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The problem: Protein in diets

Vet’s advice Neil McIntosh SG’s gundog health expert

Regrettably, I only have a couple of pages in which to answer, when really what is required is a book or two. Canine diets have six main nutritional components. Perhaps considering them in turn will help.

Water

Water is quite simply the most important nutrient. Animals can survive after having lost all their fat reserves and half their protein, but a

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