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  • I have a 3 year old patterdale terrier who has gastritis and chicken intolerance, i have been making her food since she was 6 mo old and I am worried she is not getting enough nutrients. Her meals consist of boiled ground meat, sweet potato, russet potato, carrot, green bean and oats. I have tried several different foods from dry to raw, she always gets diarrhea within the first 5 days of weaning this into her diet. What can I do.
    Thank you for your time.
  • I know the AAFCO guidelines, but what is the ideal omega 6-3 ratio for oil being added to homemade food?
    Thank you.
  • Hello, My dog, Jackson, is a Coton De Tulear and is 11 years old. He has protein in his urine and is in the early stages of kidney disease. I am needing to change his food, but would like to stay away from commercial dry/wet food. I have made his food in the past, but since getting a second dog, have switched to Pet Fresh refrigerated food. Jackson's homemade food consisted of coconut oil, chicken livers, ground chicken, dried seaweed, eggs, brown rice, oats, sweet potatoes, carrots, broccoli, green beans or peas, blueberries, and after reheating his food we add fish oil. What modifications do I need to make? He usually eats two 8oz portions per day. He is 20lbs.
  • I am getting a new dog soon (no known health issues) and I have a serious gluten allergy. Even cross-contamination or breathing gluten can affect me. Could you take a look at this brand link [omitted] and tell me if this is nutritionally complete and/or if there might be any other issues? Thank you so much.
  • Hello, I feed my dogs a good high quality kibble but also add in raw food, and other things like duck feet, quail eggs etc. i don’t want to go 100% raw because having them on kibble still makes it easier when we are gone camping for a week, rushing in the morning before work and what not. My question is, I don’t know how much raw food I should be adding to my dogs kibble. My lab is 8 months old, and eats 1 1/3 cup 3 times a day. I take out about 1/3 cup of kibble to add his raw but I just eyeball it. I’m very worried about making him overweight. My other dog eats 1/2 twice a day, I also take out some kibble and add raw to his dinners but again, just eyeball it. It would be nice to know how much raw to kibble exactly I should be feeding. Thanks!
  • Hi,
    Some people recommend switching proteins quickly or often to build "immunity" for "the gut" so that it is less sensitive to changes. Is there any evidence to suggest this is beneficial?
    Is Vitamin B destruction from cooking significant enough to alter how a raw vs cooked home diet should be formulated?
    Thank you!
  • Good morning,
    I have a dog that may had Addison disease. Do these recipes include all the nutrition I need?
    Thanks
  • My 11 year old beagle had kidney disease and pancreatitis. Hard to find vet food to support both, can you recommend a home based diet?
  • Hi. Our dog is a Pit Bull/Australian Cattle dog mix and has allergies. We tried an elimination diet with the guidance of our Dermatology Vet but his allergies didn’t abate.
    We also did Cytopoint injection which the first time or two he received it seemed to help but the last one not at all. Guessing he is allergic to something in the environment. Wondering if you would suggest we do an allergy test for environmental factors only. Believe they can be costly and wondering if they are accurate. Not sure if this information is relevant but our dog also has an autoimmune disease. We have made homemade food for him and he loves it but it didn’t seem to affect his allergies either way.
  • Hi. I am making to a diet for my pet under the guidance of a holistic vet.. but I think this question is more for a vetinary nutritionist so I hope you don't mind me asking. I've spent so much money trying to formulate the best way to feed my baby.
    I need a vitamin E suppliment and I just use one capsule 268 mg per 1.5 kgs food. So the active ingredients are natural mixed vitamin E tocepherals -d alpha d beta d gamma and d delta, and I wanted to check please that a tiny amount of the other Ingredients arent toxic to cats. These are silica , whole rice concentrate and soy, from which the vitamin E is derived. I know soys not great but it's not much. Thanks very much.
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