Agota Jakutyte

Dear ALL,

Thank you for your messages, it really makes me super happy that all of you are conscious dog owners!   But I want all of us to agree that IF I VALIDATE MY ANSWERS WITH LONG TERM SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES, I want YOU TO BASE YOUR OPINION WITH SCIENCE TOO.  Because now most of you just telling your opinion which is fine for discussion, but then do not appeal that we are FAKES/DO EVERYTHING FOR MARKETING.... 

Dear ALL,

Thank you for your messages, it really makes me super happy that all of you are conscious dog owners!   But I want all of us to agree that IF I VALIDATE MY ANSWERS WITH LONG TERM SCIENTIFIC RESEARCHES, I want YOU TO BASE YOUR OPINION WITH SCIENCE TOO.  Because now most of you just telling your opinion which is fine for discussion, but then do not appeal that we are FAKES/DO EVERYTHING FOR MARKETING.... 

4 hours ago, RuralPug said:

I would wonder if the probably well-intentioned but not very well-researched product developers have made the basic mistake of mistaking a low protein diet for a low purine diet?

I am very sorry to say that the Pug Fernando is not the best advertisement if he has been on this product for very long as he very obviously has a massive yeast problem, which needs to be corrected by changing his diet ...  

Dear RuralPug,

Thank you for your message. Could you please tell me why are you thinking that Ferdinando has a MASSIVE yeast problem? Because our doctor and I personally haven't noticed anything.

I would be super thankful for your answer. 

Agota

4 hours ago, Diva said:

I don't think the protein is low, the well known brand raw patties I feed sometimes are more like 13% protein.

 

But the fat % of this food seems very high. And the reference to it being salted for preserving purposes bothers me too. 

Dear Diva,

Thank you for your message. I already answered the question why we put so many fats. Regarding your question about salt. We DO NOT USE ADDITIONAL SALT IN OUR PRODUCTS! We use old french "confit" method.

Agota 

6 hours ago, The Spotted Devil said:

17% protein is way too low. 

Dear The Spotted Devil,

I already explained why it's important to give more FATS than PROTEINS AND CARBS to your dog. Proteins are metabolized to glucose the same as carbs. 

19 hours ago, Scrappi&Monty said:

How does the raw food work in a can? Would it still require refrigeration? 

 

Also, what are the ingredients in the product? Will that be released soon? 

 

 

Dear Scrappi & Monty,

I already answered the question about the technology we use to keep our raw food canned.

The second question is SUPER GOOD! Thank you so much! We prepared 5 different packagings according to your dog's weight. At the moment we are still developing our landing page, that's why you can't see this information. 

The important fact to mention: you need 2x less amount of ROCKETO food comparing to kibble and other wet foods. Because our food is concentrated with more nutrients than other foods. Most of  BIG brands/ manufacturers are selling air in form of kibble or water in wet food in order to make food bigger ( you automatically think that your dog is full after BIGGER portion, but the important part to measure is not THE AMOUNT OF DOOD BUT NUTRITION VALUE YOUR DOG GETS!)

20 hours ago, JulesP said:

 

What is the science behind your food?

 

Dear JulesP,

I answer this question on my previews comment.

Agota

20 hours ago, sandgrubber said:

I did a little searching on ketogenic diets for dogs.  To my surprise, there is some clinical evidence indicating that, in some cases, ketosis is helpful for control of epilepsy.  Could find no clinical evidence that it is helpful for  cancer or weight loss in dogs.

Dear Sandgrubber,

I would like you to present one of the oldest theories about cancer which is official now. It was found by Noble prize Winner Dr. Otto H Warburg who has devoted his life to study the causes of cancer. It's called THE ROOT CAUSE OF CANCER .

As you know all normal cells have an absolute requirement for oxygen, but cancer cells can live without oxygen - a rule without exception. "Deprive a cell 35% of its oxygen for 48 hours and it may become cancerous." Dr. Warburg has made it clear that the root cause of cancer is oxygen deficiency, which creates an acidic state in the human body. So instead oxygen, the cancer cells fueled their growth by swallowing up enormous amounts of glucose (blood sugar) and breaking it down without oxygen. 

Warburg’s discovery, later named the Warburg effect, is estimated to occur in up to 80 percent of cancers. It is so fundamental to most cancers that a positron emission tomography (PET) scan, which has emerged as an important tool in the staging and diagnosis of cancer, works simply by revealing the places in the body where cells are consuming extra glucose. In many cases, the more glucose a tumor consumes, the worse a patient’s prognosis.

You can probably tell where I’m leading you.  Look at the picture below what happens if we reduce the amount of glucose in the body.

The FDG-PET scan.

Another example.

You can see areas of the body where cells are using large amounts of glucose (areas that are metabolically active). 

You can also find more here: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0036197

https://www.nature.com/articles/icb197954?foxtrotcallback=true

HERE YOU CAN WATCH THE STUNNING RESULTS FROM OUR FRIENDS OF EPIDEMIX FOUNDATION ONLY ABOUT IMPACT FOR DOGS

With Love,

Agota

On 17/11/2017 at 9:49 AM, sandgrubber said:

35% fat, 17% protein?  Sounds great if you want weight gain and pancreatitis.  Given that fat has nearly twice the energy density as protein, this would result in the dog getting roughly 4 times as much energy from fat as from protein.

 

I don't get why people think carbs are so bad for dogs.

Dear Sandgrubber,

Ketogenic diet works pretty familiar for dogs as it works for people too. It’s pretty obvious the well-known advice to “eat less, move more” for losing weight is not working for most people — if any. In fact, at least ⅔ of dieters who lose weight not only gain it back but often do so with some extra weight.

Low-fat, low-calorie diets force us and our dogs to battle both an elevation in hunger and a slower, adapted metabolism—setting us up for the ultimate disaster of weight regain. For a diet to be effective and sustainable, it needs to prevent weight regain and place hunger control like ketogenic diet.

When you bring your dog in ketosis - metabolic process in which his body burns fat for energy instead of its primary fuel, carbohydrates. (When you drastically cut down on the amount of carbohydrates or calories your dog is eating, and there aren’t enough carbohydrates from food to burn for energy, his body switches to the state of ketosis).

Weight loss:

1. So when your dog eats low-carb and his body starts burning fat as its primary source of fuel, he's essentially in a fasting state where his body is using your fat stores directly for energy. 

2. Ketogenic diets are also helpful in reducing appetite by altering the concentrations of hormones and nutrients that affect hunger.

Pancreatitis:

If you visited our website you can notice that we're not talking only about ketogenic diet, but we encourage dog owners to improve their LIFESTYLE.

Pancreatitis occurs when sedentary animals are fed high-fat diets and DO NOT EXERCISE. In essence sled dogs/high-performance dogs that burn tons of calories are fed 80% fat diets with no incidence of pancreatitis. Dogs whose energy requirements are exceptionally high burn so many calories so quickly that pancreatitis doesn't occur. 

That's why we encourage the combination of metabolic conditioning (exercise), high-fat, low-carb (kibble), raw diet.

In conclusion:

Your dog might benefit a lot from the ketogenic diet but only with the following important caveats:

1. Exercise is key. Now, I am not expecting you to turn your dog into an Iditarod champion. But, remember, food is fuel and the fuel you feed your dog needs to be efficiently and effectively burnt off. The activity level of your dog will determine the amount of fuel you feed. Watching the Iditarod on the TV on the couch does not count ☺

2. No added Kibble. Do not mix a high fat, low net carb diet with kibble. That, my friends, is a recipe for disaster. A ketogenic diet is not to be used as a topper you sprinkle on kibble. As you transition your dog to raw, it is okay to mix, reducing the kibble over a period of a few days so that your dog gets used to a raw diet and it is not a shock to their system. 

IMPORTANT. WHY CARBS ARE BAD!

Most commercial dry foods contain between 30% and 70% carbohydrates. However, mammals, including pets and people, have no ability to deal with constant, excess starch and sugar.  

As four billion years of evolution adapted all creatures to their surroundings, constant high levels of starch and sugar were never encountered. The average starch and sugar content of meat, fish, eggs, insects, plants, fruits, berries, and vegetables is about 4%. NOW contrast this 4% starch-sugar content with the average starch-sugar content of dry, expanded pet food, the type bought in the grocery store.  Most all kibble pet food is 40% carbohydrate. It should be obvious where this discussion is going; 4% versus 40% (sometimes even 60%).

Because of this commercial/ big manufacturers nonsense, we have this shocking statistic:

• 1 in 2 dogs get cancer during their lifetime and only 10% of it has genetic causes. Even 90% are the results of unhealthy lifestyle! (Source: Association for Pet Obesity Prevention)
• Diabetes in dogs has risen over 900% since 2011. (Animal Friends Pet Insurance)
• Up to 40% of all cancers can be prevented simply by implementing dietary changes. (Canine Nutrigenomics)
• In the ’70s, dogs lived to age 17; today the average lifespan is 11. (Long Living Pets Research)

I hope this information was useful to all of you.

On 15/11/2017 at 10:13 PM, Scrappi&Monty said:

And the two “countdowns” are on different numbers.

Also “ketogenic bible” just screams dodgy dieting fad to me... 

Dear Scrappi & Monty,

Could you explain to me what do you have in mind by saying "dieting fad"?

On 15/11/2017 at 9:03 PM, karen15 said:

To me it reads like they're taking the piss. Quotes from the Huffington Post and Daily Mail at the start probably put me in that frame of mind and what I read subsequently was read with that slant. The poor grammar did nothing to improve my thoughts.

 

Dear Karen,

Thank you for your message. We use quotes from media outlets because we want to show social trust we already got, that we're not a new/unreliable company. We worked with TOP media brands, who called us, asked for our long story, philosophy, ingredients, quality...

I apologize for our grammar mistakes on the webpage. We're not a native English speakers. I already gave our text to professionals.

As I said we learn from our mistakes and I can only say THANK YOU! 

On 15/11/2017 at 11:31 AM, Scrappi&Monty said:

https://shoonatural.com/pages/rocketo-raw-ketogenic-dog-food/?utm_source=FB+LEAD+AD&utm_medium=RETARGETING+%2F+TRAFFIC

 

I just saw an ad saying Shoo is releasing a new product; a tinned raw food by the looks of it. I’m assuming it doesn’t need to be refrigerated so that’s really appealing... plus I’m all for raw food! I wouldn’t buy it often as it seems a bit on the higher/overpriced side, but it might be handy to keep for emergencies/road trips etc.

 

(ETA: plus their packaging is really nice )

 

BUT upon further reading they keep talking about “ketogenic” and toxins and cancer free and ketones and that kind of jazz.... seems gimmicky and a bit unresearched (despite their repeated mentions of all their research...) 

 

So I was wondering what you all thought of it, I’m not sure if I should buy into the hype..! 

12 hours ago, persephone said:

canned and raw  don't seem to go together AT ALL . Raw is raw is uncooked... AFAIK 
not sure in which country this food is produced .. but on my skim read ..there are enough spelling/grammatical errors to make me  wonder. 

to CAN/preserve food ..it is pressure COOKED in-can.
how can it be raw ? 
maybe they mean "natural" ?"raw" as in without something? 

if anyone solves the mystery , I'd be happy to learn something new  this has me intrigued .

Dear Srappy, Monty & Persephone,

Let me shortly describe the technology we use to make long-lasting/raw/ketogenic food.

First of all, let us all agree what RAW really means. * RAW - Means that no food is heated above 104 degrees Fahrenheit (40 degrees Celsius). Foods are eaten fresh, dehydrated with low heat or fermented.

ROCKETO is manufactured using old French “confit” technique when food is cooked slowly in fat with low temperature (under 40°C / 104°F) over a long period of time. After salting and cooking in the fat with low temperature, sealed and stored in a cool, dark place, “confit” can last for several months or years and still retain all nutrient features as before preparation.

Dear dog lovers,

My name is Agota. I'm a founder of SHOO Natural and Rocketo dog food. 

First of all, I'm super excited that you are interested in our products and I'm especially happy for your questions! 

I'm a dog lover not a business woman, so each of your concern helps me to grow and learn from my mistakes. 

Let me answer all of your questions one by one.

Agota