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Spot On Canine Nutrition Jody Zesko, located in Calgary, Canada, ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ collaborates with dog owners globally ๐ŸŒ who seek impartial and expert nutrition advice.

A science-based approach to nutrition is the effective way to achieve optimal health. I formulate proactive diets (raw & cooked) for healthy dogs and have years of experience with diets for dogs who need more health support such as kidney, liver, GI, pancreatitis, cushings, urinary, food intolerances, cancer, cognition/behavioral concerns, weight loss and more. All personalized fresh food diets ar

e balanced to NRC (National Research Council) guidelines. My goal is to formulate a diet that works not only for the dog, but takes into account the owner's time, degree of experience in preparing fresh food diets, budget and overall goals. Optimal health for your dog, peace of mind for you. Please check out my website for more info. on consult descriptions, pricing, blog posts and client feedback.

๐Ÿพ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐˜€. ๐—™๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€: ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ดโ€™๐˜€ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜? ๐Ÿ–The leaner the meat, the higher the ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ...
21/03/2025

๐Ÿพ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜ƒ๐˜€. ๐—™๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐˜† ๐— ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€: ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ดโ€™๐˜€ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜? ๐Ÿ–

The leaner the meat, the higher the ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†โ€”but choosing the right balance depends on your dogโ€™s needs!

๐Ÿ”น ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ (easy keepers): Lean meats allow for a ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ while keeping calories lower and nutrients high.

๐Ÿ”น ๐—™๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜€ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜€: Higher-fat meats (if tolerated) help pack in more calories ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒโ€”important for dogs that struggle to eat large portions.

๐Ÿ”น ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐˜€: Even if using primarily fattier meats, lean cuts may also still be needed to ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ.

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป: Lean meats tend to be ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ, so if youโ€™re comparing raw, unlabelled commercial foods, remember that ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜†๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟโ€”nutrient density and meat quality matter!

๐Ÿšฉ ๐—•๐—ฒ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜: Recipes that simply list โ€œ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ณโ€ without specifying fat percentage can lead to major imbalances over time.

๐Ÿ”” ๐—˜๐—ป๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€? ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ!
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๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ-๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ-๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€-๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ. Every dog is unique! But there are ways to make the ...
20/03/2025

๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ-๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ-๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€-๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ต ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ.

Every dog is unique! But there are ways to make the process easier and help prevent digestive upset.

I take a conservative approach because slow and steady reduces the risk of GI issuesโ€”keeping both dogs and their humans happy. Nothing is more discouraging than an upset stomach that makes a dog parent second-guess fresh feeding!

And if youโ€™ve heard the myth that fresh food will make your dog start โ€œbeggingโ€โ€”thatโ€™s outdated thinking! Youโ€™re not feeding from the table; youโ€™re adding nourishing foods to their bowl or using them as healthy treats. So donโ€™t let that hold you back!

Here are my go-to tips for introducing fresh foods smoothly:

โœ… ๐—ฆ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ. Dogs digest smaller pieces more easily than large chunks, especially if theyโ€™ve only ever eaten kibble.

โœ… ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€. If testing meat, use finely chopped lean cuts or ground meat. For cooked meats like chicken breast, try pulsing it in a food processor to create a โ€œflakeโ€ texture.

โœ… ๐—ฉ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜โ€”๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป. Start with tiny amounts and prepare them for easy digestion: cooked and finely chopped or raw and pulverized. Broccoli ๐Ÿฅฆ is a powerhouse of antioxidants (use florets). For fruit, apples ๐ŸŽ provide gut-friendly pectin. Sensitive dogs can start with peeled apples and then test with peels.

โœ… ๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต-๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐˜. Stick to lean proteins like chicken breast, ground turkey, or 10% (or less) lean beef. If cooking, skip the oilโ€”use water if needed and drain any drippings. Fat affects stools, so test tolerance gradually. Sardines, oily fish, and raw meaty bones arenโ€™t the best starter foods.

โœ… ๐—ฅ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฝ ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ต.

โœ… ๐——๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚. Just because they gobble it up doesnโ€™t mean you should overdo it on day one.

โœ… ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น. A treat-sized portion is plenty to begin withโ€”then build up based on your feeding goals.

โœ… ๐—ž๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฝ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ธ. If adding fresh food to kibble, keep it to ~10% of your dogโ€™s daily calorie intake. Check the kibbleโ€™s calories per cup to stay on track. Remember, if your dog is overweight or prone to weight gain you may need to reduce the kibble a bit.

Making the switch to fresh food should be an enjoyable, stress-free experience for both you and your dog! Take your time, observe, and adjust as needed.

โœจ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ก๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜! โœจWant to level up your dogโ€™s kibble? This easy topper recipe is the perfect way...
19/03/2025

โœจ ๐—ง๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ ๐—ก๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—•๐—ผ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜! โœจ

Want to level up your dogโ€™s kibble? This easy topper recipe is the perfect way to add a fresh food boost! ๐ŸŒŸ

๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿณ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ:

At 400 calories, this topper can replace 400 calories of commercial dry food spread throughout the week for dogs consuming 4000 calories or more, weekly.

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜:
Toppers should make up only about 10% of your dogโ€™s total calories. For reference, many grain-free kibbles have around 400-450 kcal per cup. ๐ŸŸIf you need to reserve cod as a novel protein, you're best using one of the other booster recipes I've shared. If your dog doesn't tolerate chicken, beef or turkey or they need a lower fat option, this may be a better fit.

Ingredients:

๐Ÿ”น210g cod, baked (cooked weight)
๐Ÿ”น2 large eggs (cooked)
๐Ÿ”น50g broccoli florets, steamed (pulverized or finely chopped)cooked weight
๐Ÿ”น50g cauliflower, steamed (pulverized or finely chopped)cooked weight
๐Ÿ”น20g plain canned pumpkin OR 25-30g fresh cooked pumpkin
๐Ÿ”น1 tsp turmeric, dried *optional
๐Ÿ”น1/2 tsp coconut oil *optional
๐Ÿ”นCalcium carbonate (900mg)

โ—๏ธNote: This is not a complete and balanced meal but a great booster! It adds 54g of protein ๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผ and 1867mcg of beta carotene ๐Ÿ‘€! Turmeric adds more anti inflammatory properties - only a small amount is used here to avoid GI upset.

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๐Ÿฅฆ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ฌ. ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ โ€“ ๐–๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ ?Did you know that ounce for ounce, broccoli florets and sta...
18/03/2025

๐Ÿฅฆ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฏ๐ฌ. ๐’๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ โ€“ ๐–๐ก๐ข๐œ๐ก ๐ˆ๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐˜๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ ?

Did you know that ounce for ounce, broccoli florets and stalks have almost identical nutrientsโ‰๏ธ

๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ŸŒฑ contain more ๐•๐ข๐ญ๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง ๐€ and, most importantly, ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐š๐ฉ๐ก๐š๐ง๐žโ€”a powerful compound known for its cancer-fighting properties - (more details on that in yesterday's sprouts post). Thatโ€™s why I often include them in fresh food diets!

โœจ ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐…๐ž๐ž๐ ๐…๐ฅ๐จ๐ซ๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ:
๐Ÿ”น Lightly steam and chop for better digestibility - best for dogs new to fresh veg.
๐Ÿ”น Some dogs tolerate them steamed whole, while others do well with raw finely chopped or pulverized florets.
๐Ÿ”น Got a picky pup? Use a food processor to blend florets into ground meatsโ€”perfect for sneaky nutrition!

๐Ÿšซ ๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ค๐ฌ! Peeled broccoli stalks make a great ๐œ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ง๐œ๐ก๐ฒ ๐ฌ๐ง๐š๐œ๐ค and a nutritious alternative to carrot treats. You can also steam and chop or pulverize them raw for an easy, budget-friendly boost to your dogโ€™s bowl.

๐ƒ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ž๐ ๐›๐ซ๐จ๐œ๐œ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ ? ๐‹๐ž๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ค๐ง๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ! โฌ‡๏ธ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฅฆ

I ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ broccoli sprouts and add them to my salads, smoothies, and even on avocado and egg toast for a nutritious boost! ...
17/03/2025

I ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ broccoli sprouts and add them to my salads, smoothies, and even on avocado and egg toast for a nutritious boost! ๐Ÿฅ‘๐Ÿฅš

๐ŸŒฑ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ฟ and easy to mix into meals, broccoli sprouts are an easy way to upgrade your dietโ€”๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฝโ€™๐˜€! You can easily hide them in your dogโ€™s food for a nutritional boost without them even noticing.

๐Ÿ’ช๐Ÿผ ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ณ๐˜‚๐—น? Broccoli sprouts are one of the ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—น๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฒ, a potent antioxidant with ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ-๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ-๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€. Research shows sulforaphane supports:

โœ”๏ธ ๐—–๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป (helps the body eliminate harmful compounds)
โœ”๏ธ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป, ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต
โœ”๏ธ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€”even in small amounts, they can be as effective as much larger servings of mature cruciferous vegetables!

From the article linked in the comments:
โ€œ๐—ฆ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜€ ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜† ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ธ ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜†.โ€

๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜„ = ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—œ ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€! ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’ฉThe warmer days coming to Calgary mean melting snow, puddles, and mudโ€”prime conditio...
14/03/2025

๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜„ = ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—š๐—œ ๐—จ๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€! ๐ŸŒฑ๐Ÿ’ฉ

The warmer days coming to Calgary mean melting snow, puddles, and mudโ€”prime conditions for bacteria to thrive. If your dog suddenly has diarrhea with no changes to their diet, the culprit might be lurking in your backyard or local park!

๐Ÿฆ  ๐——๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ, ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ด, ๐—ฑ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—น๐—น ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฑ (hello, Retrievers! ๐Ÿ‘‹๐Ÿผ). Their paws and nails pick up bacteria, which can lead to stomach upsetโ€”especially in dogs with sensitive digestion or weakened immune systems.

๐Ÿ’ก ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜ ๐—ฌ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ด:

โœ”๏ธ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ & ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ-๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต.
โœ”๏ธ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐˜€, ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜„๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ธ๐˜€.
โœ”๏ธ ๐—”๐˜ƒ๐—ผ๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ธ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜„ ๐—ถ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—š๐—œ ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€.
โœ”๏ธ ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ต ๐—ฎ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ณ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ต-๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜.

โš ๏ธ ๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐—š๐—œ ๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ป๐—ผ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐˜โ€™๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ! Healthy dogs may bounce back quickly, but sensitive dogs may need vet care. Stay proactive and keep your pupโ€™s gut happy this spring! ๐ŸŒฟ๐Ÿถ


I'm resharing this post because this food comes up a lot now with more people looking for Canadian made foods. You need ...
13/03/2025

I'm resharing this post because this food comes up a lot now with more people looking for Canadian made foods. You need to be aware that Canadian made pet foods do not need to meet AAFCO.

๐ŸŸ Raw Fish & Thiamine Deficiency: What Dog Parents Need to Know! ๐ŸถRaw fish contains an enzyme called ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฌ๐ž, which b...
12/03/2025

๐ŸŸ Raw Fish & Thiamine Deficiency: What Dog Parents Need to Know! ๐Ÿถ

Raw fish contains an enzyme called ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ฌ๐ž, which breaks down thiamine (Vitamin B1). When fed in large amounts daily, this can lead to ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐š๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ, affecting a dogโ€™s nervous system, appetite, and overall health.

With so many dogs developing food intolerances, many dog parents are turning to fish as a novel protein source. But if fish is going to be a ๐ฆ๐š๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ข๐ง in your dogโ€™s diet, your best bet is to ๐œ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐ข๐ญ, as heat destroys thiaminase.

That said, Iโ€™m not a fan of fish as a daily major protein sourceโ€”whether in kibble, raw, or cooked form -farmed or wild. Hereโ€™s why:

โš ๏ธ ๐‡๐ž๐š๐ฏ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ (e.g., mercury, lead) accumulate in certain species.
โš ๏ธ ๐Œ๐ข๐œ๐ซ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ฌ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ are now widespread in marine life.
โš ๏ธ ๐‘๐š๐ง๐œ๐ข๐๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ & ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ก๐ง๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ issuesโ€”fish spoils quickly!
โš ๏ธ ๐Ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ ๐š-๐Ÿ‘๐ฌ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐š๐ ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž and oxidize easily, reducing their health benefits.
โš ๏ธ ๐„๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ญ๐ญ๐ฒ ๐š๐œ๐ข๐ ๐›๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž matters.

โžก๏ธKnow your source, ask your supplier/food manufacturer lots of questions.

๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด! If your dog has ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, now is the time to be proactive!๐ŸŒฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป, ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป...
10/03/2025

๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด!

If your dog has ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, now is the time to be proactive!

๐ŸŒฑ ๐—ฆ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐˜† ๐˜€๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป, ๐—ฟ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฒ๐˜†๐—ฒ๐˜€, ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜„ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ฝ ๐˜€๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด.
๐Ÿคง For dogs sensitive to pollen, mold, and dust, ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ (primarily in the skin and respiratory tract) release ๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ, triggering inflammation as the immune system reacts to these โ€œintruders.โ€

๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—›๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฝ?

๐Ÿ’Š ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป is a natural antihistamine and powerful antioxidant that helps block histamine release, reducing allergy symptoms.
๐Ÿ ๐—•๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป enhances quercetin absorption, so I recommend products that include both. DM me if youโ€™d like a link!

๐Ÿฅฆ๐ŸŽ๐Ÿซ ๐—ค๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜€ like blueberries, apples, broccoli, and Brussels sprouts, but for dogs with ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€, dietary sources alone may not be enough.

๐—•๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜† ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐˜๐˜€

โœ”๏ธ Start ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป at ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฌ-๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฑ๐—บ๐—ด ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ธ๐—ด ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜† ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜, (up to 40mg per kg) divided between two meals. Build up slowly to check for tolerance. Check with your vet before starting a new supplement.
โœ”๏ธ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜‚๐˜‚๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด to reduce indoor allergens.
โœ”๏ธ ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€โ€”as tempting as fresh air is, it brings pollen and dust inside.
โœ”๏ธ Invest in a ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต-๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ (I use ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐˜ ๐—”๐—ถ๐—ฟ, but ๐——๐˜†๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป is great too ๐Ÿ’ธ).
โœ”๏ธ ๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ดโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐˜„๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜ with a damp towel after walks to remove pollen, sap, and fertilizers.
โœ”๏ธ ๐—–๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น, ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ธ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ฒ๐˜€ can help wash away allergens from their skin and fur.

๐Ÿ“Œ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„? Mast cells also line the digestive tract, which is why many dogs with environmental allergies also have ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€.

If your dog thrives on a diet with ๐—ฎ ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ during winter but struggles with allergies in spring/fall, consider ๐˜€๐˜„๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ, ๐—น๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฑ-๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ during peak allergy seasons to help lower their overall histamine load.

๐Ÿถ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ด๐—ต, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฐ๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ด๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ! If you found this helpful, please ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒโ€”it might help another pet parent this season. ๐Ÿ’›

๐Ÿšจ Excess weight isnโ€™t just a cosmetic issueโ€”itโ€™s a serious health risk for dogs.๐Ÿถ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„? Dogs who maintain a ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป...
07/03/2025

๐Ÿšจ Excess weight isnโ€™t just a cosmetic issueโ€”itโ€™s a serious health risk for dogs.

๐Ÿถ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ธ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜„? Dogs who maintain a ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ live an average of nearly two years longer than dogs who are even slightly overweight.

๐Ÿ“‰ Weight loss of just 6.1% in obese, osteoarthritic dogs has been shown to reduce lameness!

๐Ÿ”ฅ In obesity, excess fat releases pro-inflammatory substances, keeping the body in a state of chronic inflammation. Losing fat helps reduce inflammationโ€”leading to less pain and better mobility.

๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—น๐˜† ๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ฏ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—พ๐˜‚๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ณ๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€, ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ.

๐Ÿพ ๐—ข๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ธ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ:
โœ”๏ธ Pancreatitis
โœ”๏ธ Cancer
โœ”๏ธ Diabetes
โœ”๏ธ Heart disease
โœ”๏ธ Osteoarthritis & joint issues
โœ”๏ธ CCL rupture
โœ”๏ธ Orthopedic disorders
โœ”๏ธ Exercise & heat intolerance
โœ”๏ธ Weakened immune function
โœ”๏ธ Increased anesthetic risk

โš ๏ธ ๐—ข๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜€๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ป ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜†๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ, such as hypothyroidism. Full lab work is essential to rule this out.

If youโ€™ve ruled out medical conditions, switched to lower-calorie food, and cut back on high-calorie treats, but your dog still isnโ€™t losing weight, itโ€™s time to reassess.

๐Ÿšจ ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ท๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—น๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ๐—บ: Simply reducing commercial food can lead to nutrient deficienciesโ€”because the less food you feed, the fewer essential nutrients your dog receives. Adding green beans or pumpkin to replace the dry food is not providing the same vitamins and minerals.

๐Ÿฅฉ๐Ÿฅฆ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—น๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป? A balanced approach that includes fresh foods to promote healthy, sustainable weight lossโ€”without leaving your dog feeling hungry.

๐Ÿ“ฉ Need help? Letโ€™s build a plan that works.

Easy Additions for Gut Health! ๐Ÿถ๐ŸฅฃLooking for simple ways to support your dogโ€™s digestion and overall well-being? Try add...
06/03/2025

Easy Additions for Gut Health! ๐Ÿถ๐Ÿฅฃ

Looking for simple ways to support your dogโ€™s digestion and overall well-being? Try adding these to their raw, cooked, or kibble diet:

โœ… Veggies โ€“ Fiber-rich greens like broccoli, zucchini, and leafy greens help feed good gut bacteria.
โœ… Berries & Fruits โ€“ Blueberries, apples, and (slightly green) bananas offer antioxidants and prebiotic fiber.
โœ… Bone Broth โ€“ Supports gut lining, joint health, and hydration.
โœ… Yogurt/Kefir โ€“ Natural probiotics for gut support.
โœ… Unpasteurized Sauerkraut โ€“ A powerhouse of probiotics for a balanced gut.

โœจ Small additions can make a big impact! Do you add any of these to your dogโ€™s bowl? Let me know in the comments! โฌ‡๏ธ

๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜†'๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€!Love this email update from Poppy's mom. Pic 1 - Before fresh diet Pic 2- After ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ, ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ...
05/03/2025

๐—ฃ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐˜†'๐˜€ ๐—ช๐—ฒ๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ผ๐˜€๐˜€!

Love this email update from Poppy's mom.

Pic 1 - Before fresh diet
Pic 2- After

๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜บ ๐˜‘๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ๐˜บ, ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜บ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ณ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ง๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ง๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜จ๐˜ฉ! ๐˜š๐˜ฐ ๐˜ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ญ๐˜ฅ ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ด.

๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ 17๐˜ฌ๐˜จ (16.8) ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ, ๐˜ข๐˜ต ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ด๐˜ฑ๐˜ข๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ฅ๐˜ฅ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ต๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ (๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ, ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ!) ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด 18.8๐˜ฌ๐˜จ ๐Ÿ˜ณ๐Ÿ˜ฉ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ญ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฌ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ. ๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜บ, ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ค๐˜ช๐˜ข๐˜ญ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ, ๐˜ช๐˜ต ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ.

๐˜š๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ธ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด๐˜ต, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ค๐˜ฉ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง๐˜ง ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ด๐˜ต!!

๐˜–๐˜ถ๐˜ณ ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ต, ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฉ๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ฐ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฅ. ๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ฐ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜—๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜จ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ท๐˜ฐ๐˜ญ๐˜ถ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ๐˜ข!"

I replied that I thought she looked younger now with weight loss. The response below about longer legs made me LOL.

๐˜–๐˜ฉ ๐˜ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ธ๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ฉ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ - ๐˜ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฆ๐˜ช๐˜จ๐˜ฉ๐˜ต ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ข๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜ด! ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜จ๐˜จ๐˜บ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ช๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ฐ๐˜ณโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜ฅ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ข๐˜บ, โ€œ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜จ๐˜ด ๐˜จ๐˜ฐ๐˜ต ๐˜ญ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜จ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ??โ€ ๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚๐Ÿ˜‚. ๐˜ ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ช๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ, ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜ช๐˜ด ๐˜ซ๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ง๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฎ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ค๐˜ข๐˜ถ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆโ€™๐˜ด ๐˜ด๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฉ๐˜ข!"

๐Ÿฅฉ๐Ÿฅš๐ŸฅฆHelping your pup lose weight doesnโ€™t have to be a struggle! A balanced fresh food diet makes it so much easierโ€”not just for weight loss, but for keeping your dog happy, satisfied, and thriving along the way.

Thanks Lynda for letting me share your sweet Poppydog. โค๏ธ

๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐Š๐ข๐๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ’™One of the most common diets I formulate is for ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ค๐ข๐๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž. Unfortunat...
04/03/2025

๐๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐Š๐ข๐๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ƒ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐Ÿพ๐Ÿ’™

One of the most common diets I formulate is for ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐ค๐ข๐๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž. Unfortunately, by the time many dog parents reach out, theyโ€™ve already been trying to adjust their dogโ€™s diet on their ownโ€”often in ways that might not provide long-term support.

Hereโ€™s what I often see:

๐Ÿ”น ๐‘๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Œ๐ž๐š๐ญ & ๐ˆ๐ง๐œ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐•๐ž๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ Many assume lowering phosphorus means cutting back on meat and bone (the primary sources). While true, this also ๐ซ๐ž๐๐ฎ๐œ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฌ like magnesium, iron, zinc, B vitamins, and amino acidsโ€”key for overall health.

๐Ÿ”น ๐‹๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐Š๐ข๐›๐›๐ฅ๐ž & ๐€๐๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐•๐ž๐ ๐ ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ โ€“ A similar approach is common with kibble, but reducing commercial food means removing key nutrients. ๐“๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐›๐ž ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐ž๐œ๐ข๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐œ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ข๐จ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฌ who already eat smaller portions.

๐Ÿ”น ๐’๐ก๐จ๐ซ๐ญ-๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ˆ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ, ๐‹๐จ๐ง๐ -๐“๐ž๐ซ๐ฆ ๐ƒ๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ฒ โ€“ Kidney values on bloodwork ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ improve initially with a general reduction, but ๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ ๐๐ž๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ will likely develop over time. Bloodwork doesnโ€™t tell us about missing nutrients.

๐Ÿ”น ๐„๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ ๐ƒ๐จ๐ โ€™๐ฌ ๐๐ž๐ž๐๐ฌ ๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ โ€“ Kidney disease has various stages, and a properly formulated diet should reflect ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ โ€™๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฒ ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ๐ฅ๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐ฌ. Protein doesnโ€™t always have to be heavily restrictedโ€”it depends on the dogโ€™s current diet and lab results.

๐–๐ž ๐œ๐š๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐ž ๐ค๐ข๐๐ง๐ž๐ฒ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐ž๐š๐ฌ๐ž, ๐›๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ซ๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ญ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐œ๐š๐ง ๐ฌ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ž.

๐ŸŽ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด?Clients often ask if one apple variety is better than another. The truth is, the...
03/03/2025

๐ŸŽ๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜'๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ฝ๐—ฝ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฟ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด?

Clients often ask if one apple variety is better than another. The truth is, there arenโ€™t major differencesโ€”calories are similar across the board, and weโ€™re not feeding apples for specific nutrients like copper or magnesium as fruits and veg aren't the best sources of those for dogs.

Instead, apples support ๐Ÿฆ  ๐—ด๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜๐—ต, ๐—บ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜๐˜†, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜…๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€ that help with ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป.

Here are some interesting differences between the 5 varieties:

๐Ÿ“ŒAll are raw, with skin, 1 cup sliced, 109gm

๐—™๐—จ๐—๐—œ
๐Ÿฆ Fiber 2.3gm
๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿง Beta Carotene 18.5mcg
๐Ÿ‘€Lutein+Zeaxanthin 12mcg

๐—š๐—”๐—Ÿ๐—”
๐Ÿฆ Fiber 2.5gm
๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿง Beta Carotene 12mcg
๐Ÿ‘€ Lutein+Zeaxanthin 12mcg

๐—š๐—ข๐—Ÿ๐——๐—˜๐—ก ๐——๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—–๐—œ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฆ
๐Ÿฆ Fiber 2.6gm
๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿง  Beta Carotene 27.2mcg
๐Ÿ‘€ Lutein+Zeaxanthin 30.5mcg

๐—š๐—ฅ๐—”๐—ก๐—ก๐—ฌ ๐—ฆ๐— ๐—œ๐—ง๐—›
๐Ÿฆ Fiber 3.05gm
๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿง  Beta Carotene 64.3mcg
๐Ÿ‘€ Lutein+Zeaxanthin 69.8mcg

๐—ฅ๐—˜๐—— ๐——๐—˜๐—Ÿ๐—œ๐—–๐—œ๐—ข๐—จ๐—ฆ
๐Ÿฆ Fiber 2.5gm
๐Ÿ‘€๐Ÿง  Beta Carotene 29.4mcg
๐Ÿ‘€ Lutein+Zeaxanthin 33.8mcg

Sooo of course the apple I rarely buy - Granny Smith- has the highest antioxidants and fiber of the five varieties.

Does this mean only feed that one? Nope!

If you're feeding other fruits and veg ๐Ÿซ๐Ÿฅฆ๐Ÿ then they are also contributing to fiber and antioxidants - but I think I might add some Granny Smiths into my basket on occasion!

๐ŸŽ๐˜™๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฃ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜จ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ช๐˜ค ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฎ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฎ๐˜ช๐˜ค๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฃ๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ต๐˜ข ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ข๐˜ญ๐˜ญ๐˜บ ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ด.

๐—ช๐ก๐ฒ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐”๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐—ช๐จ๐ซ๐คIf your dog has struggled with urinary stones, you might have tried com...
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๐—ช๐ก๐ฒ ๐†๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ข๐œ ๐”๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ซ๐ฒ ๐’๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ƒ๐ข๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ ๐ƒ๐จ๐งโ€™๐ญ ๐€๐ฅ๐ฐ๐š๐ฒ๐ฌ ๐—ช๐จ๐ซ๐ค

If your dog has struggled with urinary stones, you might have tried commercial urinary diets or generic recipes. Some dogs do well, but others continue to have issuesโ€”or simply refuse to eat them. Adding foods without a plan can backfire, and thatโ€™s when people turn to a ๐—ฐ๐ฎ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฆ ๐๐ข๐ž๐ญ ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐š๐ง.

Every dog is unique. ๐— ๐ž๐ญ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฆ, ๐ ๐ž๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐๐ข๐ž๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ž ๐ฏ๐š๐ซ๐ฒ, ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฌ๐š๐ฆ๐ž ๐›๐ซ๐ž๐ž๐.

Take calcium oxalate stones, for example. A low-oxalate diet is key, but thatโ€™s just part of the picture. The same recipe could be fed to ๐—ณ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ž-๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐๐จ๐ ๐ฌ, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ก ๐ฆ๐š๐ฒ ๐ซ๐ž๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐๐ข๐Ÿ๐Ÿ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ.

This is why I recommend dipstick testing ๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ ๐—ฝ๐—› ๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜† ๐—บ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด. For calcium oxalate stones, we aim for a ๐—ฝ๐—› ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐Ÿฒ.๐Ÿฑ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐Ÿณโ€”a lower pH makes stone formation more likely. Other stone types require different pH targets, something generic diets donโ€™t account for.

๐Ÿ”ฌ ๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐—ฎ ๐—–๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ธ๐˜€

โœ”๏ธ We start with a few ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜€ providing most of the calories.
โœ”๏ธ Urine pH is monitored ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† as we adjust the diet.
โœ”๏ธ ๐—”๐—ป๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐Ÿฅš๐Ÿฅฉ typically acidify urine, while ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€ & ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐Ÿฅฆ๐Ÿ  tend to promote alkalinity.
โœ”๏ธ I may check in ๐—ฑ๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† over an 8-week period in more challenging cases.

๐Ÿ’ก ๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—–๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฃ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ช๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐˜๐—ต ๐—œ๐˜

Yes, they cost more upfront, but the success rate is high. Your dog gets a ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ, ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ท๐—ผ๐˜†๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—น๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜, often with ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ณ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜€ like better skin, coat, and energy. And most importantlyโ€”๐˜†๐—ผ๐˜‚ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ธ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ฒ๐˜…๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—น๐—น๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐—ป ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ!

๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜€โ€”๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜€My philosophy on feeding dogs has evolved over 25+ years of f...
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๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—บ ๐—ฅ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ผ ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜€โ€”๐—ช๐—ต๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—œโ€™๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—”๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜‚๐˜ ๐—™๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐——๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜€

My philosophy on feeding dogs has evolved over 25+ years of fresh food experience. Iโ€™ve done it all for my own dogs - ratio-based feeding, generic recipes, commercial raw, homemade cooked and raw, and the โ€œvariety over timeโ€ approach.

So when I say I now ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ฒ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ก๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฐ๐—ต ๐—–๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—น (๐—ก๐—ฅ๐—–) ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€, itโ€™s not because Iโ€™m afraid of trying other methods or donโ€™t know how to incorporate them. Itโ€™s because Iโ€™ve seen firsthand what works best for long-term health.

โ€œ๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—ก๐—ฒ๐˜„๐—ฏ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜€โ€ โ€“ ๐—ข๐—ฟ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜†?

Some believe that following a balanced recipe is only for beginners and that experienced feeders no longer need one. ๐—œ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—ฎ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ. A recipe that meets ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ด๐˜‚๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—น๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€ (not just ingredient guidelines) is a game changer for optimal nutrition.

โš–๏ธ When working with clients, theyโ€™re often surprisedโ€”๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—œโ€™๐—บ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ถ๐—น๐—น ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜‡๐—ฒ๐—ฑโ€”at how even a small change in ingredients can create a nutrient gap or an excess. This is especially true for:

๐Ÿถ Small dogs that eat very little volume
๐Ÿ•โ€๐Ÿฆบ Large โ€œeasy keepersโ€ that donโ€™t eat much compared to their weight

Once someone has followed a balanced recipe and understands how minor tweaks impact nutrient balance, they usually donโ€™t want to go back to estimating with ratios.

๐—ก๐—ผ๐˜ ๐—”๐—น๐—น ๐—™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐—ต ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—”๐˜‚๐˜๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—น๐˜† ๐—•๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ

When transitioning from processed to fresh food, you often see ๐˜€๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜† ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜€, ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐˜€๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—น๐˜€, ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ด๐˜†. Fresh food is powerful! But that doesnโ€™t mean the diet is balanced.

Here are important questions to ask about feeding ratios or ingredient-based approaches:

โ“ Does your dog struggle with bone tolerance?
โžก If you reduce bone due to hard stools, is there still enough calcium?
โžก If you increase bone to firm up stools, are you ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต calcium and phosphorus?

โ“ What about organ meats?
โžก If you reduce organs due to soft stools or vomiting, are you losing key vitamins and minerals?
โžก If you increase organs because theyโ€™re cheaper and help with constipation, are you ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—บ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ต iron or copper?

โ“ Are you relying on fatty cuts or raw meaty bones to save money?
โžก Are amino acid needs still met?

โ“ Do you feed a lot of oily fish for omega-3s?
โžก How much vitamin D is your dog also getting?

๐—œ ๐—ฆ๐—ฒ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ด๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ณ๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ฎ๐—ป ๐—จ๐—ป๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐——๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜ ๐—›๐—ฎ๐˜€ ๐—–๐—ฎ๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—œ๐˜€๐˜€๐˜‚๐—ฒ๐˜€

Iโ€™ve worked with dogs whose diets may sound great โ€”grass-fed, organic, ratio-based fresh dietsโ€”but they still struggled with:
๐Ÿšฉ Dirt eating
๐Ÿšฉ Intermittent vomiting or mucous stools
๐Ÿšฉ Excessive shedding & dry coat
๐Ÿšฉ Inability to gain weight
๐Ÿšฉ Constipation or loose stools

Iโ€™ve also seen diets unknowingly ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜ (for a breed prone to pancreatitis) or ๐˜๐—ผ๐—ผ ๐—ต๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต ๐—ถ๐—ป ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ (causing mineral imbalances that affect skin and coat health).

When we adjusted their diet to meet NRC nutrient guidelines, the issues improved. Thatโ€™s why ๐—œ ๐˜„๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—น๐—ฑ ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜ƒ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ ๐—ด๐—ผ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐—ธ to relying on ratios and variety alone. There is so much guesswork involved in variety over time, and given the other environmental and genetic factors involved in health and longevity, if I can reduce guesswork in the dietary aspect, then I'm all for it!

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐—”๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ปโ€™๐˜ ๐—๐˜‚๐˜€๐˜ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—•๐—ฒ๐—ด๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ป๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€โ€”๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐˜†โ€™๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ ๐—œ๐—ป๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐——๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ฃ๐—ฎ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜๐˜€

Letโ€™s be honestโ€”we donโ€™t always do a great job feeding ourselves, so it makes sense that weโ€™d need guidance when feeding another species.

๐ŸŽฏThatโ€™s why I follow NRC guidelines - because after decades of experience, I know the details matter.

๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ก๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€A ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ should always specify the fat percentage or the exact cut of ...
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๐—ฅ๐—ฒ๐—ฎ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐—ก๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—Ÿ๐—ฎ๐—ฏ๐—ฒ๐—น๐˜€

A ๐—ฝ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ด ๐—ณ๐—ผ๐—ผ๐—ฑ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ถ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ should always specify the fat percentage or the exact cut of meatโ€”not just โ€œground beef.โ€ Even terms like "lean" can be misleading since fat content varies.

For example, check out this label from ground beef at the grocery store. It shows ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ% ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜, but many people mistakenly look at the ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ% and assume thatโ€™s the fat percentage. Hereโ€™s how to calculate it correctly:

โœ” ๐—ง๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐—ด๐—ฟ๐—ฎ๐—บ๐˜€ ๐—ผ๐—ณ ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜ (๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ๐—ด) ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ฑ๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ (๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฌ๐Ÿฌ๐—ด) โ†’ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ% ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜
โœ” ๐—œ๐—ณ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ฒ ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด ๐˜€๐—ถ๐˜‡๐—ฒ ๐˜„๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฑ๐—ด, youโ€™d divide ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฒ๐—ด ๐—ฏ๐˜† ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฑ โ†’ closer to ๐Ÿญ๐Ÿฎ% ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜

That ๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿญ% you see on the label? Thatโ€™s the % ๐——๐—ฎ๐—ถ๐—น๐˜† ๐—ฉ๐—ฎ๐—น๐˜‚๐—ฒ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ผ๐—ป ๐—ฎ ๐—ฝ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ปโ€™๐˜€ ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—บ๐—บ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ, ๐—ป๐—ผ๐˜ the fat percentage of the meat itself!

๐—ช๐—ต๐˜† ๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐˜๐—ต๐—ถ๐˜€ ๐—บ๐—ฎ๐˜๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ฟ? Because ๐—ณ๐—ฎ๐˜ ๐—ฐ๐—ผ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฎ๐—ณ๐—ณ๐—ฒ๐—ฐ๐˜๐˜€ ๐—ป๐˜‚๐˜๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ ๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฑ ๐—ฐ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ถ๐—ฒ ๐—ถ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒโ€”and is especially important for dogs who are sensitive to fat. In ๐—ก๐—ฅ๐—–-๐—ฏ๐—ฎ๐—น๐—ฎ๐—ป๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐—ฒ๐˜๐˜€ (like the ones I formulate), accuracy is keyโ€”different fat percentages mean different nutrient profiles.

๐—–๐—น๐—ฎ๐˜€๐˜€ ๐—ฑ๐—ถ๐˜€๐—บ๐—ถ๐˜€๐˜€๐—ฒ๐—ฑ! ๐Ÿค“๐Ÿถ

Meet the dashing ๐Ž๐ซ๐ž๐จ! ๐Ÿ–ค๐ŸคOreo recently had bladder stones removed, and his mom signed up for a diet tailored to support ...
20/02/2025

Meet the dashing ๐Ž๐ซ๐ž๐จ! ๐Ÿ–ค๐Ÿค

Oreo recently had bladder stones removed, and his mom signed up for a diet tailored to support his recovery and long-term health.

Can you guess what type of stones he had?

Since Mini Schnauzers are prone to ๐œ๐š๐ฅ๐œ๐ข๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฑ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ, that would be a great guess! But surprisingly, Oreo had ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌโ€”the same type commonly seen in Dalmatians. This is why sending stones for analysis is so important!

Because Oreo is predisposed to both ๐ฎ๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ฑ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฌ, his diet needs to:
โœ… ๐’๐ฎ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ ๐š ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž ๐ฉ๐‡
โœ… ๐๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ฌ (to help prevent urates)
โœ… ๐๐ž ๐ฅ๐จ๐ฐ ๐ข๐ง ๐จ๐ฑ๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ (to reduce oxalate stone risk)

But thatโ€™s not allโ€”Oreo also has ๐ž๐ฉ๐ข๐ฅ๐ž๐ฉ๐ฌ๐ฒ (which is well-controlled), so weโ€™re factoring that into his diet too. While I usually avoid grains for seizure-prone dogs, in this case, we needed some to help maintain the right urine pH balance, in addition to other overall factors.

This is why we should be cautious before vilifying specific foods, like rice. Every diet needs to be tailored to the ๐ข๐ง๐๐ข๐ฏ๐ข๐๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ ๐๐จ๐ , considering overall macronutrients, micronutrients, and what works best for them.

In Oreoโ€™s case, using some rice (in addition to suitable veggies) helps provide important calories while keeping fat to moderate levels (breed prone to pancreatitis) keeps ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐š๐ฅ๐ฌ ๐š๐ญ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ญ๐ข๐ฆ๐š๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฌ, supports the ๐ก๐ข๐ ๐ก๐ž๐ซ ๐ฉ๐‡ we aim for, and avoids excessive fiber from too many veggies.

๐ŸŽฏ ๐๐š๐ฅ๐š๐ง๐œ๐ž๐, ๐ฉ๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ๐จ๐ง๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐ณ๐ž๐ ๐ง๐ฎ๐ญ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐š๐ง๐ญโ€”๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐ก๐ž๐ง ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐œ๐จ๐ง๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ ๐ก๐ž๐š๐ฅ๐ญ๐ก ๐ข๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐ž๐ฌ.

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