Fellow dog owners - what food do you feed?

[satomi325]

Darn! Sorraia beat me to it! I was going to say and post similar pictures of the same animals. Good job!:thumbup:

I like certain kibbles and raw. I feed a mix of commercial raw and kibble to my dogs, but I personally think raw is the 'best'. If someone is going to feed kibble, I always suggest the ones I listed on the first page. Yes there are some fruit and vegetables found in some of them, but they are in very little quantities. Not to mention they lack potatoes, grains, and corn fillers and the bulk of those diets are meat and meat proteins. I am against feeding low quality kibble that has more fillers than meat to where it would be more appropriate for a rodent diet than a dog..... (I.E. science diet where it had a single meat source and everything else being rice, grains, corn, etc)

I don't have cats as I'm allergic to them. But, I'm always wondering how cats survive off kibble?

There is enough meat proteins to survive. However, its still not very good for them since they're obligate carnivores.

Depending on the type of kibble. When fed an average or low quality kibble many do develop insulin issues and diabetes. Grain, corn, and other plant material used as binders in the kibble are metabolized as sugars. They get too much sugar and it actually compromises the pancreas into producing excess insulin. If you have too much insulin, the blood glucose levels go down.:cens0r: This is when hypoglycemia occurs.

This is why Insulinoma is one of the most common ailments in domesticated ferrets and diabetes in cats. Ferrets are very similar to cats where they are both obligate carnivores. Ferrets can still get Insulinoma even when fed a quality kibble. My current ferrets are on raw, but I've seen what kibble can do to ferrets first hand. The violent seizures they experience from low blood sugar drops are not a pleasant sight. Its a rather sad helpless feeling watching a pet go through a fit.

When switched to raw, my ferrets transformed. It was crazy! I didn't expect them to change that much, but they did. Less odor, smaller poo, ate less due to getting more viable nutrients in smaller amounts or raw compared to kibble where they basically had to eat constantly to get a similar amount of nutrition. They went from having rough brittle coats to beautiful shiny and silky coats. They have more energy. More muscle mass and less fat.

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