Rotating Your Dog's Food
Everyone tends to get a little worried about rotation and the risk of stomach upset by changing foods. If we get your dog’s gut healthy, it can handle lots of variety. It’s primarily kibble transitions that lead to digestive upset.
Most people feed the same food day in and day out. Even our home cooks can get in a rut.
This dietary rut could be setting your dog up to develop food sensitivity to specific ingredients. That’s right, intolerances can be attributed to continuous exposure to the same protein source and protein inclusive ingredients. Over time, the pet’s body can have a negative immune reaction to a single protein. The dog may develop a negative immune response to the continued use of a single protein without variance. This intolerance could present as — food allergies, food sensitivities, environmental allergies with paw licking, ear infections, recurring anal gland problems. This could be one reason why your dog seems to stop eating his food after a period of time.
It’s also for these reasons that I don’t recommend combination & blended protein foods, butcher blend raws, etc.
Having the ability to rotate your primary single-ingredient protein sources may reduce the occurrence of food intolerance in your dog.
Some easy ways to begin adding in variety:
Rotate the protein sources in your raw diet or homemade meals. You have many to choose from. Rotate weekly, or even within the week. Keep your dog happy with the variety & his gut healthy.
Add a Whole Egg
Add A Can of sardines
Raw Meaty Bone Options from different animal sources.
If you are a kibble feeder — I encourage you to explore as many options as possible to improve the quality of your dog’s bowl — and if at all possible feed fresh as much as posssible!
Right about now some of you are thinking you’ll just add some fresh raw or gently cooked protein to your dog’s bowl. And I think this is a positive step on occasion. Any time we add freshness to the bowl is a plus. But you may want to add veggies first! Adding Veggies to the Bowl Add Color To Your Dog’s Bowl
Read here on my opinion Why You Should Not Regularly Top Your Kibble with Meat — or feed only meat to your dog.
If you must stick with kibble here are a few considerations as an occasional bonus:
Read: Improving Your Dog’s Kibble Bowl
Vary your protein source within your brand each time you purchase a new bag.
Add a Whole Egg
Add A Can of sardines
Raw Meaty Bone Options from different animal sources.
Some of you may be considering the freeze-dried/dehydrated RAW toppers (pssst, you need to add moisture!) — these can be very pricey and you may find more budget-friendly options with real foods!
Also — you are actually be better off adding a non-synthetic whole-food Vitamin-Mineral Supplement (Endurance) . Omega 3 Krill Oil, Probiotics to your dog’s diet first — to enhance the value of the whole bowl. Let me show you how to maximize your budget! Shop Volhard with my affiliate link: https://bit.ly/3pZlhgR
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