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Originally Posted by hha  But, I've never heard anything much on this raw feeding, I did e-mail a vet out in California, to see what she thought of it..My question is why do you all do this raw feeding? I have been searching online, and myself, I don't think it looks all that great.., just from what I've read, and a lot of work..I had a golden retriever I had to have put to sleep back in 2002, she ate kibbles and chunks all her life, and of course, her little goodies too, now, when we had her put to sleep, she was 18 years old, and the only reason we had her put down was because she had cancer...but, for a big dog to have to be put down at 18, heck, I hardly ever even see tiny dogs live as long as that..so, what I'm really wanting to know, is why do you do this raw feeding? |
Why do I raw feed?
1. My dogs do fantastically on it, unbelievably well.
They used to eat kibble and wet food, very high quality ones. I thought they were healthy, they seemed healthy, the vet said they were healthy. However Indy always had awful dry itchy skin, the vet said there was nothing she could do about it. Well she was wrong, within a couple of weeks of raw it was completely cured. The changes I observed when I switched my dogs were, whiter teeth, fresher breath, smaller harder poos, shinier coats, better skin, less tear staining, no more anal gland problems, more consistent energy levels and happier dogs who enjoy their food immensely. I took our 8 year old rescue collie cross, Jessie to the vets for her annual check up yesterday, the vet told me she didn't look a day over 2.
2. I believe in feeding dogs what they were designed to eat.
3. Because my dogs enjoy it, they eat every meal with a huge amount of enthusiasm, I wouldn't eat the same thing every day so why should I expect them to?
The point i'm trying to make is that, I never knew how well they would do on raw, until I tried it. Of course many dogs do well on kibble, and thats great. Some people live long and healthy lives on a junk food diet, doesn't mean I would recommend it........