Re: [rawfeeding] Carbs?

Your trainer oughta stick with training and leave nutrition to someone else!
:)) Dogs do not have any requirement for carbs......

The Merck Veterinary Manual

"The carbohydrates added to pet foods are mainly in the form of
polysaccharides (starch and cellulose), disaccharides (sucrose and lactose),
and monosaccharides (glucose and fructose). Carbohydrates are a less
expensive source of energy than fat or protein. In dogs, there appears to be
no dietary requirement for carbohydrate."

The Waltham Book of Dog and Cat Nutrition 2nd Edition (1988)

"There is no known minimum dietary carbohydrate requirement for either the
dog or the cat. Based on investigations in the dog and with other species it
is likely that dogs and cats can be maintained without carbohydrates if the
diet supplies enough fat or protein from which the metabolic requirement for
glucose is derived."

Sandee & the Dane Gang

From: "Leslie Kopp" <les@robnles.com>
Feeling quite proud that I had already found such a great answer for my
pup I was sure to get a positive response when I explained that my
Charly was raw fed. Though supportive, I got the feedback that though
dogs(wolves) are carniverous in nature that they are also scavengers by
nature which means that they DO eat tubors & fruits, etc in the wild
which means that they SHOULD include these in thier diets & a pure raw
meaty bones diet is not balanced... I found it intersting that she
explained it that when meat or a kill was not available they would
scavenge... She explained that my pup would be unbalanced & recommened
some foods to try & to definately avoid pork.

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