adding stuff to the dog's diet, wanted to hear your thoughts
Ok, I just wanted to see if anyone else had ever heard of this or if anyone else fed their dogs this nutritional support. :) I just found it at the grocery store I work at, and we bought it for the three dogs. The brand is Udo's Choice and it's called Pet Essentials for Dogs (an all-vegetarian nutritional support for pets with EFAs, Fiber, Enzymes & Phytonutrients). It comes in powder form and I put it in once a day in their nightly meals.
Here's the guaranteed analysis: not less than 25% crude protein, not less than 15% crude fat, and not more than 8% crude fiber and not more than 10% moisture.
Here are the ingredients:
Each 16oz contains a proprietary blend of: Udo's Seed Cake (flax seed*, defatted flax seed*, sunflower seed*, defatted sunflower seed*, sesame seed*, defatted sesame seed*, rice germ, rice bran, oat germ, oat bran), rice bran, carrot, whole golden flaxseed*, tomato, ginger, sprouted soybean, barley grass*, beet, chrysanthemum, Digestive Enzyme Blend (protease, lipase, amylase, cellulase, maltase, glucoamylase, invertase, pectinase, phytase, lactase), lemon grass, parsley, alfalfa*, artichoke, broccoli, burdoc, hawthorn berry, kale, kelp*, milk thistle, red clover yucca schidigera extract, dandelion root, dandelion leaf, oat grass, rosemary, sage, thyme, rye grass*, bee pollen, chlorella, dulse.
*certified organic
This is what it says on one side of the bottle:
Udo's Choice Pet Essentials for Dogs is rich in certified organic seeds, whole foods, herbs, greens, trace minerals and phytonutrients in their unaltered, natural state to give your pet optimum nutrition for maintaining an active, energetic lifestyle. Fiber and enzymes help maintain regularity and support the digestive system. Organic flax seeds support the cardiovascular system, help maintain good muscle tone, and promote a healthy skin and glossy coat. Greens are rich in chlorophyll, minerals and trace elements. Pet Essentials contains no fillers, binders, or other non-nutrient ingredients. It has no preservatives or additives and is nitrogen-packed to ensure freshness.
Finn, as most of you know, eats a raw diet, consisting primarily of chicken leg quarters. He gets raw beef and pork as well. Freckles and Dudley eat a high quality kibble called Pinnacle. I usually throw them all what's left of fruit and veggies that I've eaten (like apple cores) or fruit and veggies I won't eat (like a bruised up banana that I would use in banana bread but that I wouldn't eat by itself). Lately, I've been throwing everything we don't eat (fruits and vegetables and their peelings and rinds, stale bread, etc) into a food processor and blending it all up with yogurt for all three dogs. It makes a good base to add that new powdered supplement to. And, I feel better that I'm not wasting food (they're like having a pig around, now, hahaha...or a compost pile). So, if celery gets a little too rubbery for our palate, it goes into the processor. I won't put anything in there with mold, but I have been throwing banana peels and cantalope rinds and orange peels in there, which are things that they typically wouldn't eat. Now, they do!
Anyway, I know there are certain things they shouldn't eat, like onions and grapes and chocolate of course. Any others I should know about? I'm going to do a search, too, because I know there are already threads covering that. But, I actually posted this thread to see what you all thought about the new supplement I got for them and about the new way I'm feeding them fruits and veggies. I like to get feedback when I make changes, just in case.
This new supplement I have is manufactured by Flora and their website is www.florahealth.com. The other site is www.udoerasmus.com (I haven't visited either, yet, but I will!).
Thanks if you actually read this! :)
