RAW is referred to as the general idea of feeding a diet of, well, RAW foods to our pets. Primal and other similar brands are formulated to the BARF diet (biologically appropriate raw food) This diet is fed by grinding meats, bones and organs. It also adds pureed veggies/fruit and advocates supplements. The prey model method of feeding mirrors what wild dogs would be eating in the wild. Whole animal carcass, fish, eggs. No veggies/fruits or supplements. For "most" prey model feeders, it's more practical to feed animal parts aka chicken legs, pork chops,beef riblets and things of that nature than a whole carcass. But people who run a rescue for example that have multiple large dogs to feed, usually feed pretty large! I know of one guy who throws half a deer into his back yard and his 12 dogs just have a field day with this!
Not to go on a pre made diet bashing, but I COULD post the down sides/up sides to a pre made diet vs. prey model if anybody is interested?
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Originally Posted by Sookie  Just want to add my own personal experience with Primal nuggets. I have both my girls on the Primal and have for quite some time. They are doing great and I don't add anything else to their food.
Kalina weighs 6 pounds. She gets 1 oz. in the morning and 1 1/2 oz. in the evening and she is pretty solid, could probably stand to lose a few ounces. Matty, on the other hand, is 3 1/2 pounds and eats the same exact amount and she is thin. She is, however, still growing. I'm thinking metabolism has something to do with it, although both of my girls are extremely active and enjoy walks at least once a day and run in the yard quite often.
To the OP - what is the difference between feeding raw and feeding Prey model? |