I have a friend who used to train hunting dogs. He swears the best thing for dogs who aren’t well and not eating is raw beef or pork fat with salt on it.

I had a dog at the time that suddenly had trouble walking, no strength in his hind legs, and didn’t want to eat. Fortunately for me there was a local country grocery store that packaged its beef fat trimmings and sold them as suet.

Where he would not eat dog food of any kind, he devoured the salted fat. I have no idea why, but after about two weeks, with no other “treatment,” he was back up running and playing.

I have a friend who used to train hunting dogs. He swears the best thing for dogs who aren’t well and not eating is raw beef or pork fat with salt on it.

It’s had a dog at the time that had suddenly had trouble walking, no strength in his hind legs, and didn’t want to eat. Fortunately for me there was a local country grocery store that packaged its beef fat trimmings and sold them as suet.

Where he would not eat dog food of any kind, he devoured the salted fat. I have no idea why, but after about two weeks, with no other “treatment,” he was back up running and playing.