Grain-free, bad for dogs with Pancreatitis?

ORIGINAL: jojo the pogo

ORIGINAL: chewbecca

if you're going to add meat, my suggestion would be to add a non-fatty meat like fish or goat (I believe that goat is a relatively lean meat).

Great point.  And Natural Balance Fish and Sweet Potato is simple.

 
Goat and venison are pretty much the same, although I have never feed goat meat (I have them as PETS), I have fed deer meat and it is VERY lean. But they are both Cervids, so the composition of the meat to fat ratio should be similar. Goats however are usually fed a ration if not completely browse fed, as deer are, so they could actually be consuming more fat than deer.

The goal of raising a meat like a goat is to produce a lean carcass so there shouldn't be much more fat on the goat, even if fed concentrates. Ie. the goat concentrates are structured to reproduce their normal diet (hgh protein +17% low fat - 1.7% ) I know, because I'll feed a goat chow when I can't get a good summertime sheep chow, which should have the same structure. A normal sheep chow runs around 2.5% fat.

Even a richer meat like sheep, we still aim to produce a very lean carcass. We do this by raising on grass and using certain genetics. The feedlots do it by manipulating feeds and using hormones to produce quick growth because early growth favors muscle over fat.

Still, you definitely want to stay away from "red" meats that have likely been feedlotted like lamb and beef. Lamb actually in general is too rich, even if you can find a local producer. If you can find a local lamb producer, you can probably find a local goat producer, and that would be way better. There are more goat people out there than lamb, beleive it or not.

I have not gotten a chance to contact OR order from that local farmer of mine that grass feeds.
Looks like I'll probably be waiting a while to get my hands on some goat.
But that's ok, I'll order from hare-today and simply TRY some goat out on her and see how she does on it before I go ordering an entire goat or half a goat.