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May 23, 2011

When can you start a puppy on the raw diet? Do you have to add enzymes to the food?

Full Question:

Hello,

I found your site while looking for answers for our puppy's on-again/off-again "pudding diarrhea" and I will try the pumpkin you suggest.

But my question for you is when can you start feeding a raw diet to puppies? Our cat eats a raw diet and its great for him. But our breeder recommends puppy kibble for the first year and our vet is aghast at the idea of feeding anything other than Science Diet >ick< ( e.coli, salmonella, etc.). We give our cat pancreatic enzymes on his food to help re-establish the raw enzymes in his system. Would we need to do that with our puppy as well? I didn't notice that you added any enzyme supplements for your dogs. She already LOVES the cat's food when she gets to it before we do! What makes "puppy food" better than other food?

I do hope you'll be able to answer my questions.

Thanks in advance,
Heather & "Ruby" (Olde English Bulldogge puppy)

Cindy's Answer:

Start your pup right now – we add a little yogurt and probiotic (we sell it – it’s a stomach enzyme). Our dogs only eat raw – from the time they are weaned to the day they die.

Find a new vet and then tell this idiot why you are leaving.

I have bred over 350 litters of dogs in the past 30 years – your breeder is 100% wrong – No 200% wrong. No 1000% wrong. For one thing it’s a given fact that pups should not get puppy food past 4 ½ to 5 months - to feed longer causes growth spurts that hurt the pups. You may want to pass that on – this breeder may just be inexperienced.

The vet is a blazing idiot.

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