🦴 The Cone or the Chop?What Your Dog’s Food Says About Their
- Cyrus the Great
- 4 days ago
- 2 min read
What Your Dog’s Food Says About Their Health
Left: Life on kibble. Vet visits, sad eyes, and that dreaded cone.
Right: Life on fresh food. Glossy coat, strong teeth, and a bone fit for a king.
🌾 Let’s Be Honest… Kibble Isn’t Cutting It
If you’ve been told “kibble is complete nutrition,” you’ve only heard part of the story.
Just like we wouldn’t eat dry cereal 3x a day and expect glowing skin and perfect digestion — neither should our dogs.
Dogs on commercial dry food often show signs we ignore:
💩 Excessive poop or weird consistency
😷 Frequent vet visits for “mystery” infections
🥱 Lethargy, dull coat, or itchy skin
🐶 Stinky breath or tartar buildup
🧠 Anxiety or behavioral shifts
Guess what? That’s not “just how dogs are.”
That’s malnutrition in disguise.
🥦 Enter: Real Food. Real Health.
This isn’t a salad bar. It’s Cyrus’ dinner.
✔️ Ground turkey
✔️ Shredded carrots
✔️ Pumpkin
✔️ Asparagus
✔️ Spinach
✔️ Black tahini
✔️ Mashed cauliflower
✔️ Pumpkin seeds
✔️ Hard-boiled egg
All slow-cooked with love — and without preservatives.
👑 Cyrus the Great: From Kibble to King
Before we switched Cyrus to homemade meals, he was anxious, bloated, had tear stains, and often visited the vet for ear and skin issues.
Now?
✨ No more vet bills (not even a “check-up”)
✨ White teeth — no brushing, no tartar
✨ Solid, small bowel movements (1–2/day)
✨ Clear eyes, zero stains
✨ Perfect energy — no hyper spikes, no crashes
And he knows it too. Just look at him. That’s a dog who eats like a king and lives like royalty.
📉 The Real Cost of Kibble
They say homemade is expensive.
But I say: so are surgeries, antibiotics, and allergy meds.
Would you rather:
Pay $2/day for fresh food and never need vet visits…
or
Feed $1 kibble and rack up $2000/year in mystery illnesses?
💬 The Royal Truth (from Cyrus himself)
“If I had thumbs, I’d throw kibble in the trash myself.”
— Cyrus the Great, Dog of Wisdom
📝 What You Can Do Today
Read the label on your current kibble – if you can’t pronounce it, your dog shouldn’t eat it.
Try one homemade recipe a week – even adding 25% fresh food makes a difference.
Bookmark CyrusSabzi.com – new slow cooker recipes, prep guides, and tips added weekly.
Pin this blog — and share with a dog parent who needs a wake-up bark.
🐾 Final Bark
This isn’t about being trendy or “bougie” with your dog.
This is about health, longevity, and love — through food.
Food is medicine. For humans.
And dogs, too.
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