Dog Nutrition: Homeopathic Vet Has It Wrong
For a rawfed dog, there is no such thing as too much protein. Too much food, yes. Too much fat, yes. Too much of whatever the dog digests poorly, yes. Oh, and too much (as in “any”) plant-based protein like soy, yes indeed. A dog has two nutritional requirements in its pyramid: Protein and Fat. You cannot take either away without significantly affecting the dog as a whole.
It would seem that your homeopathic vet does not know or doesn’t care that dogs, being domesticated wolves, have no dietary requirement for anything but protein and fat. Your dogs need plenty of meat. The protein count comes with naturally with meat.
Digestive system, liver and metabolism in an otherwise healthy dog are not adversely affected by raw protein. You may indeed want to try something other than beef (feedlot beef is corn fed and if there is anything that’s likely to screw up your dog’s digestive system et al it would be corn. Or any other grain), but if/when you remove beef, you should be prepared to feed some other meat.
It’s not the presence of meat that’s likely messing with your dogs, it the presence of meats that are less than optimal (for a variety of reasons).
Your vet is utterly, completely missing the point of carnivorism if veggies and fruits have been recommended. This so undermines any vote of confidence I might otherwise have for the vet. Regardless of what kind of meat protein you want to feed, getting all (as in ALL) the species inappropriate stuff OFF the menu and OUT of the dog is job one.
I would argue that job two would be to find a different homeopathic vet.
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I have to professionally disagree with this posting. Feeding JUST meats is not something that has proven to be more effective and healthy than cooked meat with vegetables. Our animals have tried both and they prefer the cooked home made meals. They also appear to be healthier than their litter mates who are on various types of other foods. But the bottom line is that you want your dog to be happy so let them decide which they like better by doing some sample trials. It sounds strange but its true…dogs DO have preferences!
I have to professionally disagree with this posting. Feeding JUST meats is not something that has proven to be more effective and healthy than cooked meat with vegetables. Our animals have tried both and they prefer the cooked home made meals. They also appear to be healthier than their litter mates who are on various types of other foods. But the bottom line is that you want your dog to be happy so let them decide which they like better by doing some sample trials. It sounds strange but its true…dogs DO have preferences!