CRANECREEK BULLMASTIFFS
Building great families...One bullmastiff puppy at a time!
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CRANECREEK BULLMASTIFFS Building great families...One bullmastiff puppy at a time! |
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Raw Diet For Bullmastiffs
Just like most people I had my worries about feeding raw chicken and turkey to my dogs. I was worried about the bacteria making my dogs sick. Lynnel reassured me that this would not affect them and referred me to several books on the raw diet. Reading for myself and understanding how these raw foods worked to improve my dog’s health made me feel more comfortable in taking the plunge into the world of natural rearing. My dogs are incredibly healthy and do not make the trips to the vet that they used to. We no longer have to deal with the allergy problems we saw from commercial dog foods. Our Bullmastiffs don’t have the doggy odor, they have nice clean teeth and beautiful thick shinny coats and they excrete less waste. This tells me their bodies are able to utilize the food rather than plant it in my yard. Feeding raw does have some set up expense and requires some time to find the products you need to feed a proper raw diet. It takes a little while to get into the routine but believe me it is worth it. Once you are set up it is a snap. You can always make meals up ahead of time and freeze them. We have also started feeding small amounts of high quality kibble as a filler or snack when needed, we are not totally against kibble, but have found that the benefits of a barf diet are truly noticeable. For those of you who choose to think for yourself and want to take control of your dog’s health feel free to contact me for more details. I am always willing to help a fellow dog lover.
The following information is provided courtesy of Lynnel Jones
CANINE NUTRITION and RESEARCH UPDATE While many people familiar with the opinions of well-publicized veterinarians such as Richard Pitcarin (Natural Health for Dogs and Cats, Rodale Press) and Martin Goldstein (The Nature of Animal Healing, Alfred A. Knopf), it’s much more difficult to keep up with the field world-wide, at the university research level and on the internet.Therefore from time to time noteworthy updates will be provided. Currently in the process of publication and translation from the German is The Error of the Millennium in Veterinary Medicine, (ISBN 3-9807236-0-7), Marc Torel and K.D. Kammerer DVM.Subtitled Malnutrition-induced Hip Dysplasia as a Non-hereditary Skeletal Disease of Dogs the book traces a thousand years of canine diet history to the present time, concluding that 80-85% of dogs suffer nutrition related diseases resulting from ingesting commercial dog food.A more detailed discussion of the book’s conclusions and the struggle to publish it is available at http://www/transanimal.de/englisch.htm Of equal if considerably less technical - interest to those feeding commercial dog food is an article on its manufacture by a Canadian dog lover:www.bullmarketfrogs
While not new on the canine diet market, Kymythy Schultze’s Natural Nutrition for Dogs and Cats (Hay House, 800 654 5126) is less well known but practical, simple, inexpensive and provides an absolutely terrific diet. Web sites of interest in the nutrition area may be located through various search engines. egroups.com hosts a number of canine-interest groups. Particularly informative and healthy groups include grainfreepets, rawdiet,justsayno2vaccs, doghealth and various BARF (Billinghurst Give a Dog a Bone) lists.
Larry Glickman DVM of Purdue University has recently completed a study of the causation of autoantibodies impacting thyroid, pancreas, heart, red blood count and connective tissue.He may be contacted at ltg@vet.purdue.edu Dennis Macy DVM of Colorado State Vet School has reached some conclusions about the causes of autoimmune polyarthritis and herpertonic osteodystrophy in dogs.He may be reached at 970 221 4535.
Bullmastiff Puppy Diet The diet we follow is adapted for our Bullmastiffs from The Complete Handbook for the Dog and Cat by Juliette de Barcli Levy. Prepared easily from readily available ingredients, it is composed of raw meat and vegetables together with supplements appropriate to maximize health and longevity. Numerous veterinarians have commented when picking them up, that our puppies are "so dense". We think of the differences between our babies and less fortunate puppies raised on commercial dog food and vaccines as analogous to the differences between "Wonder Bread" and home made whole wheat ...they're both bread...but...what a difference! Breakfast
This may be canned mackerel or sardines if you’re in a pinch but raw chicken or turkey backs, necks or wings, venison, fish, beef are better organic if possible.Variety is crucial. You should be able to see the pup’s rib structure but not the individual ribs. If at some growth stages your pup seems too thin, you may add an extra meal or snack of raw fatty chicken or other meat. Dinner
You can thin this mix with unsalted broth or water if too thick for pup to handle. An evening snack of a couple of chicken necks or wings may be needed to tide the puppy over until morning. Treats for good behavior may be smidgens of whatever you are cooking/eating, white cheese, leftover cooked meat, hot dogs of the pristine variety, fruit etc. AS THE PUP GROWS FASTS IN GENERAL SUPPLIERS |
