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As a zoologist, I have always been interested in feeding my dogs a more species appropriate diet. My dogs have been introduced to a variety of foods and had ’stomachs of steel’, but I used kibble as the base. I use meat, eggs, cheese, fruit and veggies as training rewards. Recently, Jessie was tested for thyroid and adrenal fucntion and both were on the low side. I thought I would start with food (the building blocks of the body) to rule out allergies and other possible causes of the low thyroid. Some basic info to remember: It’s not rocket science! And a wide margin for error is allowed! Each dog is different. 80:10:10 (follows the ‘prey model’ of raw food diets) 80% muscle meat, 10% organ meat, 10% bone Watch the amount of fat in the meat source (10-40% depending on how active your dog is) Use unenhanced meat (no flavoring, coloring, antibiotics, salt etc) . Organic meat is ideal! Feed 2-3% of your dog’s body weight daily (2%x30 lb dog= 0.6lb of food, 3%x30lb dog=0.9lb of food) Can also feed upto 15% of fruit/vegetable matter (pumpkin, squash, spinach, celery, yam, berries, apples etc) Supplementing with vitamins/minerals is optional Tips: *start with 1 type of meat and stick with it for 3-4 weeks *start with pure muscle meat only *then try some bone (breast or back bone of fowl) *add some organ meat (watch for diarrhea) *try feeding with skin (fowl), may need to make a cut or two at first (often fat hides under skin so remove as needed) * dogs LOVE eating raw and they …
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