Dog nutrition is complicated because different dogs react so differently to various combinations of foods. We must also be aware of food intolerances versus true allergies, and those that lead to yeast flare-ups. Pet owners choose to put their pets on different diets, mainly whatever that gets the poop ideal, and whatever that suits their lifestyles. Kibbles are here to stay, but the trend of 'feeding your pets better' in the form of freeze-dried raw is gradually replacing hard-core kibbles. I suppose one could simplify it by putting the dog on a raw diet, and choosing either the PREY model or the BARF model.
As the holiday season rolls around, Choya is inundated with gifts of food. I don't exclusively feed her raw, and she doesn't seem to have marked allergies for now. I'm keeping her intake of grains super low, except for the occasional few meals of white rice because that seems like a great binding agent for her stomach. This makes it easy for all her indulgent aunties and uncles to send over meat cakes and stuff. Hahaha.
When Aunty C gave her peanut butter ice-cream (in frozen cubes), she sniffed and cautiously licked, and then lapped it up. She has no interest in peanut butter normally. But these cubes were blended from peanut butter (without added sugar and Xylitol) and goat's milk. So the dog loves goat's milk, and happily lapped up two cubes. The rest of those cubes are in the freezer now. Hurhurhur.
Many of these cakes (meat loaves, really) for the dog are decorated with natural food colorings like beetroot and turmeric, and also pumpkin, but it also means loads of potatoes, sweet potatoes and such. It's a great way to get her to eat vegetables, but I'm wary of the starch and sugar from these cakes. The festive goodies hold oat flour, potatoes, sweet potatoes, wholemeal flour, and grains like rolled oats. OF course she doesn't take the whole cake all at once. It's split into a few meals and the freezer keeps the rest good to eat when I thaw them out a few weeks later.
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