Just the other morning I saw that sugar was in the news, listed as a toxin. The report followed that there was legislation proposed to regulate the amount of sugar in foods. With all the other regulations and laws we have to worry about, why do we have to pick on sugar? Sugar is normally included in fruit and grains with a combination of vitamins and minerals. When a sugar or carbohydrate from plants is refined, the sugar is stripped from the other nutrients. This unbalanced fuel is then consumed in excess with other healthy nutrients. Sugar may be the next toxin!
Grain, veggie, or fruit carbohydrates can compose 60% of most commercial dog and cat foods. Some dogs and cats can tolerate the high level of carbohydrates because they burn them off. Other dogs and cats become obese and are prone to diabetes and arthritis. Obese animals need to eat less calories and get more exercise.
You can cut the calories in half by using canned food instead of dry food. If you feed your dog half the amount of dog food it usually gets, but soak it in warm water, they get half the calories. Feed obese cats canned food instead of dry food. I also feed dogs and cats a few ounces of real meat several times weekly. Protein and fat satisfies hunger for a longer time then carbohydrates.
Dog Dish Diet has a slow cooking recipe that you can modify to contain
25% meat and 75% veggies to help your dog lose weight!
Check out these videos on obesity in dogs and feeding cats raw meat!
Dogs are loving the easy, economical recipe in the Dog Dish Diet!!
2/3/2012
Dr. Greg,
Thank you for being such a great Vet and sharing your Dog Dish Diet with us.
We had my older German Shepherd, Surge in to see you yesterday because he was drinking excessive amount of water, loosing control of his bladder and not eating his dog food (Dry) that he usually would not pass up for anything. I was afraid it was his kidneys and praying it was not kidney failure. You did some blood tests and found the results to look normal and thought Surge may have had a reaction to his dry food and in the process you gave us the recipe for the Dog Dish Diet, We went home and immediately turned the crock pot on and made our dogs the chicken and Veggie Recipe. Surge and our other shepherd were thrilled to eat the meal! Surge did not hesitate for a second as he had been doing all week with his food as well as skipping meals all together.
To my surprise, I noticed immediate results. Surge hardly drank any water that evening. In the morning his water bowl was still full and all day he has been acting back to normal. I now believe the excessive water drinking and skipping meals was a reaction he was having to the dry dog food we have been feeding him.
We have some lucky dogs because we are switching their diets and they will be enjoying Dr. Greg’s Dog Dish Diet from here out!
They both say Thank you by the way!
With Gratitude,
Jessica Carlson and Yanni Antonakos
Dr. Greg,
Thank you so much for your insights into canine nutrition. Jillian (Jilly) is a lot more healthy and happy since we moved her to your recommendations.
Jilly is an Italian Greyhound / Jack Russel mix that we adopted from a rescue when she was 8 weeks old. We have struggled for a year and a half to figure out what she would like to eat. We found out greyhounds are very picky eaters and this one was no exception.We tried all the expensive high end foods and she would try them and leave almost all of it. She started looking skinny, even for a greyhound. Since the first time we made her a crock pot of chicken,
yams and rice, she has been eating her weight of it per week. Jilly has gained 20-30% in body weight and she looks great. It’s only been a little more work to feed her food this way and it is a fraction of the cost.
