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I sometimes change up meat. Last night, I gave two of the boys salmon rather than chicken. I also change for turkey. I don't vary all that much, but there is room for variation. These are generic diets Dr. R made up while she was in Boston, and they may be of interest to you to take a look at. In fact, maybe they will work for your crowd without needing a consult etc. There is a cat recipe as well. MSPCA-Angell: Sample Pet Food Recipes |
I have ordered the Balance It supplement and worked out a couple of diets on Dr. Remillard's site. The cost is so worth it to me to make sure that Katie's diet is well-balanced. I have tried Missing Link, but looking at the link from vet nutritionists on the Balance It site, it seems like so many from top vet schools and hospitals are recommending Balance It. My question is how different would Dr. Remillard's diet would be for a healthy three year old vs. the one using the Balance It's recipe generator? Both diets use BalanceIt as a supplement, and they seems so similar. Without a doubt if there were health issues, the services of a vet nutritionist is crucial. Can you call Dr. Remillard with questions if you get one of the diets for a healthy dog? I thought I'd get more than one recipe if I want to change things around a little bit for Katie, but the Recipe Generator at BalanceIt allows me to do that also. At one point, BalanceIt must have charged for their recipes, but now it seems they only charge if you don't purchase their supplements. https://www.petdiets.com/customdiet/samplediet.pdf https://secure.balanceit.com/tools/r...cipegenerator/ |
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I have Balance it diets as well, and I like Dr R's better. They are not that different. I think it's a preference. I bought balance it diets when they did charge, and I have them both with the balance it product and with the human supplements. I do not use human supplements, it's a pain to cut the vitamin and I just find BI to be very easy. A few people here who have bought petdiets recipes have emailed Dr R and gotten responses from her. You have to remember for $25 you're not paying for a consult. If you wanted something more in depth, you could do a consult with her for $50 at the University of North Carolina where she now works. That gets you a half hour phone call. If you wanted diets made it's extra ($100). I can say that I email her regularly and she's always so helpful. Granted I am a consult client having done two formal consults for medical issues and buying diets for Teddy and Winston thru her site but from what others have told me she is always helpful with modulating the diets. |
I emailed her a couple of times with questions about the $25 diets I purchased on her site. Her replies were prompt, helpful and courteous. |
Thank you very much for your help. I don't have any questions at this point, but I would gladly pay for a phone consult if I needed to. Her fees are so reasonable, and if it offers me something different than what the recipe generator gives me, I am happy to pay her fee. I want to do everything possible to keep Katie healthy. |
Okay here is the response I got about intact dogs and why the $250 consult fee You asked: Why do you require a vet consult just because one owns an intact dog? Our Answer: No we do not require a Vet Consult for an intact dog. The Healthy Pet module equations were written for a neutered pet. If you wish to use the module depending on the age, breed and femalevs. male, you can multiple the recipe by a factor. Please send any reply or additional questions to: petdiets@att.net I will send back another question as their link indicates you do need a consult if you have an intact dog. |
I'm curious? Do ppl who worry about there pups nutrition eat the same? My trainer always says don't want your dogs to get fat while she sips on her McDonalds Super size pop? I feed my dog good and don't eat at MC D. I'm just wondering. I eat like my dog = healthy and workout |
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I worry about their calories and fat and protein, just the same as I worry about mine. The only reason I am not home cooking for my dogs right now is because I am too exhausted for medical reasons. As soon as I'm done with all this cancer bull crap, my dogs are being fed home cooked. Right now, I have cut out red meat and am doing herbal supplements to help with my immune system while doing chemo. I am already gluten free (because of an allergy) and am slowly working myself into farm raised eggs, and dairy, and organic farm fresh veggies. I honestly believe all the "extra" stuff that's added to foods is what's making us and our pets have so many issues now days. |
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I think it's a little different when you have a pup that's dependent on you to make these decisions for them so I just felt more obligated to make a more informed decision when it came to picking out her food and making sure she gets the appropriate amount of exercise (these are things that any responsible pet owners should do anyway IMO). With that being said, having Toki has been great for getting me to go outside and exercise more! The diet thing is a whole other story haha! But I'm working on it! |
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My parents are the evil super candy fun everything your mon doesnt let you do super awesome buy it for you NOW grandparents... Once they surprised us with McD ( my mom loves to say look it has apples and you can get milk with it...ughrrrr!) Anyways a nugget hit the ground and Elvis went for it I flew across the room like a matrix movie, I explained he couldn't eat it, my mom goes uou and your dogs not eating off the floor I'll just put it in his bowl. I said no he cant eat that junk its so bad...and proceeded to get my son one of mine for his lost one... Maybe not oh well I'm honest LoL. Shameful, but I admit it. We all comprimise how much when and why aren't always excuses but survival right? Aside from that GMOs are banned in my house. We eat organics like 80% We eat a lot of raw foods. Not much here is prepackaged or synthetic dyes, preservatives etc. We beleive in whole grains not bleached with chemical vitamins added. We also buy local, eat free ranging hormone free etc Dairy here is always organic. |
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Thanks for posting this, great share! Looking forward to reading it! I don't get the drama, its getting tiring. I like saving money, especially if the only comprimise is research, time and efforts in reading...now let's hope I don't dislike the book lol. |
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