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Good book with some great ideas. But the results were not what we had hoped for. I will say that even though some holistic and natural ways of taking care of your pet is a great idea it is not always the right way to go. My Boxer puppy Sturgeon came home with kennel cough, we first tried antibiotics and then gave the ways of this book a try. We ended up going back to modern medicine after a 3 weeks of natural remedy only to see him gradually go back to his bad kennel cough days. Great ideas and philosophy but not a final cure.
This is a good book. He does not strongly advocate feeding raw bones, & instead relies on calcium supplements to balance out the meat in the recipes. skipping the bones & relying on cooked bone powder or eggshells then deprives your animals from the many minerals & health benefits of raw bones. The only issue I have at ALL is that the recipes in it are very grain-heavy. He does provide nutritional info on all the recipes which is a plus. I don't have dogs that do well with grains in their diet due to allergies. Easy to read. He makes a good point as to why he leans that way, but I do not agree & feel feeding the bones is more natural.
The 'Healthy Powder' recipe has yeast in it, which also contributes to allergies. (Though he does say he has heard of this issue before, he has 'not seen it' in his practice). Not to mention it is just way too much work for a busy dog owner to put together many items in a recipe & then portion it all out. A good book for someone first starting out on raw feeding & more natural health care for their animals.
We stopped feeding her kibble and started feeding her a similar diet to what is described in this book and within a few weeks everything changed- She never scratches anymore and her coat is shiny and healthy. I have always had an interest in holistic/ natural medicine, but hate the way it is described sometimes. I love the approach taken in this book- the examples are clear and follow common sense. Her muscle tone is great as well. in several books I've read the authors make holistic medicine sound like hocus pocus. Even though I've always been relatively careful about what I eat, this book has opened my eyes and made me more careful of what I buy and eat myself.Our dog had terrible skin problems when she was a puppy- constantly scratching to the point of bleeding. I read this book after starting our pup on a home made diet and used it as a guide. It has been very helpful and i would absolutely recommend it.
I have followed many of the suggestions in this book and found them very helpful for all my animals. The ideas not only make sense, but they are relatively easy to implement and the animals have responded very favorably to the change in diet.
Lots of information.but not too much on what I needed.obese dogs.limited and dated info.more of a look it up.not a straight read threw.glad I got it used.B.W.
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