Deenah and deer leg
I sometime hear concerns over how much protein my dogs consume. I think most people are under impression that meat is 100% protein. Which is`nt true. While browsing through my State Farm show recently I came across a chart with the amounts of protein in different meat. This is what it said:
Beef : protein 16% Fat 28%
Pork: protein 11.9% Fat 45%
Rabbit :protein 20.8% Fat 10.2%
Chicken : protein 20% Fat 11%
Lamb : protein 15.7 % Fat 27.7%
So as you see, there is not that much protein in whole meat, there is lots of water in it.This is why rawfed dogs drink much less then kibble fed dogs. They get plenty of water right when they eat!Very handy with my breed,I don`t get those wet beards spreading water all over the floor.This is what most new rawfeedrs notice first- the dogs stop drinking constantly. The second very exiting observation is that amount of poop gets much less, not to mention that it doesn`t stink nearly as much as kibble poop.
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