Pet parents may choose to feed their dog a ketogenic diet for several different reasons.
Sometimes, people feel a ketogenic diet is better for their dog because it’s more like a “primal dog diet”.
Then, people choose a ketogenic diet at other times to help with certain health conditions.
For example, studies show a ketogenic diet can help dogs suffering from things like:
Why Feed a Blood Building Diet?
We feel choosing the most energetically appropriate diet is best, even if you feed a ketogenic diet.
A blood building diet may help dogs who:
How to Create a Blood Building Ketogenic Diet
A ketogenic diet contains:
Simply make choices from the ingredient groupings below.
Then, you can easily create different flavored blood building ketogenic meals for your dog!
In addition, we recommend using an online food or nutrient calculator.
The online calculators make it easy to calculate macronutrients.
Just enter your food ingredients and the amount of each.
Then, the calculator will tell you the percentages of proteins, fats, and carbs.
All you need to do is make sure you are staying in the “ketogenic” ranges.
You can find online food logs on websites such as Livestrong or Fitbit.
Add in Coconut Oil
We also recommend using coconut oil as the fat choice.
Coconut oil naturally contains 45% – 65% MCTs, which is excellent!
It aids ketosis and is also beneficial in preventing seizures.
You can further increase your dog’s MCT intake with a canine MCT supplement.
Blood Building Proteins
Blood Building Vegetables
Blood Building Fats
Sample Energetically Warming Ketogenic Dog Food Recipe
To make the recipe at home, you will need:
Directions:
First, debone and chop meat and vegetables.
Then, place all ingredients in crockpot layering:
Then, top with 1 cup of water.
Afterward, cook on low for 4 hours.