11/03/2026
I was at the Government Veterinary Hospital the other day for Baghaโs check-up(my senior street dog).
While waiting, I noticed a family with their Pomeranian.
They were feeding the dog ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐จ๐ ๐๐ก๐จ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐ญ๐ ๐ข๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ.
The dogโs ๐๐จ๐๐ญ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ ๐๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ฅ, ๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ ๐ก ๐๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ๐๐ก๐ฒ. His body was crawling with ticks. Clearly uncomfortable. Clearly unhealthy.
Yet the family proudly said,
โ๐๐ ๐จ๐ง๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐๐๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐๐๐ข๐ ๐ซ๐๐. ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐๐ฌ๐งโ๐ญ ๐๐๐ญ ๐๐ง๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐.โ
They seemed proud of the fact that their dog refuses fresh food.
But hereโs the reality many people donโt understand.
A healthy dog should be able to eat ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐จ๐ โ eggs, meat, vegetables, home-cooked meals โ along with other foods if needed. When a dog is conditioned to survive only on ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ซ๐-๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐ค๐ข๐๐๐ฅ๐, it often reflects poor nutritional exposure.
Looking at that dogโs condition, it would not surprise me if he is ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ข๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ข๐๐ค ๐๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ.
When a dog battling infections is fed a nutritionally poor, highly processed diet, immunity drops further. And then the vicious cycle begins:
More infections โ more antibiotics โ more medicines โ a progressively weaker body.
All while the ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐๐๐ฌ๐ข๐ ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐จ๐ ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก โ ๐ ๐๐๐ฅ๐๐ง๐๐๐ ๐๐ข๐๐ญ โ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ซ๐๐.
Food is not just about filling the stomach.
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๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ. ๐
๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ๐ ๐๐ง๐ฌ. ๐
๐จ๐จ๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ข๐ฅ๐๐ฌ ๐ฅ๐ข๐๐.
Yet many dogs today are raised entirely on kibble, while their guardians remain unaware of the ๐ซ๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ก๐ข๐๐๐๐ง ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ข๐๐ง๐ญ ๐๐จ๐ง๐๐๐ซ๐ง๐ฌ ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐จ๐๐ข๐๐ญ๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ฌ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐๐ซ๐๐ข๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ ๐๐จ๐จ๐๐ฌ.
Sometimes the most powerful act of care is the simplest one:
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๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐๐๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐จ๐
