Feeding a Natural Diet with Ease
I had the pleasure of speaking with Sacha Packer all the way from Sydney, Australia. She is a New Zealander who lives with a Great Dane and 2 foster failed dogs. Sacha has played/competed in agility, nose work, conformation, obedience and 2 of her dogs have their Champion Trick titles. She formed The Balanced Canine when her 13-year-old Great Dane developed degenerative myopathy and no one could help her. The practice is multi-modality and the main services are Soft tissue, adjustments, fitness & nutrition. Sacha is an advocate for fresh food, with a special passion for gut health and how that relates to the overall health, behavior and well-being of a dog.
In this episode Sacha is going to help pet parents understand what a natural diet is and that it isn’t actually dangerous or scary. We’ll cover how a natural diet relates to overall health, well-being and better behavior.
What exactly is a natural diet? Is that the same as a raw diet?
What’s wrong with feeding kibble or canned food?
What do you say when people tell you that feeding natural is scary or that it seems expensive, time consuming and confusing?
What conditions does a natural diet address?
What ingredients would be included in a typical natural meal?
What does a typical nutritional consult look like with you?
Do you provide recipes?
In addition to natural food, would you recommend also adding additional supplements?
If someone is not ready to go fully natural, what else could they feed?
I found Sacha on the Fresh Food Feeding for Dogs FB group. That’s a group that she and Brittany Young (also a canine nutritional advisor) manage and it is a great community of people who want to learn more about how to add fresh food to their dog's diet. And they do stress that kibble feeders are also welcome.
You can reach Sacha at https://www.balanced-canine.com/
https://www.facebook.com/groups/rawandfresh/
K9-Power - 'Puppy Gold' Growing Puppy Nutrition Formula. https://amzn.to/2Yi6Nv6 (as mentioned in the episode)
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