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The problem with ham is it's high salt content. It's not great for people either. Pork in general is fine for dogs.
I'm on a low salt diet (like everybody else), and I like an occasional ham sandwich, so I "desalinate" the ham by putting it in a bowl of water and giving it a couple of minutes in the microwave. It neutralizes some of the nitrates, too. It really makes a difference. So that's also what I do for the dogs, if I want to give them a little ham treat. Just put cold water on the ham after nuking it, and it's ready to eat.
Fat is a critical ingredient for my bid dogs during the hunting season. It comprises at least 20% of their diet.. . . .
Fat is not bad for active dogs (or even normally active dogs).
Concur. And you put it so well!
Also, newer dietary research is validating the viewpoint that we modern humans are more worried about fat consumption than is justified by scientific finding. Sugar is a bigger/badder culprit (and some types of fat common to fast food, but not to traditional diets).
Nothing there was fed raw - it was fed as a "thick stew".
This is pretty close to what I do for my dogs. I can get cheap chicken and some beef parts and cook up a stew with some rice cheaper than kibble. I usually toss in a bit of green beans or broccoli as veggie fiber and greens. After all, they eat grass! They get liver and tripe, and sometimes fish for variety. And some raw meaty bones on a regular basis to keep those pearlies white.
All in all, except for the time, I spend less than I would on kibble and canned.
I don't much like ham, but if we have leftover fat, it gets incorporated into the dog feed. In bits if it is something like a smoked ham. Dogs need salt like we do, but we don't need as much salt as we get from processed foods eaten on a regular basis.
While dogs need a bit of salt, they don't need much, because dogs don't sweat. Humans have to take in much more salt because humans excrete salt when they sweat. Dogs do not need to replace the salt in their bodies like humans do.
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I'm 67, and my resting blood pressure runs from 110-118/70-80 with NO medications. Just saying....
