Refusing to eat--behavioral issue

[]Thanks.  She's still eating so keep fingers crossed. 
 
Also--I started a new thread regarding the calcium, please check that out too.  Thanks, again.

they don't all need that much meat.

every nutritionally balanced raw or home-cooked recipe I've ever seen has at least 50% meat. Many folks feed no carbohydrates and no vegetables at all. A whole rabbit, fur, bones, guts, and brains, is the healthiest, ideal diet for a dog. Almost no carbs and very little vegetable matter. Just because dogs manage to stay alive on low protein kibbles and high-carb diets doesn't mean they are in optimal health.
 
 

Just because dogs manage to stay alive on low protein kibbles and high-carb diets doesn't mean they are in optimal health.

My dogs weren't in optimal health, to begin with. I, too, have been told (by a nutritionist, no less!) that they need at least 50% meat. I listened. I tried it. I slowly began raising the amount of meat in the food that I made. I never made it past 40%. It made Emma SICK. She cannot deal with that much protein, and I refuse to push the issue. Her numbers have been perfect for a year and a half, now.

Teenie is fine with a little more protein, and she does get some raw meals (a couple, every week) with very little vegetable matter. I'm not convinced that she needs more protein than she's getting. Her numbers are perfect, too. She's muscular, with a glistening coat. She smells good, without being bathed. Her nails grow so fast, I have to trim them twice a week (Emma's too!).

Normal protein kibble is less protein than the mix that I feed, and it's "balanced". Go figure.

I've had good luck with adding cottage cheese and/or canned fish (salmon/tuna/sardine) to my fussy, skinny pup's kibble.
 
Good luck, I know how frustrating it is