Dogs Health Information

Someone wrote a post on a recipe for dry flaky skin for their dogs that I think isn’t right. I have a couple of reasons for this as I will state as follows:

These are all plant oils, except for the Cod Liver Oil. Plant oils cannot be properly processed and assimilated by dogs, who are carnivores.

The Cod Liver Oil, while derived from fish, is too high in vitamin A, which can seriously skew this nutrient in the body. Much better to supply with a good quality Salmon or Fish Body oil, for the Omega 3s, with no additives or plant oils.

Instead of applying a band aid, its much a better plan to honestly assess the current feeding plan, and change what is needed for optimum health.

Dogs are carnivores, and need raw meat (including fat), organs and edible digestible bone to thrive.

http://www.rawlearning.com/rawfaq.html

http://www.rawlearning.com/supplementmyths.html

http://www.rawfed.com/myths/index.html

http://rawfeddogs.net/Recipes

http://rawfeddogs.net/FAQlist

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When we bought our house in 1981 the yard was overrun with rats. The previous owners had not kept the grass cut and it was very high. There were also a lot of snakes around. We cut the grass and removed a lot of bushes and such that were growing close to the house.

Rats want cover and don’t like an area where they are out in the open. Don’t have dog food or bird feeders outside. Put all garbage in metal containers with tightly fitting lids. Are there any piles of lumber or other building materials on the ground?

Such items need to be gotten rid of or placed at least 12″ above ground on cement blocks. Making your yard an unwelcoming place for rats will go a long way toward solving the problem and is much safer than using poison which soon will become ineffective as the rats learn to avoid it.

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The domestic dog and the wolf are one and the same. Dogs are not
omnivores, as some have claimed. Dogs are carnivores, exactly like
wild wolves. Geneticist Dr. Robert K. Wayne at UCLA has conclusively
proven that the domestic dog is a subspecies of the wolf.

Subsequent studies have verified this conclusion.

Next, it must be understood what wolves actually eat in the wild,
especially when they are not pressed by loss of habitat and human
intervention. Contrary to some claims, wolves do not eat the stomach contents of their prey nor do wolves consume much vegetable matter.

The preferred food of the wild wolf is the meat, bones, and organs of
large hooved Mammals. In times of scarcity, desperate wolves will try to eat a variety of food items, just as would any starving creature, but they strongly prefer to eat meat, organ, and bone. Dr. L. David Mech has been studying wolves for decades, and has published many books and articles on wolves and their diets.

Dr. Wayne’s website:
http://www.eeb.ucla.edu/indivfaculty.php?FacultyKey=501

Dr. Mech’s website:
http://www.davemech.org/biography.html

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