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Thank you for once again making your Pet Patty/Meat Eater diet available to veterinarians and discriminating pet owners who want to feed the best. After over 20 years as a wildlife veterinarian and wildlife biologist, I am amazed at the common misconception that just because dogs and cats are domesticated carnivores (meat eaters) we have also "domesticated" their basic nutritional needs as well as their nutritional requirements for peak performance and health. Although selective breeding can alter body size, coat color and behavior of an animal, domestication and selective breeding has not altered the basic physiologic processes and nutritional requirements inherited from the wild genetic foundation of today's domestic dog and cat. The major producers of commercial dog and cat foods produce a combination of predominantly cereal and low grade meat by-products that will grow and maintain a dog or cat if fed enough. With proper vitamin and mineral supplementation these diets are adequate for the dogs and cats owned by 85% of the general public. The fact that they will grow and survive on these commercial foods is only a tribute to their ability to digest a wide variety of materials. |
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that expect peak performance and body condition in our pets and working
animals and want to feed them absolutely the finest diet possible as foundation
for a preventive health program, good is just not good enough.
Domestic dogs and cats are carnivores and must be fed a carnivores diet.
When a coyote, wolf or mountain lion hunts, their first choice preferred
diet are small mammals consumed whole. If no juicy mammals
are available they will of course eat the next best available protein source
which are insects and bugs. Plant stems, roots and fibers are
eaten only as a last resort. For those who want to "feed the wild" in our
dogs and cats we must have a diet that comes as close to that diet of choice
of free ranging carnivores; that is the Pet Patty/Meat Eater diet.
Your Pet Patty/Meat Eater diet allows me to feed my performance dogs and my "house tiger" the best. Thank you for once again making these fine products available to the veterinary profession that ensure peak performance and health and allow me to "feed the wild" in my pets. Sincerely, William R. Lance, DVM MS Ph.D.
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---Thanks for
your letter Dr. Lance.
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