[abbie's mom]

Originally Posted by Gingergirlsmom

Hi! Abbie's MOM,

Love your informed responses. I will certainly check out that site. As I said, I started out looking into raw because I thought it would be a good thing. I certainly do not think kibble is the best thing in the world, but for now, its what Ive got.( I will not bore you all again with the lifespan and health of my dogs.) Perhaps your site will persuade me otherwise, who knows??? If I saw definitive proof that raw was better, I'd switch in a millesecond. Nothing I have said here has been out of maliciousness. It all began because I was worried about a sick pup...then found myself responding to others. I even kept trying to move to the other thread to avoid destroying this girls cry for help for her baby who is sick.


Oops, I am on that "other thread". Now I'm all confused.
Judy

Hi Judy,

The "oops" above was a knee-jerk response from me, and I thought better. I will say that we (RAWfeeders) don't go into threads about kibble and tell folks they are poisoning their pets and if they loved them they would throw out every morsel of commercial "stuff" (even though we may feel that way...sincerely). We are not trying to convert anyone, here. Just inform/encourage those who are interested.

I even kept trying to move to the other thread to avoid destroying this girls cry for help for her baby who is sick.

Was the pup RAWfed, or kibble? I ask, because I can completely relate to your concern. It breaks my heart when I see thread after thread of "my pup won't eat...please, HELP!" I so want to go in and tell them to just try RAW. But, I don't, because I love this forum and won't see it turned into RAW vs Kibble. Feeding is just one part of the community here; and we ALL have our own opinions/experiences to contribute.

If you visit the group above, you will find many long-term prey model feeders. Long-term, being generations. Breeders, who are looking only to sell to other RAWfeeders, because they've seen the results and want the best for their pups.

(I will not bore you all again with the lifespan and health of my dogs.)

Most wonderful that your dogs enjoy long, (supposedly) healthy lives! I am into my fifth year of feeding RAW, so I only have that to give personal testamony from. I will say that if Mo (or Abigail) died today and the vet told me it was from RAW, I would never go back to kibble for another pet. I was forced into RAW, because of my mix - Mozart. He was very ill on every kind of commercial we tried -including the script ones from the vets. He had tummy issues all his life; but it got really bad in his eighth year. Someone here, Wylie's mom(?) likened it to eating McDonald's your whole life and not being affected until later.

I don't recall how I heard about RAW - but, I stumbled on the egroup above, and made the switch. I won't bore you (or whomever else has heard this stor a gazillion times ) with allllll the details; but, suffice it to say he is in his thirteenth year. Five extra years I don't believe we'd have had with him if I'd continued with commercial. Visible benefits: he moves better in his thirteenth year than he did in his eighth. Vet can't get over his pearly white teeth. I don't have to clean his teeth with products that may later be found suspect. Didn't I read about a recall of PetsLife, recently? Abigail will be two next month, and seems to be thriving on RAW. Vets can't believe her teeth either - "for a Yorkie". LOL

Please, call me ada