New Year's resolutions are a fantastic way for both dogs and humans to start a new year. The absolute classics among New Year's resolutions can ultimately be applied to dogs and humans - from healthy eating to more exercise to quality time with loved ones. In fact, we even expressly recommend that owners get their dogs on board to help them keep their New Year's resolutions. While the majority of people abandon their good intentions within the first two months of a new year, sharing their goals with others seems to be a promising approach. The psychological effect is clear: If you include your dog in your New Year's resolutions for 2023, you are committed to both yourself and your animal. This helps you stay motivated and disciplined, ideally well beyond February.
New Year's resolutions for dogs and humans: brushing teeth, nutrition and more
As already mentioned at the beginning, New Year's resolutions for dogs differ little from those for humans. For us, a healthy diet has been the undisputed leader in the statistics for years, which become a source of inspiration and amusement every year in January. And this resolution makes perfect sense! In order to put it into practice together with the animal, a nutrition or feeding plan can be helpful. Support with regard to species-appropriate and needs-covering dog nutrition is available from the vet. For us as a BARF shop, it is of course clear that switching from canned or dry food to BARF is basically the right way to healthy feeding in 2023. Around 80 percent BARF meat and a plant-based portion of 20 percent of the total amount of food end up in the bowl, for example in the form of vegetable flakes or pureed fruit for the dog . Our BARF calculator offers guidance in determining the amount of food based on the body weight of the four-legged friend. Even for pet owners who already BARF their dogs , a focus on nutrition can be a good resolution: create balanced and varied meal plans, calculate and weigh food portions, prepare BARF menus yourself and take the animal's individual needs into account.
One of the New Year's resolutions that perhaps only applies to dogs is brushing their teeth - simply because it is a long-established habit for their owners. But dental care is just as important for dogs ' well-being and general health: Neglected oral hygiene can also lead to plaque, tartar and inflammation in animals. At the same time, brushing dogs' teeth can be combined with snacking - for example with dried meat , cheese chew sticks or other chewing items for dogs . This of course also fits in with the resolution of a healthy diet.
agility training for dogs
Agility training brings two resolutions to a common denominator for dogs: firstly, agility brings more exercise into the dog's everyday life, and secondly, the popular sport offers our four-legged friends a wonderful opportunity to maintain contact with other dogs. Owners can also meet and get to know other owners during their dog's agility training. Perhaps a new (dog) friendship will be formed in a playful way in the new year.
Agility training for dogs can also help people achieve their New Year's resolutions: when you accompany your dog to the dog park, you automatically move with him, consciously take time for your loved ones, spend more time outside in the fresh air and less time in front of the TV.
By the way: When it comes to establishing new habits in our everyday lives, we can apply the same principle to ourselves as we do to our four-legged friends, rewarding them with dog sausage , dog biscuits , trainees or other dog treats for a mastered lesson. This encourages perseverance and makes the whole project fun. Of course, our rewards for implementing New Year's resolutions are a little different from those of our dogs, but the principle remains the same.
Off to dog school!
Are you and your dog enjoying your New Year's resolutions so much that you would like to approach the whole thing a little more professionally? Then a course at the dog school might be the right thing for you and your four-legged companion. Through regular training and successes at the dog school, you will both become an even better team in 2023 - and your everyday life together will be easier and more harmonious for many years to come.
We at haustierkost.de wish all owners, mistresses and animals a good start to the new year and much success with their New Year's resolutions!
