I know of only a few breeders that raw feed with great success, its odd to see them eating chicken with the bones, amazing I would assume the bones dont splinter when raw. The exception is they DO NOT FEED RAW to pups. Their reasoning is puppies are apt to become fussy eaters having difficulty adapting to the new adoptees way of feeding. Feeding a quality dry to pups being placed results in a smoother transition for the pup and the new parents, allowing them the option to raw feed or not. These breeders include all information on raw feeding with recipes in their puppy pack but few new families adopt this way of feeding.
Feeding raw will not ward off eclampsia. Eclampsia occurs in a mom as a result of lactation. The greater the quantity of milk produced by the bitch, the more likely eclampsia will occur. The calcium is lost in the milk faster than its absorbed, or can be mobilized from the skeletal system.
__________________ Kimberly |