[rawfeeding] Re: How risky is raw, farm-raised Tilapia from China?

"Kristin Knippenberg" <kknippenberg@...> wrote:

> I went to a holistic vet this spring. She
> suggested that it's probably somewhat environmental, but probably
also
> a bit of a food allergy, and that for dogs, meats are a common
> allergen. ANYWAY, she suggested a real, honest-to-god elimination
diet
> of just fish and vegetables,

Your vet may be well-meaning, but well-educated about diet, it seems
she's not. The food you've switched to, this Halshan fish whatever,
contains:

Pollock Fish
Carrots
Broccoli
Zucchini Squash
Peas

So if your dog is, say, sensitive to sugars (carrots), or to legumes
(peas), you're still feeding those. A REAL elimination diet would
contain ONE and only one food source.

And the idea that meat allergies are "common" in dogs -- that a
species would frequently be allergic to the food it has evolved to
eat -- is just preposterous. Dogs may often have trouble with COOKED
meats, but that's a whole other thing. If you're feeding raw, you
don't need to worry about cooked meats anyway.

If it seems that I'm being overly hard on your vet, I apologize, but
it definitely seems that she's led you astray. Since it seems that
you've been feeding pre-made foods with unnecessary vegetables all
along, that would be the FIRST thing I would eliminate. Why continue
to feed something that may aggravate your dog, and that he clearly
doesn't need, while eliminating perfectly good foods in a wild goose
chase?

> SO. He's currently on Halshan raw fish and veggies (I struggle to do
> food prep, barely even for myself), but I am concerned he isn't
> getting bone or organs with the Halshan fish.

I too would not be comfortable feeding this food. If you're willing
to contradict the advice of this "holistic" vet, I would recommend
that you choose another single protein source and feed ONLY that for
at least a month. It seems that you've not fed turkey, and that's
readily available without great expense. I know you think you can't
afford the food prep time, but there IS basically no food prep time.
Just buy whole turkeys or turkey breasts, whack them up, and feed.
No veggies, no mixing, no blending, no complicated anything.

Please read thru the pages on

http://rawfed.com/ (especially the "myths") and
http://www.rawlearning.com/ and check out

http://www.rawfeddogs.net/Recipes

And please ask whatever questions you have -- we're here to help!

-- sandy (cranky with "holistic" vets after a similar experience) &
griffin (basically never cranky, but he can't type)

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