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Originally Posted by Ladymom  A raw diet may not be appropriate for Morgan. It is usually recommended only for healthy dogs with no underlying medical conditions. Lady is a diabetic and cannot have raw. Her body can't handle the bacteria in raw like a healthy dog can.
Liver compromised dogs do best on high quality proteins from chicken, white fish, eggs, cottage cheese and tofu as they produce the least amount of ammonia. Red meat produces the most. If the liver is damaged, the ammonia will get into their system.
Here is a great article about nutrition and the liver: Liver | B-Naturals.Com Newsletter |
I do not agree with this way of reasoning. I agree that liver compromised dogs do need an easy protein to digest. Dogs are meant to eat meat, therefore that's the easiest for their biological self to digest and process. Cottage cheese, tofu, and vegetarian diets are not on the menu.
the averages and "right" numbers for blood panels were all done on dogs eating a mostly kibble diet. So yes those averages are correct for dogs that eat that food. Now take a dog that eats a higher protein food. Who's to say that the normal averages for kibble eaters are the same as raw eaters. Raw fed dogs probably have a different average, that doesn't make it wrong or unhealthy.