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Originally Posted by yorkietalkjilly  What is the up-side of raw feeding that makes it worth the risks? Do dogs live way longer or have increased immunity against diseases? |
Slow down or reverse arthritis, coat health, skin health, lessening of allergen effects, significant reduction of seizures in epileptics, general teeth health is proven better on average in dogs fed raw, lesser risk of infection (despite that also being a side effect-bacterial infections) increased immunities, and increased neurological benefits, in general dogs on a raw diet have healthier cells and live longer as well, while not having even common breed inherent issues present as they age.
Lessened noted issues with 'tummy troubles'
Of course as with anything it doesn't work for everyone.
There's ton more, and if you feed BARF or model prey raw there are even more.
Not to mention there are further increases in benefits to the raw feeding in breeding dogs.
Elvis has both early onset severe arthritis and epilepsy one of the first things that was suggested was to put him on a raw diet-by both my vet, a consulting vet and the neurology team at UC Davis.