Keto Pet Diet

Continuing on here.

The series also talks about over vaccinating and use of flea prevention as causes of cancer. I plan to talk to my vet about all that and see if I can skip some shots. i know I have to get the rabies shot. I would be fearful to not give heart worm prevention.

By the way, I did start Bella on the keto diet and she is doing really good. She looks like she has lost some weight, which was a goal of ours. I won't know for sure until we go and get weighed. So far changes I've seen are:
Bella does not moan and groan in the night anymore (not sure why she was doing this)
She has a lot more energy and will often break into a jog when we are on our walks.
She looks like she has lost the weight the vet wanted her to lose. We won't know until we go back.
Bella's back legs and hips, which I always worried were weak, are stronger and more muscular and I now see her run like Rocky did where she used to tip toe.

There was a lot of math involved in figuring out the number of calories to feed and the ratio of protein to fat. Then you have to figure out those values for the food. It was a lot of work but it seems to be making a positive impact on her.

I will continue on with more info if anyone is interested. I know it is a lot.

here is a link to the keto diet guide:

http://www.theurbandogstore.com/upl...rents_handbook_for_keto_and_canine_cancer.pdf

Steph,
I'm glad you mentioned the titer test because I could not remember what it was called and I want to ask the vet to do that before giving Bella anymore shots. I want to also look into better/safer flea control. I met a couple of kids on Easter who each have a Rott and one mentioned a treatment that lasts 6 months. I don't know if a less-often treatment would be safer or not. I just know that before Trifexis, when we used topical treatments, they never got rid of the fleas and certainly didn't last a month. I think the size of the dog was the reason there.

So here is the remaining info that was in the Dog Cancer Series that I don't think is in the book.

The Top 5 Supplements for Dogs and the Benefits from each:
1) Turmeric - anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer
2) Medicinal Mushrooms (Turkey Tail Mushrooms) - supports immune system, anti-cancer, pre-biotic gut flora
3) Probiotics - boost immune system
4 & 5) Cannabis and Hemp (CBD oils) - stop cancer cells from growing

My take: Well I've been giving Bella turmeric for a long time now because of the anti-inflammatory properties (I take it myself).
I'm kind of afraid of mushrooms because some are toxic. I've never heard of the Turkey Tail Mushroom before and don't know where to get it. But if I find it, I will.
I have given her probiotics (for dogs I've got in Vitamin Shoppe).
Cannibis is not legal where I live but I do buy hemp seeds (grocery store) and add about a tablespoon to her food. I think this might be why she doesn't moan and groan and fidget trying to get comfortable at night anymore.

The keto Pet Diet is a raw food diet, which I never thought I would do. I've seen the video of the guy throwing the whole chicken to the dog. The key is getting the correct number of protein grams and fat grams in the bowl.

For Bella who needs to drop a few lbs I'm using 11 calories per pound per day (this info is in the book):

she weighs 140 x 11 = 1,540 calories per day.

I feed her twice a day so 1,540 / 2 = 770 calories per meal

For a dog without a cancer diagnosis the fat/protein/carb % is 69% fat, 30% protein and 1% carb. A dog with cancer would have higher fat and less protein.

Here are the calculations for feeding Bella. Here is where the math comes in:
69% of 1,540 calories = 1,062.6 fat calories per day / 9 calories per gram of fat = 118.06 grams of fat per day

30% of 1,540 calories = 462 protein calories per day / 4 calories per gram of protein = 115.5 grams of protein per day

1% of 1,540 calories = 15.4 carb calories per day / 9 calories per gram of carb = 1.71 grams of carb per day

Then I had to figure out how many protein, fat and carb grams were in the foods I wanted to feed and figure out the combinations that got me to the totals I wanted:
each bowl (plus treats) has approximately 59 grams of fat, 58 grams of protein, and 1 gram of carb

Example: what she ate this morning:

BOWL #1
Chicken Leg (w/skin w/o bone) 1 leg 6.3g fat 14.1g protein
80/20 ground beef 2 oz. 3g fat 31g protein
Whole egg 1 5g fat 6g protein
Chia Seeds 2 T. 9g fat 4g protein 1g carb
Tumeric 1 T.
Coconut Oil 2-1/2 T. 32.5g fat
55.8 g fat 55g protein 1g carb

The meat is raw but is kept frozen and barely thawed before feeding. I cook the egg white but the yolk is raw and I also give her a sardines (wild, no salt,organic) as treats to make up the rest. Also, I use chia and coconut oil for a lot of the fat grams because I don't want her having all that saturated fat. That is also why I feed beef heart and ground turkey. They are lower in sat fat.

Other combos have beef heart, kidney, liver, ground turkey. The liver is slightly braised not completely raw.

I was concerned about not getting her the proper nutrition. Then I found a list of important nutrients for a dog to have in its diet and where they are found. So, I think I'm covered.

Iron - liver, eggs, meat

Selinium - sardines, liver

Zinc - eggs, chicken

Copper - liver

Manganese - fish

Steph,
I'm glad you mentioned the titer test because I could not remember what it was called and I want to ask the vet to do that before giving Bella anymore shots. I want to also look into better/safer flea control. I met a couple of kids on Easter who each have a Rott and one mentioned a treatment that lasts 6 months. I don't know if a less-often treatment would be safer or not. I just know that before Trifexis, when we used topical treatments, they never got rid of the fleas and certainly didn't last a month. I think the size of the dog was the reason there.

So here is the remaining info that was in the Dog Cancer Series that I don't think is in the book.

The Top 5 Supplements for Dogs and the Benefits from each:
1) Turmeric - anti-inflammatory, anti-cancer
2) Medicinal Mushrooms (Turkey Tail Mushrooms) - supports immune system, anti-cancer, pre-biotic gut flora
3) Probiotics - boost immune system
4 & 5) Cannabis and Hemp (CBD oils) - stop cancer cells from growing

My take: Well I've been giving Bella turmeric for a long time now because of the anti-inflammatory properties (I take it myself).
I'm kind of afraid of mushrooms because some are toxic. I've never heard of the Turkey Tail Mushroom before and don't know where to get it. But if I find it, I will.
I have given her probiotics (for dogs I've got in Vitamin Shoppe).
Cannibis is not legal where I live but I do buy hemp seeds (grocery store) and add about a tablespoon to her food. I think this might be why she doesn't moan and groan and fidget trying to get comfortable at night anymore.

The keto Pet Diet is a raw food diet, which I never thought I would do. I've seen the video of the guy throwing the whole chicken to the dog. The key is getting the correct number of protein grams and fat grams in the bowl.

For Bella who needs to drop a few lbs I'm using 11 calories per pound per day (this info is in the book):

she weighs 140 x 11 = 1,540 calories per day.

I feed her twice a day so 1,540 / 2 = 770 calories per meal

For a dog without a cancer diagnosis the fat/protein/carb % is 69% fat, 30% protein and 1% carb. A dog with cancer would have higher fat and less protein.

Here are the calculations for feeding Bella. Here is where the math comes in:
69% of 1,540 calories = 1,062.6 fat calories per day / 9 calories per gram of fat = 118.06 grams of fat per day

30% of 1,540 calories = 462 protein calories per day / 4 calories per gram of protein = 115.5 grams of protein per day

1% of 1,540 calories = 15.4 carb calories per day / 9 calories per gram of carb = 1.71 grams of carb per day

Then I had to figure out how many protein, fat and carb grams were in the foods I wanted to feed and figure out the combinations that got me to the totals I wanted:
each bowl (plus treats) has approximately 59 grams of fat, 58 grams of protein, and 1 gram of carb

Example: what she ate this morning:

BOWL #1
Chicken Leg (w/skin w/o bone) 1 leg 6.3g fat 14.1g protein
80/20 ground beef 2 oz. 3g fat 31g protein
Whole egg 1 5g fat 6g protein
Chia Seeds 2 T. 9g fat 4g protein 1g carb
Tumeric 1 T.
Coconut Oil 2-1/2 T. 32.5g fat
55.8 g fat 55g protein 1g carb

The meat is raw but is kept frozen and barely thawed before feeding. I cook the egg white but the yolk is raw and I also give her a sardines (wild, no salt,organic) as treats to make up the rest. Also, I use chia and coconut oil for a lot of the fat grams because I don't want her having all that saturated fat. That is also why I feed beef heart and ground turkey. They are lower in sat fat.

Other combos have beef heart, kidney, liver, ground turkey. The liver is slightly braised not completely raw.

I was concerned about not getting her the proper nutrition. Then I found a list of important nutrients for a dog to have in its diet and where they are found. So, I think I'm covered.

Iron - liver, eggs, meat

Selinium - sardines, liver

Zinc - eggs, chicken

Copper - liver

Manganese - fish

Thanks for the input and info on the tier test. I will ask the vet to do this before any more shots (except rabies). Our rabies last 3 years too but they make you get annually for first 3 years before they issue the 3-year certificate. I am taking some notes off your post to inquire about better alternatives for flea and heart worm. We treat year round way down here in Texas where the mosquito is the state bird.

I do put some raw greens in the bowl, usually broccoli or cabbage. I forgot to say that. Also, I plan to replace some of the coconut oil with flax oil because I know that flax oil is a cancer-killer and the solid coconut oil makes me nervous (artery-clogger?).

Starting the raw keto diet I just added one raw ingredient at a time to the regular food to make sure she could tolerate it. After giving her that first bite of raw beef I sat there watching to see if she was going to keel over. The only thing she got an upset stomach over was raw chicken feet. So I don't give that anymore.

I cut the chicken meat off the bone because I know I didn't she will pick up a chicken leg and go "enjoy" it all over her bed or the living room rug.

Oh, and I am able to find free-range organic chicken legs in a pack of 5 for around $3 or a pack of 12 for $7. The ground beef and turkey are also organic. The beef is $6 per pound, turkey is $4 but I'm good at getting e-coupons for Kroger to save $ on it. Haven't found any offal in the "organic" section though but I only give that 1 or 2X a week.