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Dog food advice? (lemmy.zip)
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Reddit wants me to believe that Pedigree and other mainstream WSAVA compliant brands are the only possible foods to feed your dog.

All other foods will kill your dog. Raw will kill your dog. Homemade will kill your dog.

My shiba’s been on dehydrated turkey barley for 5 years and in the prime of her health. The problem is that the company that makes her food suddenly shut down and she refuses to eat kibble.

Anyone have any recommendations for non-kibble dog food for a picky dog?

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[–] MalReynolds@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 days ago

So, this is a fairly religious topic, but I'll pop two things in for your consideration. A significant amount of carbohydrates, especially grains, is not something dogs are evolved for, basically some of the stomach contents of prey animals. I avoid anything with high grain content, which unfortunately includes all kibble (to the best of my knowledge), ~30%+ processed grain (flour, corn flour etc) is part of the kibbleing process.

Dogs are however evolved for eating bone, chicken wings or necks, depending on dog size (raw, cooked chicken bones splinter badly), are both enjoyed and nutritious (bone is like 50% protein). Tendons and skin in wings add significant glycine and cysteine not found in muscle meat.