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To hear this guy talk you can just tell he really loves dogs. I resonate to that.

My 15 year old dog is alive today because of the diet she has. Dogs are what they eat and drink, too! Thank you for talking about this important subject!

My grandfather used to say he never understood why people feed their dogs all that hard crap. He farmed his whole life and his dogs ate left overs from the table and all of them where in perfect health and lived long lives…

Really appreciated! One of the best dog trainers out there sharing his expirience, thank you!

Robert, thanks for making this a podcast, and what an awesome community you've built here! My old dog has benefited from me subscribing to your website, and it has given me a ton of confidence for raising my new pup to come. Thanks again and as always, God bless fam

You are so humble that's your appeal. Thanks for reminding us about our dogs water.

Thank you for sharing content all your free content! Making people & their lives with their better!!!!🥰🐾

My goal everyday is to do the best I can for my dog! Thank you for this video! This is amazing.

Thank you so much Robert. I really appreciate your videos.

Thanks so much for the free content, again. Will def be looking for the membership. I agree that Whole Foods, natural and organic ingredients are key. Though, I keep hearing about how wild canines (hyenas, wild dogs, etc) would not have access to grains. These wild dogs do get grains though the prey animals they eat. If they scavenge an antelope or something of that nature, it will be full of grains and grass it ate prior to death. I own reptiles and we gut load for similar reasons. Just a thought, carbs are not so bad but I agree that they can be limited. Thanks again

Love your videos. One of the most informed guys out there

Thanks, Robert. That was very informative. Following you from Turkmenistan. All the best.

Thank you for everything you do for all of us dog lovers

Great vid. I especially agree with the weight issue. I see so many rotund dogs that are physically limited by their corpulent shapes :-/ and I understand how hard it is to resist those puppy eyes pleading for treats :-D but one of the best lessons I learned was to incorporate my dogs ration into their treats when training or play. Thanks for being authentic in your vids :-)

Thank you for all you are doing, Robert! After switching my dog to raw after kibble, he is a different dog. He has more life in him, his drive is focused, he looks incredible, his coat has a beautiful shine, his skin is so much healthier (suffered with skin allergies), he doesn’t “deposit” as much waste which I believe he’s absorbing more nutrients and minerals. Overall, one of the best decisions I have ever made for his well-being. Keep up the great work!👍 P.S. when dinner time comes he’s always excited to chow down and that never happened with kibble.

My GSD has tummy issues and was on expensive RX wet food. I talked to my vet, and now make homemade food for less than half of the price. My girl devours it, and I feel good knowing what goes into her food.

Thanks for the great video!!! I realize that it is never possible to find a 100% perfect dog food but we have the power to do the best for our loved pups!!!

On water: whether it is filtered or flown in from the purest source in the world. It costs so little to wash out the bowl and put fresh water in that bowl. With few exceptions, American tap water is more than adequate for hydrating your dog.

My uncle was a federal meat inspector for four USA states. We talked about what goes to pet food. You are correct.

This is amazing work. Thank you

I'm glad your doing video on this. I haven't found one brand of food that is good at all. No matter what's said. My dog gets filtered water as well and clean bowls constantly.

Thank you for a very helpful video. My Cane Corso's need 2800 calories a day. Most dry food does not have everything they need. I supplement with eggs, organ meat, cottage cheese. Treats of pure peanut butter, cheese and chicken feet.

Always love your work Mr. Cabral. You Kick Ass! It's my opinion that the majority of the world's dog handlers are legitimately ignorant about dog "food" and their dogs dietary needs. Thank You for all you do for the dogs and the dog community. Stay Blessed Always. ❤ Pit Krew

This Man is awsome! God bless you Sir!

We have a local butcher who makes raw dog food ❤

Amazing live video - so much information, didn't even realize an hour went by. Great energy and great community

Hey Robert, Thank you for your videos .

You are the Best Robert! Thanks for all your Videos

love your posts! i just had a good belly laugh though.. I make corn pillows for our family and it smellled so good my 4 month old puppy cant stay away from them and will even eat the kernals, BUT I also had a dog that enjoyed eating gravel of the drive way & another who would eat any bar soap left within reach if he was in the bathroom!!! GO Figure! Thank you for all your videos!

Loved tha video! As always job well done!

Great video! Thank you as always!

Orijen is a great food for a processed food. Orijen even has raw freeze dry food

Another well reasoned and intelligent presentation. Very helpful. I needed to hear this.

Stumbled upon your video. I'm amazed by all that eye opening information. I tried getting my rescued American bully into raw diet and despite her wolfing down her food happily the runny poop episodes happened and I got scared so I went back to kibble but a high quality one. Now after your video I'm thinking about giving a try again.

🐶😍 Thank you Robert!

Thank you for all this wonderful information. Much appreciated.

Great video! I love read and listen about dog and cat food, specially dog food cause is easier for wok on a good natural food (cooked or raw) with dogs than cats to me. Thank you Robert. You channel really helps a lot of dog lovers.

Agreed 100% I feed all three of my dogs DIY NRC complete raw food. I spend so much time researching and using balancing their food with the correct vitamin and mineral ratios. Although it’s a ton of work but I know it’s the best for them and I just want to raise the healthiest dogs in my capabilities. So many people in the raw food community including me buy a freezer dedicated for our dogs food😂

Thank you so much for this. Love from the Netherlands.

Thanks for your work, buddy

Just went raw and raw bones. The difference in my dog’s enthusiasm is amazing! Use to make her food, but lack all the knowledge about everything she needed. This is a great change for her

As someone on keto I was wondering about this! Thank-you!

The free information is invaluable for us poor and disabled with working breeds. Can't thank you enough!!!!

Excellent live video. We feed our cat and GSD raw. We also do dehydrated treats as we found it saved money. We buy completes here in the UK which makes things easier, and add raw eggs every few days with sprats or herring.

I gave sour crout with my kibble for about 3 weeks. About 2 teaspoons a day. Also gave apple cider vinegar with their water. About a cap full per bowl. I changed to raw this week and had no issues with their stomach. Getting the stomach ready for the change is key.

I really love your videos, I watch it alot to train my Dog and is helping me in commucating with my Dog. Thanks

Thanks for the video .Keep going Mr Robert.. we are watching you from (India-kerala-Trivandrum)

Thanks to you Robert, my 8 month old German shepherd pup is very well behaved, knows numerous commands and is a great addition to our family. Your free content is priceless! Best channel I've ran across hands down. Thanks again.

Beautiful lecture! TY 🐾🐩 🐶

I am so glad you talked about this. I am trying to figure out where to put my money on how to feed my dog for her best health outcome. There is a lot of free info out there but alot of it is contradictory.

It doesn't matter if you feed the best or worst food. If your dog is obese you are limiting its lifespan. Keep your dog's weight under control. Love your work, I've learnt so much watching your video. God bless.

This was excellent. Thanks.

I had a long conversation with my vet about DCM, usually found in large breed dogs until recently. Now seen in medium and small breed dogs and the common denominator is their grain free dog food. Yes, some have added pea protein, but some substitute legumes for added protein also.

Good to see your opinion on this. I am a vet nurse and always had a special interest in animal nutrition and dog behaviour. I have been in England for 8y and over there most of the trainers were against raw feeding as they claimed the dogs would get hiper and uncontrollable because of the high levels of protein. To me that always sounded b.s. but I am not a trainer so I wouldn't argue the behaviour side of it. Health wise I always believed raw was the best but couldn't speak to much about it because of my colegues were against it and they almost questioned my nursing habilities just because I agreed with raw, or a most natural feeding. No I am back in Portugal and I am fiding people are more open here re this subject and I have been investing quite a bit of time on both my passions. Anyway not going to rumble more but would like to say I love listening to you and you such a balanced reasonable person. Keep up the good work and thank uou for all you do.

Thank you sir, so nice of you

We feed raw freezed - dried food with meat and veritables. I happy company‘s start producing this kind of pet food and i can order it online. It’s light weight and can store it longer than other products and my dogs love it. Teeth, weight all perfect now.

My last pup was a rescue and lived off of the same kibble his whole life like Bozman too. My Chester lived to be nearly 16☺️👍 I believe if it isn't broke don't fix it (most of the time😊)

A feed nutritionist at a big mill gave me a short course on dog food. If you need to feed kibble make sure the first ingredient is meat. The closer the fat and protein numbers are to each other the better the feed is for your dog. Example a 24% protein and 20% fat is far better than a 28% protein and 14% fat. Fat is extremely important to a dogs health.

I currently own three dogs I have a Belgian Malinois a German Shepherd and recently we welcomed a white lab puppy who is currently 5, months old she is My service dog in training because I am paralyzed a quadriplegic. I feed my dogs Victor Dog Food so far I have found it to be excellent and I hands down swear by it. You can buy it on chewy but it is more expensive Amazon it is cheaper but reading the ingredients it is all very healthy and I love it.

loved the video! I asked my vet about a raw diet because of certain problems with my dogs weight (he had trouble maintaining) and he was on a hydrolyzed protein diet for a while, but I am EXTREMELY immunocompromised so my vet said she doesn't have a problem with Raw diet as long as we are followed with a canine nutritionist but her biggest concern was me and my health.

I actually switched my two GSDs from raw to Inukshuk and Rogue Pet Science 5-1 origin and I was surprised to see both of their coats have become shinier and softer. Plus even at 75 and 90#(this one is still only 8mo) they each only get one cup a day and are thriving. Inukshuk and Sport Dog Food are phenomenal kibble options and will go far.

Good to remember is that meat unless specifically indicated is weighed at the unprocessed “wet” state. So once baked and dehydrated in a meal/ kibble form the chicken percentage is actually lower.

I love when you mention your wife and appreciate her help ❤️Don’t worry about the tech stuff we love you anyway you’re a dog person not a tech geek 🤗 My dog died at 11 and I am sure he would have lived longer with raw food . I feel guilty but I didn’t know better .Now I have this GSD puppy and I am here to learn more and not lose him at 11.

All kibble is highly processed....and our dogs relatives in the wild do eat corn. We had to shoot coyotes growing up on a farm as they would ravage the corn fields. Depending on how it is prepared, it can be very beneficial to dogs.

I'm a cannabis grower so my dog always gets the same reverse osmosis remineralized water that I myself drink for Crohn's disease I feed my plants and also give to my beloved dog.. Anything and everything for them as they do fo us...

Here in new Zealand most of our domestic meat is grass raised except for chickens although now more are free range

every one has water, they can give fresh water every day , no excuse

Thank you for sharing this Robert. A podcast guest suggestion - especially relevant for diet & metabolism ... Peter Dobromylskyj (his blog: Hyperlipid). He's a veterinary anesthetist, that is only the start - just inspect his blog ...

Hey Robert thank you again for the great video. Can you please make a video about documentaries you recommend us

This is why I’ve switched to DIY raw instead of completes. I need to know what’s in it.

My dog loves his veggies. He eats a very balanced diet with meat as well. I would like to start feeding him raw. I am going to check your website out.

I do learn a lot from your KZfaq channel I am a huge animal lover. I have working line Dogs but now down to my boy Loki unfortunately I am raising my granddaughters so I cannot afford the membership fee but I know your are so fare in price but unfortunately I am on a strict income. One of these days if things turn around I will join. Because I truly believe in your methods. I hope things turn around for me because my boy Loki means the world to me. Thank you and Janet for all you do share Thank you shrieks other daughter from Massachusetts

Eighteen years that’s amazing I could only dream off getting a do to that age

sir im from philippines and iv learned a lot from you. God bless you.

EXCELLENT video. Thank you very much for this great information. I found with my GSD, when I changed from kibble to raw, a drastic decrease in the amount of poop generated, also less odor, and healthier consistency. It may seem odd to focus on her poop, but I believe a lot can be derived about the health of our pups by their waste. Also, from the time I brought her home at six months (as a rescue) she constantly wanted to eat her poop, always a race to pick it up before she got it - since going raw she shows no interest in eating it. Anyway, sorry about the not so glamorous topic, but I did want to share my experience if it encourages someone else to try the raw diet, I'm totally sold on it.

My local oriental market sells big bags of frozen whole mullet, head/guts/ everything, really inexpensive. I pressure cook then and purée with my immersion blender to add to both raw and cooked foods as a supplement. Mullet is an oily fish and very plentiful and sustainable. Good fats and trace minerals. I also raise cuy (guinea pig) as an efficient small meat stock for humans and our pets. Perfect for small and medium sized dogs!

Great info here. I feel guilty about what I fed myself, my kids, and my dogs.

My dogs were raised on a raw diet, never kibble, and they lived a ripe age of 13 for the Boxer and 11 years for the Doberman. And another thing when feeding raw, the dogs drink less water cause there's water in chicken, because of the bones included, never chicken breast. They pooped less too. They also get brown rice along with veggies, raw eggs, etc...

Thank you from Ireland 🇮🇪👍🏻

In addition to providing an informative video on dog nutrition seem like a really cool and thoughtful person, just saying.

I disinfect my water dishes in the dishwasher 2-3 times/week. Dogs can be prone to UTIs if they don't get fresh water. My guys have allergies so our filter is on the actual tap. Works great for the dogs and us and the filter gets changed out regularly.

I always remember there "salt rule." By law, salt cannot be more than 1% of the food. This, anything listed after salt is barely there.

Great information. We’ve been feeding a raw diet to our dogs for 15 years. Thanks!

Thankyou!!!!!! God bless...Always...

Hi from Greece and thank you for all these valuable informations. What is your opinion about BARF food?

Ro water for our pups. Human grade food. Full training, by us. Homemade treat. Pure USDA prime beef from Costco. It makes great jerky and they love it.

I personally recommend Orijen from Canada and cooked beef,chicken,heart, liver (human grade) on top of it throughout the day. Tried the all raw diet although my Mals digestive system can’t handle raw anymore.

48:30 same goes for coconut, fish etc.

Is there a video for food aggression? I badly need one 🥺 Thanks! I love your vids I watched all related malinois content. ❤️

This is incredible. We are what we eat, dogs are not different. Thank you, my fella.

I liked feeding raw simply because my dogs seemed much healthier, great energy, weren't always dehydrated and they seemed to grow more "naturally" what made me LOVE raw, was seeing how a litter of puppies came out after mama was raw fed during the pregnancy!!

The abbyssinian breeder my 2 cats came from purchased a huge pro grade blender and would just put in what cats would eat in the wild: a whole bird, in her case the whole raw chicken (no feathers😂). Freeze in aliquots, thaw one every day.

My heart dog is now pushing 11. At 6 he had to stop at rest halfway up the stairs. I was giving him such a tiny bit of kibble I felt like I was starving him, but he was still far overweight. I also have a special needs dog from Afganistan and a whippet Shepard mix. The one thing I hadn't tried was a raw diet. I have no double that 2 of my 3 babies would have gone to the bridge years ago had I not changed their diets to raw. And that 11 YO can now still run up the stairs and jump on my bed.

Robert I rescued an 8 year old staffi who I took to the vet as I thought his tummy wasn't good. Vet put him on allergen prescription food,which is very expensive. But if it helps him I don't mind. Bullbreeds apparently suffer from bad tummies. Thank you for all your help. Vet told me that feeding non grain food leads to heart problems,that's a new paper coming out of the States soon! I thought that is very interesting.

We have used raw by Hare Today in Western PA. It's a great clean place --worth taking a look at! Tell them that Sheri The Organic Pet Lady sent you to them. They do have a great variety of raw meats and the quality is great.

Thanks for this thorough explanation of canine nutrition. My 68 pound Pitbull mix gets 16 oz of Lucy's salmon, quinoa and pumpkin formula and 3 Stella&Chewy's freeze dried raw duck or chicken patties with Grizzly Krill Oil daily. Two year old Coco has been deemed very healthy by her vet. Thanks to you, she is also well disciplined and obedient after a year of following your KZfaq channel. Your videos have been a life saver throughout this pandemic and our subsequent isolation. You are correct. You do offer more excellent free information than any other KZfaq trainer, although I do subscribe to your private lessons so you can continue doing what you do. Following your advice, I am confident that Coco is living the best possible lifestyle of any dog, yours excluded, perhaps. Cheers! Arthur

We filter our goldendoodle's water. I only feed her Verus but it's not sold everywhere. It's a very holistic diet. I steam fresh green beans, carrots and give her blueberries in water during hottest months of the year.

I have a friend that’s fed his dog nothing but old Roy, 26 years and still getting around like a six year old dog. I believe weight has a lot to do with age . My dog eats corn like there’s no tomorrow, when the corn in the field is just about turning we can’t keep him out of the field. He’s a rescue , he lived on the street. I’m still a firm believer in the neighbors pesticides and chemicals on yards. Dogs love licking keeping clean can be very hazardous.

Thanks!