I do have one of Tom Lonsdale's books but it is more a rant about why raw is wonderful and processed is horrible than a good guide to feeding dogs.
Lew Olson's book, Raw and Natural Nutrition, is much better for designing a diet.
But if you want the numbers then get one of Monica Segal's books, K9 Kitchen or Optimal Nutrition, as she puts a limited chart of the 2006 NRC [more up to date than AAFCO] in each book plus a few meaty bone analysis. I like having proof that my dog's raw diet is as complete as a bowl of kibble mineral and vitamin wise.
There are more books, I wouldn't mind having a look at Steve Brown's book Unlocking the Canine Ancestral Diet.
For websites you cannot beat dogaware, http://www.dogaware.com/diet/homemade.html and B-Naturals newsletters http://b-naturals.com/newsletters
I started feeding cooked food when Sassy got kidney disease right when the big 2007 food recalls happened so 5 years total. She continued on cooked food but I moved Max to raw about 4.5 years ago. I used the information on this forum's sticky for info and other forums plus the Monica Segal book to be sure Max is getting it all. I can track what he is getting fairly well using this site, http://nutritiondata.self.com/ which gets its information from here http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/
Max eats chicken, turkey, beef, pork, ostrich, goat, llama and rabbit. I 'balance' over two days. One day he gets a bony bit, lamb or chicken at the moment and an occasional goat head plus organ and the other day he gets a chunk of boneless meat. He also gets a bit of zinc capsule, vitamin E and fish oil as supplements but for the low manganese and magnesium I am trying out green tripe instead of a mineral supplement. The minerals ought to be fine but when I give them he seems better somehow.
Lew Olson's book, Raw and Natural Nutrition, is much better for designing a diet.
But if you want the numbers then get one of Monica Segal's books, K9 Kitchen or Optimal Nutrition, as she puts a limited chart of the 2006 NRC [more up to date than AAFCO] in each book plus a few meaty bone analysis. I like having proof that my dog's raw diet is as complete as a bowl of kibble mineral and vitamin wise.
There are more books, I wouldn't mind having a look at Steve Brown's book Unlocking the Canine Ancestral Diet.
For websites you cannot beat dogaware, http://www.dogaware.com/diet/homemade.html and B-Naturals newsletters http://b-naturals.com/newsletters
I started feeding cooked food when Sassy got kidney disease right when the big 2007 food recalls happened so 5 years total. She continued on cooked food but I moved Max to raw about 4.5 years ago. I used the information on this forum's sticky for info and other forums plus the Monica Segal book to be sure Max is getting it all. I can track what he is getting fairly well using this site, http://nutritiondata.self.com/ which gets its information from here http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/
Max eats chicken, turkey, beef, pork, ostrich, goat, llama and rabbit. I 'balance' over two days. One day he gets a bony bit, lamb or chicken at the moment and an occasional goat head plus organ and the other day he gets a chunk of boneless meat. He also gets a bit of zinc capsule, vitamin E and fish oil as supplements but for the low manganese and magnesium I am trying out green tripe instead of a mineral supplement. The minerals ought to be fine but when I give them he seems better somehow.
