Probably the most overlooked ingredient to a healthy happy dog is sunlight. We must provide our dogs with adequate sunlight for optimum health.
Sunlight is a supplement most take for granted every single day. Like water and food, without sunlight you nor your dogs could survive, it is essential for all mammals.
Sunlight deprivation can lead to a host of medical conditions. Veterinarians are linking the rise of hypothyroidism (low thyroid hormone levels) to house and kennel dogs. Dogs are more prone to this disease than even we humans are, it is slowing becoming an epidemic in the canine world. So many humans are out of touch with what our 4 legged friends really need.
Without sunlight puppies and dogs are prone to diseases and skeletal deformities such as ricketts. Sunlight deprivation can also lead to infertility due to low serotonin and melatonin levels.
Sunlight provides our dogs with the important supplement Vitamin D through Ultra Violet Rays. These UVR'S are synthesized through our dogs skin, Vitamin D will then accumulate in the cells of the liver and intestine where it enhances the absorption of Calcium and Phosphorus.
So next time you see your dogs "bathing in the sun" think of all the benefits he or she is getting that didn't cost you a dime.
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Originally Posted by IWK
