A ketogenic diet for dogs is similar to the ketogenic diet for humans, focusing on high fat, low carbohydrate, and moderate protein intake. The idea is to shift the dog’s metabolism towards using fats as the primary energy source instead of carbohydrates.
We can customize a diet that is keto for your dog. This means very low carbohydrates and no starchy carbs at all. No grains/rice/potatoes/beans.
Keto is also significantly higher in fat. Whether complete homemade or prepackaged grinds, food choices like ChiDog or VivaRaw, or Rescue from Volhard we can add additional fat as needed.
Dogs with history of chronic pancreatitis may not be good candidates for keto, so we have to evaluate that. The alternative for them and actually many others may be to consider a low methionine diet instead.