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Originally Posted by Yorkieluv  I know what you mean...There are a few things on this book that are off the wall...
The thing is that you have to be able to decipher what's good and what's bad for yourself...I always research every single thing to death.
It's just like when you read things online...You can't believe everything that you read and you have to be able to distinguish things for yourself.
There is a lot of good information in that book regarding how important it is to keep cleaning products and smelly things and pesticides away from your dog. It includes good info on natural cleaning products that won't harm your dog.
It talks a lot about how awful those chemicals in flea products are...
While you and I know this, not everybody pays attention to little things like that and it's good info for them to read the effects of each and every single ingredient that comes in those products.
He explains the benefit of supplements thoroughly. He goes through the vitamins and minerals and other things that are good for them.
The Healthy Powder Mix is a good one for a lot of people, but especially people first learning to homecook.
Also, I have not seen where he recommends that dogs be given grapes or raisins...In fact, I'm looking at the book right now, and it says on pg 48 that there have been reports of grapes and raisins making dogs sick, so it's best to avoid them.
When it talks about potatoes on pgs 42-43, it says to make sure to cut out all the green and sprouting parts because of the toxic substanc that contains.
He had one book that came out a long time ago, I believe....The third edition is the newest one, I believe..It says its revised and updated, so maybe you have an older edition. |
Okay, it is probably an older edition then.
He did say it was okay to feed raisins in this one.
I don't know if he said to cut off the green parts of potatoes but he said you can feed cores and peeling to save money.
I search everything out waaaaaay more than I should, so it isn't a big deal to me. But, I definately see the potential for someone to trust everything in the book because it was recommended to them. Then their dog is going to be in trouble... I went into homecooking not knowing how to supplement or anything. I had read some about it but not nearly enough and thankfully Ellie is okay but I can see it happening (doing something without researching). Someone gets the book off of ebay (especially the old version) after it is recommended to them and does what he says because that is what they see other YTers doing but what they don't know is these YTers pick and choose from it...