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Calcium – Balancing Your Dog’s Diet

admin — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:34:05 +0000

One of the most common questions asked when changing diets, either to raw, home cooked, a mixture of raw and home cooked or adding fresh food to kibble, is how to maintain balance in the diet. Let’s look at the meaning of the word ‘balance’. Most commonly it is referred to as the calcium/phosphorus ratio in the diet. Phosphorus is quite abundant in all foods. Calcium, however, is harder to find in foods. Commercial pet foods add calcium to bring the calcium/phosphorus ratios into balance. In the wild, dogs will consume bones from their prey which gives them the additional calcium needed.

Bodie’s Story

admin — Tue, 04 Aug 2009 05:23:13 +0000

Bodie is a Staffordshire Bull Terrier/Cattle Dog mix who survived Mandibular cancer. Bodie's owners used nutrition to help Bodie recover from cancer. This story was written by Bodie's owners.

Benny’s Story

admin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 18:00:35 +0000

For more detailed and updated information on the recipes contained in this article, we recommend Lew Olson’s book, Raw and Natural Nutrition for Dogs, found on Amazon.com for $11.53. This book not only contains recipes for raw and home cooked diets, but also diets for specific illnesses, mixing fresh food with kibble and information on dogs and digestion.

B-Naturals Newsletter – July, 2009 Benny's Story By Lew Olson, PhD Natural Health This month's article is a special story about Benny, a Great Dane puppy who was near death before he was surrendered by his owner. We'd like to offer our thanks to Sarah Hamilton and Benny's new owners, Jillian Morin and Phil Roach, for bringing us this story and giving us permission to share it with you.

Benny's Story

Dogs and Protein

admin — Sun, 01 Mar 2009 18:00:59 +0000

Protein is found in most foods, including carbohydrates. But dogs are carnivores and the best source of protein for them is found in animal products. This would include meat (pork, beef, poultry, lamb, rabbit, fish, dairy and eggs, just to mention a few). Animal based proteins contain a complete amino acid profile needed by carnivores. Plant based proteins are missing important amino acids, including taurine and carnitine. Both of these are important for heart and organ health. The anatomy and digestive process of dogs are designed to most easily digest animal fat and protein. Dogs perform best on animal based products. Studies have shown you cannot feed a dog too much protein.

Mixing Fresh Food with Kibble

admin — Sat, 01 Jan 2005 21:48:04 +0000

Mixing Fresh Food with Kibble

By Lew Olson • January 2005 Newsletter

Often I find people want to feed their dogs a better diet than just commercial pet food, but for a variety of reasons aren't willing to feed a raw diet or a home cooked one. This can be due to a feeling of being uncomfortable with a new way of feeding, or believing that they don't have the time or the expertise to undertake such a task.

Fresh, Raw Diet

admin — Sat, 01 Feb 2003 22:08:06 +0000

Fresh Food Diets for Dogs

By Lew Olson • February 2003 Newsletter

The idea of fresh and raw foods for dogs is not a new idea. As a matter of fact, it is the commercial processed dog foods are the relatively new concept!