Hi, Susan,
I'm sure that some of the raw diets work wonders; but as I said, I'm
not interested in trying them for personal reasons. Thanks, though!
Best,
Suze
Susan Jackson wrote:
>
> Have you tried NDF (Natural Diet Foundation) the dehydrated form of Wendy
> Volhard's diet? I put my guys on it in January and am very impressed. You
> add veggies and yogurt or kefir in the morning and meat at night to the
> mixtures. I like it because it gives me lots of room for manipulating types
> and amounts of veggies and meats for two different dogs with completely
> different needs. I used to feed a home prepared raw foods based diet - on
> and off for nearly 20 years. However, no matter what I did to tweak it, my
> 10 year old Boxer with early stages of renal failure continue to be
> symptomatic and loose weight. Since being on this diet and controlling the
> meat, she has gained weight and recent blood work was back in the midrange
> of normal. My Cavalier doesn't like the morning cereal mixture, so I make
> "breakfast bars", the recipe is in Wendy's book, put them thru the food
> processor and use. They did the trick.
>
> Susan Jackson
> Sylmar, CA
>
> > At long last I've come to the end of a trial with Red Barn dog
> >food,
> >and have found it to be lacking. My dogs all look lacklustre in coat
> >and I'm disheartened so have discontinued using it. It was darned
> >expensive, but we rationalized that if it worked it would be worth it.
> >My search for the diet which is closest to home COOKED goes on.
> >Frankly, my dogs never looked better than when I cooked for them myself
> >and honestly I find it very difficult and even more expensive to do
> >that. So, I am trying Back To Basics after seeing the results of some
> >breeder trials with it, but also want to add something to it which will
> >most simulate the home cooked diet.
> > I am not a fan of additives, but rather talking some fresh food.
> >In
> >talking to the nutritionists at Back To Basics they very candidly say
> >that there is no better diet than a home cooked one, but that their
> >product is a complete nutritional diet and what they all do themselves
> >is to add fresh raw vegetables. Do any of you use Back to Basics and if
> >so, what fresh foods would you add? I'm guessing nothing with high
> >protein, as it contains a good deal of usable protein already.
> >
> >Any thoughts?
> >
> >Please no BARF answers; with due respect, that isn't the information
> >which I am seeking, though I respect all of you who use the BARF diet.
> >
> >thanks in advance,
> >
> >Suze
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