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Dog Nutrition - meat V vegetable, vitamins & minerals V. AAFCO guidelines
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The companion article to this compares beef and chicken (raw and cooked) with fish and corn in regard to their nutrient profiles for fats and proteins. While these are important, so are the vitamin and mineral profiles and how they relate to the AAFCO guidelines.
You may also be interested with how Australia sets its dog food standards.
Dog Nutrition is complete when fed a raw meat diet. See how the nutrition profiles compare with AAFCO guidelines.
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Meat is vital to your dog because it is a carnivore. But what about cooked meat or dried dog treats? And why is most of the pet food manufacturing industry selling grains and vegetable matter to your dog?
This article reviews the specific nutrition of raw and cooked beef and chicken with the AAFCO guidelines. These American guidelines are taken as a world standard and are cleverly created to preclude raw diets and benefit dog food manufacturers. This is part one of the article and explores the nutrional requirement of dogs in regard to fats and proteins in their diet.
Your dog needs offal as a very important nutritional part of its raw diet
The previous dog raw feeding article discussed the value of feeding a dog only meat, bones and offal for its meals. Previously I have explored the nutritional content in chicken and beef flesh, which shows it to also have considerable value.
However a dog in the wild would eat all of the animal that it can rip and swallow. That is why it is vital to include offal in the selection of food that your dog eats.
The raw feeding guide suggests that up to 10% of the meal should be offal with around half of this from liver and the other half from organs such as kidney, spleen etc.
Raw Meat Feeding your DOG is the most natural & healthy dog diet
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Is this the holy grail of natural healthy dog diets? Yes.
I have been a strong proponent of raw meat diets for dogs for many years and most people are familiar with the BARF diet. However Dr B is in fact a manufacturer of dog food products and he has a vested interest in selling you his books.
While his ideas are a vast improvement on ALL corporate dog food manufacturers, I have found a source that tweaks the diet even further with great specific examples of what you can personally purchase and create for your dogs.
Ode to my dog Archie & why everyone (responsible) should own a dog
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All of my previous articles have been based on facts and an attempt to educate and illuminate readers about dog best health practices and dog trends. At the risk of sounding sentimental, this article is about what every good dog owner experiences - a special bond between human and dog.
More so, this article reflects on the amazing things that I have experienced with my dog Archie and what responsible dog ownership is about.
Dog Poisonous toxic foods to be avoided, a complete list
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The following is a comprehensive ‘almost’ complete list of commonly available human foods that are toxic and sometimes deadly to dogs.
You will notice that the list of dangerous foods are all vegetable based or vegetable by-products. This is another example of why feeding your dog, meat and meat dog treats, is the only safe and natural way to go. There are a few surprising inclusions in the list and it is recommended that every dog owner is familiar with all of them.
The wolf diet is the same as the domestic dog diet, mainly meat.
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Why is the wolves’ diet important to you the dog owner? Because domestic dogs evolved from the grey wolf in China about 15,000 years ago and dogs innards are essential the same as prior to the change.
While the wolves’ genes have been very adaptable to man shaping the resulting dog’s aesthetics and behaviour, there has been no reason for the domestic dog’s stomachs to evolve away from what the wolf eats. For hundreds of thousands of years the wolf successfully lived as a carnivore, and the following shows that this is the ideal diet for domestic dogs too.
Dog Christmas gifts of healthy dog treats are tasty & healthy for your dog
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You might not think of Dog Treats as being an ideal Christmas gift but consider this. Dogs are a big part of most families, and giving the gift of healthy dog treats is giving the gift of health and a longer life.
Elsewhere on this site you have read about how healthy it is to have pure meat treats rather than grain based. Add to this the variety and low cost premium meat value into the equation and your dog will demand for you to buy them now!
The only thing left is to decide how to give this dog treat gift. We make it easy for you and your intended Dog Christmas Gift recipient by bundling the best of our range, at a 5% discount of our already heavily discounted prices.
Dog breed trends 2011 Staffordshire bull terrier, cocker spaniel, Yorkshire terrier, spoodle & English bulldog in Australia, USA, UK.
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This report is a continuation into the most popular dog breed online trends in Australia, USA and UK. We look at the popularity of the Staffordshire bull terrier, cocker spaniel, Yorkshire terrier, spoodle and the English bulldog in Australia, USA and the UK.
For each breed, the best time to buy is when people are not searching for that breed, so there is more choice!
Dog breed trends 2011: Labrador, German shepherd, Pomeranian, golden retriever in Australia, USA, UK
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This report chronicles specific dog breed online popularity in leading dog ownership countries in the world. It concentrates on the last five years (up to August 2011) of online search popularity of the: Labrador, German shepherd, Pomeranian & Golden Retriever dog breeds.
Previously I have analysed the dog market in general as well as the most popular dog breeds in USA, Australia and the UK in order to generate a ‘static’ most popular dog breed list. If you are interested in finding the best time to buy these breeds, read on ...
What are the search trends for ‘dog food’ & ‘dogs’ online in Australia, USA and UK?
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The one thing that is critical to the survival of domestic dogs is good dog food. While I personally believe this can be obtained from the butchers, I thought it would be interesting to see how often or when people search for “dog food” online.
To see if there is any trend or correlation in when they search for ‘dogs’ in general and how different countries compare in their search for ‘dog food’.
What is in real dog food & what are TVP s ?
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Previously on my Dog Walkers Melbourne site I created an in depth article on the suspect ingredients included in many manufactured dog food. This was true for kibble (dry food) as well as wet (tinned dog food).
While the situation has not improved and you can still read the original article,I thought it was worthwhile summarising and updating the information here, including the nutritionally valuable part healthy dog treats can play in a dog’s regular diet.
Most popular dog breed list for Aug 2011, Australia, United States, UK …
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A Spoodle & golden retriever at play .... |
In a previous report on dog breed list popularity I analysed the leading dog breed searches on Google in leading developed countries of Australia, United States, Canada, UK and Ireland. The reason that these countries were chosen is that they are the leading search volume per capita countries in the world when it comes to online interest in dogs.
The August 2011 update shows that the labrador & golden retriever have now globally challenged the German Shepherd as most popular dog breed!
Healthy meat dog treats & health raw meat main diets are the ONLY way to feed your dog
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A healthy 'meat dog treat' dog ...... |
This article looks at the many questions and myths surrounding dog food and what the best complimentary healthy dog treats should be.
Myth 1 - All my dogs need is table food scraps
Unfortunately this is one of the easiest but non-nutritious dog foods your dog can eat. As your dog is a scavenger (based on its behaviour of its ancestor the wolf and wild dogs) it will literally try and eat most things that present themselves as food, and a few things that are not food.
