Gosh! Makes me shudder reading some of the comments. Depending on your belief’s Dogs were created or evolved as a carnivorous animal just like wolves, lions, tigers e.t.c. Carnivorous means meat eating full stop! Just imagine if you worked at a zoo, would you be feeding the wolves and lions pumpkin, rice e.t.c?
Secondly: carnivorous animals have been built to eat meat raw where all the nutrients are present in the natural form with the required biochemicals that will help absorb everything that the piece of meat has to offer. You cook it and you will firstly dissolve and remove most of the good stuff, whats remaining will not have the bio-availability for the digestive system to recognise the various nutrients, proteins e.t.c.
What is shit? its digestive waste. You want to know why dogs shit huge loads, runny pools, big fat turds? Because they are fed food that cannot be recognised, has very little value and hence most of it is converted into big smelly poo! Dogs on prey model based diet have very little dry crumbly shit that does not smell. My 65kg gets fed around 2 – 3 kilos as he is still young and growing, his shit will be half my palm, get it? Food large enough as a whole chicken when eaten raw only produces little shit, as its good food. Food such as high carb diet is mostly shit and hence the big poo’s.
Do your furry family member a favour and at the least do some reading such as this:
www.rawessentials.co.nz
http://rawfed.com/myths/
So, if you are going to stick to kibbles then at least use one that has very high meat proteins in it like Origen, and supplement it with raw meat. Best to have the raw meat stored in the freezer for 24 hours.
Even I used to feed kibbles until I researched a bit and found the above. Convert for the love of you pooch.
Gosh! Makes me shudder reading some of the comments. Depending on your belief’s Dogs were created or evolved as a carnivorous animal just like wolves, lions, tigers e.t.c. Carnivorous means meat eating full stop! Just imagine if you worked at a zoo, would you be feeding the wolves and lions pumpin?
Secondly: carnivorous animals have been built to eat meat raw where all the nutrients are present in the natural form with the required biochemicals that will help absorb everything that the piece of meat has to offer. You cook it and you will firstly dissolve and remove most of the good stuff, whats remaining will not have the bio-availability for the digestive system to recognise the various nutrients, proteins e.t.c.
What is shit? its digestive waste. You want to know why dogs shit huge loads, runny pools, big fat turds? Because they are fed food that cannot be recognised, has very little value and hence most of it is converted into big smelly poo! Dogs on prey model based diet have very little dry crumbly shit that does not smell. My 65kg gets fed around 2 – 3 kilos as he is still young and growing, his shit will be half my palm, get it? Food large enough as a whole chicken when eaten raw only produces little shit, as its good food. Food such as high carb diet is mostly shit and hence the big poo’s.
Do your furry family member a favour and at the least do some reading such as this:
www.rawessentials.co.nz
http://rawfed.com/myths/
So, if you are going to stick to kibbles then at least use one that has very high meat proteins in it like Origen, and supplement it with raw meat. Best to have the raw meat stored in the freezer for 24 hours.
Even I used to feed kibbles until I researched a bit and found the above. Convert for the love of you pooch.
Forgot to mention that my dog has never been bathed other than swims, he has no doggy odour, his long coat is shiny as, he has no discharges from his eyes or ears (never had to clean his ear) he has never had to be taken to a vet with any disorder (touch wood).
Peace
Navman