Why are the veggies & fruit ground up so fine?
The reason for this is that dogs cannot digest cellulose. Cell walls of plants are made of cellulose, so for our dogs to get the nutrients out of them, we need to crush the cell walls. Chopping them up only crushes the cell walls on the outside, leaving the bit in the middle pretty much unavailable to them nutritionally. Cooking them will also destroy the cell walls, but as this also destroys a lot of the nutrients and enzymes in the veggies (even canned veggies), it kind of defeats the purpose. Freezing the veggies and then thawing is also breaking down the cell walls. • 17. Help, my dog won’t eat his veggies! You can include the veggies in with the meat source or if you’d prefer to feed them separate, you can entice them to their veggies by tempting him with one of his favourites, like: – canned fish (mackerel, tuna, sardines) or ground muscle meat – parmesan cheese on top – grated cheese in the mix – 1 – 2 tsp.
