[nagdu] Natures variety

[The Pawpower Pack]

Hi Brandy, 
I don't know anything about the food you mentioned, but the fat issue is very individual.  For example, dogs with kidney disease need to eat a low phosphorous, high fat diet.  Laveau's diet is very, very high fat and no she is not fat— just the opposite.  The meat she eats is about 25% fat.  
My dogs have eaten raw since they come to live with me and I tend to feed fattier cuts such as pork, beef, lamb and dark meat chicken, because they keep weight better with a higher fat diet.  There is really no need to limit fat unless your dog has a pancriatic issue or something like high bloodpressure.  I did have a dog with high blood pressure so she ate lower fat things like turkey and light meat chicken.  
If your dog is used to eating lower fat, she may take a very slow adjusting to a higher fat diet.  


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> On Mar 23, 2014, at 4:33 PM, Brandy Pinder <bdpinder at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Hello every one, 
> So with the wellness as I have said the smell has vanished. However at sixteen percent fat I have had to cut it back a little which has lead to scavenging. I have considered natural balance and if I had realized they had limited ingredient grain free I would of at eleven percent fat. I have just stumbled upon nature's variety instinct boost. This is a combo of freeze dried and kibble with seventy one percent meat. It has organs, bones, etc included in the ingredients. My questions are does any one feed and for those feeding raw with tons of information such as raven and others is this comparable? I truly can't afford to feed raw but instead of switching between premium brands that may or may not help the ears and her breath I figure why not take it one step further? This seems to be the most reasonably priced. Even the commercial freeze dried is expensive. Also, these formulas are at twenty percent fat. Isn't this too much fat? Or is the fat sources different in these types of food as opposed to kibble? Also, the place to look at feeding guidelines on the website wasn't working. I feed about two and a half cups a day of wellness. Any idea approximately how much I would need to feed her on nature's variety? I know with raw it is about three percent body weight. Thank you for any help! 
> 
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