Your Dog?
Let us begin with gut health. Your dog’s digestive tract is filled with bacteria, or microbes, that are both helpful and potentially harmful. Most are symbiotic (where both the human body and microbiota benefit) and some, in smaller numbers, are pathogenic (promoting disease). This system in its entirety is called the microbiome.
The microbiome contains the total gut environ...
