The system we have designed to feed our dogs to increase health, fight cancer, and promote a long healthy life. Feeding your Labrador Fresh food can increase their lifespan and health.
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Feeding Your Labrador Fresh to Increase Health and Longevity
What your dog eats will in part determine not only how long it will live, but it will also determine the quality of it’s life while your dog is with you. Ultimately you want to promote optimal health for as long as possible. This prevents your dog gradually becoming unhealthy and suffering. The best scenario is a long healthy life and a short time passing at the end. Our feeding method is based on research proven to keep our dogs healthier longer.
We have looked at commercial raw food and found that 10/10 foods analyzed fell short of complete nutrition. Lucky Labs feeds a super premium kibble that is regularly tested to meet AAFCO guidelines for complete nutrition. We make our dogs’ bowl with 10% fresh food as outlined below. These foods compliment the complete nutrition of the kibble. These foods are superfoods that contribute to stronger immune systems, fight cancer and promote gut health. They reduce stress and will ensure your dog lives it’s longest life and will be healthy while doing so.
Is feeding raw an Option?
Feeding only raw is just not an option for us because we do not have the knowledge to plan meals which provide complete nutrition for our dogs, pregnant mothers and growing puppies. One of the veterinarians we utilize mentioned that he regularly sees people present dogs with weakened bones and joints because they have attempted home diets whether they are raw or cooked. Prepping your dog’s meals requires not only including all nutrients such as Methionine + cystine, Phenylalanine + tyrosine, Pantothenic acid and Pyridoxine to name a few (no I don’t know what those are) it means you are responsible for the proper ratios of things like Calcium to phosphorus or ensuring your dog doesn’t get too much of a nutrient (which can be dangerous) such as Vitamin E, Selenium or Manganese to name just a few.
What about supplements? Considering this requires you to know if what the company claims is in their supplements is actually there. Many supplements are not regulated. You have to assume that not all of the supplement is absorbed and estimate how much is actually getting into your dog’s bloodstream. You have to figure if the supplement is natural or synthetic, and you have to know before giving more of any nutrient that your dog is deficient in the first place. Tmuch of some nutrients can be dangerous. We don’t regularly give supplements other than fish oil.
The top 4 points we follow when feeding Your Labrador Fresh Food:
- 10% of your dog’s bowl is to be fresh food as outlined below. The kibble we use is found here.
- We feed live probiotics daily by giving goat Kiefer. You can substitute no sugar Greek yoghurt, cow Keifer, or another fermented food such as fermented sprouts.
- We use only stainless-steel food and water bowls, no ceramic or plastic.
- We feed both meals within an 8 hour window so our dogs can fast. Studies suggest this slows aging.
Here are the fresh foods we rotate through with kibble. You don’t have to give every food every day, rather rotate a few into the bowl so you hit most of these each week.
Salmon skins, salmon or sardines, Blueberries or strawberries, bone broth, raw eggs with membrane, apple slices, fermented Keifer, no sugar Greek yoghurt (be sure there is no xylitol), pumpkin, kale, green banana pieces, decaffeinated green tea, white button mushrooms, broccoli, broccoli sprouts, or fermented broccoli sprouts, chicken hearts, chicken and beef liver, chicken feet, beef trachea, cucumber, green peppers, celery, cauliflower, cherry tomatoes and carrots and we also use the Old Dawg Beefy topper. The Beefy topper is so nutritious we only need 1-2 pieces at each meal for superfood benefits. See more doggie superfoods here.
If you stick to these guidelines you will get a good start at feeding your Labrador fresh food. This contributes to a healthy, happy long life.
