One hundred percent of dogs and cats that visit a veterinary hospital or retail center eat some type of food. The diet category gets more confusing every day. Most animal owners make diet choices with little information. This article compares the needs of cats and dogs eating raw diets and presents the realities of species differences.
Source: Dogs Naturally, February 19, 2016.
I can’t tell you what to feed your dog. But I can tell you that if you’re feeding a meat-only diet, it’s not species appropriate! In fact, if you’re not feeding hair, feathers, eyes, brains and other icky parts, you’re not feeding a species appropriate diet either … and your dog will be lacking in many important vitamins and minerals. Your dog needs to eat skin or he will likely be vitamin D deficient. He needs to eat wool, hair or feathers or he will probably be manganese deficient. And so on …
INSIGHTS – If I owned or managed a veterinary hospital, this article would be a priority for a staff meeting. The objectives of using it would be:
- to get everyone to the same level of understanding about raw diets for dogs and cats
- how to handle questions from clients