Waller's Freedom Kennels Catahoula Bulldogs
Nutrition
Nutrition and Supplements
Nutrition:
Diamond Naturals
Diamond Naturals: Uncompromising Quality and Performance, Naturally.
Diamond Naturals is for pet owners who value natural diets for their beloved pets. It has been carefully prepared with uncompromising quality to offer optimal nutrition for optimal health. Diamond Naturals comes in many formulas. We feed and recommend Diamond Naturals Lamb/Rice Adult Dog food and Chicken/Rice Adult Dog food to all our dogs and puppies.
To learn more about Diamond brand dog food, please follow this link to their website: Diamond Pet Foods
B.A.R.F. feeding 60% Meaty Bones
60%-70% of which are RAW chicken bones, the remainder (30%-40%) being bones from RAW lamb, rabbit, beef, pork, venison etc.
40% Other Food Stuff
Green leafy vegetables should make up about 60%-70% of the vegetable part of the diet, with grain and starchy vegetables being between 20%-30%. The offal portion of the diet, that is liver, kidneys and hearts etc., should be about 5%-15% of the diet. Throw in some eggs two to three times a week, more often if you wish.
Listed below are benefits of BARF feeding:
- Clean breath and no doggie odor after changing to BARF feeding
- Ripping and chewing raw meaty bones develops the neck, jaw and shoulder muscles of dogs.
- Stools are smaller and quickly degrade into the soil.
- Dogs tend to maintain a healthy weight and the chances of obesity are minimized since it takes longer to chew and digest raw meaty bones.
- Kibble may sit around for hours untouched but dogs tend to be excited and love their BARF species appropriate meals.
- Health problems such as arthritis, lack of energy, allergies, skin conditions and dull coats often improve when switching from commercial dog food to BARF raw feeding.
- Ability to custom tailor your dogs' diets for their activity level, age, health problems, and specific nutritional requirements.
Here are some links to get you started in your own research of the advantages and benefits of feeding a species appropriate raw diet:
Barf Pictorial
Dog Owner's Guide: B.A.R.F.
B.A.R.F. World
Supplements
NuVet Plus
A strong immune system is necessary to keep your pet healthy and strong.
Your pet's body generates free radicals every day! These chemically unbalanced ions cause damage to cells by oxidizing them, in the same way as metal becomes rusty and destroyed. Hence the free radicals are dangerous and scientists believe that the continuous exposure to free radicals is the major cause of aging and of many degenerative diseases in us humans and our canine and feline friends. Free radicals have been implicated in more than 50 health problems including allergies, skin & coat problems, hot spots, tumors, cancer, heart & vessel disease, cataracts, arthritis, digestive disorders and low energy.
The ONLY supplement I've found that contains NO preservatives, NO sugars and NO fillers and IS human grade and ALL natural is NuVet PlusTM.
NOTE: When you look at the ingredient list for most other supplements, you'll see liver meal, sucrose and corn syrup listed first. Other companies make their supplements sweet because dogs love that taste, even if it's bad for them. NuVet however, uses slow-roasted chicken liver to increase the taste of their supplements rather than by using the harmful sugars. And because of their special dry roasting system, the chicken liver retains its B Vitamins and Omega-e Fatty Acids which are so very good for our pets.
Once on supplements, if your pet is healthy, you may not notice any outward change, but know they're doing their job inside your pets body to keep the cells strong and impenetrable by free radicals. I have been using NuVet PlusTM and am extremely pleased with the overall condition of my dogs/puppies. Their coats shine and they even seem to be shedding less. This product comes in tablets for dogs (which my dogs love as they think its a treat!) and also in an easy-to-use tasty powder form for both dogs and cats. All NuVet products are human grade and veterinarian tested.
NuVet also makes a terrific joint supplement (NuJoint PlusTM) A natural anti-inflammatory hip and joint therapy which contains Glucosamine, Chondroitin, MSM and Vitamin C. It comes in tablet form but since none of the NuVet products are heat pressed (which kills the benefits) they crush pretty easily. Coupled with a high quality pet food, exercise, fresh air and the NuVet PlusTM, all your pet needs is love & attention from YOU!
NuVet will give my puppy owners a huge discount -- about 45% off what you'd pay at the Vet. Plus, if you go on autoship, they'll give you another 15% off, and then you won't have to worry about calling to reorder each month. Call NuVet directly at (800) 474-7044 or check them out at www.nuvet.com and give them this order code #78601 for your huge money-savings discount.
NuVet donates 5% of its net income to animal charities and organizations whose goal is to work for the improvement and well being of the animal population.
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