My dog is allergic to meat, she can eat rabbit. Our ancestors and their animals were clearly not subject to 10 vaccines, Frontline. I am well aware of what helps build immune systems, aflatoxin is merely an example.
All of our immune systems are constantly under attack from all of the chemicals, pesticides and GMO’s in our environments which our state and Federal regs force us all to take, Animal, Vegetable and Mineral.
My vet agrees with me that a diet full of foods that have not been affected by the aforementioned is the best choice for animals and humans.
Thanks for your advice, I appreciate all knowledge, it’s learning experience.
I grew up in the woods and now recognize that Lyme’s diseaese is on of the most politically potent ignored diseases on the planet.
To each his or her own. BY “progressive” as a description for my Vet, I should likely have been more specific.
Like me, he is inclined towards Naturopathy as opposed to allopathic medicine.
Forty years ago my sainted Dad who was one of the smartest GP’s that ever lived, was a big believer in the “eat a peck of dirt” theory. He changed his mind in the 70’s with the onset of the proliferation of plastic in our lives as well as the intrusion of industry on the family farm alternative.
We don’t disagree, just see this subject from a different perspective.
I err on the side of my knowledge, you stand on yours.
Merry Christmas!
Your input is valuable, particularly when it comes to all the chemicals, plastics, and GMO’s!
I didn’t mean to disparage your vet, because I do not know him/her, or the nature of the practice.
I agree with your Dad - we need to try to live our lives as far apart from modern supermarkets as we can - almost impossible to achieve, however. But, we can try, whenever possible. After growing up on the farm, I lived most of my life in rural, deer-tick infested areas. We too, loved living in the woods with our dogs, and I must tell you this!
When we lived on our rural property, woods all around, and our Belgian Malinois patrolled the premises, with random deer adventures, we never found a single tick on either of them. They were fed raw, of course.
Now we are in “senior living” (DH has Parkinson’s, and played golf every single day of his young life back when the chemicals were sprayed daily on the courses.)
We took our little Havanese to visit our son’s very suburban yard right after we adopted him, and what did he come home with! A tick! The very first one I ever saw on one of my dogs....
He hadn’t been on raw all that long, as he had been on kibble for the first two years of his life. We have visited often since then, and he hasn’t picked up a tick since. But, I did tell my son and daughter-in-law to check the grands very carefully when they came in from playing in the yard!
Is your dog allergic to meat in kibble form?
Maybe after having a good spell on fresh rabbit, you could give a trial of other raw meaty bones. Often it isn’t the raw food they are allergic to, but the “manufacturing processed “form, particularly when combined with the other crap they put in even the best dog foods. (grains, potato, pomace, flaxseed, clay, etc).
You do know that all the good stuff is destroyed by the manufacturing process, and they “spray” on the vitamins, etc. after the processing.
Dogs are not designed by our Creator to eat grains. It really does a number on their intestinal tracts, even though they are eager scavengers of anything and everything.
We can, if we want to try, provide the closest to a natural diet for our beloved pets, but we have to understand their digestive tract, how it differs from ours, and do our best to approximate it.
My little guy’s diet isn’t perfect, but it is definitely better than even the most expensive kibble.
Whatever you choose to feed your precious dog, I know you are doing your best, and send you my take on it, just so you have another point of view. We all do the best we can for our dogs, within our budgets and time.
Learning as much as we can about manufactured dog food is a very good idea. Better kibbles are coming on the market all the time, but I still can’t put up with kibble poop, particularly now that we live in the city and have to pick it up or else face nasty fines. Raw-fed poop is so much easier.