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Originally Posted by lulu'smom
Oh, and I forgot to say, when I decided to feed them human food I was going to vary what they ate--my version of raw. I bought beef livers, chicken livers, lamb, chicken. Then, my groomer told me she was also a dog food nutitionist and I could not change their meat like that or I would cause stomach problems (can't remember exactly what she said, but it wasn't good). She said choose one and stick with it. I choose chicken. She said that was fine and that was easiest. But, you know, let me add this disclaimer that I'm not saying she is right--it gets very confusing.
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I would have to disagree with her. I'm no dog nutritionist but common sense says variety is better UNLESS you are dealing with allergies. Once a dog gets used to variety they won't have tummy problems any more. Like a pp said, my dogs may have venison for breakfast and beef for supper. There's gonna be nutrients in one meal that may not be in another (or as much of). Switching it up keeps them from getting deficient in one area. The only way I would stick with one thing over time is if they were allergic to all other options. I even switched kibbles up when we used to do kibble.
I also wanted to say, on a sidenote, that cooking meals for dogs is actually HARDER than raw to me. 1)You gotta cook it :-/ 2) You have to be very careful with balancing out nutrients since alot of them are cooked out. So then you have to add vitamins back in. 3)More ingredients to deal with.
Preparing for raw is simply cutting up meat in the right sizes and then freeze until ready to use. The hardest at times is getting that 80/10/10 ratio right. But once u got it, u got it.
I'm NOT trying to talk u into raw. Just wanted u to know that it's not nearly as hard as cooked meals. In case u do ever consider raw.
U can't go wrong with ZP. That stuff is fantastic.
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