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loreta:
I was wondering if it is good to give fat to my dogs. I eat myself fat, (I am following the diet with low carbs) and I ask myself if I can give some rests of fat to my animals. I really don't know if it is dangerous for them. Does anyone can tell me? I would appreciate if someone can help me in this subject.

Thank you.

Radagast:
If you don't feed carbs ( ie dry food) it shouldn't be dangerous, in fact it is needed. Same like with us - the best if you can afford fat from grass fed animals.
In nature dogs get most of their energy from fat and very little carbs.

There is some evidence dogs also benefit from coconut oil, I used it successfuly in the treatment of persistent skin and ear conditions in both dogs and cats.

Don Genaro:
I would say definitely yes! I've been feeding my dog lots of meat, lightly cooked and soaked in lard for the past year. I also ask the butcher for fat that gets thrown away and he loves this. He now often leaves some fat behind in the bowl (and I don't give him big dinners), i.e. he eats what he needs whereas before he would probably eat more than he eats now due to food anxiety (when he was on the typical dry food diet). I also had a German Shepherd who had lost a lot of weight- and I was sure it was from his diet. When I switched him over to meat and fat he regained all 10 kilos. Unfortunately, he's back living with my ex who thinks that fat causes heart attacks so she's put him back on the dry food diet. He hasn't lost weight thankfully but now I'm worried that he'll have a heart attack  :(
You can find a lot of different arguments on the internet in favour of and against it. Some people recommend raw meat, others also recommend vegetables (some, even raw!). I think high fat/protein as in plenty of meat is natural for dogs and they're known to be even less sugar tolerant than humans so the grain thing seems just ridiculous. Also, since these dry foods contain vegetable oils and they are prepared at very high temperatures, you're looking at your dog ingesting very toxic denatured oils. Which sounds more natural or healthy?  :)

Don Genaro:

--- Quote from: Herr Eisenheim on March 25, 2012, 10:36:06 PM ---If you don't feed carbs ( ie dry food) it shouldn't be dangerous,

--- End quote ---
Sounds a bit like humans!

loreta:
Thank you!
The fact is that I feed them with half dry food  :-[ and half meat, when I can. I will ask my butcher for something, he is very gentle. When I can I give them what I can: eggs, sardines, meat, liver, some vegetables.... I will try to switch to just good food, like us.

Thank you for your counsels. My dogs also thank you!  ;D

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