I was hoping you would weigh in on some of the actual brands like Nom Nom, Farmers Dog, Sundays, Dr Marty's, Stella, Bedlands Ranch - all either freeze dried raw or very slightly cooked frozen in pouches. They are way too expensive to give as full meals but is the investment worth it as a topper to regular dry like Costco's brand seems decent and less expensive than the grocery junk. Can't afford Blue Buffalo and similar which may be hyped up junk. I really would like to hear a critique of brands. Guess that could be tricky though being honest online.
Please don't feed Blue Buffalo, Purina, Rachel Ray, etc. We've had too many babies come in the Vet ER with hemorrhagic gastroenteritis and vomiting blood from these food brands. I'll happily call them out! When I first started with animals, and knew virtually nothing, we fed Nutro, which had a first ingredient of real meet and no byproduct. But my pups still had allergy issues. But now we've switched to dry raw. My Old English Bull lived to be 13 years (passed from heart attack), which is kinda lengthy for the breed and our first cat to pass away was also 13 (diabetic ketoacidosis). While we did switch the pups food, we weren't able to switch the cats food right away, which could have cause the diabetes... However, our remaining cat is nearing 14 and so far going strong. Also, please don't over vaccinate. This can be bad.. Hope this helps!
she told you! kibble is not good. Some have more or less of carbs but overall it is not good. Look at the first 5 ingredients and you will see what is in the bag at 98%. at least look for meat words with the word Meal after it. Not corn soy or other cererals
Yes I was a bit disappointed in that I was hoping she could help a person get started w/o being an animal nutritionist. I am also questioning the legume or beans because of lectins, as they only have lectins uncooked.
@@irreverentjules-240 I started feeding my babies Orjen since we can't afford a full raw diet. We do a dry raw diet. Orjen has been amazing. Since we switched from Nutro to Orjen my pitties skin allergies have cleared and my Bullmastiff puppy's icky poops have cleared up too. Its a pretty awesome brand I highly recommend (former Vet Tech who worked with animals in and out of vet hospital settings for over a decade).. Give Orjen a go! I love their ingredients. (Not affiliated in any way).
Costco brand is just as much hyped. It's garbage at the end of the day. Turkey necks, chicken qtrs, pork necks, chicken backs, beef necks, lamb shoulder, sardines, chicken feet, green tripe and organ meats are all worth getting and feeding MY DOG.
*We need an updated list please, today is 4/3/2024 & many of the once "higher quality" foods are harming dogs & cats to include Merrick, Taste of The Wild, 4Health, etc.*
I have dogs. Everything on your list is not affordable for me. I use a good quality kibble for a base with added raw eggs twice a week, sardines once or twice a week, and occasional pumpkin. They refuse vegetables. It's the best I can do.
Sounds excellent. We can only do what our best is. It’s great you have an appreciation for the need of fresh foods and add what you mentioned weekly! I do the same too, and if I can afford better occasionally he will get more. Doing our best is great :) our dogs wouldn’t want us to run our expenses to the ground and have a stressful human to live with in return!
I do the same as well. Boiled eggs twice a week with sardines once a week. I mix some purée baby food (fruit and veggies) with a little water with their kibble (one of their meals) they eat twice a day. Continue to do what you can!
@@lisarickett8023 oh thanks for sharing! May I ask how big your dogs are? I was wondering if my 29lb dog could do with one more egg a week haha. But yes, we do the best we can with what we have (financially, mentally, physically and emotionally), at any given point in time. That’s a well-lived life for us and the dogs :)
Hello! I have two German Shepherds. My girl is small for a Shepherd she barely maintain 60lbs. My boy is right at 70lbs. I use to give the eggs 2 times a week sometimes 3 but since I been doing the purée I scaled back. I would say your furbaby would be good with the 1 or 1 and a half per week.
A bit confused about how she talks about them being carnivores but then when it comes to home meal prep she talks about incorporating fruits and veggies
Great video. Dear Dr. Becker l’m from Thailand if you can see my question and answer it should be great. If I feed my dog kibble with veggies 10 meals per week and BARF 4 meals a week. Is this have any issue with his digestive system or any downside? BC i’m also a doctor and my working schedule sometimes unpredictable.
Sorry, but " can't afford," I'd unacceptable. Give up something we do not need to buy the food your dog or cat needs. Even when I was poor, our 3 children ate well.
I have a six year old sheltie that I see that the following I buy a good ground beef Angus I buy raw turkey I buy beef liver I buy mixed vegetables I buy rice and I cook everything in bone broth are usually spend about a 45 minutes on the cooking process till the meat browns and then I see I also feel about 4 ounces of kibble with this and and water is this a provide a good diet for a Benny who is a Sheltie about six years of age
Good video very informative educational thanks👌🙂people will still feed their dogs crap unfortunately,home cooked food meat veg fish eggs are healthy diet.,it's all about nutritional education,sadly many don't want to know!
you need to have a BALANCED RECIPE OR YOU ARE NOT DOING WELL. tHE RECIPE HAS TO BE BALANCED. OR IT IS MISSING THINGS YOUR DOGS NEED! go to YOU Tube and kind her balanced beef recipe.
I don't wish to feed raw but I would like to have some recipes for making my own cooked dogfood that actually are good them and provide them with the needed nutrients.
But, if raw is best, wouldn't you want o feed them that? We have found raw organ meat s in one pound packages and we give them one of those with good quality kibble. 1/2 cup Ground flax seed, a raw egg, a blob of yogurt - HAPPY STRONG DOG!!
Great video , I agree with alot of what she's saying, however I disagree with the idea that eating fat will make your pet fat - hinting at a low fat diet.
@@kimariokiji see dr Conor Brady …. His research indicates it’s more refined carb which triggers insulin which stores fat, commonly seen in overly processed diets
Worse than that, they lie about "nutrition" and sell junk food so that animals develop all types of diseases. Same with vaxxes. Healthy animals don't make vet clinics rich.
@@CHRISTINE162004 I did some research and vets get kickbacks from these commercial kibble brand companies. We feed our pets these disease causing foods then we’ll go to the vet and they make profit from us. I now feed my cats raw cat food. The problem is that the cost of pet food have substantially gone up in these last 3 years so people resort to buying Walmart kibble dry food.
Of course, vets shamelessly push kibble. Can't have a busy, lucrative clinic if kitties are fed a nutritious, species-appropriate diet which keeps them healthy. My vet isn't allowed to suggest/encourage raw diets. It's criminal.
No. In my n=1 experience I've only had worms in my kibble fed dogs. If they're fed a proper diet their stomach acid is strong enough to deal with most infestations.
I don’t think every single meal needs to be balanced. I don’t eat that way. Scavenging animals eat what they can find. Don’t think wolves in Canada in the winter have an abundant supply of fresh veggies. A number of good companies have a vitamin mineral mix from real foods that you add to your pet’s homemade food once a day along with a krill oil capsule. That’s what I do. You didn’t mention this option. This way I can make a raw homemade diet without worrying about the vitamin content.
#13 is an UNBALANCED home made diet. When making your own food at home, it is very very important to make sure it is complete & balanced. Otherwise there can be nutritional deficiencies and could potentially cause more problems than the highly processed foods like kibble. For example, it’s recommended to feed bone as part of a raw diet for the calcium. If there is not enough calcium in the diet, it can cause the body to draw the calcium needed from the bones.
What is your level of education as a dietician? I understand that vet’s don’t have an extensive education in nutrition and that anyone can take a rather short online course and call themselves a animal dietician and have a You Tube presence.
@@retro000 I have listened to a doctoral level animal nutritionist and I have to go with what she says and she says Hills, Purina and Royal Canin. I looked up the Pet Nutrition Alliance and saw that many dog food companies did not come up to the qualifications of those companies. In fact, few responded to their questionnaire. It is true that literally anyone can call themselves a pet nutritionist. Thinking that those against kibble may have a point that is not yet proven, I give my dogs a home cooked meal for one of their three meals. I can’t see feeding them raw. Salmonella once made one of my dogs very sick.
this is not fear mongering. If you are afraid instead of being educated that is your problem. Feed what you can afford. SHE SAYS THAT. EVen an egg a day is better than nothing. I feed a raw diet and I can't begin to tell you the difference it makes as to long term health
@Bart1009 First I’m not any budget when it comes to my best freind or anything in my life. Like you, I went down the raw diet rathole and eventually my dog wound up at the animal hospital with a bacterial infection in her GI tract. All caused from a raw diet, $1,200 bill. Vets said the raw food was probably fine when left the manufacturer but was improperly stored during transportation. Never again, good luck.
How about a video with Dr. Becker detailing of what a homemade raw diet consists? Generalities aren't helpful.
go to you tube and you will find it
I was hoping you would weigh in on some of the actual brands like Nom Nom, Farmers Dog, Sundays, Dr Marty's, Stella, Bedlands Ranch - all either freeze dried raw or very slightly cooked frozen in pouches. They are way too expensive to give as full meals but is the investment worth it as a topper to regular dry like Costco's brand seems decent and less expensive than the grocery junk. Can't afford Blue Buffalo and similar which may be hyped up junk. I really would like to hear a critique of brands. Guess that could be tricky though being honest online.
Please don't feed Blue Buffalo, Purina, Rachel Ray, etc. We've had too many babies come in the Vet ER with hemorrhagic gastroenteritis and vomiting blood from these food brands. I'll happily call them out!
When I first started with animals, and knew virtually nothing, we fed Nutro, which had a first ingredient of real meet and no byproduct. But my pups still had allergy issues. But now we've switched to dry raw. My Old English Bull lived to be 13 years (passed from heart attack), which is kinda lengthy for the breed and our first cat to pass away was also 13 (diabetic ketoacidosis). While we did switch the pups food, we weren't able to switch the cats food right away, which could have cause the diabetes...
However, our remaining cat is nearing 14 and so far going strong.
Also, please don't over vaccinate. This can be bad..
Hope this helps!
she told you! kibble is not good. Some have more or less of carbs but overall it is not good. Look at the first 5 ingredients and you will see what is in the bag at 98%. at least look for meat words with the word Meal after it. Not corn soy or other cererals
Yes I was a bit disappointed in that I was hoping she could help a person get started w/o being an animal nutritionist. I am also questioning the legume or beans because of lectins, as they only have lectins uncooked.
@@irreverentjules-240 I started feeding my babies Orjen since we can't afford a full raw diet. We do a dry raw diet. Orjen has been amazing. Since we switched from Nutro to Orjen my pitties skin allergies have cleared and my Bullmastiff puppy's icky poops have cleared up too. Its a pretty awesome brand I highly recommend (former Vet Tech who worked with animals in and out of vet hospital settings for over a decade).. Give Orjen a go! I love their ingredients. (Not affiliated in any way).
Costco brand is just as much hyped. It's garbage at the end of the day. Turkey necks, chicken qtrs, pork necks, chicken backs, beef necks, lamb shoulder, sardines, chicken feet, green tripe and organ meats are all worth getting and feeding MY DOG.
*We need an updated list please, today is 4/3/2024 & many of the once "higher quality" foods are harming dogs & cats to include Merrick, Taste of The Wild, 4Health, etc.*
We use Open Farm Salmon kibble and a lot of toppers.
I have dogs. Everything on your list is not affordable for me. I use a good quality kibble for a base with added raw eggs twice a week, sardines once or twice a week, and occasional pumpkin.
They refuse vegetables. It's the best I can do.
Sounds excellent. We can only do what our best is. It’s great you have an appreciation for the need of fresh foods and add what you mentioned weekly! I do the same too, and if I can afford better occasionally he will get more. Doing our best is great :) our dogs wouldn’t want us to run our expenses to the ground and have a stressful human to live with in return!
I do the same as well. Boiled eggs twice a week with sardines once a week. I mix some purée baby food (fruit and veggies) with a little water with their kibble (one of their meals) they eat twice a day. Continue to do what you can!
@@lisarickett8023 oh thanks for sharing! May I ask how big your dogs are? I was wondering if my 29lb dog could do with one more egg a week haha. But yes, we do the best we can with what we have (financially, mentally, physically and emotionally), at any given point in time. That’s a well-lived life for us and the dogs :)
Hello! I have two German Shepherds. My girl is small for a Shepherd she barely maintain 60lbs. My boy is right at 70lbs. I use to give the eggs 2 times a week sometimes 3 but since I been doing the purée I scaled back. I would say your furbaby would be good with the 1 or 1 and a half per week.
try chopping spinach up in small pieces and see how that works
Where’s the list?
Good quality kibble costs the SAME as lots of fresh meats and it doesn't come close to being as beneficial.
Meat is very pricey where I live.
Where is the list? She talks about categories.
A bit confused about how she talks about them being carnivores but then when it comes to home meal prep she talks about incorporating fruits and veggies
What brand name do you recommend?
Great video. Dear Dr. Becker l’m from Thailand if you can see my question and answer it should be great.
If I feed my dog kibble with veggies 10 meals per week and BARF 4 meals a week. Is this have any issue with his digestive system or any downside?
BC i’m also a doctor and my working schedule sometimes unpredictable.
Sorry, but " can't afford," I'd unacceptable. Give up something we do not need to buy the food your dog or cat needs.
Even when I was poor, our 3 children ate well.
Her insight into pet nutrient is great.......but after too many serchres of detailed pet food recipes and never found, I've given up on her.
Hi doctor, how long will it take to see decreased itching? I switched my cat's food to freeze dried and give 5mg of zyrtec daily. Thank you!
I started giving my dog raw goat milk for the natural histamine. It's starting to work!
@joanies6778 good to hear; thanks :)
I feed my Maggie Raised Rite 100% and she loves each of the meals! Super good for her!😊🐶
I have a six year old sheltie that I see that the following I buy a good ground beef Angus I buy raw turkey I buy beef liver I buy mixed vegetables I buy rice and I cook everything in bone broth are usually spend about a 45 minutes on the cooking process till the meat browns and then I see I also feel about 4 ounces of kibble with this and and water is this a provide a good diet for a Benny who is a Sheltie about six years of age
you are missing many important nutrients. go to UA-cam and youwillfind her beef recipe
Some punctuation would help us figure out what you are saying, as well!
Good video very informative educational thanks👌🙂people will still feed their dogs crap unfortunately,home cooked food meat veg fish eggs are healthy diet.,it's all about nutritional education,sadly many don't want to know!
Cat owners are even worse. Most feed junk kibble. Outrageously sad.
Please reply. I feed 1/3 calories from various kibbles, blanched chicken, fresh cow rib, frozen veggies, freeze-dried liver, real bully stick, cowhide chew, ground sirloin, pre-frozen uncooked whole fish, mixed nut butter, fish oil, tiny minced garlic, tumeric.
NO RAW hyde! it is prewserved with arcenic! spend your money not on Bully sticks and chews go to you tube and see what her recipes are.
you need to have a BALANCED RECIPE OR YOU ARE NOT DOING WELL. tHE RECIPE HAS TO BE BALANCED. OR IT IS MISSING THINGS YOUR DOGS NEED! go to YOU Tube and kind her balanced beef recipe.
Are there any studies that show longevity of dogs is increased by feeding a better quality food?
Yes. She has a couple videos about this. ❤
I don't wish to feed raw but I would like to have some recipes for making my own cooked dogfood that actually are good them and provide them with the needed nutrients.
But, if raw is best, wouldn't you want o feed them that? We have found raw organ meat s in one pound packages and we give them one of those with good quality kibble. 1/2 cup Ground flax seed, a raw egg, a blob of yogurt - HAPPY STRONG DOG!!
Me also
Great video , I agree with alot of what she's saying, however I disagree with the idea that eating fat will make your pet fat - hinting at a low fat diet.
Pets get pancreatitis pretty easily with too much fat.
@@kimariokiji see dr Conor Brady …. His research indicates it’s more refined carb which triggers insulin which stores fat, commonly seen in overly processed diets
@@kimariokiji
Is this why bacon is not recommended?
Why are they allowed to sell such terrible food ?
Non regulated. Can do and say as they wish.
Worse than that, they lie about "nutrition" and sell junk food so that animals develop all types of diseases. Same with vaxxes. Healthy animals don't make vet clinics rich.
My vet recommends Science Diet and Royal Canin kibble for my cat. He said these brands have special nutrients and help keep teeth clean.
I would disagree.
I totally second that..Those are the worst foods. Most vets are now owned by corporations..
@@CHRISTINE162004 I did some research and vets get kickbacks from these commercial kibble brand companies. We feed our pets these disease causing foods then we’ll go to the vet and they make profit from us. I now feed my cats raw cat food. The problem is that the cost of pet food have substantially gone up in these last 3 years so people resort to buying Walmart kibble dry food.
Do your research. Then rethink about listening to your vet about nutrition.
Of course, vets shamelessly push kibble. Can't have a busy, lucrative clinic if kitties are fed a nutritious, species-appropriate diet which keeps them healthy. My vet isn't allowed to suggest/encourage raw diets. It's criminal.
Are you a carnivore what do you eat
Doesn’t raw meat cause worms?
No raw meat doesn't have worms.
No. In my n=1 experience I've only had worms in my kibble fed dogs. If they're fed a proper diet their stomach acid is strong enough to deal with most infestations.
no!!!
how about air dried...like sunday's for dogs
listen to her again and you will see the more it is processed the more chemicals in them
@Fart1009 more processing equals more chemicals makes absolutely no sense.
I don’t think every single meal needs to be balanced. I don’t eat that way. Scavenging animals eat what they can find. Don’t think wolves in Canada in the winter have an abundant supply of fresh veggies. A number of good companies have a vitamin mineral mix from real foods that you add to your pet’s homemade food once a day along with a krill oil capsule. That’s what I do. You didn’t mention this option. This way I can make a raw homemade diet without worrying about the vitamin content.
you are asking the question and answering the question as a no professional. Doesn't sound sound to me
#1 is home made raw carnivore highh protein , some fat, low carb. #13 is the same. Totally confuing advice
#13 is an UNBALANCED home made diet. When making your own food at home, it is very very important to make sure it is complete & balanced. Otherwise there can be nutritional deficiencies and could potentially cause more problems than the highly processed foods like kibble. For example, it’s recommended to feed bone as part of a raw diet for the calcium. If there is not enough calcium in the diet, it can cause the body to draw the calcium needed from the bones.
What is your level of education as a dietician? I understand that vet’s don’t have an extensive education in nutrition and that anyone can take a rather short online course and call themselves a animal dietician and have a You Tube presence.
She has given expert advice and facts! What level of what are you?
@@retro000 I have listened to a doctoral level animal nutritionist and I have to go with what she says and she says Hills, Purina and Royal Canin. I looked up the Pet Nutrition Alliance and saw that many dog food companies did not come up to the qualifications of those companies. In fact, few responded to their questionnaire. It is true that literally anyone can call themselves a pet nutritionist. Thinking that those against kibble may have a point that is not yet proven, I give my dogs a home cooked meal for one of their three meals. I can’t see feeding them raw. Salmonella once made one of my dogs very sick.
Big words and fear mongering, can you imagine if everybody who adopted a dog from the humane society was compelled to adhere to this regimen.
this is not fear mongering. If you are afraid instead of being educated that is your problem. Feed what you can afford. SHE SAYS THAT. EVen an egg a day is better than nothing. I feed a raw diet and I can't begin to tell you the difference it makes as to long term health
@Bart1009 First I’m not any budget when it comes to my best freind or anything in my life. Like you, I went down the raw diet rathole and eventually my dog wound up at the animal hospital with a bacterial infection in her GI tract. All caused from a raw diet, $1,200 bill. Vets said the raw food was probably fine when left the manufacturer but was improperly stored during transportation. Never again, good luck.
Change companies, they're not all like that.
Which one did u use?
You are good at giving generalizations in all your food videos. My guess is you are advertising your book by not giving any specifics.
My guess is that you are more suspicious than appreciative of her time, effort & expertise.
she doens't want to poo poo any specific dog food .GET IT!! But she is telling you. I fed a raw diet and it is amazing
She is not good vet
Why?
She the best. Hands down.
So back that up!!
Her info is spot on, what is your profession, area of expertise?
She’s a great vet in my area that has an extensive practice.
What commercial pet food company do you troll for?
A waste of my time and boring. Where is the list of foods?
wow. You are exactly the person that needs to listen 4 times. poor dog
@@Bart1009 still boring and drawn out.