I have a dog with stromal corneal dystrophy - fat makes him go blind (faulty gene) so I have to restrict his fat intake to around 6% -8% - Your RDFNS course saved his life and is helping me keep his sight longer (but I have to walk a very fine line). Without your course (I also have the ACNS) and videos my dog would have gone almost completely blind five years ago. Keep doing what you are doing please.
I've been feeding a raw food diet (Primal and Stella & Chewy) to my dogs for many years. One of my dogs has just been diagnosed with pancreatitis and I've been told to feed a low fat diet. I've been thinking all along the food I've been feeding was ok. I just looked at the ingredients and it is indeed imbalanced and is not the 2:1 ratio as you recommend. Thank you for the education on this matter.
Wow! Thank you I thought this was it! Someone told me dogs don’t have gallbladders and can’t digest fat! Didn’t make sense to me. Looking at what they ate and the percentage is the thing to do. Thank you.
Very much appreciate this information, I've been feeding my German Shepherd Dogs a biologically appropriate diet for over 30 years with great results, but I've never heard the fat and protein ratio describe so clearly before. And so simplified. Thank you!
So informative. I am new to raw and nervous about getting it right. Using your puppy complete beef recipe with chicken necks. Do you have a complete puppy recipe for chicken? Can’t get enough of your videos -thank you!
This is extremely helpful and something I didn’t know. It also explains why I’m seeing reflux and yeast buildup. If I’m feeding a variety of 80/10/10 premade blends, tripe, oysters and fish, all with different fat content, how do I maintain the 2:1 ratio? Plus additional supplements for balance like flax seed oil?
Flax seed oil will not balance your fats all that well. It contains only alpha-linolenic acid, which will not be converted to much ETA, EPA and DHA. I recommend green lipped mussel oil and either hempseed, evening primrose or hopefully ahiflower. These will convert well to EPA and DHA and are a rich source of GLA while green lipped mussel supplies ETA. - Dana
Great video! Would love to see more on raw diets targeted for different health issues. Example, I'm currently battling reg good fat vs. fat reduction because my girl is just getting over 2nd bout of pancreatitis in the last 7 mos. I know health unprocessed fats aren't as much as issue as most make "fat" out to be, however, after this second pancreatitis I'm timid regarding fat bc I don't want to risk my girl having to experience that pain ever again! Also, I know gut, kidney, liver, etc. are all involved with panc occurring so we're currently doing Adored Beast's leaky gut protocol as well as phytoplankton, & liver tonic from here on out. Thanks so much for your information...... you knowledge is invaluable & greatly, greatly appreciated 🙏💫🐾🐾🌿
Pancreatitis is similar to other inflammatory organ diseases ... it's all connected to gut health. The best approach to pancreatitis is to focus on a healthy gut environment. Researchers are finding that harmful gut bacteria can make their way to the pancreas and this is thought to be a possible cause of pancreatitis. Don't stray from what Mother Nature wants your dog to eat ... things will always go wrong.
@@DogsNaturallyMagazineDNM One follow-up question. I absolutely agree about using mother nature as a guide, have believed this for most my life. 🌱🌳🌿 And I've started her on Adored Beast's leaky gut protocol as I do believe her gut is the force behind 2 pancreatic episodes w/in 7 months & no history of it prior (she's 13.5 yo and never gets fatty treats, etc, etc, etc). My main concern is not being able to trace fat from meat, as you mentioned, grass fed roaming vs. not. With this in mind, do you have a general fat percentage for pancreatic prone dogs since lifestyle of meat fed is most likely unknown? I know you can't be specific as each dog varies with pancreatic issues I hope I'm making sense. ***If I was making her meals from scratch I wouldn't be so worried, however, I'm not yet to the place of comfort with that, so I'm feeding commercial balanced raw. Thankfully I've found 2 brands that do not use oils in their formulas ✌ but I'm still concerned about fat in meat as explained above. Apologies for the lengthy wording!!! Simply trying to be as descriptive as possible. And again, SO, SO much gratitude to you and you sharing your awesome knowledge. 🙏💫🙌
Is 10% fat safe for a dog that is prone to pancreatitis. It didn’t work for mine. I do home cooked and tried your recipes that included hearts which have high fat % and even though I transitioned over a few days it sent him into a full blown attack. My normal recipes have ratios closer to 2-3 % as I grind chicken breast or use 99% fat free turkey and a couple of gizzards which r much lower in fat, but he needs to gain some weight and don’t know how without causing his alt levels to rise. Can u recommend a on line nutritionist
You mentioned that you would answer questions. OK. I'd like to list what I feed my dogs and get your opinion, please. My dogs are mixed small breed. Somewhere between 16 and 18 lbs and, are not overweight at all. I don't feed raw - it makes me nervous. However I'd rather not discuss that here. Their main food is pressure cooked skinless/boneless chicken breasts. I cook the chicken with carrots and add steamed broccoli and then mash it all up together with a stainless steel bar ice crusher. So it's about 5lbs of chicken and 12oz each of the vegs. Mornings, Sunday thru Friday: 1/8 of an apple finely chopped about one inch of a banana quartered approx. 1/8 cup blueberries Then they get the chicken mix. 5.5oz for my more active dog and 4.5oz for Mr lazy. ; ) I add to this 7oz of water. I weight this on a scale. Evenings, Sunday thru Friday: Chicken mix, same portions + water. This is when they get supplements 1. Fourleaf Rover: Safe Sea, 12 and 10 drops respectively. 2. Fourleaf Rover: Green Rover, about 1/8 teaspoon. 3. Mr. Ros: Marine Phytoplankton, about 1/16 - 1/8 teaspoon. 4. Upco: Bone meal, 1/2 teaspoon. I also add grapefruit seed extract and oil of oregano, one drop each. I add these to control fungus and harmful bacteria. I addition, they get a liver function supplement, two drops. It's got stuff like chicory root and milk thistle seed, ect. All three of these list human doses but I divide that by 10 since I'm about ten times bigger than they are. That just leaves Saturdays. Mornings they get steamed salmon - skin on. I remove the skin before I give it to them plus 7oz. water Evenings is raw hamburger, the leanest I can get - 93/7 plus 7oz. water. They get the previously mentioned Sun-Fri supplements also. Ya so, . . TLDR? No need for a detailed reply, unless of course you're so inclined. By the way, I'm subscribed to your email and of course I buy the Fourleaf Rover stuff because I found it on your website. Cheers and thank you. Pedro and Stryker thank you too.
If this was my dog, I would trade in the steamed broccoli for raw broccoli sprouts. They're a better source of cancer-fighting sulforaphane. I wouldn't feed fish because 1. It's toxic and 2. It's devastating for the oceans. Beef, lamb or rabbit would be a better option IMO. Hope that helps!
So if I'm using hamburger as a base, do I need the 95 beef,5 fat or would 80 20 be sufficient. I recently switched from 95/5 to 80/20 amd notice a 5 pund weight gain in my lab. He looks like he gained even more but a quick vet trip showed only 5 pulound gain over 2 months. Still I'd like to get him back to 80#'s where he looked lean and trim and had lots more energy
Please do more content, but also links to the information to teach how to balance the diet. Like where do I find the fat and protein content in my animal sources.
Thank you for this information. I've recently started feeding a raw diet based on the information that I have learned from you. Thank you! I've been buying a chopped beef mixture locally but don't know what the fat content is. How do I proceed? I do think it's better than ground beef.
My understanding is that animals in the wild get their vitamin D, fat soluble vitamins, and omega three fatty acids from fat. I doubt wild animals leave the fat surrounding the heart and kidney, or what is found in the skin. 10 percent seems awfully low to me. I do not feed ground meats, so I need to eyeball the fat. And I do feed quite a few organs that are super high in fat like brain and pancreas. My dogs are 15.5 and 16 years old and still healthy. The amount of fat I am feeding seems to be working. Removing healthy fat from grass finished animals and replacing it with purchased "healthy" oils makes no sense to me.
Thank you. I have a puppy who unfortunately hasn't been feed the correct ratio of protein fat bone/ calcium. There is so much information without including every aspect of the complete diet. I didn't know about bones for calcium. My puppy has Pica and swallows bones. So I didn't give her bones. As a result her immune system is failing she now has decision mange. I'm only finding out now about this ratio for puppies ty again..I wish there was a list of ratio per food including organ liver muscle bone fat etc
How do i calculate it? Using dog's weight or daily food allowance? As i read before that it should be minimum 2g of fat per 1kg of body weight. My dog eats 850g raw food a day, 10% of his food is 80g so is this the amount of fat he should be getting? He weighs 33kg, and i was counting 2g per 1kg weight which should be 66g in his case but he was eating between 40 and 50g fat plus 2 pumps of krill oil where 1 pump is 2 g of fat. I noticed that if he got more than 50g fat end of his poops were a bit loose and yellowish colour. Was i doing it all wrong?
,i use 93/7 ground beef is chicken supposed to be cooewd on. A raw diet I. Do iDon't know I keep telling my bf he uses too much rice or If oatmeal two tablespoons veggies broccoli stalk fruit turmeric root green lipped mussel livers gizzards etc cooked I meant 8 I also use organic kale sardines sweet potato raw it gets expensive w meat but i see that's a base plus raw bones I soak in hot water 30 minutes it's 15percent roughly ...
We've been feeding raw for 6 months now and my dogs have become very lean to the point I worry a little about them. I was thinking of increasing their fat levels but now I'm not sure. What should I do? They get a mix of 40% ground chicken necks and backs with bone it, 40% ground beef with some bone in and organ meats and then randomly eggs, sardines and bone broth.
I have been feeding my dog about 10% fat but was worried it wasn't enough, but 20% ground beef seemed to fatty so I stuck with the 10% also about 50% of his diet is chicken breasts and thighs so I'm still in there but this was just a good guess on my part and I was concerned.. I feel so much better now thank you. I also add in fish from time to time as well as some greens every day. w/ multi vites and glucosamine chondroitin.
If it's not enough fat, you will see it on the hair coat. And sometimes you have to add a bit more fat in the winter. But if you're adding oils to the diet, then 10% lean meat is PLENTY of fat in my opinion and experience. - Dana
Omg! So I have been feeling my dog ground beef and added bacon fat for over a year now, and well he is having yeast problems in his year for the last 3 weeks. I think this is it! I’m giving him wayyyy too much fat. 😕
The Answers commercial raw beef food that I feed my two senior dogs is 13% protein, 13% fat so not ideal but they both love it and I like the ingredients so is there any way I can shift the ratio without completely changing their food? They both get safe-sea fatty acids once a day as well. Thank you!!
I always say fat is a friend. Now my 19 week old Newfie can’t handle fat well just yet, but my 19 month old loves grass fed butter, coconut oil and fat from lamb. They being said he’s not eating bowls of it😁 I sear his raw organs in butter, and drop small amounts of raw coconut oil on his food here and there. So far he appears very healthy.
@@DogsNaturallyMagazineDNM do you mean my 19 week or 19 month? My little one doesn’t get any extra as it gives her upset tummy. I don’t add any to her diet. She sometimes grabs a little from his plate but she’s not getting much
@@MaximillianandRubyGrace Both! A Newfoundland is still growing at 19 months. You might also want to watch the video on fat and how too much can cause gut inflammation.
your claims about fat are entirely baseless and wrong. there's no way for it to harm gut flora. chronic inflammation is caused by toxic fatty acids found in seed oils, not meat. the only part you got right is the energy density meaning anyone can just check for weight gain and adjust the ratio accordingly. the fat % of prey animals measured likely only applies to the muscle meat, not fatty organs. dogs do not need "phytonutrients" as they are actually just toxic and not nutrients by definition, they need to get short chain fatty acids through diet as the short carnivore digestive tract cannot absorb it by the time fermentation is over. all of this applies to humans as well.
@@miaharrod yes cells use both lipids and proteins for function so having that 50/50 ratio allows for the use of some of that fat as energy. energy takes priority over the many practical functions of fat and protein.
@Nikwunu - I knew this was the case with humans, and even sometimes a higher fat content is required for us as in 70/30, but I didn't know this was the case with dogs. Most of the time I hear that dogs require almost no fat. So confusing. 😢 I know this was the case with
