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I have just put my dog on a raw food diet for health reasons. He is on raw tripe and I juice vegetables to give him. I also give him lots of supplements (he has lymphoma). I was just wondering about carbs. One web site says that cancer feeds on carbs. Another suggests feeding soaked oats. I know that I should just feed him uncooked bones but would oats be sufficient?
 
No you need to feed him a mixture of muscle meat, bone and offal and that is all he needs. With a egg cracked over it every so often.

Pm me if you need more help.
 
Dogs simply do not need carbohydrates in their diet, plant proteins can be severely lacking in essential nutrients that a dog needs. Dogs dentition is all about tearing off chunks of meat and bone to swallow. They do not grind their food and do not secrete enzymes in the mouth to aid the digestion of plant matter and have a very short simple acidic gut, which when functioning properly kills bacteria such as salmonella, which is why they can eat really scanky meat and survive.

The only way a dog can digest plant matter is by secreting enzymes from it's pancreas which will then be overworked as a result.

Raw meaty bones are a very important part of raw feeding as they supply virtually all the appropriate vitamins, and minerals nutrients that a dog needs as well as part of a dogs natural roughage.

Providing you feed a variety of meats and bones from different species, plus a bit of liquidised veg now and again (liquidising breaks down the plant cell walls for the dog) and a bit of cold pressed fish oil and some offal you will not go far wrong. Don't aim to balance on a daily bases a week or even two is much more natural and feeding a variety wil do this for you.
 
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Where do you imagine they would get their carbs from in the wild?

The only get veg in the wild when its inside the animals stomach, that shows you how little of it you need to feed.
 
It’s not easy to get away from the fact that for years we have been told that low protein high carb diets are best for our dogs by people with qualifications that have or have been taught by people with a vested interest in pushing convenience foods for dogs that are cheap to produce.

The biggest clue is in the digestive tract, basically the longer the digestive tract the more fibre in the diet. Plant cells have a tough outer coating to protect the nutritious centre. An elephant’s size is largely down to its diet, it eats highly fibrous food like tree bark so it needs a very long tract to stew the food over a long period and break down the tough plant cell walls. We as omnivores cannot digest highly fibrous plants like grass as our mid length digestive system is too short.

A dog has a very short tract because fats and proteins are very easily broken down. Herbivores have to eat a lot to gain energy but a dog can eat once every 2 or 3 days without problems because its food is easy to digest. A dog uses Hydrochloric Acid to do this and it’s gut has a PH of 1-2 which kills any bugs. This is why no enzymes in the mouth as it would damage the tissue.

A dog uses Fats and proteins as its energy source. Proteins are used there and then and if over supplied are simply excreted, rarely being converted to body fat. The dog will use the fat in it’s diet to provide energy and the excess will be stored, but not as easily as excess carbs. Dogs are not prone to heart problems for eating fat as we are but they are highly likely to suffer from diabetes and other blood sugar linked conditions as they are not designed to deal with sugar in the blood.

Basically they do not need plants, whilst dogs are survivors and can exist on many things this does not mean that they are good for them.

Ian Billinghurst’s books, Give Your Dog a Bone, Grow your Pups on bones and the BARF diet are a good place to start, though I do not agree with everything he suggests feeding in his 1st book, mine get no cereals or dairy and only a small amount of veg.

Here is a link to my sisters site, she has been feeding a bit longer than me.
http://www.brushbow.co.uk/src/speciesmenu.htm

This site has diagrams and speaks of the differences between Herbivores and Carnivores

http://www.second-opinions.co.uk/should-all-animals-eat-a-high-fat-low-carb-diet-2.html
 
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