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proper calcium ratio for homemade dog food

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I have healthy five yearold Keeshond,I am trying homemade for Idont trust the industry anymore was on Evo, Acania, Orijen,,still nervous... I weigh 6 ounces raw or lightly cooked 90% lean meats rotating kinds and organs plus various steamed veges,eggs,Keifer, sweetpotatoes,keeping it at 12.5 ounces total per day she is 5 lbs.overweight I want her at 39lbs.My question is whats best premix or calcium mix and mac and micro nutrients to add been using Call of the Wild to balance it also I use fish oil with E and bee pollen,digestive enzymes.Want to do right thing and not harm her.

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Question: I have healthy five yearold Keeshond,I am trying homemade for Idont trust the industry anymore was on Evo, Acania, Orijen,,still nervous... I weigh 6 ounces raw or lightly cooked 90% lean meats rotating kinds and organs plus various steamed veges,eggs,Keifer, sweetpotatoes,keeping it at 12.5 ounces total per day she is 5 lbs.overweight I want her at 39lbs.My question is whats best premix or calcium mix and mac and micro nutrients to add been using Call of the Wild to balance it also I use fish oil with E and bee pollen,digestive enzymes.Want to do right thing and not harm her.

GOING TO USE ALL CAPS SO MY ANSWER IS DISTINGUISHED FROM YOUR WRITING, OK? I AM NOT YELLING.

YOU ARE A WOMAN AFTER MY OWN HEART. THE CALCIUM ANSWER IS REALLY SIMPLE PULVERIZE ORGANIC EGG SHELLS AND YOU CANNOT GO WRONG. I KNOW WHAT YOU MEAN ABOUT ALL THOSE COMMERCIAL FOODS. I DO NOT USE THEM EITHER..THEY ARE GARBAGE AND LOADED WITH SYNTHETICS..AND CERTAINLY NOT ENOUGH CALCIUM. I CANNOT HELP YOU WITH THE CALIBRATION OF HOW MUCH CALCIUM FOR YOUR DOG BUT BELIEVE ME THEY DON'T NEED THAT MUCH. SO CONSIDER PULVERIZING YOUR OWN EGG SHELLS OR, AND THIS IS STRICTLY MY SECOND CHOICE WHEN I AM LAZY, BUY BONE MEAL AT THE HEALTH FOOD STORE.

THE ONLY PROBLEM I HAVE WITH THE BONE MEAL IS THAT IT IS DERIVED FROM A BOVINE SOURCE AND WE DO NOT KNOW WHAT THOSE BOVINES HAVE BEEN FED. SOMETIMES, I GET TIRED OF ANALYZING JUST EVERYTHING AND MAKE THE DECISION TO USE THE BONE MEAL.

HAVING SAID THE ABOVE, ARE YOU PULVERIZING ORGANIC VEGGIES SUCH AS ZUCCHINI AND CUKES? FRUITS SUCH AS APPLES, PEARS AND MELONS? IF YOU ARE DOING THIS THEN THEY ARE GETTING CALCIUM AND YOU REALLY DO NOT HAVE TO WORRY.

ARE YOU USING A PROBIOTIC AND REAL FOOD DIGESTIVE ENZYME? I HAVE A MENTOR WHO CHARGES NOTHING AND SHE HAS PRACTICALLY SAVED MY LITTLE YORKIES DIGESTIVE LIFE..SHE IS JUST AMAZING. AT FIRST, I WAS A LITTLE PUT OFF BECAUSE SHE IS THE CEO OF A WONDERFUL SUPPLEMENT COMPANY OUT WEST--BUT THEN I REALIZED THAT I WAS SPENDING MONEY ANYWAY AND DECIDED TO USE HER FABULOUS PRODUCTS FROM lAKE KLAMATH OUT IN OREGON. THEY ARE LOADED WITH BLUE GREEN ALGAE, VITAMINS AND ARE REAL FOOD. MY YORKIE HAS THRIVED ON THE DIET AND SUPPLEMENT BALANCE SHE PRESCRIBED. BEFORE HER, MY VET WAS SAYING THIS AND THAT AND ALL OF IT WAS USELESS. SHE WANTED TO SELL HER FOOD, PERIOD. SHE MEANT WELL BUT WHEN IT CAME TO MY DOGS DIGESTIVE LIFE I DECIDED TO FOLLOW THIS WOMAN'S ADVICE.

ANYWAY, YOU STRIKE ME AS A VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE GAL ABOUT FEEDING YOUR DOG AND I KNOW YOU WOULD ENJOY COMMUNICATING WITH HER. IF YOU WOULD LIKE HER ADDRESS LET ME KNOW. i WILL SURELY SHARE WITH YOU, OK?

HOPE THIS HELPED YOU SOMEWHAT....YOU ARE NOT HARMING YOUR DOG, NOT TO WORRY. SUSAN
p.s. MY EMAIL IS: DAZZLINDAAWG@AOL.COM   IF YOU'D CARE TO WRITE ME FOR MORE INFO, PLEASE FEEL FREE.