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DIET AND DOGS
All Silvestre dogs are raw fed. They are given the best diet possible for dogs. Which shows in their health and energy levels. All our puppies are started on nutriment weaning paste then move to puppy food. This diet suits them extremely well and they grow beautifully. Raw food means just that it is not cooked. Dogs stomachs are designed to digest raw foods.
When you have decided on a Silvestre puppy we make sure you know what our litter has been fed, we have diet sheets, and you can talk to us any time about diet. I will send you a code before your 5 weeks visit and you can redeem 5 kilos of free puppy food from Nutriment ready for when your new bundle of fun comes. I always advise to add extra to this order to give you at least 2-3 weeks of food in stock.
I have spent a lifetime with animals. Watching them develop, grow, and mature into adults. Diet is one of the most important things to get right for good health of the animal. The gut being the most important factor in health, which makes us look long and hard at what we are doing with our dogs. Now their are websites devoted to diet, and I will only cover a tiny tiny aspect of diet here today. Our website has a section for Silvestre owners which has hidden files with many pages about diet. You can only access once you have paid a deposit. Like this we help give our puppy owners all the information they need to go forward to make a healthy dog. We firmly believe raw feeding is best. Its called the Barf diet by some, natural feeding by others and raw feeding.
All Silvestre dogs are raw fed. They are given the best diet possible for dogs. Which shows in their health and energy levels. All our puppies are started on nutriment weaning paste then move to puppy food. This diet suits them extremely well and they grow beautifully. Raw food means just that it is not cooked. Dogs stomachs are designed to digest raw foods.
When you have decided on a Silvestre puppy we make sure you know what our litter has been fed, we have diet sheets, and you can talk to us any time about diet. I will send you a code before your 5 weeks visit and you can redeem 5 kilos of free puppy food from Nutriment ready for when your new bundle of fun comes. I always advise to add extra to this order to give you at least 2-3 weeks of food in stock.
I have spent a lifetime with animals. Watching them develop, grow, and mature into adults. Diet is one of the most important things to get right for good health of the animal. The gut being the most important factor in health, which makes us look long and hard at what we are doing with our dogs. Now their are websites devoted to diet, and I will only cover a tiny tiny aspect of diet here today. Our website has a section for Silvestre owners which has hidden files with many pages about diet. You can only access once you have paid a deposit. Like this we help give our puppy owners all the information they need to go forward to make a healthy dog. We firmly believe raw feeding is best. Its called the Barf diet by some, natural feeding by others and raw feeding.
You are what you eat! Never a truer word spoken.
Dogs are not just carnivores but herbivores. They enjoy a diet of meat, bone, offal, fruit, herbs, some greens. All our puppies are started on Nutriment weaning paste, which is finely ground chicken. It comes frozen in a pack and we defrost at room temperature then keep in a fridge. When dealing with raw food we learn to be hygienic. If food is not eaten its put in a sealed tub inside the fridge. Raw food should not be on the shelf with other foods. So designate a shelf just for your pet food, and put in a sealed tub. We mix puppy milk or goats milk with the weaning paste until they are 4 weeks old then we reduce milk and add in water. But they then get milk at bedtime with meat and eggs.
What are the benefits of raw feeding dogs?
What are the benefits of raw feeding dogs?
- Skin is more supple and healthier.
- Less Dandruff or skin issues.
- Less allergies
- Fur shines with good health.
- Puppies grow slower which is less stress on their joints.
- Dogs poop less. You may get 2 stools per day on raw food, against 5 or more on cereal fed dogs.
- Stools are smaller, firmer. If you own a large dog you will appreciate a smaller stool especially when collecting it in a poop bag LOL.
- Less wind, and for some breeds like Frenchie believe me that's a bonus.
- Less chances of bloat as less gas in the stomach.
- Dogs enjoying their food more. Less fussy eaters.
- Freezer space.
- Thinking about defrosting meat.
- Handling raw meat.
- Remembering variety for a balanced diet.
A balanced diet is very important when feeding raw foods. I have always said a dog can live on Chicken alone, but the truth is it won't get all the nutrients it needs to grow healthy. Dogs do best on 80% proteins (Muscle meat), 10% bone, 10% offal. Check the packet ingredients when looking at raw foods. When you buy a puppy it should just eat the puppy food for a few weeks, but then you can introduce new food groups. Because if you feed a variety of food groups the dog is getting more choices in nutrients. All our dogs are given extras but they do not need them. If I have blueberries I will give them a few each, strawberries, raspberries and so on. Some vets and trainers misinform puppy owners saying they should be on low protein. Rubbish! An elderly dog yes other wise it can become fat. But young growing puppies need good food. Quality of food is also important.
I advise anyone who is buying a puppy to read two books. Forever dog by Dr Karen Becker and Dr Rodney Habib which you can buy on Amazon. Or Feeding dogs by Dr Connor Brady. Again you can buy from Amazon. These two books will get your mindset thinking about how beneficial good fresh ingredients really are.
www.nutriment.co.uk
Let us look at the ingredients in Nutriment puppy food. You will soon see how this is a complete food;
British Chicken with Bone, British Beef Heart, British Beef Green Tripe, British Beef Kidney, British Beef Liver, Fresh Carrots, Fresh Butternut Squash, Fresh Broccoli, Fresh Green Curly Kale, Scottish Cold Water Salmon Oil, Organic Virgin Coconut Oil, Raw Sea Kelp Powder (Laminaria japonica), Bilberry Powder (Vaccinium Mytilus), Spirulina Powder (Spirulina platensis), Whole Milled Sesame Seeds, Wheat Germ Oil (natural vitamin E)
FEEDING WEIGHT GUIDE
When writing food guide per day nearly all companies have to put a generalised amount to cover all breeds. But the truth is the toy breed dog does not need the amount of food an active Vizsla puppy would need. You will see 5-6% of the body weight in raw food is required, but actually your Vizsla puppy will need 10%. We feed our puppies as much as they can eat to be satisfied, as they are active running around and they burn off calories quickly. Between the age of 12-16 weeks some puppies start to look thin. So feed them more food. With the raw diets we always say "Look with the eye", which simply means if your dog is thin give it more food. If it looks fat you can cut some back. Adults food guide is 2-3% of their body weight. Again if your dog is running for miles, being a working dog you'll need to up the food to nearly puppy amounts per day.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BEWEEN ADULT FOOD AND PUPPY ?
Puppy food is exactly the same as adult food except they run it through the mincer more so its finer meat. Frenchie puppies need puppy food for longer, but the HPR breeds can cope with more textured food so can move to adult food after 16 weeks.
COST
Most of us have had to look at our spending where our pet food is concerned. If you are struggling to buy raw complete food have a look at other companies. But remember if you end up with just chicken you have to add in all the extras to make it complete.
ALLERGIES
Did you know raw weaned puppies will have far less allergies in adulthood life than kibble reared puppies. Their has been a lot of research over the past few years. If your dog has sores on skin, yeasty ears the chances are it has a food allergy. But if you are a raw feeding you can find out very quickly what your dog is allergic too as you can do an elimination diet easily. Many dogs who do have allergies will tolerate horse meat well. The problem with an allergy is not simple. Because we can take chicken for example. The dog appears to be more hivy with chicken. But its most likely not the chicken its the drugs pumped into birds to create quick growth. When you go into the food industry its quick shocking. So do not think its genetic when food is altered by chemicals/poisons/growth hormones.
Durham Animal feeds sells more than one food group and you can find interesting ones like horse, wild boar, game birds which maybe much better for your dog if it has itchy allergic skin.
DAF CLICK HERE
When I worked for a time as a groomer I saw all sorts of skin conditions. I ended up helping many owners of dogs and the difference in their coats was astounding. One Westie had no hair on its back, leathery skin. The owner brought some raw food rather reluctantly but six weeks later could see a difference, it was not until the dog came back again that I could see a huge difference. All the hair regrew. She had previously spent thousands at the vets with no conclusion.
Rachel xx
I advise anyone who is buying a puppy to read two books. Forever dog by Dr Karen Becker and Dr Rodney Habib which you can buy on Amazon. Or Feeding dogs by Dr Connor Brady. Again you can buy from Amazon. These two books will get your mindset thinking about how beneficial good fresh ingredients really are.
www.nutriment.co.uk
Let us look at the ingredients in Nutriment puppy food. You will soon see how this is a complete food;
British Chicken with Bone, British Beef Heart, British Beef Green Tripe, British Beef Kidney, British Beef Liver, Fresh Carrots, Fresh Butternut Squash, Fresh Broccoli, Fresh Green Curly Kale, Scottish Cold Water Salmon Oil, Organic Virgin Coconut Oil, Raw Sea Kelp Powder (Laminaria japonica), Bilberry Powder (Vaccinium Mytilus), Spirulina Powder (Spirulina platensis), Whole Milled Sesame Seeds, Wheat Germ Oil (natural vitamin E)
FEEDING WEIGHT GUIDE
When writing food guide per day nearly all companies have to put a generalised amount to cover all breeds. But the truth is the toy breed dog does not need the amount of food an active Vizsla puppy would need. You will see 5-6% of the body weight in raw food is required, but actually your Vizsla puppy will need 10%. We feed our puppies as much as they can eat to be satisfied, as they are active running around and they burn off calories quickly. Between the age of 12-16 weeks some puppies start to look thin. So feed them more food. With the raw diets we always say "Look with the eye", which simply means if your dog is thin give it more food. If it looks fat you can cut some back. Adults food guide is 2-3% of their body weight. Again if your dog is running for miles, being a working dog you'll need to up the food to nearly puppy amounts per day.
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BEWEEN ADULT FOOD AND PUPPY ?
Puppy food is exactly the same as adult food except they run it through the mincer more so its finer meat. Frenchie puppies need puppy food for longer, but the HPR breeds can cope with more textured food so can move to adult food after 16 weeks.
COST
Most of us have had to look at our spending where our pet food is concerned. If you are struggling to buy raw complete food have a look at other companies. But remember if you end up with just chicken you have to add in all the extras to make it complete.
ALLERGIES
Did you know raw weaned puppies will have far less allergies in adulthood life than kibble reared puppies. Their has been a lot of research over the past few years. If your dog has sores on skin, yeasty ears the chances are it has a food allergy. But if you are a raw feeding you can find out very quickly what your dog is allergic too as you can do an elimination diet easily. Many dogs who do have allergies will tolerate horse meat well. The problem with an allergy is not simple. Because we can take chicken for example. The dog appears to be more hivy with chicken. But its most likely not the chicken its the drugs pumped into birds to create quick growth. When you go into the food industry its quick shocking. So do not think its genetic when food is altered by chemicals/poisons/growth hormones.
Durham Animal feeds sells more than one food group and you can find interesting ones like horse, wild boar, game birds which maybe much better for your dog if it has itchy allergic skin.
DAF CLICK HERE
When I worked for a time as a groomer I saw all sorts of skin conditions. I ended up helping many owners of dogs and the difference in their coats was astounding. One Westie had no hair on its back, leathery skin. The owner brought some raw food rather reluctantly but six weeks later could see a difference, it was not until the dog came back again that I could see a huge difference. All the hair regrew. She had previously spent thousands at the vets with no conclusion.
Rachel xx