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Originally Posted by mimimomo  You should try it for Peanut! I never understood the fat content on raw food, it's much higher since you need to convert it into dry matter, but apparently, the fat content in the raw is ok (I still don't know why loll). Princess can't have high fatty foods bc of her colitis, but she does so great on raw food (firm tiny poopies). The OC Raw Dog is excellent, they use less bone & add more calcium to match the 1:1 calcium to phosphorous ratio. They don't have duck...they do have rabbit & goat (which they're gonna try next, it's thawing in the fridge now). |
A raw diet is based on a dog's natural ancestral diet which is
50% protein
44% fat
6% carbs.
Those percentages vary a little depending on who you're talking to.
A kibble-based diet is
18-32% protein
8-22% fat
47-74% carbs.
Dogs eating a raw diet don't have the 47-74% of carbs to burn to use for energy. They use fat for energy instead. That's why the fat content of raw a raw diet is so high. Some premade raw contains fruit, veggies & other carb sources. So you shouldn't see such a high fat percentage in food with those ingredients.