Taylor
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So recently we met one of our neighbors who has a small jack russel terrier. Our dogs don't get along (Charlotte doesn't like small dogs and this one is very nippy), so usually we just pass quickly or we'll make small talk if one of us is without the dog.
Yesterday he asked me where I buy her dog food and what she eats. So I told him she's on Fromm and where we get it from. He told me his dog is on a "new" diet of strictly raw horse meat. Nothing else. Just canned raw horse meat.
Now this sets off red flags to me, because even if you're going grain free you should still feel veggies and fruits for nutritional requirements right? And horse meat is so lean there's the issue of "rabbit starvation" aka protein poisoning...If anyone here feeds horse meat I'm sure it's part of a balanced raw diet and I'm not criticizing that.
But anyway, I'm not one to tell others what they should/shouldn't do without them asking for advice, so I just let this go and then of course he suggested we try it. No, strongly pushed me into it. I told him I wasn't really interested, I just got Char switched over to Fromm, she loves it, if it's not broke don't fix it, tried to beat around the bush yada yada. He kept insisting this diet is so amazing for his dog, so I told him maybe I'd look into it next time I'm at the store.
So today apparently he ran into my boyfriend on the way out of the building, convinced him to come up to his apartment so he could give us a can to try with Charlotte. At first I thought this was a really generous act, and I felt bad that he probably spent decent money on this food and I'm not going to feed it to my dog. But then when I thought it over, I started to feel angry. I thought I expressed that I wasn't interested in this diet, and I feel like he's pushing his views onto me. Almost being forceful about it? Maybe I'm over reacting.
Now here is my main issue: What do I do?
I read the can and it actually says on it "horse meat is a great supplement to any diet but should not be fed exclusively" I've been googling horse meat diets and nothing good is coming up...
I know I'm not going to feed this to Charlotte, but now I feel an obligation to correct my neighbor before he kills his dog with poor nutrition. Mike (boyfriend) thinks we need to just let it go, lie and tell him we tried the food and Charlotte didn't like it, and that's the end of it. I feel like I need to explain to him the dangers of this ridiculous diet and help him out...suggestions?
Yesterday he asked me where I buy her dog food and what she eats. So I told him she's on Fromm and where we get it from. He told me his dog is on a "new" diet of strictly raw horse meat. Nothing else. Just canned raw horse meat.
Now this sets off red flags to me, because even if you're going grain free you should still feel veggies and fruits for nutritional requirements right? And horse meat is so lean there's the issue of "rabbit starvation" aka protein poisoning...If anyone here feeds horse meat I'm sure it's part of a balanced raw diet and I'm not criticizing that.
But anyway, I'm not one to tell others what they should/shouldn't do without them asking for advice, so I just let this go and then of course he suggested we try it. No, strongly pushed me into it. I told him I wasn't really interested, I just got Char switched over to Fromm, she loves it, if it's not broke don't fix it, tried to beat around the bush yada yada. He kept insisting this diet is so amazing for his dog, so I told him maybe I'd look into it next time I'm at the store.
So today apparently he ran into my boyfriend on the way out of the building, convinced him to come up to his apartment so he could give us a can to try with Charlotte. At first I thought this was a really generous act, and I felt bad that he probably spent decent money on this food and I'm not going to feed it to my dog. But then when I thought it over, I started to feel angry. I thought I expressed that I wasn't interested in this diet, and I feel like he's pushing his views onto me. Almost being forceful about it? Maybe I'm over reacting.
Now here is my main issue: What do I do?
I read the can and it actually says on it "horse meat is a great supplement to any diet but should not be fed exclusively" I've been googling horse meat diets and nothing good is coming up...
I know I'm not going to feed this to Charlotte, but now I feel an obligation to correct my neighbor before he kills his dog with poor nutrition. Mike (boyfriend) thinks we need to just let it go, lie and tell him we tried the food and Charlotte didn't like it, and that's the end of it. I feel like I need to explain to him the dangers of this ridiculous diet and help him out...suggestions?