HEALTHY DIETS FOR CATS AND DOGS OR 1. A good quality commercial food that is made up of wholesome ingredients including meat or sh (animal bye-products or meat meal may mean that it’s not actually meat in the food) as the primary ingredient, little if any carbohydrates and no foreign chemicals or preservatives. 2. A well-balanced raw food diet as follows: It provides the basic building blocks that the body needs to function optimally. Good nutrition is rst and foremost in helping your pet to stay healthy! After changing to a wholesome and biologically appropriate diet, many animals show a remarkable improvement in their condition and often, chronic ongoing health problems begin to resolve. A gradual diet change over a 2-week period is recommended (3/4 of the old food with ¼ of the new food for 3 days then ½ and ½ for 3 days, etc.) Feeding a BALANCED diet is vital. This may be achieved with either: DOGS: l 30% vegetables (and fruit), variety is best. These can be lightly steamed or blended up. health issues. l 90% good quality raw meat, sh and eggs. RAW chicken wings/necks or whole sh 3 times a week to provide bone and 1/5th organ meat (liver, kidney and heart). l 50 – 70% good quality raw meat like chicken, whole-wheat bread and muesli may be used to bulk Carbohydrates like pasta, rice (brown, ideally), up the food BUT many dogs do better without gluten and corn in their diet as these can contribute to RAW marrow bones should be fed at least 3 times CATS: They can be steamed and mashed up. mutton, lamb, sh or eggs. RAW chicken necks or a week as well as 1/5th organ meat. l 10% vegetables - yes, most cats eat vegetables! splinter) and the correct size (either too big for them to swallow or they’re small enough not to get 1. The safety of feeding bones – these are usually stuck like a raw chicken neck. Bones can also be crushed up in the food but the chewing action OK as long as the bones are raw (cooked bones Some issues to be aware of regarding the safety of feeding raw food are: