Pawfect Nutrition

Thanks for taking a moment to read... For those of you that don't know about us, we're a new brand /trading name of MKAB Canine Services Ltd, our director is Michael K A Bennett BCCSDip.HthNut. We wake up and take the bull by the horns each day to keep growing our knowledge base, each week a new book arrives that we can use to support us, we can't remember every study/book we read, at least not verbatim, we paraphrase a lot but fall back on reference books where appropriate. Some people may think we're just doing this from home and in our spare time, but we're not. We actually have an office based in Eastbourne providing face to face consultations as well as online consults UK wide via phone or Zoom.  We have an onsite cafe, groomers/ small boutique pet shop (Tall Tails Pet Emporium and Grooming) and a pet sitting/dog walking business (Adventure Barks, also a trading name of MKAB Canine Services Ltd), it really is a one stop shop for dogs, we're even on the loo...

Here at Pawfect Nutrition, we'll probably contradict most veterinary guidance, and there's a great reason for it, although we DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING TO REPLACE YOUR VETS GUIDANCE. This topic has been covered by many, many with the same stance as us but we thought we'd add our two pennies anyway. As most of you know, the vets generic fall back for a sick dog, regardless of what's occurring is "Chicken and Rice" the idea behind this is because its a bland meal providing sufficient energy and the starch can help "settle" the stomach, rice can also "soak up" excess stomach acid too, the chicken provides much needed protein. Rice is one of the worst things you could feed to a dog, never mind a sick dog especially white rice,  It's been proven that dogs don't need carbohydrates, which is why carb content on pet foods is never listed, but if you work it out for yourself, dry foods specifically are on average 50% carbs.  Considering they don...