Milk is for baby animals. It’s not for adult animals to drink another animal’s milk. I don’t see how that can come to any good.
No input on goats milk for dogs, but I did use it to supplement my daughter when my supply was lacking. She did great on it. I used raw, organic from a friend of mine.
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My fear is that it IS the raw causing this, even though I believe this is the most appropriate diet for a dog. I just wonder why it doesn’t happen daily, if she’s eating the same things all the time.
When I finish the bag of Steve’s I may switch to Vital Essentials (prey-model based–no veg) if vet visit doesn’t find anything. If not, I’ll go back to Fromm or another high quality canned food.[/QUOTE]
I’d never heard of Vital Essentials but I like it, and found a place to buy a few miles from my house. Thanks!
I think that would be a good start, as sort of an elimination diet, to find out what does and doesn’t work.
I think the 20+ dogs and cats I’ve fostered or kept and millions of barn cats would disagree. 
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I’m not sure dogs are as affected by potential contamination as humans are. They are, after all, designed to eat anything they can find, live animals and dead ones, brains, guts and all.
But, uncontaminated goat’s milk is no magical substance. It’s just milk. Fermented goats milk or kefir would serve as a probiotic, though.[/QUOTE]
I bought some frozen goats milk for my tiny kitten with GI issues and my vet said no. He is fighting camphylobactor and I saw probiotics listed on the label. My vet said no. She felt it was a source of contamination and could contain what we are fighting. Her fears may be unfounded but we tossed it since he is so young.
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I don’t disagree with you; but was more thinking that a dog/wolf/coyote in the wild has to be designed to have a much more resilient GI tract than ours. Yes they groom themselves, but they also eat deer poop, dead animals, and live animals including their intestines, etc. I’m sure they do suffer from occasional GI distress from a variety of pathogens, but I think it would be hard to avoid so I would have to imagine nature designed them to be more resistant.[/QUOTE]
I’m pretty sure that the dog in question is very, very far removed genetically and evolutionarily from anything wild. And as Bluey said, lots of animals die really young in the wild. If you want your pet to live a 100% natural life, that’s going to involve a lot more time outside and a lot shorter lifespan.
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I think the 20+ dogs and cats I’ve fostered or kept and millions of barn cats would disagree. :)[/QUOTE]
There is zero science behind feeding it raw versus cooking it! JUST COOK THE MEAT!!! STOP SPREADING PATHOGENIC E. COLI and SALMONELLA INTO THE ENVIRONMENT!! PLEASE!!!
