Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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I wondered if Simon meant flax oil, too.
If so, it's not a substitute for the long-chain 3s for dogs, for the same old reason we discuss all the time: dogs do not have the conversion mechanism that we have to take in ALA and convert it to DHA and EPA.
In humans, the mechanism is inefficient and low-percent (maybe 5 to 15%), but in dogs it's about zero.
Here's something I thought of today while my wife and I discussed switching our cats to raw.
What about giving the dogs whole bait fish high in Omega 3s once or twice a week instead of supplements? We're going to do whole rabbits with the dogs, maybe once or twice a month, once they get up and running. But this seems like a good way to get organ meats and essential oils in a neat little package.
What about giving the dogs whole bait fish high in Omega 3s once or twice a week instead of supplements?
You would have to exclusively feed prey animals that were naturally pastured.
No grain fed cattle, poultry, etc. Modern livestock feeding practices leave us with meat that is extremely deficient in omega 3's, with an over-abundance of omega 6's.
Unless you are feeding nothing but naturally pastured cattle, chickens, wild game, omega 3 rich fish, etc., it would be very hard to make up for the imbalance in omega 3 and 6 EFA's that we receive by eating these grain fed animals.
Omega 3 rich fish a few times a week just couldn't do it.
Thats the short story, Connie or someone else will have more info on this than I.
When mine had his first raw meal it took him about 12 minutes to eat one chicken breast with about half the breast meat cut off.
The second meal - he gobbled it up in about 3 minutes.
Now - two weeks later - he's a freak for his food. As soon as I start getting it ready he starts getting antsy in his crate and starts yelping. When I take him out and make him sit-stay before eating, his eyes are FOCUSED on his bowl!
Super good news to hear that they went right for it! Awesome!
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