Raw Meat Diet for Dogs

[goodsamaritan]

Let's begin with the video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XjzoPN8HBZ4

 AnimalRescuer268  |   November 25, 2009

My dog Zodiac on a raw food diet. He is eating some of his raw turkey. I do not usually feed so much meat, but its Thanksgiving, and he wanted something too
For anyone interested in this diet: This is the best your pet can get, natural, healthy, flavorful and very good for pets with dental problems. Ever since Zodi was started on the diet, he has been free of any health problems (fleas, hotspots, worms, infections ect). If you worry about parasites/bacteria, dogs and cats can handle these (even newly weaned puppies and kittens, all my feral kittens have been raised on this diet) they have been fine for thousands of years on this diet. Commercial (canned/dry kibbles) pet food has only been around for 60 years, and how did the dogs and cats survive before these? Raw meat and scraps. So if they were fine then, they will be fine now, I have talked to many experts, who claim that it can take up to a million years to change a species diet so dratically (from healthy meat, bone and organ to 80% grain) Commercial pet food causes VERY bad reactions in pets because most of them have preservatives that have been banned in people food because they caused tumors, birth defects, allergies, liver/heart failures and other bad things.. Some of them even have euthanized animals, yes it has been found by Ann Martin (author of food pets die for)that tons (literally) or euthanized pets go to rendering plants (where pet food is made). If any of these are found in your pet food, chances are your pet is eating its own kind: "meat by-products", "meat and bone meal", "meat meal" "meat trimmings". Corn, which is a main ingredient in most pet foods, is an allergy trigger in many cats and dogs and is not needed, and has been found to cause seizures. It is used as a cheap filler.
Many vets are inexperienced with animal nutrition, and will recommend the wrong food because of lack of knowledge. Others recommend commercial pet food because they gain money (they usually sell the food, and can get up to 40% of the profits made). Sometimes they are ever bribed to recommend pet foods. But on with feeding raw.
This diet is about 90% meat and bones and the rest is organs, (only about one to two times a week add vegetables)vegetables, fruits (for dogs) For cats the diet is 90% meat and small/crushed bones (most of the time cats need to be trained to eat bone, start off with crushed bones, I use a clean hammer) and 10% organs. Do not bother adding grain or dairy, for pets do not need these and cannot use them, and they cause harm to the body. For energy dogs and cats use fats from animals. If you worry about exact nutrition, please don't, when you make dinner for you or your family you don't say "I need Xcups salad, Xcups beef, Xcups beans and three multi-vitamin supplements." so why stress about your pet? As said earlier, before commercial pet food, no one fed a strict diet, and ther pets were much healthier than most today! (according to "Cat Fancy" magazine, the oldest cat they heard of was (believed to be) 29, and lived off of birds and mice. The oldest dog ever recorded was "Bluey" a blue heeler cross who lived in Australia before pet food was invented and ate raw kangaroo meat, bones and organs). Dont worry. I listed some recipes below.
Chicken Dinner (for a 30-40 lb dog)
1 pound chicken (with bone)
1 egg
1 tbsp vegetables


Beef and Sardine
1/2 pound beef (with bone)
4 fresh wild sardines
1 tbsp berries

Lamb Breakfast
Lamb necks
2 grape tomatoes
1 egg

Whole Rabbit
whole rabbit (with or without fur)
with organs intact

Whole chicken
small or large chicken w/ included organs
1 tsp fresh berries or herbs

CATS:
1-2 chicken wings
a slice of liver

OR

Chicken Frying parts with bone
heart

The price of the diet is quite cheap, I usually pay 3-13$ a week to feed 6 cats, and 10-23$ a month to feed a 40lb dog. (I usually get the "On sale" meats, which is just as good as fresh.

Here are the best websites i have come across:
www.rawlearning.com
www.rawfed.com (probably the best)
www.rawfeddogs.com
www.rawfedcats.com
My website has most of the information of these websites and much more, I am still working on it, and hope to get it running soon! Please, I am very happy to answer ANY questions!

Here is also a list of bad pet food brands:
Purina, Iams, Eukanuba, Nutro max, Goodlife recipe, Science Diet, Prescription Diet, Gravy train, alpo, amore, Pedigree, Natures Recipe, Bil jac, royal canin, ect

Hope Every one has a happy Thanksgiving!

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Looks like an awesome post.

[needs_and_wants]

My cat loves raw beef, and interestingly turns it nose up at any cooked meat.

[yuli]

Same with my cats, I used to try giving them cooked meat long time ago and they would just smell it then walk away (except for my one male who has always adored cooked chicken  )...now that I am eating raw meat they gather around me like begging dogs, last time my cat climbed up on me, I was eating deer, and she started trying to bite off the piece I was eating, so cute!
When I eat fruit they look at me like I am nuts, heh heh
I can't wait to get a dog ( I want to get a standard poodle...) and we can both enjoy our meals together! How great is that!
Plus any meat you don't finish or there are parts you don't want to eat you can give to your dog, then none of it is wasted.

On a side note, my cats love the smell and taste of weed (weird), any time I have some they want to stick their nose in it, but other plant material they are not interested in. I wonder why animals like weed as much as some people do.

[djr_81]

I want to get a standard poodle...

My parents have two. They're wonderful dogs.

[bharminder]

I feed my two dogs a raw meat diet, though they sometimes eat kibble because meat is more expensive and I am not the only one who feeds them so I don't always get the choice. I coincidentally rented out the book "Food pets die for" at the library, but I haven't read it yet.


Euthanized animals in pet food sounds horrible, particularly if the animals that were euthanized were sick or diseased, but otherwise too.

Raw meat and bones will keep their teeth cleaner than a grain diet.
The act of chewing tough bones will exercise the dogs jaws and neck muscles, and this is important. Chewing bones is very pleasurable for dogs. As an example, a dog is much more likely to be possessive of a bone than some food. Just try to take that chicken back from your dog, and he will play keep away from you with it!