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  • Common Questions and Concerns on Making Home-Made Diets for your Dog

    How can I be sure the diet is balanced?
    That answer is easy enough! Just make sure to add 900 milligrams of calcium to the diet.  You can use carbonate, calcium citrate or ½ teaspoon of ground eggshells per pound of food fed to your home-cooked meals.  Design the recipes to be at least 75% animal-based protein and 25% low-sugar (low-glycemic) cooked and mashed carbohydrates.

    For raw diets, feed half the diet in raw meaty bones and half in animal protein with a slight amount of liver or kidney added.

  • Purine Stones and Diet

    In November 2009, I wrote a newsletter on Struvite and Calcium Oxalate Crystals and Stones. Struvites are most commonly caused by a urinary tract infection and once the infection is treated, the problem is resolved. In calcium oxalate crystals and stones, a diet modification is needed to reduce the amount…

  • Dogs and Protein

    Protein is found in most foods, including carbohydrates. But dogs are carnivores and the best source of protein for them is found in animal products. This would include meat (pork, beef, poultry, lamb, rabbit, fish, dairy and eggs, just to mention a few). Animal based proteins contain a complete amino acid profile needed by carnivores. Plant based proteins are missing important amino acids, including taurine and carnitine. Both of these are important for heart and organ health.

    The anatomy and digestive process of dogs are designed to most easily digest animal fat and protein. Dogs perform best on animal based products. Studies have shown you cannot feed a dog too much protein.