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03-25-2008, 10:47 AM | #46 |
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| I might look into it maybe tho... |
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03-25-2008, 10:57 AM | #47 | |
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I still strongly disagree with raw but you explain things very well. Food-borne illnesses may not be a concern in the healthy dog but again I ask, who judges whether they are healthy? There are no tests for it. The problem with trying to treat food-borne illness in dogs is that it ins't diagnosed very quickly and therefore the treatment might not come in time. Since there aren't many cases of it, I think it is rarely looked for. Besides, we HOPE the treatment works. I see no reason to take a bigger risk than what we have to. Wolves were designed to eat raw meat but that doesn't mean that cooked meat isn't safer. I don't feel like I am hurting Ellie by cooking her meat and supplementing but I would feed VERY responsible if she was one of the few that got poisoned and I was the only one to blame. Good explanation on the egg but I still don't feed raw animal products... Here is an excerpt from a wolf excerpt about bones: "To my knowledge there are no well-documented cases [of canid having GI obstructions due to bones]. However, many would agree that you can't compare feeding bones to feeding on a carcass (bones, fur, and large quantities of meat and entrails), i.e. what harm fragmented bones might do is alleviated by passage of the other items with the bone fragments." Susan Lyndaker Lindsey, Ph.D. Wild Canid Survival and Research Center __________________________________________________ ______ Dogs do get obstructions (rarely but it does happen) from bones and ONE of the reasons is that they aren't coated very well. And as far as how long raw eaters live, I'm not saying kibble or homecooked dogs live longer but if they live the same amount of time (which is what it looks like right now), then why risk feeding raw? There just isn't enough good information available right now for me to even consider this kind of diet. Maybe someday...
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03-25-2008, 11:15 AM | #48 | |
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One thing about obstructions is that I think anything has the potential to cause choking or an obstruction. I think there is a much bigger problem with rawhide and even toys becoming obstructed than bones. I have fed raw chicken necks before with no problems. I don't feed prey-model though so the bone is ground up in the NV medallions. The only reason I don't feed prey-model is because the medallions are more convenient and less messy for me.
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03-25-2008, 11:18 AM | #49 | |
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03-25-2008, 02:42 PM | #50 |
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| Again, this is a great thread and I'm really proud of the way that everyone has been able to clearly and firmly state their own opinion and no one has gotten "bent out of shape". Very mature on everyone's part. And good information that helps us all learn. Bravo! |
03-25-2008, 08:00 PM | #51 |
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| This has been a very informative thread. Thanks to all who contributed.
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