Some dogs are alergic to grains (like many Akitas) but do wonderfully when brown rice is added to their meat. The brown rice needs to be cooked VERY well but its skin is very nutritious.
My Giant, like most Giants, Rotties and Dobies won't do very well on a high protein diet (almost all meat). They soon get skin problems.
3c brown rice (cooked) did wonders to lessen the protein AND add more vitamins without being as heavy on the stomach as oats and such.
Oats are VERY hard to digest. Even cows have to digest them TWICE.
3c may sound like alot but we are talking an 100lbs animal here... and I'm following Sylvia Hammerstrom's (famous breeder) diet plan who has been feeding hundreds of dogs like this for decades.
What's your take on vitamin C?
Some people (like F.L.) recommend TONS per day (2grams) others none. On THIS I am confused.
So far, I give carrots and apples and greens to my dogs and only add more vit c if they are hurt or sick.
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Thanks for all the information. I do feed chicken quarters at times, and always leave the skin, kidneys and fat on it. I fed her an additional cup of hamberger last night, with the regular meal, and she had no problems with it. Am always concerned about a reaction to new food, as she has had very bad allergies. The diet has seemed to help the allergies, but not the instant complete cure others have noticed. I have 2 other dogs who are not on the BARF diet, they get awful diareaha from beef bones, my GSD does not. Have not figured out how to let her have the bones and keep the others from them. What are probotics (sp?) and why would I use them?
Originally posted by Magic-Mt.: What's your take on vitamin C?
Some people (like F.L.) recommend TONS per day (2grams) others none. On THIS I am confused. Would F.L. be Fred Lanting because in his book he does not recommend vitamin C other than in stressful situations such as after surgery, sicknesses, etc. Has he changed his viewpoint? He does say (in the same book) that he does not know of any harmful effects that vitamin C could cause.
Awhile back I read two articles on vtiman C supplements for dogs. Here are links to the articles, which make a clear pronouncement that a specific form of vitamin C is agreat benefit to dogs with HD or general joint inflamation
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