AniForte Ground Beef Bones formerly Meat & Bone Meal 500g: Raw Dog Food Supplement for Cats & Dogs with High Calcium

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Most dogs love chewing on bones, however apart from this being just an enjoyable pastime for dogs, raw meaty bones – and the wide variety of benefits they provide – form an important part of a dog’s diet. While many of the risks associated with feeding raw bones are unfounded, plenty of benefits people talk about with regard to feeding raw bones are true. Feeding your dog raw bones is very beneficial to their overall health and provides an excellent outlet for natural tendencies like chewing. Raw Bones Provide Essential Minerals and Vitamins

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Find bones from a trusted source – be cautious ‘just going to the butcher’ for raw bones. Don’t forget, to them a bone is a waste product, and hygiene may not be as good as with meat. If you have just seen them cut the bones up in front of you, and you are confident they are perfectly safe, that is fine. We suggest looking at meaty bones in the freezers of your pet stores or supermarkets. To be safe, look for those that have come through the pet food manufacturing chain. *Whole bones only. Never feed cut bones.Reminder – Do not buy sawn leg bones. Do not feed whole leg bones – they are species inappropriate for pets. Schmidt, M., Unterer, S., Suchodolski, J. S., Honneffer, J. B., Guard, B. C., Lidbury, J. A., Steiner, J. M., Fritz, J., & Kölle, P. (2018). The fecal microbiome and metabolome differs between dogs fed Bones and Raw Food (BARF) diets and dogs fed commercial diets. PLOS ONE, 13(8), e0201279. This hesitance to accept that dogs can and do eat raw bones has driven a lot of common myths surrounding this biologically appropriate activity. The two most common, that raw bones can cause teeth problems and digestive issues, are both borne out of the same misconception. Bones Are Bad for Teeth As a dog owner, you’ll know, depending on the dog, this could be anything and everything, yet we couldn’t eliminate all of these things from a dog’s environment ‘in case’ he chokes.

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There are two types of bones for dogs on a raw food diet—nutritional bones and recreational bones. Both types provide different benefits for your pet. Raw meaty bones carry a lot of stigma. Many people believe they are dangerous and bad for dogs’ teeth and digestive tract. But the truth is, raw bones provide a long list of benefits from adding many essential minerals to your dog’s diet and giving them a healthy outlet for their energy to helping improve oral and digestive health. In the raw feeding veterinary world, there is evidence that puppies born to raw fed parents (including frequent bones) have better teeth and less dental damage than animals transitioned onto bones in mid-life. Bone should make up about 10% of the overall diet; too much and your dog may suffer from constipation. Too little and stool quality might suffer. Bone weight should be included as part of the overall daily food weight allowance. However, it's important to note that not all bones are safe for dogs to consume. Cooked bones, especially those from poultry, can splinter and pose a choking hazard or cause internal injuries. Always provide raw bones that are appropriate in size for your dog's breed and supervise them while they're chewing. What's Bone Meal?If you feed raw mince which contains the standard 10% bone, be mindful when also giving whole edible bones alongside. This will mean that your dog could have too much bone in their system at once causing constipation or gut problems. If you want to feed the occasional whole edible bone then give a mince that has no bone content for that day. Multiple dog households: The microbiome is the term used to refer to the 1000’s of microbes living within all living creatures and mainly located within the intestines and the skin. Some are harmful and some are beneficial. The aim for a ‘healthy microbiome’ is to achieve a balance between the good guys and the bad guys” If raw bones aren't an option and you can't find a quality source of bone meal, you can try seaweed calcium.