My 7 month old puppy was diagnosed with hookworms and whip worms. He was not gaining weight like he should have and looked a bit emaciated. Now he is cleared and I have been feeding him raw pork chops for the past week to put on some weight. He has gained a little weight and looks much better. I have read many articles online from vets that says feeding pork is not safe for dogs and that they can develop pancreatitis (hope I spelled that right). Should I have fed him pork? Do you think I put his health at risk by feeding the pork chops?
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My 7 month old puppy was diagnosed with hookworms and whip worms. He was not gaining weight like he should have and looked a bit emaciated. Now he is cleared and I have been feeding him raw pork chops for the past week to put on some weight. He has gained a little weight and looks much better. I have read many articles online from vets that says feeding pork is not safe for dogs and that they can develop pancreatitis (hope I spelled that right). Should I have fed him pork? Do you think I put his health at risk by feeding the pork chops?
Can you link me to such an article?
I ask this because I suspect that any perceived link between pork and pancreatitis is probably based on the far fattier nature of market pork from twenty-plus years ago than the pork of today.
I'd go slow with including any strip of fat that might be left on center-cut chops. But I'd say the same with the globs of "extra" fat on chicken backs, too.
Pancreatitis is so much more strongly linked to cooked (or rancid, or sun-baked) fats .... in fact, this is the problem behind the term "Thanksgiving pancreatitis."
Are you feeding a good variety? You aren't basing a diet on pork chops, right? I can't picture any chop that would be an appropriate meat-to-bone ratio. But many people feed pork as one of the protein-variety sources.
He was eating a variety of meats, chicken, beef, turkey and chicken liver. I just started feeding him mostly pork recently to help him gain some weight.
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He was eating a variety of meats, chicken, beef, turkey and chicken liver. I just started feeding him mostly pork recently to help him gain some weight.
I probably wouldn't keep doing that. For one thing, anything around the loin of modern pork is probably lower in calories than poultry thigh-meat. You may be giving fewer calories than dark chicken meat with the skin on, or even skin off.
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Is pork really safe to feed puppy?
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