Carbohydrates or starch in a dog’s food is a highly debated topic. This blog is not to tell you, whether or not to feed your dogs carbohydrates like rice, potatoes, carrots, beetroots, corn etc. However, there are certainly few mutts who will benefit from a low carb diet for dogs.
We’ll set a context before we dive deeper dogs who will benefit from homemade low carb dog food. Carbohydrates or starch or even high sugar vegetables & fruits when consumed, are broken down into glucose in the bloodstream. And this glucose fuels inflammation within your dog’s body. Since inflammation is a problem of the majority of chronic diseases or chronic conditions. Feeding low carb dog foods, reduces any inflammation within their body. And helps manage the chronic condition.
Feeding a diet low in carbohydrates is a great start to an anti inflammatory diet for dogs. It is also a healthy dog food to weight loss without reducing the protein content. And homemade low carb dog food always guarantees a high fibre dog diet.
The minor drawback of our low carb dog meals is, there are not enough prebiotics to maintain their gut health. However, our gut health meals crafted for dogs with sensitive tummies is the best solution. Below, we will also mention how often to feed the gut meals when your dog is on a low carb diet.
Below chronic conditions, will benefit from homemade low carb dog food or a high fibre dog diet.
Diabetic dogs
Diabetes occurs when your dog isn’t able to produce effective insulin to lower their glucose levels. Therefore, it’s important not to feed them a high carbohydrate diet, because their insulin demand will be higher.
Hungry Eyes meal recommendation: In a week, out of 14 meals: feed 10 low carb meals & 4 gut health meals.
Arthritic dogs
While arthritis should be managed with medication, an anti inflammatory diet for dogs will help manage weight & inflammations. Arthritis is a painful condition that affects your dog’s joints. Which also means a meat based diet is crucial. Homemade anti inflammatory dog food, like our low carb dog meals, can always be topped with spinach or moringa powder to make it more wholesome.
Hungry Eyes Meal recommendation: In a week, out of 14 meals: feed 10 low carb meals & 4 gut health meals.
Dogs with cancer
If your dog has a tumor, regardless of where it is, there’s often inflammation associated with it. A low carbohydrate diet might not take away the tumor or cure the condition, but it could reduce its size and reduce symptoms associated with it.
Hungry Eyes Meal recommendation: In a week, out of 14 meals: feed 10 low carb meals & 4 gut health meals.
Dogs with skin allergies
Sadly, allergies can’t be cured, only managed. And low-carb dog food could help reduce the irritation and soreness. A low carb diet for dogs, serves as the best homemade dog food for allergies. When your dog has skin allergies, they might be very itchy and their skin may be sore. You may notice a rash or redness in their armpit or groin, on their belly, or paws, or under their chin. A hypoallergenic diet for dogs, treats included, is the best food for dog’s with sensitive & inflammed skin. Refer blog care for dogs with skin allergy for grooming tips.
Hungry Eyes Meal recommendation: In a week, out of 14 meals: feed 7 low carb meals & 7 gut health meals.
Heavy dogs
While there are calories in the other food groups too, reducing the carbohydrates in your dog’s diet will help them to lose weight or maintain a healthy weight. We always advise reducing carbohydrates first, reducing portion size of the meals and if you like to offer treats, go for single ingredient organ treats & chews for dogs. Choose the meal weight for your dog based on the ideal dog weight recommended by your vet from our feeding guide. Healthy dog food to loose weight does not mean to reduce their protein intake. Protein is crucial for dogs. In short, homemade dog food for weight loss is a low carb diet for dogs. And this high fibre dog diet, keeps them feeling fuller for longer!
Hungry Eyes Meal recommendation: In a week, out of 14 meals: feed 10 low carb meals & 4 gut health meals.
We have curated cooked low carb dog food & gut health meals based on our experience of preparing food for dogs with different needs over the years. And from our own experience as pet parents to our pooch, who is highly sensitive to starch and suffers from seasonal allergies. If you are struggling with similar problems, do give our cooked low carb dog meals a shot. This one meal helps with multiple health goals of a dog.
As always… Happy Mutt.. Happy Hut!
