Visit http://healthydogforlife.com/blog Author of “Real Food For Dogs” Dan Scott, talks about which is the best dog food to feed your pet and why.
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@godsfiddler Thanks …
@godsfiddler Thanks for the kind words, I’ll tell her…
For the tripe look online for suppliers of frozen green tripe or check locally through pet shops. Comes in 1lb blocks, just defrost in a tupperware container fridge 24hrs, on shelf same day or in sink/hot water 1-3 hours and serve… eaten with relish by dogs and excellent all round nutrient laden carnivore food.
@danscott888 I …
@danscott888 I meant to ask if I should thaw the tripe before feeding it, or feed it frozen, and where do I get it? Thanks a million! You are a lifesaver. You can tell your wife you are a lifesaver!
@KRSchannel Hi, No …
@KRSchannel Hi, No cooking at all period. All the live nutrients your dog needs come from plain as day uncooked raw meat, bone and a small amount of vegetable matter, thats it.
should the raw diet …
should the raw diet be cooked at all, or slightly cooked?
@godsfiddler Hi, …
@godsfiddler Hi, diet sounds ok, if you can get hold of frozen raw green tripe and replace one of the organ meat days all the better. With the sick dog my advice would be to stop the antibiotics and fast her for several days, the immune system will fix things better than antibiotics during the fast, then start on tripe if you can get it or otherwise the chicken/bone.
@danscott888 The …
@danscott888 The meat is kept frozen until the day they eat it. I take it out, put it in the refrigerator, and thaw it.
@danscott888 She’s …
@danscott888 She’s on antibiotics, but the vet didn’t say if it was bacterial or viral. But I guess it must be bacterial since she’s on antibiotics. The diet menu I got is Monday-Chicken with bones
Tues.-organ meat
Wed.-Chicken
Thurs.-Fish with bones
Fri.-Organ meat
Sat.-Beef with bone
Sun.-Chicken with bones.
My other dog hasn’t gotten sick at all, only gotten better.
@godsfiddler Hi, Ok …
@godsfiddler Hi, Ok, is all food well balanced between meat/bone with 4/5 choices, kept frosen before consumption and well tollerated?
The eating of the soft/squidgy packet treats is bad, it’s sugar and preservative laden stuff-should be banned and will upset the gastric system.
Is the infection bacterial or viral?
Is the dog on broard-spectrum antibiotics?
My advice is simple-fast the dog for 2/3 days-water only. The dog will be ok and can get back onto it’s regular raw diet.
Keep me up-dated!
Ok, so we started …
Ok, so we started our dogs on raw about a month ago. Well, now our Toy Poodle has Gastroenteritis. I have no idea what caused it, and my vet didn’t say anything about me feeding raw meat and bones when I told her. She started showing symptoms Wednesday. The only thing I can think of is my mom took my dogs for a ride to her bank, and the bank gave my dogs biscuits. One dog didn’t eat them, and the other did. The one that DID eat them is the one that’s sick now.
@danscott888
Aw too bad.
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@danscott888
LOL.
@smilediet Not …
@smilediet Not trying to argue this, but why not give the most natural stuff(raw meat) for cheaper than the more expensive dog foods? I do some people who used to feed those you mentioned above, but went to raw due to it being more nutritious.
@RawFedSkye Hi, Wow …
@RawFedSkye Hi, Wow! what can I say, not sure about the smart, definitely into the truth and marriage… already taken, sorry LOL.
You’re so smart and …
You’re so smart and you tell the truth. Thanks! Can I marry you? LOL
@optical76 Thats …
@optical76 Thats basically the idea plus throw in an egg or two plus raw green tripe. Imagine her satisfaction at getting down to work on a good sized pork trotter, great focussed mental stimulous, great teeth cleaning, easily digested food, soft bones and all the live enzymes, flavinoids, 35+ intact proteins going to where they need to go and doing the job they were meant to do fortifying and replenishing your dog’s body, boosting the immune systen. Watch the allergies melt away!!!
@danscott888 so i …
@danscott888 so i should just basically give her raw steak, chicken, turkey, pork… every day?
@optical76 BTW Love …
@optical76 BTW Love the APBT stunning dogs. His allergies are from either the additives in the food or from the de-natured proteins that result from high cooking temperatures in commercial dog food. A natural diet will get him over the allergies within a few weeks. Barf is too complicated, messy and much of it unnecessary, just stick to the basics. I like convenient too, just raw convenient!
@optical76 Humans …
@optical76 Humans need a varied omnivore diet and yes raw is actually better in terms of vegetables, meat we cook because we tolerate it better that way. The canine is a carnivore, he has existed for millions of years on a diet of raw meat & bone with the occasional fruit/veg to fill a supplementation gap or when times are tough. The biology of the dog has not changed period, his needs are as they have been for millions of years. If you want the FULL lowdown get my report over at the blog.
@optical76 Hi, some …
@optical76 Hi, some dogs like some people have great immune systems, that’s why you get some old bloke who’s 90 and still smokes while most are not so lucky. The genetic potential of the domestic canine is in the late twenties! The national life expectancy of the domestic canine is 12.5 years! Low grade cooked, preserved dog food is causing untold suffering in the domestic canine worldwide.
@danscott888 on the …
@danscott888 on the other hand, my parents dog, my childhood dog, another female apbt lived to be 18 years old eating from the day she was adopted- eukenuba. no allergies, no problems at all. trim, fit, active, happy, smart, obedient, loving, snuggly, playful, relaxed, vibrant… ate commercial food her whole life and outlived any other dog i’ve ever met. had a rockin life, far from the despaire she came from at 6 months old. its just a market hole needed to be filled. BS.
@danscott888 ok, …
@danscott888 ok, you sparked my intrest. but thats like saying humans should only eat a raw diet. dogs and humans are a little more adapted than eating scraps of dead animals. right? have we not evolved to tolerate cooked foods yet? or a good balance between them? just sayin. my dog does have mad allergies though. apbt breed. don’t know what else to do. maybe barf diet?
@optical76 Hi, the …
@optical76 Hi, the company blurb always sounds great but in reality it’s kibble bits that have been highly processed with high amounts of carbs which are wasted on dogs. I will state this a million times…A dog needs food in it’s raw state of naturalness, anything else is, ie cooking the food and adding in vits/minerals etc is at best guessing and worst plagueing your dog with ‘fast food’ with all the resultant allergies and shortening it’s life-span.
what about nutro …
what about nutro lamb and rice?
@smilediet Hi, …
@smilediet Hi, thanks for adding to the conversation. Natural canine food does the most good in it’s raw state as demonstrated in nature for millions of years. All the 35 proteins, flavinoids, enzymes etc are un-altered and can do their job of keeping a dogs body strong and protected. The commercial products you list are processed and cooked at high temperatures robbing the food of it’s potential, in effect denaturing it. Sure your dog will just get by on it, but not in optimum health!
your imformation is …
your imformation is biased and WRONG
i agree that A LOT of foods are crap
yet there are ones with the proper principle and diet..
so stfu cause you have no idea what youre talkin about since
Orijen, oven baked traditions, Natural Balance, Innova, Evo, Horizon, MUlligan stew
so do your research
@godsfiddler Hi, …
@godsfiddler Hi, yes a fast helps to kick things off, cleanses the body and allows the immune system to work at healing the body and clearing out un-wanted cells. Fasting a dog is very important for immune system strength and combined with a healthy diet puts your dog in excellent health plus longer lived too.