Vegetarian dog food options: Natural Balance Limited Ingredient
Vegetarian dog food options: Natural Balance Limited Ingredient
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Time Stamps:
00:00:00🐾 Veterinarian emphasizes simplifying pet food confusion to make pet care stress-free and enjoyable.
00:03:50 🌱 Discussion on vegetarian dog food options for pets with food allergies and the compatibility with food trials.
00:07:34 ⚠️ Caution against grain-free dog food due to lack of proven nutritional benefits and inconclusive research.
00:11:29🐶 Evaluation of a vegetarian dog food based on nutritional statement and life stage suitability.
00:14:59 ⚖️ Importance of key nutritional parameters in dog food analysis
00:18:50 🐶 Analysis of nutrient content in vegetarian dog food, clarifying AFCO recognition status of certain nutrients.
00:23:04 💡 Analysis of a dog food product, highlighting nutrient content, pricing, and potential mislabeling.
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💻Helpful websites:
AAFCO: https://petfood.aafco.org/labeling-labeling-requirements#low_fat
American College of Veterinary Nutritionists: https://acvn.org
World Small Veterinary Association Nutrition toolkit: https://wsava.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/WSAVA-Global-Nutrition-Toolkit-English.pdf
Small Animal Clinical Nutrition Text: https://www.markmorrisinstitute.org/sacn5_download.html
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Is there an acceptable % that is acceptable in an adult dog food for carbohydrates? A version of science diet I am looking at says it has 53.9% of carbohydrates on a dry matter basis. Seems high
The Meat Is Magic folks would flip over this food! Definitely a good food for a dog destined for renal or urinary issues. Probably not great for a high energy dog but great for an older couch potato.
i think Gather Vegetarian food is way better
its organic and at least won’t overburden the liver with Pesticide residues
hi, thanks for the video, i stumbled upon it looking for dog food that is good for sensitive skin. my 1 year old boston terrier has allergies and scratched the hair off from behind her ears. the vet said veggie dog foods are ok but aren’t recommended. we give her v-dog kibble for small dogs and she really likes it. would you do a review on it? we’re trying to find any supplemental vitamins, pre or probiotics, or oils like coconut or mct oil that she might benefit from because we don’t want to keep her on apoquel. open to any suggestions. thanks!
Is this a good dog food for a dog who has pancreatitis flare ups, and has itchy reaction to chicken?
Could you possibly touch on if Large Breed Dogs need Large Breed food past 1 year old. Also could you review Hills Large Breed Adult, Hills Perfect Digestion and Hills Healthy mobility.
Speaking of harmful insecticides that are used on plants. LOL With warmer weather coming, any thoughts on doing an update to your video on flea and tick meds? "Safe and effective? Flea and tick meds from top to bottom" from about eight months ago?
Aren’t these minimums and maximums though on the guaranteed analysis so not the actual numbers? Can we really use the minimums and maximums to score? Like the fat number is 8.0 minimum so below optimal but could the actual number put it in optimal range?
Happy Purrsday
Happy Purrsday! YT keeps deleting my comment. No sense of humor.
Thank you for the video, I’ve actually been feeding this food to my dog for over 5 years now!! He turned 10 this year and the vet said he was looking healthy as ever!!
I am currently on the hunt for a new food for my 2 large breed dogs, after watching your NutriSource review (plus one of my dogs is not crazy about their food). My Golden has had problems with beef and possible chicken, so we have been feeding fish and he has had no problems. I would be interested how you would rate Natural’s Balance Salmon & Brown Rice Recipe.
Also looking at Farmina, though very costly for 2 large dogs, as well as Hills and Purina. Thank you!!!
Awesome video! I can’t imagine feeding my dog a vegan diet! If possible can you review Stella and chewys dog food, I’ve heard lots of controversy around them
Dr. Rea do hydrolyzed diets work? I’m just curious of their success rate. But with that said I know all pets are different. Thanks in advance for your time.
To start….I LOVE your channel!!! There are far too many people on YouTube with no qualifications giving advice on how to feed your pets. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!! I am a plant-based vegan (for health and for the animals and environment). I always tried to do best for my dog (now 9 years old)….I would NEVER feed her Purina or Hills or any of those "big brand" foods. I fell for the marketing, like so many do, and fed her Merrick, Natural Balance, Fromms, Kirkland Organic…and for a year or two, V Dog (a vegan dog food). In 2020, she went to a new vet for a shoulder injury and fortunately the vet listened to her heart and found a murmur. She asked what I was feeding her, and she was immediately concerned that she might have Dilated Cardiomyopathy (DCM). The vet was able to see on her shoulder xray that her heart was enlarged. That vet saved her life. My dog was referred to a veterinary cardiologist and was officially diagnosed with DCM. She was immediately switched over to Purina ProPlan, prescribed two different heart medications (Pimobendan and Enalapril)….and has been healing ever since. The diet change to Purina is very slowly HEALING her heart (the meds are only helping her heart function while it heals). I am FOREVER THANKFUL that they found the DCM in time. She was recently taking off one heart medication, and her DCM is almost completely gone. Had she not injured her shoulder – and not seen a new vet that day – she likely would not be here today. She had NO symptoms!! And often the first symptom of this terrible disease is sudden death. I am in a private Facebook group associated with Dr Joshua Stern (a leading researcher of DCM – you actually have to submit your dog’s echocardiogram showing DCM to be added to this private group), and they only recommend following WSAVA’s Global Nutrition Guidelines (so basically foods from Purina, Hill’s, Royal Canin, and Eukanuba) – basically ALL the foods I once thought were terrible. As a vegan, I WISH I believed that my dog could be vegan as well, but after almost losing her I just can’t go that route with her. I will FOREVER feed my dog (and two cats) Purina foods. No judgment on anyone…..just sharing my experience.
Happy Purrsday! Yes, this is the fun channel. Puzzle Guy is for no fun. LOL (I hope this one doesn’t get deleted)
This was interesting, thank you for sharing. I’m a vegan but I do not feed my dog and especially not my two cats a vegan diet. Honestly, my dog is so picky it’s not even an option if I wanted it to be. If I don’t mix canned and/or a bit of cooked chicken/egg into his kibble he won’t touch it. He’s obsessed with fresh meat!!
Hi!! I discovered your channel today!! After analyzing this food, would it be a good choice for a senior dog? I have never thought about feeding my dog a vegetarian diet but it make me wonder. My Veterinarian said my oldest dog (10 y/o) has slightly elevated liver values and that lower fat and protein might be a diet to think about (not my Vets exact words). I have watched several videos today – in search for a nutritional healthy for my dogs. And wondered about this food option. Thank you for your professional unbiased input! I’ll keep watching more videos on my dog food quest!