Healthy Nutrition for Dogs

How do you know if your pet is as healthy as he could be, or do you rely on dog food manufacturers to decide what he eats?

Do you know if the ingredients in his pellets are really what his body needs to keep him healthy?

Why are degenerative diseases on the increase in the dog world?

Why does your dog chew on grass when you take him for a walk?

Do your dog a big favour and give him a diet to make him truly a healthy and a happy companion.

To feed a dog the size of a large daschund, give him this diet for a couple of weeks and see the change take place in front of your eyes. The portions may seem small, but your dog will be fed real food and will not go hungry on these quantities:

• All his food must be raw
• No grains of any description i.e. rice, pasta, mielie meal, barley, bread
• No simple carbohydrates, sweets, biscuits or cakes
• Snacks and treats as mentioned below
• Cruciferous vegetables (broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower) only 3 times a week
• No potatoes, onions, grapes or chocolate or bones
• Feed him once or twice a day – if twice daily, then halve these portions

1 .) A handful of raw, chopped meat – any of the following:

Mutton or lamb, beef shin, liver (no more than twice a week), kidneys once a week, ox heart, pork, fresh fish if you can find it, 2 or 3 chicken necks, 3 tinned pilchards (once or twice per week), fresh bone meal from a butcher (this will give your dog all the good nutrition found in bones, without the risk of injury from sharp bones), sardines in olive oil or water, not sunflower oil, once or twice a week, eggs 3 times week, beaten up with ½ cup full cream yoghurt

2 .) A cupful finely chopped or grated vegetables. These can be juiced – remember to serve the pulp as well:

1 medium carrot, broccoli, stalk and all, spinach leaves, leafy green vegetables, kale, ½ a sweet pepper, ½ an apple, celery, parsley, sweet potato, pumpkin, butternut, green beans, courgette, tomato

3 .) 1 dessertspoon olive oil three times per week, alternating with

4 .) 1 pharmaceutical grade fish oil capsule or flowing oil three times a week

5 .) 1 Teaspoon ground flax seeds sprinkled over his food

6 .) Plenty of clean fresh water available at all times

7 .) Treats as follows:

Small pieces of cheese, cashews, walnuts, cottage cheese (not low fat)
Pumpkin and sunflower seeds
Bits of banana, pear, kiwi fruit, paw paw, mango, nectarine, peach, berries

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