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Perpetuating dog nutrition misconceptions
A rescue group linked to this blog post on boston.com thanking the author for spreading the word about dog nutrition and food safety. I read it and ... yeah, no.
Mainly, this:
If you want to cook your dog a homemade meal, lean proteins like chicken and fish are great, as long as you cook them thoroughly and remove all fat. Boil or bake the protein without any oil or seasonings (I promise your dog will love your cooking no matter what) and include some type of starch to accompany the meat; white rice or pasta will do just fine.
I'm probably going to reply as soon as I get some diplomatic thoughts together.
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Re: Perpetuating dog nutrition misconceptions
The only valid reply I can think of is this face:
O_o
and a WTF?
Really - why don't we all just make our dogs spaghetti and meatballs every night...
Whaaaaaat?!?
Yeah, people as a whole are still complete idiots about animal nutrition and digestion vs human nutrition.
Cook them thoroughly? No...how about I continue handing my dog raw whole meats, bones, and organs for her diet instead? Okay? Yeah...she loves it, her digestion can handle the bacteria, unlike ours, and her teeth, eyes, coat, and body all show me it's perfect for her. Cooking proteins changes the molecular structure of them, thereby creating the majority of allergies in dogs and cats to these proteins. A dog or cat allergic to cooked chicken/chicken in kibble (which is cooked, too) can amost always eat the chicken raw with absolutely no allergic reaction.
Starch...white rice or pasta?!? AYFKM?! Yeah sure, let's throw more processed grains at them! Rice, whole grain rice that is, is probably about the best grain to give if you're going to include one, but PASTA?! How is that beneficial? It does ZERO for a dog's nutrition; it just bulks out the meal.
B/w 1/8: betas 17,345, progesterone 25.6
That's where I'm at, too. I'm so frustrated that this guy just wrote this with obviously no research and it's being passed around as factual and "oh what a wonderful thing this guy did!" It says that these are written by individuals and are not the official opinion of boston.com, but people are going to take it as a legit resource, especially with this well-respected organization posting it.
Anyone want to help me craft a letter to the editor? Heh.
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I'm certainly not an expert on nutrition by any means, but I'd be happy to share any info with you that you'd like to include in a letter.
People need to learn!
B/w 1/8: betas 17,345, progesterone 25.6
Ladies, your panties might be in a bit of a bunch here.
I'm a huge fan of raw feeding, but this is a story about cooking your pets a little something every now and then. There is absolutely nothing wrong with that. This isn't an article on the best food to feed your pets. They're not saying feed them things that are unhealthy for them.They're not saying feed them pasta every single day. No need to go BSC on the nice little reporter suggesting people switch up their boring kibble routine "every once in a while" (as quoted in the article) with a perfectly fine, homecooked meal every now and then.
Do they go into why raw feeding is awesome? No, but that's not the point of the story.
Love.
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