Rotational MonoFeeding - The Diet Vets Don't Want You to Know About

When I developed Rotational MonoFeeding (RMF) many years ago, it was not my intention to invent a new dog feeding gimmick. I have zero interest in marketing, product selling or commercialism of any sort. My only aim originally was to solve a problem I had in my own life. Namely, dogs (and cats) that had chronic, recurring sickness despite my doing my absolute best to follow the advice of medical professionals. I just wanted my animals to be well! This, along with what I’d uncovered in my efforts to improve my own health, inspired me to begin re-thinking everything I thought I had known about dog health. As it turns out, that’s exactly what I needed to do, and the result of that long process is the feeding methods explained herein. I can’t claim they are perfect. I only state that they are closer than anything else I’ve found in 25 years of looking. If there is something resembling perfection for us to strive for, RMF is surely on its way there. If it weren’t already better than anything else available, I’d have had no need to develop it. I am not a vet, nor have I ever received any formal training in animal nutrition. Unfortunately, if I wanted to learn about that topic in a formal educational setting, it would not be possible in the academic system as it exists today. With regard to both human and animal nutrition, that system has been all but entirely co-opted by industry as a training ground for sellers of their products. Fortunately, none of that is necessary for dog owners just wanting life-long health for their dogs. In fact, the UN-learning of ideas you may have learned from that system may prove to be the most important thing you can do for your animals. A wise person once said, “Don’t be afraid to make a big jump. You can’t get across a chasm in two little steps”. Such is the gap between ‘conventional wisdom’, which has largely been shaped by the sick pet industry, and the simple, non-monetized, empowering truth. THE PET FOOD GAME..............................................................................1 WHAT IS IN COMMERCIAL PET FOOD? ..................................................2 PRODUCT TESTING..................................................................................4 ARE ALL COMMERCIAL FOODS BAD?....................................................5 RAW OR COOKED?...................................................................................6 ARE ‘PATHOGENS’ A VALID CONCERN?................................................7 WHAT NOBODY UNDERSTANDS ABOUT BACTERIA.............................8 THE TWO TYPES OF DISEASE ..............................................................11 VACCINATION .........................................................................................16 TITERING ................................................................................................. 17 SOCIALIZATION ......................................................................................18 FEEDING PUPPIES .................................................................................21 AGE-SPECIFIC DIETS.............................................................................23 ALLERGY FORMULAS ............................................................................23 RAW DEHYDRATED FOODS ..................................................................25 GETTING READY TO TRANSITION ........................................................ 26 BILE VOMITING ....................................................................................... 26 WHAT IS ROTATIONAL MONOFEEDING? .............................................27 QUANTITY TO FEED ............................................................................... 28 MANAGING THE COST ...........................................................................30 MEAT: TO CUT OR NOT TO CUT............................................................33 BONES ..................................................................................................... 35 OTHER ACCEPTABLE CHEWS ..............................................................36 TRAINING TREATS..................................................................................37 THE BIG DEBATE: ARE DOGS CARNIVORES OR OMNIVORES? ........39 RAW FEEDING MISTAKES CAUSE DISEASE ........................................41 LET’S USE WHAT WE KNOW .................................................................42 TYPES OF PLANT FOODS TO FEED......................................................43 COOKED TUBERS and OTHER VEGGIES..............................................44 FRUITS..................................................................................................... 45 BEANS, NUT BUTTERS, GOAT’S MILK, NON-CEREAL GRAINS, EGGS ................................................................................................................. 46 GRAINS ARE NOT APPROPRIATE FOODS FOR DOGS........................48 OILS and “BALANCING” FATS.................................................................48 RANDOM FEEDING.................................................................................49 EMOTIONAL FEEDING............................................................................50 FASTING .................................................................................................. 51 HOW TO TELL IF YOUR DOG IS OVERWEIGHT....................................54 DETOX ..................................................................................................... 56 REMEDIATION.........................................................................................59 POOPING ................................................................................................. 59 POOP EATING.........................................................................................60 EATING NON-FOODS..............................................................................61 EATING GRASS.......................................................................................61 ARE SUPPLEMENTS NEEDED?.............................................................62 BATTLING DETRACTORS.......................................................................63 SUMMARY ...............................................................................................66 APPENDIX I: ROTATIONAL MONOFEEDING (RMF) INSTRUCTIONS..72 APPENDIX II: SIX SAMPLE RMF PROTOCOLS.....................................81 APPENDIX III: BEST PLANT FOODS FOR DOGS...................................86 APPENDIX IV: SIDE EFFECTS OF RMF .................................................88 APPENDIX V: CAT TRANSITIONING TIPS.............................................96 REFERENCES ....................................................................................... 101