The following is the ratio of nutrients I want in my raw diet: 60% protein 30% fat 10% carbohydrate What is wrong with everything I’m reading? Generic references to “meat” and not…
Year: 2019
Some Resources I Will Use for Raw Diet Research 2019
USDA Feed Ingredient Analysis Search https://ndb.nal.usda.gov/ndb/ Two pretty exhaustive documents on nutrition for dogs and cats. http://dels.nas.edu/global/banr/petdoor Cats: http://dels.nas.edu/resources/static-assets/banr/miscellaneous/cat_nutrition_final.pdf Dogs: http://dels.nas.edu/resources/static-assets/banr/miscellaneous/dog_nutrition_final_fix.pdf Excellent jumping off point to start looking at home made diets,…
Paul Harvey’s Ten Commandments for Pet Owners
So I got a note from a gent from the UK claiming to be the author of Paul Harvey’s Ten Commandments of Dog Keeping for Pet Owners. I’ve no idea if he’s…
Antibiotics
There’s been a credible link between antibiotics and cancer. Here’s how that works: There’s a germ in your intestine that secretes a chemical that goes through the bloodstream from the intestine to…
Case: Abby, 13 y.o Labrador Having Trouble in Hind Legs
“Abby” is almost 14 years old, weighing 80 pounds. She’s been healthy most of her life and is weak in the hind legs. She may lose 5-10 pounds and be better able…
Blood Pressure in Dogs and Cats
How to measure blood pressure, why you’d do it, what you can learn and what’s normal and not normal. Here’s the online flip book of reliable, legitimate articles I found.