The other mainstay of the diet is a variety of pureed raw vegetables such as carrots, celery, leafy greens, cabbage, beets, squash. Dogs cannot digest the cellulose in the cell walls of vegetables. In order to make them readily digestible, vegetables have to be pureed in a blender to the consistency of baby food or put through a juicer. Yogurt, cottage cheese, ricotta cheese, raw or cooked eggs, organ meats, and even small amounts of leftovers in the form of lean meats, cooked vegetables, rice, oatmeal, or pasta are added occasionally. It isn't necessary to balance every meal.
Balance is achieved over a two week period by feeding a wide variety of different foods.
E. All oils are cold-pressed from the refrigerated section of a health food store. Theoretically dogs would get all their nutrients from the food but much of our food is grown on nutrient deficient soil. The dogs love the diet. I'm not sure my dogs would even eat a bowl of kibble now. The diet is high protein and contains foods on the moderately high purine list.