Comments on: Why Is Raw Feeding Better Than Cooked Meat?

By: Island Weim

Island Weim — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:29:20 +0000

When the meat is cooked you lose nutrients, it’s better if given raw. Dogs have no problem digesting raw meat. NEVER cook bones, they can splinter, they should ALWAYS be given raw.

By: Irishgal

Irishgal — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:29:20 +0000

When you cook meat, it kills the enzymes in it that are good for the dog. The dog needs these enzymes to properly digest their food. Their digestive systems are much different than ours.

By: animal_a

animal_a — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:29:20 +0000

Higher nutritional value. Heat changes the structure of things… breaks down amino acids and other nutrients.
The same reason raw vegies are better for you than cooked/processed ones.
Edit: Dogs who are fed raw meat on a regular basis have the necessary intestinal flora to process it without digestive upset. Just as humans who eat a certain type or ethnic style of food have the ability to process it without issue BUT a sudden change in diet (huge meal of spicy Thai food when you’re used to bland american) may cause issues.
Also, dogs have a faster digestive system than humans and do not have the issues with salmonella that we do because, frankly, if the dog is fed a pure raw diet the food simply isn’t IN there long enough for the bacteria to reproduce enough to be an issue.

By: April C

April C — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:29:20 +0000

When I adopted my dog, the shelter director told me that cooked fat is bad for dogs. They can’t digest it or it clogs something up. Anyway she said that if we were to give any meat it should be raw with no fat or drained and trimmed of all fat.
Also many dogs have sensitivities to beef and pork (and lots of other things) so you always want to make sure that you monitor their reaction (ie poo) to any food you give them.
Sudden changes in diet can also cause gastrointestinal problems.

By: Willie C

Willie C — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:29:20 +0000

Better nutrition, and appeal to dogs. Cooked diet doesn’t have much appeal, rather than raw. I just bought a couple raw bones from Stop & Shop btw, and they love it!!! Cooked bones do splinter too, which can cause death by puncturing lungs and veins.

By: golioth with an o

golioth with an o — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:29:20 +0000

Like said it copies the wild diet and their digestive tract is designed to handle the raw food.
When it’s raw, the nutrients and enzymes are unaltered and 100% bio-available for the animals. That applies to the meat, vegetables, organ meat and oils. It’s really the same for us excluding some of their stuff obviously.

By: vet2be63

vet2be63 — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:29:20 +0000

both have their advantages and disadvantage. cooking loses nutrional values. raw could contain harmful germs. wild dogs are used to raw food where as a tame dog isn’t. so too much raw food would upset it stomach.

By: magy

magy — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:29:20 +0000

Dogs are built to eat meat raw- i have to see a wolf or coyote out in the woods, breaking out the George Forman grill to get their kill ready to eat….

By: xgurl3eb

xgurl3eb — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:29:20 +0000

my guess would be that dogs digestive systems are more adapted to raw meat since that is what they would eat in the wild. cooked meat can be tougher and some of the attributes of it change when it is cooked, which could be harder on the dogs system

By: Change Sucks

Change Sucks — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 09:29:20 +0000

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