Every day I read Facebook posts, emails, text from people with the same question “My dog has digestive problems, what do I do?”
Quit feeding kibble.
On a personal note:
I feed 10-20 dogs every day. I’m constantly getting fosters / client boarding dogs who have every label of digestive condition. I always fix dog’s digestive issues in under 3 months. Usually it takes less than 1 month to stellar gut health.
What to do:
Doggie Biome fecal transplant pills. It’s healthy dog’s poop in a pill. Your dog’s gut microbe is messed up. This is the key to getting it back on track. Find a vet who practices microbiome medicine
No starch, ever. Zero starch foods. Don’t give any rice-corn-wheat-potato-pea-grains ever. Never ever. It is banned. Kibble is 30%-70% starch. Stop giving it to your dog. Starch is the culprit to bad health.
Cooked meat is good at first for ill dogs. Keep it very low fat at first. When your dog is improving or if your dog isn’t too sick to start, switch to Raw Meat. 90% of dogs on raw meat are good with higher fat meats. I consider meat with 20-30% fat a high fat.
Your dog needs plenty of Bone in his diet. If he is small or old it can be harder for him to chomp up bones. At my kennel, little puppies and 5 lbs adult dogs eat chicken feet just fine. Get bone meal if your dog can’t chew up a chicken foot. Most dogs can easily chew up chicken feet & wings. Only feed soft RAW bones. Never feed cooked bones.
- The main diet I switch dogs to is:
- Beef – raw
- Chicken feet &/or wings – raw
- Eggs – raw or cooked
- Liver & other organs – raw
- Sardines (canned low sodium in water)
- These foods are listed in order of volume I feed. See my How Much Do I Feed for more details.
This food list is my main diet. It is not the full diet. It is also very cheap to feed a raw food diet. A 50lbs adult dog costs $1.00-$3.00 per day. Portion up the dog’s meals in zip locks & store in the freezer. Thaw out a few days of meals at a time in your fridge. This makes life easy.
Check out my other food articles here in my Education Blog
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Oh. And for all of y’all who say “my dog is allergic to chicken” … he isn’t. It isn’t the chicken that’s causing the issue. Every dog who comes to me “chicken sensitive” leaves here eating chicken 5-6 days a week & is the vision of health.
