Feeding Dogs

The challenge of food is medicine extends to all the species at the home farm. Learning what is best for people is the first step on the journey. This has taken me from supporting organic farmers beginning in the 1970's through the German medicine of biological health with homeopathics of Hans Rekeweg Med. via intense training of observation with horses. Then finding an amazing traditional veterinarian in the US committed to brilliantly conveying how to balance the best food for horses resulting in robust health with nutriceuticals.

That still leaves the dogs and cats. Turning to the marketing, the retailers, the vets, and especially the animals themselves and observing, is a collection of a jig saw puzzle pieces to put together.

That is the context. Now the conclusion. May this tidbit help your dogs too.

So the first degree of exploration is realizing that food allergies are a possibility and changing to a milder kibble like lamb. Next comes the raw food versus canned food experiments. These segue back to a different kibble. That leads to varieties of good kibbles, venison, duck, even (gulp) kangaroo. So the dog food staging area is bursting with alternative trials. That doesn't even include the freezer with the raw food or the packages of freeze dried raw food - must try these for traveling. Save yourself and skip it. Not the traveling, the changing food for it. Ratcheting back was all my dog wanted.

Finally, with the ,oh yeah, no grain diet - looking for how to use a good clean healthy fiber so the dogs don't eat dirt and wood -because for whatever reason than that because there is no fiber in the feed? The vet says add veggies on top as if its a treat. Say what? How and what kind, is what I asked. Frozen. So added to my list for groceries are organic frozen veggies. Yes, because the cheaper regular ones , the first go to find out about doing this trial, clearly are too low quality. Well this frozen is all fine and good when the weather is warm.

Forcing the frozen food on top of the cold canned food from the frig in the cold frigid winter season seemed totally unfair. Okay, warm the frozen goodies first. Fortunately after a couple of months having run out and refusing to go buy groceries just for the doggies an idea struck. Time to explore these packages of quinoa and amaranth sitting in the pantry maybe they would be a good substitute to tide me over. I wanted to get a handle on them myself but time for the store was altogether a week away.

It's the amaranth that is stellar. Absolutely fantastic. The dogs are being well fed, not getting hyper active from eating well and being spoiled. The amaranth is fully satisfying them so the nagging has stopped. The journey has been worth it. And to all the dogs who have been by in my life to teach me and compiling my wisdom, Love from my heart to your heart.