Raw Feeding For Dogs?
Posted by
editor in
Question & Answer on
Oct 28th, 2009 |
7 responses
Does anyone here feed their dogs raw food. I know a lot of people are against it. I am talking to a breeder who feeds raw and so I’ve been looking into it. She feeds her dogs whole carcasses. Like give a whole rabbit with a head, feet, ears, tail, and fur. Or feeding a whole chicken feathers and all.
She also gives them raw eggs shell and all as well as beef parts, and any other animal parts she can get along with organ meats like heart, liver, green tripe, etc.
Does anyone feed their dogs this with success? or with bad results?
Similar Posts:
- Raw Tripe? Your Thoughts On Feeding It To Your Dog?
- I Have A Question For The Raw Feeders…………?
- Raw Feeding For A Gsd? (or Any Dog, Really)?
- Random Natural Feeding Terms
- I Am Feeding My Dog A Raw Diet……..?
Yes! I agree that we do get a bit passionate about raw feeding but only because we have seen the benefits of dropping commercial foods filled with unsuitable ingredients. No doggy smell, clean sparkling teeth, smaller poop (that doesn’t stick to your shoes) glossy coats, less expensive than premium commercial foods. What’s not to love
) ?
I raw feed (dogs and cats) and have done so for several years. I have raised a litter of pups this way too with great success. My cat aged 16 has a mouth full of shiny white teeth and a glossy coat. The vet is amazed at her condition and I often get asked what I use on my dogs’ coats as they are so glossy..
I feed ‘frankenprey’ which is the term used for approximating a whole prey animal. I aim to feed about 70-80% muscle meat, 10-15% bone content and 10-15% offal over the course of a week. They eat chicken, lamb, beef, pork, kangaroo, fish, eggs (including shell) etc.
I would recommend Dr Tom Lonsdale’s book “Work Wonders – feed raw meaty bones” and joining one of the yahoo raw feeding user groups. Rawfeeding and RawMeatyBones are two good ones.
I do not feed raw, but have talked to many people who do. I have yet to hear of anyone who tried it with bad results (although i’m sure there are some somewhere) I do supplement my guys with the occasional raw meal, as well as raw bones. It is true that it does wonders for their teeth, and also causes smaller poops, and fewer anal gland issues. It sounds like your breeder uses a variation on prey model. You’ll want to do some research into the different RAW philosophies and methods if you choose to continue, as it does take some knowledge to do it right. They do make nutritionally complete pre-made frozen diets that are good options for some people, but its supposed to be much cheaper to make it yourself. -Neb
I feed my dogs a combination of prey-model raw diet (consisting of about 80% meat, 10-15% bone, 5-10% organ with half of the organ makeup being liver) and quality kibble (I rotate kibble brands including: Instinct Nature’s Variety, Taste of the Wild, Natural Balance grain-free venison formula, Natural Balance Ultra Premium formula). My American Pit Bull Terrier does fantastically when he gets raw, his defecate is smaller and more firm and does not smell at all, his teeth are cleaner, and his coat showed improvements as well; he also had the same affects when he was eating Instinct dog food.
Canines are naturally predisposed to eating raw meat … that is why they have “canine teeth”, which are designed for gripping and tearing flesh.
Nowadays, too many people think that their pet dogs should “enjoy” the same types of food which we humans eat … WRONG !
Dogs are carnivores … (not herbivores or omnivores) … so it is a complete waste of time feeding them anything other than meat and dog biscuit / meal, and people who feed their lap-dogs cake should be prosecuted !
Brace yourself!
Raw feeders tend to be a little on the zealous side!
LOL!
I know a lady who breeds prize toy and mini poodles. She feeds them road kill!
I’m serious!
This woman drives all over picking up dead animals, doesn’t matter what it is. The only thing she won’t feed is other dogs.
Her dogs win shows!!
Can you believe that?
Anyway.
I refuse to touch raw meat that I’m eating, much less feed it to my animals. That’s the only reason I’m against.
There are some great canned foods out now, and people have wised up about kibble. It’s not all bad.
Look into:
Innova Evo- Best prepared food out right now.
California Natural
Wellness
Canidae
Artemis.
Cheers.
Hi, most dogs sure do like raw food, and of course, that is what wild dogs eat. Just remember tho, that wild dogs also get more diseases and die younger than domestic dogs. I see no harm in some raw food, but why not mix it with prepared and bought food?
I feed my dogs mainly an all natural dry food.
BUT a few years ago we started pickin up scraps at the local butcher to place in the barn for our WILD barn cats in addition to cat food (crappy cheap cat food, sorry but they are barn cats and they lived here before we did with no help so we felt it was better than nothin) I noticed the cats were so much nicer looking after doing this. They held their weight well through the winter.
In doing this, of course our dogs were sneakin in the barn & stealing a scrap here and there. I noticed, to begin with, they got diarreah. I assume it was a shock to the digestive system. Over a little time the diareah went away & they are doing well with it. Yes, it has helped the teeth dramtically and they do well otherwise too. So now we feed our house pets raw food, guilt free, in addition to dry kibble. It is all free access, they choose what they want & 9times out of 10, they go with the raw. I feel there is a lot of good to it but I wonder what could be lacking, as far as vitamins, if feed strictly raw diet? So we supplement only.
My breeding dogs I do feed differently tho. I’m just not ready to jump on a new fad diet for my breeding animals because they need the most well rounded diet possible. I don’t feel comfy taking that risk yet. I do supplement them with raw liver (beef, venison, pig) when in the last weeks of pregnancy & lactating. The extra source of good protein has served them well. They also get raw deer bones and beef bones. (of course with some meat attached) This they enjoy greatly, it kills the boredom, and gives them extra nutritional benifites as well