DIET AND DOGS
All Silvestre dogs are fed raw natural fresh foods. Plus some have wholesome home made cooked foods. Why? Because these are the two diets which stand out for great health of the dogs, also proven to us to produce the epitome of good sized litters. Our dogs hardly ever go to vets for serious issues because they are healthy. Our dogs do not have allergies to foods, because being raised from weaning onto raw foods is being proven to eliminate food allergies according to science. Well thats just one small part.
Being as holistic and natural as you can be for your dog is key to having a healthy dog, with also as little interference in spaying/neutering/flea/wormer/vaccine. Because what we are learning is to own that healthy dog for 14 years we should stop interfering with nature.
SILVESTRE PUPPIES - They are always raised onto Nutriment weaning paste and milk. Fast forward two weeks and they are onto puppy food and Bulmer meats. Bulmer is a company owned by Nutriment. It is not a company you can buy direct from as you have to go through stockists.
Now some breeds like French bulldogs can not always tolerate high fatty foods, and it's possibly the way they are designed with short necks, and stomach. So to be really truthful cooking meats and veg for these dogs gives them a much better diet.
We also believe in gut health. Heal the gut heal the dog. Most dogs with allergies have poor gut biome.
NUTRIMENT PUPPY FOOD - INGREDIENTS 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)
When you analyse the above food my goodness what luxury to give your puppy. All the right nutrients it needs to grow into a big healthy dog. We can not advise this food any more highly.
Dogs have in fact been around for thousands of years and living amongst humans. They learnt a mutual trust and benefitted each other, from catching rats around villages, to warmth comfort, hunting skills, pulling sleds. It's hard to think they came from the wolves millions of years ago. But they did, and foxes, wolves, dingos are all part of the same family of animals. They did not eat dried food from a sack. They ate freshly caught foods, or rotting flesh, herbs, fruit, or plants that they deemed crucial for gut health. Today the dog has it easy and rather pampered, but in this pampering we have lost sights of what is the best diet. We want quick, we want less hassle, we want commercial food.
The dog is a canine and when you open their mouth you can see their teeth are sharp pointed teeth. Not flat teeth like a herbivore (horse). Their teeth are designed to rip open flesh, tear and grind and chew bones on the back teeth. They have not evolved. The intestine of the dog is short, much shorter than humans, and they can digest bone in their stomach acid which is much stronger than human acid. In short the dog is designed to eat raw flesh, fur and bone. Revolting but true.
The ideal dog diet is mimicking the most natural, but not all of us want to do this including fur and skin of animals, as lets face it life is pretty fast these days, so we want to open a box, tip out and get on with something else, rather than prepare each and individual every protein, veg, fruit, egg and so on. So choose diets which are 80/10/10 diets. It means 80% protein, 10% bone and 10% offal. Then every extra in the food is a bonus, like kale, apple, spinach. If you can not give this type of food because you are watching pennies, give a basic of meat, bone, offal, then add in extras which are left over from. your own dinner, your dog will get then good nutrients.
But with the raw diet we can forget about amino acids called Taurine, and in particular some dog breeds you can get Dilated Cardio Myopathy. This is a taurine deficient disease which causes dogs to die around 2-3 years of age. So you must make sure the Bracco Italiano, Doberman, American Cocker, Golden Retriever are breeds which must have this amino acid addd every other day. Other breeds you could get away with giving it to the dog probably twice a week. To give foods high in Taurine you need heart meat. Eggs, Seafood. Brown meat.
All Silvestre dogs are fed raw natural fresh foods. Plus some have wholesome home made cooked foods. Why? Because these are the two diets which stand out for great health of the dogs, also proven to us to produce the epitome of good sized litters. Our dogs hardly ever go to vets for serious issues because they are healthy. Our dogs do not have allergies to foods, because being raised from weaning onto raw foods is being proven to eliminate food allergies according to science. Well thats just one small part.
Being as holistic and natural as you can be for your dog is key to having a healthy dog, with also as little interference in spaying/neutering/flea/wormer/vaccine. Because what we are learning is to own that healthy dog for 14 years we should stop interfering with nature.
SILVESTRE PUPPIES - They are always raised onto Nutriment weaning paste and milk. Fast forward two weeks and they are onto puppy food and Bulmer meats. Bulmer is a company owned by Nutriment. It is not a company you can buy direct from as you have to go through stockists.
Now some breeds like French bulldogs can not always tolerate high fatty foods, and it's possibly the way they are designed with short necks, and stomach. So to be really truthful cooking meats and veg for these dogs gives them a much better diet.
We also believe in gut health. Heal the gut heal the dog. Most dogs with allergies have poor gut biome.
NUTRIMENT PUPPY FOOD - INGREDIENTS 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)
When you analyse the above food my goodness what luxury to give your puppy. All the right nutrients it needs to grow into a big healthy dog. We can not advise this food any more highly.
Dogs have in fact been around for thousands of years and living amongst humans. They learnt a mutual trust and benefitted each other, from catching rats around villages, to warmth comfort, hunting skills, pulling sleds. It's hard to think they came from the wolves millions of years ago. But they did, and foxes, wolves, dingos are all part of the same family of animals. They did not eat dried food from a sack. They ate freshly caught foods, or rotting flesh, herbs, fruit, or plants that they deemed crucial for gut health. Today the dog has it easy and rather pampered, but in this pampering we have lost sights of what is the best diet. We want quick, we want less hassle, we want commercial food.
The dog is a canine and when you open their mouth you can see their teeth are sharp pointed teeth. Not flat teeth like a herbivore (horse). Their teeth are designed to rip open flesh, tear and grind and chew bones on the back teeth. They have not evolved. The intestine of the dog is short, much shorter than humans, and they can digest bone in their stomach acid which is much stronger than human acid. In short the dog is designed to eat raw flesh, fur and bone. Revolting but true.
The ideal dog diet is mimicking the most natural, but not all of us want to do this including fur and skin of animals, as lets face it life is pretty fast these days, so we want to open a box, tip out and get on with something else, rather than prepare each and individual every protein, veg, fruit, egg and so on. So choose diets which are 80/10/10 diets. It means 80% protein, 10% bone and 10% offal. Then every extra in the food is a bonus, like kale, apple, spinach. If you can not give this type of food because you are watching pennies, give a basic of meat, bone, offal, then add in extras which are left over from. your own dinner, your dog will get then good nutrients.
But with the raw diet we can forget about amino acids called Taurine, and in particular some dog breeds you can get Dilated Cardio Myopathy. This is a taurine deficient disease which causes dogs to die around 2-3 years of age. So you must make sure the Bracco Italiano, Doberman, American Cocker, Golden Retriever are breeds which must have this amino acid addd every other day. Other breeds you could get away with giving it to the dog probably twice a week. To give foods high in Taurine you need heart meat. Eggs, Seafood. Brown meat.
The difference between puppy raw to adult raw ?
Really the whole manufacturing process is about the only difference which means, puppy food they mince it finer. This is important for smaller toy breeds of dogs. But for bigger breeds they can cope with adult food much earlier.
Really the whole manufacturing process is about the only difference which means, puppy food they mince it finer. This is important for smaller toy breeds of dogs. But for bigger breeds they can cope with adult food much earlier.
What benefits are seen if you feed raw to dogs?
WHAT ARE THE DOWN SIDES OF EATING RAW?
- Skin is more supple, and healthier.
- Less dandruff seen in coat,
- Less allergies.
- Fur shines with good health.
- Puppies grow slower which is good for joints. Kibble fed dogs can become too big too quick which in turn can cause elbow and hip dysplasia.
- Dogs poop less, that has to be the biggest result.
- The stools are firmer to pick up.
- They do not break wind as much (Definite winner in my eyes)
- Less chances of bloat and gastric torsion.
- Less chances of diabetes.
- Dog enjoys food more, and less fussy eaters.
WHAT ARE THE DOWN SIDES OF EATING RAW?
- Need a freezer for the dog, unless you have locally a raw food shop you can go and collect food from weekly.
- Thinking about defrosting meat.
- Handling raw meat. (Use gloves)
- Remembering varied diets are required to get all nutrients.
BOOKS
I advise anyone buying a puppy to buy and read two books. Feeding dogs by Dr Connor Brady. Forever dog, Dr Karen Becker and Dr Rodney Habib. You can buy both books of amazon.
Dr Karen Becker has also written recipe books for cooked diets. On Amazon.
I advise anyone buying a puppy to buy and read two books. Feeding dogs by Dr Connor Brady. Forever dog, Dr Karen Becker and Dr Rodney Habib. You can buy both books of amazon.
Dr Karen Becker has also written recipe books for cooked diets. On Amazon.
You are what you eat! Never a truer word spoken.
FEEDING WEIGHT GUIDE
The guide by companies is 10% puppies & 2-3% adult dogs. But you may find you can reduce the quantity after 20 weeks of age. The diet is very much a diet look with the eye. This means if you think your dog is thin give the dog more food. If it's fat you can cut it back.
WORKING DOGS - These dogs will need more food intake. Probably 3-4 meals a day to keep weight on. Also they require good protein and quality foods. Dogs which are pets do not need as much as a working dog does.
All Silvestre puppy owners are given a code to redeem free food from Nutriment company and we advise you continue with the same food. If however you are someone who just has to feed dried foods, then find the best dried food alternatives you can. This is harder than you think as most have poor protein contents.
Check out Eden dog foods & Millies wolf heart. Both are known to have higher protein levels. Tinned meats sadly do not come up very good on the protein quantities. Growing dogs especially need higher proteins.
Avoid any food which states ash! or meat meal. These are not meats.
HOLIDAYS
Everyone worries when feeding raw and taking dogs on. holidays. Today we are lucky supermarkets stock chicken wings, beef bones and so on. It's easy to pop into a shop locally and buy what you need. However if you can not and camping, we do advise NATURE DIET. This food is not frozen and it keeps in a box. Amazon sell it. We alternate between raw and nature diet on our own doggy holidays.
If your dog has dietary issues you need some advice on, then go over to our Academy for more ideas on fussy eaters and how to get them eating. Also articles on various food groups.
The guide by companies is 10% puppies & 2-3% adult dogs. But you may find you can reduce the quantity after 20 weeks of age. The diet is very much a diet look with the eye. This means if you think your dog is thin give the dog more food. If it's fat you can cut it back.
WORKING DOGS - These dogs will need more food intake. Probably 3-4 meals a day to keep weight on. Also they require good protein and quality foods. Dogs which are pets do not need as much as a working dog does.
All Silvestre puppy owners are given a code to redeem free food from Nutriment company and we advise you continue with the same food. If however you are someone who just has to feed dried foods, then find the best dried food alternatives you can. This is harder than you think as most have poor protein contents.
Check out Eden dog foods & Millies wolf heart. Both are known to have higher protein levels. Tinned meats sadly do not come up very good on the protein quantities. Growing dogs especially need higher proteins.
Avoid any food which states ash! or meat meal. These are not meats.
HOLIDAYS
Everyone worries when feeding raw and taking dogs on. holidays. Today we are lucky supermarkets stock chicken wings, beef bones and so on. It's easy to pop into a shop locally and buy what you need. However if you can not and camping, we do advise NATURE DIET. This food is not frozen and it keeps in a box. Amazon sell it. We alternate between raw and nature diet on our own doggy holidays.
If your dog has dietary issues you need some advice on, then go over to our Academy for more ideas on fussy eaters and how to get them eating. Also articles on various food groups.
Rachel xx