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Originally Posted by Zoey Zandaya  Isnt high protein concerning? |
They use to think high protein is bad, but some now think it's only bad if the protein is poor quality. Poor quality protein creates an increased nitrogen load that must be handled by the kidneys and liver. Poor quality protein would be protein from anything but the meat muscle and this would include chicken by-products, Here's the governments definition of chicken by-products:
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Chicken by-products consists of the ground, rendered, clean parts of the carcass of slaughtered chicken, such as necks, feet, undeveloped eggs and intestines, exclusive of feathers, except in such amounts as might occur unavoidable in good processing practice. AAFCO DEFINITIONS OF DOG FOOD INGREDIENTS |
Obviously, if you have a dog with damaged liver or kidneys you will want to get a specialist to recommend a diet, but healthy dogs can eat a lot of protein.
To learn more about protein in dog food, this is a good site:
The Dog Food Project - Is too much protein harmful?