Table of Contents
How to Use This Book 9
The Purpose of This Book 10
Foreword 12
Preface 16
Introduction 18
1 Principles of Feeding Dogs 23
The dog in the wild 24
Meals must be principally meat and bone 28
The problem with commercial dried foods 31
Raw meat is best 32
Optional - fast your dog about once a week 34
Optional - feed your dog at random times 37
Feed by percentage body weight 39
Feed until full 41
Do not leave food out constantly 42
Feed according to the season 43
Your dog is happy: you are happy 44
2 The Changeover Process for Dogs 47
Handling raw meat safely 50
Learning to digest raw bone 51
Some changeover ideas 54
Puppies and pregnant or lactating bitches 55
Liver detoxification 58
Blood test anomalies during changeover 60
Vaccination 62
Further reading 63
3 Components of a Natural Diet for Dogs 67
Raw meat and raw bone 70
Ground bone for puppies and kittens and other special cases 75
Raw fat 78
Raw offal or organ meats 79
Yoghurt eggs, cheese 83
Vegetables and fruit 84
Cereals 92
Herbs 94
Kelp, alfalfa, spirulina and chlorella 98
Sprouted grains, grasses and seeds 100
Flax meal, flax oil and fish oil 101
Other supplements 105
Prebiotics and probiotics 106
Vitamins and antioxidants 107
Some sample menus 111
4 Principles of Feeding Cats 115
Cats in the wild 116
Raw food and Pottenger's cats 116
The problem with dried commercial cat food 119
Liver metabolism 121
When and how much to feed 122
5 The Changeover Process for Cats 125
Kittens 127
6 Components of a Natural Diet for Cats 131
Raw meat and bone 133
Fish 136
Vegetables, fruit, grain, herbs, eggs, yoghurt, cheese 138
Nutrient supplements 140
Some sample menus for cats 141
What not to give cats 143
Endnotes 147
Annotated Bibliography 152
Acknowledgements 156
Index 157
