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Comment on Raw and Natural Nutrition for Dogs: The Definitive Guide to Homemade Meals by Astrid Runner "Astrid"

Astrid Runner "Astrid" — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 05:10:02 +0000

12 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

A must for dog lovers who want to feed real food to their companions, July 13, 2010

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This is a must have if you have a dog. Super-must have if you have a dog with a health condition. Lew Olson has finally put together all her knowledge and experience in an easy to read book. Get it while you can.
Thankw Lew for putting it all together in one book.

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Comment on Raw and Natural Nutrition for Dogs: The Definitive Guide to Homemade Meals by Tiffany Huebner "ME"

Tiffany Huebner "ME" — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:19:09 +0000

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

Excellent & Clearly Written book on the dog nutrition, July 8, 2010

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I have been a follower of Lew's for many years on the K9 Nutrition group ([...]) and her site [...]. Her knowledge and understanding of the canine diet and nutrition is second to none. She really lays it out for anyone to clearly see the benefits of the raw diet and what's necessary to successfully transition to it. I've helped many clients switch to raw over the years and always point them in the direction of Lew Olsen to make sure they make the right decisions about their dog's diet and how to supplement. Lew certainly enlightens dog owner's looking to make better nutritional decisions for their dogs. If you feed raw read it. If you want to feed raw read it. If you are hesitant or set on kibble read it. Regardless you'll get something out of it.

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Comment on Raw and Natural Nutrition for Dogs: The Definitive Guide to Homemade Meals by Gregory E. Lucas

Gregory E. Lucas — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 03:30:08 +0000

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not so sure about the supplements, October 10, 2010

Gregory E. Lucas (New Castle, Delaware) -

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This is a very good book from which I learned a great deal; however, I don't like so much emphasis put on supplements. The book is closley linked with the B Natural supplements. Nutritional philosophies are sure to vary on supplementation but according to my holistic vet, if 1/3 or more of my dog's diet is raw food, there is no need for me to add digestive enzymes. Digestive enzymes and/or vitmain supplements + (sometimes other supplements) are big parts of all her recipes, raw or cooked. I've been advised by other well recognized canine nutritional experts and by my vet not to add vitamin supplements or digestive enzymes supplements to my healthy dog's cooked food meals that make up 1/3 of his diet since 2/3 of his diet is already completly balanced with the highest quality commercial raw and Instinct kibble foods I use. This book recommends much more supplementation than that.

Raw food already has enzymes and beneficial bacteria in it and a lot of bio-availabe nutrients, so it makes no sense to me to include digestive enzymes to raw food for a dog with no digestive problems to begin with. And there's no need to add vitman supplements like Berte's Daily Blend when adding fresh food to kibbles like Orijen or Instint or Wellness; they already have plenty of vitamins. (Whatever your feelings are about high-end kibbles, postive or negative, lack of vitmains is not a problem with those kibbles, and using vitmain supplements like Berte's Daily Blend that include vitmain D along with kibbles that are already high in vitamin D, is not advisable accordng to very reliable sources in my research.) Why add a supplement that includes vitmain A when you're feeding meals that include liver and other organs? Liver is already high in vitmain A. In short I think this author over supplements and that the book was too much of a means of getting people to buy the Berte's supplements, and no other company's supplements, rather than to provide a truly fresh food natural diet.

My idea of a natural diet is one in which as many of the nutrients come from the foods as possible, not from powders and capsules. I learend much from the book and found the chapter on the history of dog food interesting. This book served me as a good step forward to improving my dog's diet, but it is not a way of feeding that I strictly follow. I just use basic supplements like fish oil with vitmain E and use egg shells at her suggested dosage to balance the boneless meat meals calcium to phospherous ratio. But I even try to use salmon most of the time instead of resorting to fish capsules.

When I was using the Berte's Daily Blend for a month, it did not agree with my dog at all. (He had small loose stools for a month and he's never had a problem like that before or after using the supplement.) Maybe this was because of the whey that's in it, or it was too strong at the suggested dosage -- I don't know for sure. But without the Berte's Daily Blend supplement, the approximate 1/3 portion of my dog's diet that is fresh cooked foods (eggs, wild salmon, bison, etc.) has been working out great.

The book makes for good reading, it brought about positive changes in my dog's diet; it taught me a lot, and I'm glad I read it.

Update six months later: I've read the author's comment to another reviewer in which she says that she does not sell or make money from the sales of the B Natural supplements. I believe her, but it came across that way to me too from the book because the B Naturals are such an integral part of her feeding concept. I think it is a flaw of this book to have limited her supplementation recomendations to B Naturals and to have never even mentioned products from other companies that enhance a fresh food diet and that make fresh food feeding so easy. There are good options from other companies. I no longer feed any kibble at at all. I mostly feed fresh meat meals with an excellent product called Wysong Call of the Wild, which is a powder that is added to fresh meat,(and I feed some commercial raw). It's okay to supplement a fresh food diet, if it's not overdone. I think that anyone interested in feeding a homemade raw or cooked diet should read this book, read Unlocking the Canine Ancestral Diet by Steve Brown, and read the site Dogaware. Put the knowledge of those 3 together and you'll get good results.

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Comment on Pinnacle Trout & Sweet Potato Formula Dog Food – 30 Pounds by Dagger

Dagger — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 03:16:07 +0000

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WORST DOG GAS EVER., June 2, 2009

Dagger (Oregon, USA) -

If you have a dog, you probably know the distinctive "dog fart" odor. This food, for some reason, multiplied that for one of my two dogs. It really turned our house into a constant dog gas zone. Wow. It's supposed to be a pretty good dry dog food, but beware of the possibility of DOG GAS.

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Comment on Pinnacle Trout & Sweet Potato Formula Dog Food – 30 Pounds by N. Johnson

N. Johnson — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 02:40:41 +0000

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Great for sensitive systems, November 12, 2009

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When we got my dog, she barely ate. She didn't even like treats. We finally got her to eat, but the regular (more affordable) brands didn't sit well with her system. My vet recommended this or to cook her food on our own. Obviously, cooking food for a dog gets a bit time-consuming, but this Pinnacle food really was great for my dog. She finally started to gain weight. (She was so skinny when we got her from the shelter.)

My dog doesn't seem to have the farting problem the other reviewer said.

I guess every dog's system is different and you just have to find the one that's right for your dog. this one works great for ours :)

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Comment on Pedigree Wholesome Receipe with Chicken, Rice & Vegetables Dry Food for Adult Dogs, 16.3-Pound Bag by Skoe Veduh

Skoe Veduh — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:12:07 +0000

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Cruddy ingredients packed into kibble., June 8, 2011

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Changed their product line and recipe? I was hoping to see that a big name brand had opened their eyes to a dog's nutritional needs, but I was WRONG.

They are still packaging a bunch of cruddy materials into a kibble that dogs should NOT be eating. Corn, bone meals, by-products, wheat and wheat gluten.

It is the same ol' song with pretty pictures and snazzy marketing.

All the big name brands and companies are selling JUNK and wrapping it in a pretty picture for ignorant consumers to buy. Fast food for our pets, plain junk.

Check out the recent commercials on TV for Blue Buffalo or Innova (Proctor and Gamble, no less). These are far superior kibble food for dogs. REAL MEAT,
NO wheat prodcuts, NO corn products, NO by-products!

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Comment on Pedigree Wholesome Receipe with Chicken, Rice & Vegetables Dry Food for Adult Dogs, 16.3-Pound Bag by J. Le "Callandor"

J. Le "Callandor" — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:02:57 +0000

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Terrible dog food, June 30, 2010

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What a farce. A product labeled as wholesome with chicken, rice, and vegetables should have those as the main ingredients. This does NOT. Its first ingredient is corn, a hard to digest ingredient for dogs. Meat and bone meal is the second, which can potentially include dead, dying, diseased, and disabled animals. And while you hope most of the meat is from cows, sheep, etc, it might even be cats and dogs as there is no stipulation against such. Do not be blinded by the pretty imagery and lingo. This is a terrible dog food.

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Comment on Pedigree Wholesome Receipe with Chicken, Rice & Vegetables Dry Food for Adult Dogs, 16.3-Pound Bag by Mark Anthony

Mark Anthony — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:41:04 +0000

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

Unhealthy for all dogs, December 23, 2009

Mark Anthony (Hawaii) -

This review is from: Pedigree Wholesome Receipe with Chicken, Rice & Vegetables Dry Food for Adult Dogs, 16.3-Pound Bag (Grocery)

Supposed to be a tasty meal of Chicken, Rice & Vegetables. However, look at the ingridients, the main ingridients are Corn products which is unhealthy for all dogs. The 'rice' and 'chicken' are by-products which is a lowgrade 'meat leftovers'. The so called vegetables portions are 'Carrot Powder'. This product is not a healthy option for your dog and should not be on your short list.

Your dog might love eating it, because it's doggy junk food, but it's not healthy for him.

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Comment on Raw Dog Food: Make It Easy for You and Your Dog by C. D. Rickert

C. D. Rickert — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:10:39 +0000

73 of 75 people found the following review helpful:

A great introduction to raw pet diets., March 19, 2005

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This book provides a good, basic guide to raw food diets. This was the first book I read on the subject, and I found it to be less complicated than others I've read since. It's a good reference for pet owners who don't have a lot of time to devote to preparing complicated raw meals with many different supplements. The book answered many questions and addressed some fears I had regarding raw diets. At the end, it also listed other good sources of information on raw food diets.

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Comment on Raw Dog Food: Make It Easy for You and Your Dog by Prentice Hall

Prentice Hall — Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:07:28 +0000

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Finally have the courage and know-how..., March 22, 2004

Prentice Hall (Columbus OH) -

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I've read just about all the other raw feeding books, but this is the one I NEEDED to read to start out! I've used it as my main guide to feed my three dogs "real food." I've now been feeding this way since October 2003 and my dogs couldn't be doing better. My oldest dog is a Labrador, about 8 years old. She's lost 15lbs and has more energy than ever. My other dogs are two Beagles, 2 yrs and 6 yrs old. They're also doing great and LOVE their new diet!!! And I got a new kitten for Christmas who keeps stealing the dog's food, so I guess she likes it too!

The book is easy and quick to read, but has a ton of really practical tips and very clear instructions. It made me realise this diet doesn't have to be complicated, it just makes sense! I had some additional questions about things that weren't in the book so I contacted the author through her website and she was very prompt and helpful.
I bought some extra copies to give to friends, too. Hopefully I can persuade them to start feeding their dogs a better diet too!

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