Fresh meat is better for dogs’ intestines and stomach than dog food

We all know that dog food was invented to facilitate humans. The ingredients are a mixture of various meat powders + potatoes/cereals/beans + various nutritional additives.
It can be understood as nutritional compressed biscuits for dogs, or space meals.
The ingredients are relatively complex. Dogs eating too many types of proteins at one time can easily cause intolerance. It can be said that dog food is not only convenient for humans and nutritionally balanced, but also good in terms of smell, sensitivity, digestion and happiness. In terms of health, it is not as good as eating meat.
After all, eating so many kinds of protein at one time will be very heavy on the stomach, and the dog food is relatively hard. Dogs generally don't like chewing, and they always swallow. They rely solely on the peristalsis of the stomach and the soaking of gastric juice to replace the initial digestion of the teeth.
Poor stomach can be understood as weak digestion. In addition, purebred dogs are weaker than native dogs, so they have more digestive problems.
Fresh meat does not have this problem. After all, fresh meat has a high water content, usually around 70%. It is very soft and puts little burden on the dog’s stomach. Even if it swallows it without chewing, the stomach will It can quickly digest a whole piece of meat, and the shit shovel can also cut the meat into pieces with a knife, further reducing the difficulty of digestion.
In addition, the sense of smell and palatability given by fresh meat are different for dogs compared to dog food. Even as a human, if you give me a pot of meat and a pot of biscuits made of meat powder, I Will also choose to eat meat.
This comparison naturally establishes a high point. Fresh meat is more friendly to the dog’s digestive system than dog food, including gastrointestinal prescription food.
In addition, another advantage of feeding dogs fresh meat is that the owner can judge the quality of the meat (the raw materials can be seen at a glance), while the quality of dog food varies in the current domestic environment. Not uniform, high security risk.
It is recommended that if you want to choose fresh meat for feeding, you must purchase the raw materials yourself and do not buy finished products on the market, including cans, meal kits from various manufacturers, and homemade food that has not been sold with clear calculations. Wet food. These are snack supplements and cannot be fed to dogs as staple food for a long time.

Raw meat and bones are a double-edged sword to regulate the gastrointestinal tract

The biggest problem with feeding raw meat to dogs is that the meat is raw.
Raw food naturally carries a lot of bacteria. As mentioned above, poor gastrointestinal function can be understood as weak digestion. Weak digestion may cause problems such as insufficient gastric acid pH and intestinal flora disorder.
If the problem with your dog is insufficient gastric acid pH, feeding raw meat will be counterproductive, causing diarrhea, vomiting, and even acute gastroenteritis.
If the dog’s stomach is fine but the intestinal absorption capacity is weak, feeding raw meat can perfectly solve the problem of soft stool and bad odor.
Then, is there nothing that dogs with weak stomachs can do?
Of course
Method 1 Feed cooked meat.
Method 2: Feed raw meat step by step, from more to less.Replace the dog food, or feed it intermittently with the dog food. Gradually replace with pure raw meat, remember not to mix it. Otherwise, if the food is mixed with raw and cooked food, the stomach acid pH value will not be reached, which will easily cause enteritis in dogs.
Oh, yes, remember to deworm your dog regularly~

The time it takes for raw meat and bones to adjust the gastrointestinal tract

Generally, the time to adjust the gastrointestinal tract is 1 month About 3 months. Some take longer, depending on the condition of the dog.
Whether to continue after it is done depends on the personal situation of the shit shovel. After all, feeding meat is much more troublesome than feeding dog food. Some scavengers are relatively free and have time to provide dogs with meat to eat. Some shit shoveling officers are working as 996 or 007 workers, so it’s good to walk the dog when they have time.
If you are very free and have time to study dog ​​food, you can consider feeding it all the time.
If you are very busy at work, then change it back to dog food and take a look, and be careful not to change food at will after eating.
After all, we raise dogs, and people have to live a good life, right~

Precautions for feeding dogs raw meat and bones

As mentioned above, feeding natural ingredients and meat is more friendly to the dog’s digestive system. But we can’t just look at the surface, we must also pay attention to the nutritional ratio. The following are precautions. If you plan to try to feed your dog with natural ingredients, you must do the following points, otherwise it is not recommended to feed it for a long time. Even so It's great for the stomach.

Nutritional ratio

The food ratio should follow AAfco standards as much as possible. Protein and fat sources are very easy to find. The difficult part is trace elements, vitamins and calcium to phosphorus ratio. You can’t just feed a single type of meat, you need to diversify your food. And the nutritional content is accurate to grams. (If you are interested, you can click on the lower left corner at the end of the article to read the original text, and use Baidu Netdisk to download the dog recipe form to study it yourself.) Also note that the biggest difference between dogs and cats is that dogs are omnivorous and partial to carnivorous, while cats are purely carnivorous. Animals, so when mixing, be sure to add some carbohydrate sources, such as various fresh potatoes or grains. Feeding dogs only pure meat can easily cause pancreatitis.

Regular physical examination

You can’t tell whether the nutrition you feed is balanced or unbalanced, not to mention that dogs can’t talk. You can only check the biochemical indicators through regular physical examination. Especially the conditions of liver, kidney, pancreas and blood lipids. (Actually, I think dog food should be fed like this too...)

Clean teeth

Whether you feed your dog food or meat, you must pay attention to your dog’s dental health. Pay attention to brushing your dog’s teeth or using tooth cleaning products. Don’t wait until the dental calculus is severe before cleaning your teeth. It will be very harmful to the dog

Control the quality of the meat

Don’t be greedy for cheap and buy meat from unknown sources. It is best to buy it at the market and mix it according to your dog’s condition.

Prepare probiotics

Feeding raw meat and bones does not mean that your dog will never suffer from indigestion. These products must still be prepared.

Pay attention to nutrient density

Many dog ​​owners reported that their dogs lost weight after eating purely homemade or raw meat. This is actually because these foods have a higher water content than dry food (10% dry food, 70% meat). Even if a dog eats a lot in a day, it is basically "full of water", so poop owners should pay attention, especially if the dog itself is relatively thin. You should pay more attention to the amount or the number of meals.

Be careful about dogs being picky eaters

Dogs are also picky eaters when eating meat. Some dogs don’t eat chicken or only eat chicken. Fresh meat cannot be left there because it is rich in water, especially in summer. It may become stale after 20 minutes. So if your dog is a picky eater, you can only mix all the ingredients together and make a puree. Another problem is that dogs are picky eaters. If they do not eat certain ingredients, they will not eat everything, or only eat a little bit. In addition, fresh meat has low nutritional density. In the long run, dogs will be prone to malnutrition.

Add supplements

in order to increase the error rate of meal preparation. To avoid various problems caused by long-term nutritional deficiencies in dogs, you can add seaweed powder, multivitamins and other supplements to their food in an appropriate amount.