Oooooh: what to feed your dog on Oprah!
 

Just saw a very cool snippet of the Oprah show. Her vet (same vet as Martha Stewart's) says dogs would truly only eat 1-3% carbs in the wild and that we are giving our little carnivores WAY too many carbs.

He said the best diet you can give them is fresh raw meat, then cooked meat (then it goes on to premium canned etc. w/ dry food being last).

He also said this (excerpt from Oprah.com):

"Dr. Marty Goldstein, author of The Nature of Animal Healing, is an expert on holistic pet medicine and the veterinarian caring for Oprah's dog Sophie, who is suffering from kidney failure. Based on Dr. Marty's advice, Oprah says she now feeds her dogs a mixed diet of chicken, beef, lamb, brown rice, potatoes and carrots.

Dr. Marty says most people feed their dogs diets that go against their animal nature. He says a dog that eats only dry food is like a person who eats nothing but carbs!

Dr. Marty says the best thing for a dog to eat is raw meat. Dr. Marty says his own dog, Danny, ate this diet and lived to be 19: "Danny lived on fresh cooked meat and brown rice and carrots, peas, lamb, potatoes. You know, real food. What did they eat in nature? They ate real food."

To get Dr. Marty's advice on what to feed your pet, visit www.drmarty.com."

That's interesting...I took LillyBelle and had her tested, luckily she was okay, but I had been feeding her some of the recall nutro natural canned food, and back in February I remembered her being really sick, she got better, then several weeks later there was the recall..I threw the food out...
I have been cooking up 95% lean ground beef, with a little garlic, tsp of
olive oil, some chopped carrots, peas, and spinach...I cook a weeks worth at a time...she thinks she's in heaven....
(suppose I could add a little cooked brown rice too for good carb)

Oprah's Show on Dogs
 

Did you watch the whole thing? That was my Yorkie, Henry, in the black and white photos!!!

wow!!!!! Henry on Oprah!!! We have a celebrity here on YT!!!! Congrats!!! (I thought he looked familiar...)

My cable went out 10 minutes into the show. I think I can catch it tonight at 11 here. I am seriously thinking of feeding mine meat, potatoes and carrots.

Mitzi eats raw meat since a few weeks now and is doing so much better with her allergies and the arthritis! I swear on raw food now...

Get out of here! What a star! Can you post the pic bc I missed his debut!

Photos of Henry
 

I just posted 4 photos under the General Yorkie Discussions forum. The main thread title is:'Oooooh: what to feed your dog on Oprah!'

The one of him looking over my shoulder is the photo Oprah used.

I could never understand it when people would say, "Oh, you should never give your dog table food."... years ago that's what they ate until the dog food manufactures got in on the act & started producing dog food. I can totally understand to not to give them the bad stuff as in hot dogs, & skin...but I will no longer feel guilty for giving my dogs " table food"..I buy ground chicken & turkey that's 98% fat free & some veggies, now I have to get the brown rice added in & will continue to feed them this .....

Food~
 

For those of you who do feed their puppies this type of food, how much do you feed them? Right now I feed Charlie and Henry 1/4 c 2x's a day w/ a tsp-tbsp of a ground meet w/ carrots or another veggie mixed in...They have not been liking the hard food too much lately so I was thinking of doing the same thing...I just feel so uncomfortable buying any type of food for them lately...Also does anyone ever give their puppies soup bones from the butcher? I gave them each a small one the other night and only let them have it for a short time and when we went for our walk they both thru-up...I am thinking it may be too rich for their 6 month old tummies...Any suggestions or thoughts on this?

If anyone decides to go with raw meat, then buy free range beef and lamb because they have not been injected with hormones and fed feed from the rendering plants. Also just give a tiny bit for a few days to see if they can tolerate it. My girls can't eat raw meat at all. Gives them bloody diarrhea. I cook the beef, lamb and veal liver and add it to rice, lentils and split peas that I cook together, and then carrots, broccoli and whole garlic. Of course the broccoli, carrots and garlic are put in a food processer and chopped real small.

How Much Per~
 

Serving do you feed them?:confused:Also what does the whole garlic do for them?

You give them RAW meat?! For whatever reason I never thought you actually meant raw as in not cooked meat. Honestly I don't think I could do it. When you cook the meat it kills the bad stuff that be on it. I know they are dogs and they are different from us.. I just don't know that I could feed raw.

Do you get the ground stuff just in the regular meat section? I don't know that I've ever seen ground chicken or turkey...

Zada is 8 pounds (a pound overweight due to a thyroid condition were working on right now) and Azrael is 6 pounds. They each get 1/4 of a cup of food in the morning and in the evening. For lunch they get non-fat yogurt and fruit. I don't give them "snacks" but maybe twice a week, but they get femur bones to chew on every day.
Garlic helps to tone up the digestive tract and discourage worms and other parasites, including fleas.
All the grocery stores sell ground turkey and chicken. Fowl is ok for the dogs because they are not pumped full of hormones and other chemicles.
I do want to add that there are those who say feed raw meat and those who say cook the meat. Frankly it's up to you. Personally, I'll stick to cooking it. Better safe than sorry is what I live by.;)

I have been feeding RAW (yes, UNcooked meat and meaty bones)for four years, now. The switch from what the industry labels as "food" saved the life of my senior dog, Mozart.

The reason this is being recognized as THE #1 diet for canines is that dogs are carnivores. They are neither herbivores, nor omnivores as we have tried to squish them into our human perception. They are WOLVES, and their systems are created to process a prey model diet.

Yes, of course dogs can subsist on carbohydrates and veggies with a smattering of real protein thrown in - it's called survival. But, it is NOT easily digested and is NOT what's best for his system.Yes. RAW, UNcooked meat and bones. Cooking makes bones brittle and dangerous, and kills all the nutrients that the dog's system is designed to extract in it's RAW form. Whatever "bad stuff" (I'm assuming you are concerned about salmonella and parasites?) that is in raw meat, the dog is equipped to handle. They have enzymes in their mouth and digestive tract that kill such nasties, whereas, humans are NOT equipped to handle those things, so it would be foolish for us to lick a RAW chicken leg.

I read so much about how much trouble people have getting their "picky eaters" to eat, and how bad their pets teeth are. I must say, I actually ache when I read such posts from folks who won't even try RAW as a solution. Neither of my dogs smell "doggy", and their breathe never smells bad. My vet is in awe of Mozart's teeth. He is in his 13th year, and never has teeth cleanings. They are white and strong. The RMBs (Raw Meaty Bones) he eats, naturally clean them up! Abigail has been on RAW (not ground, either) RAW meat and bones from the age of 9 weeks. She's happy, strong, energetic and looks forward to mealtime.

Duke loves veggies, carrots, corn, peas, all of them. He also get some of my supper from time to time. I hope it won't hurt him any.

I never watch Oprah. I work during that time. But it's nice to know they use real peoples dogs. how did you get them to use Henry's photo?

maggie doesnt like much of anything in dog food. I am throwing out perfectly good table food I could give her but i've heard so much about dont feed them our foods and they need the dog foods and I'm beginning to think some of that is a bunch of bunk. I know for a fact, maggie eats our food lots better when she is allowed to have a few bites and loves it. I wouldnt feed her pork tho. I even have added just a teaspoon of milk in her dry dog food a few times and she loved it. I think i'm just gonna start feeding her some of our left over supper and maybe and egg or something for breakfast. I feel so bad when we throw out good food and she hasnt eaten anything all day and some days she just wont. But i've found also once she has a little bit of our food if i leave out some dry food all day, she will eat it late at night sometimes when she wont hardly eat it other wise and so far, i've never found a dry food she really ate well. she likes cottage cheese or any kind or cheese really, thats how i give her, her allergie med, in a peice of cheese balled up around the tiny pill. no problem, she eats it right up.

another thing, seems to me we're just making the dog food companies rich and they do not fix the best foods for our babies while we throwing out good food they would love to have.

Yep! Though COOKED food is not optimum for the canine, it's certainly better than the *c*-in-a-bag the industry has been passing off as "food" for the past 5 decades.

Yes, the ground chicken & turkey is w/the regular meat.:)

What type of Raw Meaty Bones are you giving them? This is very interesting to me.

Depending on the dog's size: Chicken leg quarters, Beef ribs (NOT weight-bearing bones of larger animals. Weight-bearing bones of larger animals are too dense and will damage teeth or jaws), Pork blades or ribs.

You should join a RAWfeeding egroup and watch the conversation for awhile. Ask questions - no question is too "silly" for your dog's health and happiness.

Please, do not mix RAW meat and bones with commercial dog "food", thinking a little bit of good is better than nothing, at least. Any commercial kibble or canned foods going into your pet has the same end: empty calories, no nutrition and a quicker route to disease, arthritis, and a plethora of maladies they need not suffer.

That was a great informational show Oprah had. My Rocky and Daisy have just recovered from having loose bowels from Natural Balance Venison & Rice. Saw that Oprah feeds her dogs brown rice, chicken, and carrots. I made this for my 2 and they just love it.

Question I have is how much of each of those ingredients should I give? I assume it's gaged based on the weight of the dog (per pound). Want to make sure I give enough but yet no too much of one ingredient.

Appreciate any feedback you can give me.

Girltime, you should get a book on natural dog health. Dr. Pitcairn has a wonderful book (the third edition is the newest one). You will absolutely love it, and there are lots of recipes in the book. You can get it on amazon.com. It also tells you what kind of supplements and how much to feed. It's very important to understand the supplements and nutrients that your dogs needs if you're going to feed a cooked diet on a long-term basis so that it's a balanced meal. I guarantee you will never go back to "dog food" again.

Thanks YorkieLuv,

I appreciate the book recommendation and yes that's exactly the information I'm needing to find out. Short term I plan to provide cooked brown rice, ground chicken or ground beef w/raw veggies...For long term I'm researching Raw Diet with Bravo or Nature's Variety. Both of these are recommended by Oprah's vet Dr. Marty at. http://www.drmarty.com/feeding.htm

Right now my 2 are still in recovery mode and I'm going to keep them on cooked for at least a month before introducing raw. Have to say both Bravo and Nature's Variety websites have a nice interactive approach that allows you to put in your dogs weight to know how much to feed daily.

Dogs can't digest veggies like we can, so it's best to at least lightly steam the veggies or juice them or puree them or something like that.

"Dogs have difficulty with fermenting and breaking down of vegetables, so we try to prepare vegetables to allow them to be utilized as fully as possible. This is achieved by several methods, including cooking, steaming, pulverizing (as in a juicer or grinder) or freezing and then fully mashing when thawed."
http://b-naturals.com/Jul2005.php

Also, here's an article on raw feeding that you might find helpful too :)
http://b-naturals.com/Jun2002.php

This website is super helpful...towards the top right of the page, there's a little thing where you can click on the arrow and a bunch of little links will pull up...look at all the different topics they cover. They're all great!