COMING SOON! This study highlights what has been shown in humans for a considerable length of time already. When it is released we will add our full blog here. Its all looking very positive for fresh food! From the study text: ”Therefore, our objective was to assess the effect of feeding a whole food diet on immune function and inflammatory phenotype in healthy dogs. A prospective, randomized, open-labelled, cross-over clinical trial was performed. Sixteen healthy client-owned dogs were fed either a whole food or an extruded dry diet and, after 67 days were fed the alternate diet for an addit ..read more

Westie Feeding Science - including the starch Amalase study round up! Did you know that the Westie is one of a handful of breeds proven to have the least chance of coping with starches, cereals and grain in their diets? The Westie has been shown to have less copies, if many at all, of an important gene variance between dogs and wolves that allows for dogs to better digest starches. We all knew it, the Westie is just that little bit different to your average canine, now we know it’s not just about chunky cute paws tapping at your leg for attention or their inquisitive button noses, they are di ..read more

Published Title:Mineral analysis of complete dog and cat foods in the UK and compliance with European guidelines. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-17159-7 Where and When: Faculty of Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science and School of Medicine, University of Nottingham. Published Dec 2017 Authors/Researchers: M. Davies, R. Alborough, L. Jones, C. Davis, C. Williams & D. S. Gardner. Question in research: Do a range of extruded and processed pet foods, sold in the UK, comply with the EU guidelines of Complete Nutrition? (The guidelines are known as the Fediaf Guidelin ..read more

Published article: Macronutrient intake of dogs, self-selecting diets varying in composition offered ad lib. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/jpn.12794 Where and when: Massey University Canine Nutrition Unit. Palmerston North, New Zealand. Published July 2017 Journal of Psychology and Animal Nutrition. Authors: M.T. Roberts, E.N. Bermingham, N.J. Cave, W. Young, C.M. McKenzie, and D.G. Thomas. Question in research: Do dogs prefer Meat (and Fat) diets, over carbohydrates? Would dogs select a diet consisting of more than 30% of total energy from protein? Study participants: 15 Har ..read more

Published article: Study under funding to be published. Donate at www.dogrisk.com Full study interest video on Youtube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWYgYbDhuE8 Where and When: Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Helsinki, Finland Data from a survey of 10’000 dogs Authors/Researchers: Dog Risk Group – Anna Hielm-Bjorkman, Johanna Arturaniemi, Robin Moore, Hanna Sinkko, Stella Barrouin-Melo, Sara Zaldivar-Lopez Question in research: Does a Raw meat diet create healthy changes in a dogs body in comparison to a dry extruded diet? Study Participants: 10,000 dogs, survey filled in by owners. W ..read more

Feeding fresh food increases microbiome diversity on canine skin, known to improve skin conditions. Published article: https://doi.org/10.3390/ani12151881 Fresh Food Consumption Increases Microbiome Diversity and Promotes Changes in Bacteria Composition on the Skin of Pet Dogs Compared to Dry Foods Where and When: Carlson College of Veterinary Medicine, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR 97331, USA Animal Science Department, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, CA 93407, USA Published July 2022 in the Animals Journal 60 day Dietary Intervention Study Authors: Kennedy ..read more

There has, over the years, been a fair amount of misunderstanding about the potential possibility of bacteria in a raw pet food. Many guardians and some vets still mention it, you may very well be asking the question. After all you care for your dog, to ask is to question and to question is, we hope, to find the correct information. Studies, highlighted more in-depth below, are proving time and time again that bacteria isn’t as much of an issue in raw pet food as it has been thought. To understand, more about the whole topic here are also a few pointers to know. One is that all, good, raw pet ..read more

The word Complete has historically been attributed to several types of raw dog food meals. You may be wondering what on earth Complete really means, and how can you ensure your dog is getting everything they need from their raw food? The truth is for a pet food to be sold commercially with title Complete it needs to meet the nutritional guidelines set out by the EU. These are known as the Fediaf guidelines and contain a minimum and a maximum for a set of nutrients deemed essential for dogs, puppies or even cats. This all applies to cat food too! Naked Dog meals meet the guidelines and thus we ..read more