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Feeding your Pet
to Better Health
FoodiePet Pty Ltd
935 Glenhuntly Rd
Caulfield South VIC 3162
www.foodiepooch.com.au
1300 1 POOCH
© FoodiePooch 2013
CONTENTS:
1. The benefits of Natural Feeding
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2. Why are Veggies & Fruit important?
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3. Some of this, some of that
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4. Foods to Avoid
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5. On Supplements
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6. Dental Health
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7. Understanding Pet Food Labels
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8. Do It Yourself – Recipe
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9. Best Pet Foods at a Glance
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11. Our Services
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The benefits of natural feeding
Food is at the centre of wellbeing for all living creatures, and
while investing in a good quality food may seem costly
compared with many of the budget foods available on
supermarket or pet store shelves, a wholesome, species
appropriate diet can reduce or avoid altogether many of the
unnecessary vet bills incurred when diet is poor.
By nature, both cats and dogs are carnivores and predators.
And if you take a closer look at their anatomy, you can see that
they were not designed for today's mass produced diets. Over
countless generations, wolves and wild dogs ate prey – including
their meat, bones, and stomach contents. They scavenged for
other tidbits such as eggs, ripe fruit and vegetables. Cats, given
the chance, will still indulge their cravings for birds and mice.
They have teeth that grab and puncture, not grind up dry
pellets.
As reflected by their natural diets, both cats and dogs require
high levels of quality protein to truly thrive. We believe our pets
have evolved to suit domestic life, but in reality their nutritional
needs have changed less that you think. Cats' and dogs' natural
diets are full of high-quality protein, animal-sourced fatty acids,
fiber, nutrients and variety – a far cry from today's processed pet
foods. Pets do not have a need for carbohydrates or grains. In
fact, in the ancestral diet, grains and seeds were not consumed
unless they were pre-digested by their prey.
A minimally processed diet containing whole foods is high in
vitamins, minerals, antioxidants and amino acids and contains
what all living things need to be strong, healthy and fight
infection and disease. Even if you feed a processed, commercial
diet to your pet, you can incorporate at least some real food
into your pet’s meals a few times a week to provide some
variety, nutrients and help strengthen their immune system.
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Why are Veggies and Fruit important?
Whilst raw feeding purists refute the need for plant matter in a carnivore’s
diet, we believe that vegetables and fruits provide fibre and are a natural
source of many vitamins, minerals and healthy carbs without gluten as well
as antioxidants.
Antioxidants help to slow the signs of aging, and clean up the toxicity
within the body’s cells. Antioxidants are vital for health, and the
consumption of fresh veggies and fruits has been linked with a reduced risk
of various types of cancers, heart disease and other illness.
When even high quality ingredients are processed with extreme heat and
pressure (such as Kibble or any dry foods are), the natural goodness of
produce is destroyed. Animals in the wild eat a variety of natural foods to
support life, including the plant matter found in the stomach contents of
their prey. Just because our dogs and cats are domesticated and share
with us our busy, modern lifestyles, doesn’t mean they’ve lost their primal
need for a variety of healthy, whole foods.
Some of this, some of that
Did you know that your pets benefit from variety in their diets just the
same as us humans? Here are the things you can include in your
pet’s diet:
Meats such as lamb, pork and chicken are readily available from your
butcher and can be served raw or cooked, depending on what you and
your pet are comfortable with. Around 35% of your pet’s total diet should
consist of human grade muscle meat.
Fresh Vegetables and Fruit including kale, spinach, pumpkin, sweet
potato. Veggies are best served raw, pulped in a food processor, or
steamed lightly, Up to 30% of your dog’s diet can be made up of Veggies
and Fruit. Herbs such as parsley, rosemary and mint are also wonderful and
have many health, skin and coat benefits.
Raw Bones such as chicken necks, lamb necks and chicken carcasses. If
your pet is not used to eating bones you can cut or grind them up at first.
Never feed cooked bones and avoid weight bearing bones. 25% of your
pet’s diet can consist of raw meaty bones, providing nutrition, dental
exercise and mental stimulation.
Organs are important and full of vitamins. They should comprise around
10% of your pet’s diet.
Canned Fish such as salmon or sardines in salt water/brine are an excellent
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source of Omega Oils.
Yoghurt, Cottage Cheese Plain, continental style yoghurts and cottage
cheeses are high in calcium and low in lactose. Yoghurt with live cultures is
particularly helpful if your pet has been taking a course of antibiotics.
Eggs A cooked or raw egg once a week is a delicious, healthy burst of
protein and other vitamins for your pet.
Foods to avoid:
The following should never be fed
to pets:
Chocolate
Onion
Garlic
Grapes
Sultanas and Raisins
Commercial Kibbles with Grains
Anything on our “Yuck” list
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On Supplements
Adding supplements to your dog or cat’s diet can be confusing.
With lots of pills, potions and oils marketed as “specifically
formulated for pets”, it’s hard to know which one to choose. Most of
us have heard of the benefits of feeding omega or fish oils. There are
however, a variety of different natural products, with different
benefits, that you can use to boost your pet’s diet – not to mention
your own. Most of them are already in your Pantry:
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Apple Cider Vinegar
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Coconut Oil
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Green Lipped Mussel
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Kefir
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Manuka Honey
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Colloidal Silver
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Slippery Elm
To find out how these foods can benefit your pet, please visit our
Blog: www.foodiepooch.com.au
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Dental Health
Unfortunately many of us take our pet’s dental health for granted
and assume that no preventative care is required, only to find down
the track that problems arise requiring expensive veterinary
intervention.
Pet food manufacturers have perpetuated the myth that dry kibble
cleans teeth. This is simply not true. For any of us who have seem our
pet throw up their kibble dinner, what comes up is in a similar form to
what went down, that is still hard, round and brown. Because our
pet’s teeth are designed to grab and puncture, not grind grains,
kibble is rarely chewed, Kibble has a similar effect on teeth as if a
human were to eat a bag of pretzels. The very best thing for your
pet’s teeth are bones. Both raw and meaty bones and recreational
bones provide a scaling action on teeth, massage the gums, and
exercise the jaws. If raw bones are not for you, try Antlers which are
now available in many pet shops, or a canine toothbrush and some
Colloidal Silver or meat-flavoured toothpaste!
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Do’s and Don’ts of Feeding Bones Safely
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Do supervise your dog closely while he’s working on a bone.
That way you can react immediately if your pup happens to
choke, or if you notice any blood on the bone or around your
dog’s mouth from over aggressive gnawing. You’ll also know
when your dog has chewed down to the hard brittle part of a
knuckle bone, making splinters more likely. When the bone has
been gnawed down in size throw it out. Do not allow your dog
to chew it down to a small chunk he can swallow.
•
Do separate dogs in a multi-dog household before feeding
bones. Dogs can get quite territorial about bones and some
dogs will fight over them.
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Do feed fresh raw bones in your dog’s crate, or on a towel or
other surface you can clean, or outside as long as you can
supervise him. Fresh raw bones become a gooey, greasy mess
until your dog has gnawed them clean, so make sure to
protect your flooring and furniture.
•
Don’t give them to your dog if she has a predisposition to
pancreatitis. Raw bone marrow is very rich and can cause
diarrhea and a flare-up of pancreatitis. Instead, you can feed a
“low fat” version by thawing the bone and scooping out the
marrow to reduce the fat content.
•
Don’t give a recreational bone to a dog that’s likely to try to
swallow it whole or bite it in two and eat it in huge chunks.
•
Don’t feed small bones that can be swallowed whole or pose a
choking risk, or bones that have been cut, such as a leg bone.
Cut bones are more likely to splinter.
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Understanding Pet Food Labels
The following table can help you decipher and choose the
best pet food for your best friend:
Meat and Fish
Great
Named meats, organs
and tripe
Lamb, Pork,
Kangaroo, Vension
Chicken, Turkey,
Duck
Salmon, Sardines,
named fish
Questionable
Meat meal (un-named
species)
Yuck!
Meat & bone
meal (un-named
species)
Meat by-products
Poultry meal (unnamed species)
Fish meal (un-named)
Poultry byproducts
Animal digest
(intestinal
contents of
unnamed
species)
Vegetables and Fruit
Great
Pulped or Steamed
Leafy Greens, Sweet
Potatoes, Carrots,
Zucchini, Capsicum,
Green Beans, Peas
Apples, Pears,
Bananas, Mango,
Berries
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Questionable
Tomato pomance,
garlic, ginger, white
potato
Yuck!
Onion, potato
product, potato
starch
Apple pomance
Grapes, raisins
Preservatives
Great
Rosemary
Questionable
Citric Acid, Mixed
Tocepherols
Yuck!
BHA, BHT,
Ethoxyquin
Great
Grain free
Questionable
Glutinous grains, rice
Quinoa,
Amaranth
Spelt, oats,
barley, rye
Wheat
Yuck!
Corn gluten, rice
gluten, brewer’s
rice
Peanut meal,
sorghum
Grains
Soy, soybean meal
Vitamins and Minerals
Great
Amino Acids
Questionable
Mendadione soldium
bisulphate
Bovine Bone Meal
Yuck!
Iron/ferrous oxide
Many synthetic
vitamins
Processing
Great
Raw, fresh, frozen,
freeze dried,
dehydrated
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Questionable
Baked, cooked at
high temperatures
Yuck!
Extruded, canned
and irradiated
Do It Yourself (Dogs)
Famous Seamus’ Chicken Licken’ (makes 1kg)
500g human grade chicken meat (minced or diced. Can be cooked
if preferred)
50g human grade chicken livers
1 cup/125g apples (cored, not peeled)
1 cup/125g carrots (trimmed, not peeled)
1 cup/125g zucchini (trimmed, not peeled)
250g kale (trimmed)
1tbsp parsley
Wash vegetables, fruit and herbs. Place in food processor and pulse
until mushed. Add meat and organs, mix with vegetables.
Add supplement:
Mineral/Vitamin supplement formulated for pets such as FoodiePooch
VitaBoost Seasoning OR mix your own with items such as:
Chia Seeds
Brewer’s Yeast
Bone Meal (Calcium)
Organic Alfalfa / Organic Kelp Powder
Mix well and serve to your pet.
Books to Read
“Give Your Dog A Bone” by Dr Ian Billinghurst
“Real Food for Healthy Dogs & Cats” by Dr K Becker & B Taylor
“The Healthy Dog Cookbook” by Jonna Anne & Mary Straus
Websites to check out:
www.foodiepooch.com.au
www.barfworld.com.au
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Best Pet Foods at a Glance
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About the Author
Growing up, Alla wanted to be a Vet or a Writer,
but after almost a decade studying Arts and
Commerce at University, ended up as HR Director
of some large corporations instead. As a
passionate foodie and cook and following the
acquisition of two average sized cats, the
adoption of a gigantic dog (who is allergic to too
many things to mention), and thousands of hours
of intensive research on natural pet health and
nutrition, Alla created FoodiePooch in 2012.
Alla is driven to educate owners in species
appropriate natural diets for their pets through
Online Videos, Blogs, Articles, Seminars and
Demonstrations. She is a qualified Small Animal
Nutritionist and is currently completing a Diploma
in Small Animal Naturopathy. You can read her
Blog at https://www.foodiepooch.com.au/blog/.
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Natural Pet Food, Treats, Supplements
and Products
FoodiePooch offers a hand-picked selection of natural products, all
aimed at feeding your pet to better health. Our range is available
for purchase online and includes the following:
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Dehydrated and freeze dried meals from human grade
ingredients including Ziwipeak and K9 Naturals
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Dehydrated treats from organic kangaroo, venison and
goat including Dried Green Tripe
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A comprehensive selection of raw feeding supplements and
boosters
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A selection of herbal tonics and medicines
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A range of herbal and natural grooming products including
shampoos, conditioners, colognes and rinses
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Natural parasite control
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Joint care – including Green Lipped Mussel Powder
Natural Nutrition and Diet Consults
FoodiePooch also provides Nutritional and Dietary Consultations with
our qualified Small Animal Nutritionist, specialising in personalised
diet and menu plans, prescription raw diets made to order and
weight loss and body conditioning programs.
© FoodiePooch 2013
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