Feeding Raw?

[cadman]

Bye the chart above "Bear" is definatly "Ideal". His diet was given to me by the man that raised bear's dad, but after reading about patty1231's raw feeding's makes me wonder. Do you know any good articles i could read on raw feedings? and is there any pro's or con's to feeding raw.
If i need to move this post somewhere else let me know, i dont wanna steel anyone's thread.

Thanks for the advice, im glad to know hes real close to being "On-track"
C.

[Diane Heller-Vaccaro]

Well there are many pros to feeding RAW and yes there are some cons as well. Like most things nothing is 100%. I feed RAW and I will tell you that my experience has been very good. I do NOT make my own RAW I spend a great deal of money on the prepared/prepackaged food. If you decide to make your own you will really need to do some research. Balance is the key to feeding RAW. I guess depending on how you look at things these might be draw backs themselves, but the major one of course, is bacteria. I keep Clorox cleanups on my counters and the food as well as the water bowel are disinfected after with any type of antibacterial soap, not with the clorox clean ups. Just any dish soap that is good for antibacterial.

Many people choose to feed a premium food, but for me it's still processed. Check out some of these websites.

www.barfworld.com

www.onlynaturalpet.com

Click on RAW Food

I love the last site I buy alot of my food there when I can't find it in stock at my petfood stores here, lucky for me that doesn't happen often.

I use everything here, except for the Necks I personally don't feed necks the bones are too small and my puppy would just gulp them down. Too risky for me. I do give him the big natural bones. Only in the crate because of bacteria. I then clean the crate throughly.

Good luck.

You might want to do a search on toxic pet foods or foods pets die for. You would be amazed what they put in our pet's food.

[Brooke&Ryan]

Check out this website:

www.bowchow.com

Also you can start reading some books to get yourself acquainted with raw feeding. I read them all & many others when getting started.

The BARF Diet by Ian Billinghurst

RAW DOG FOOD: MAKE IT EASY FOR YOU AND YOUR DOG
by Carina Beth MacDonald (This is an awesome book that I highly reccomend! Carina is a forum member...but hasn't been here in awhile.)

Natural Nutrition for Dogs and Cats by Kymythy Schultze

SWITCHING TO RAW by Susan K. Johnson

Also, check out some of the Yahoo Groups that are devoted to BARF. There are groups about finding suppliers in your area & groups that just talk about feeding BARF. They were really helpful in helping me find some suppliers in my area.

Happy reading!

Brooke

[mastermind]

i've read conflicting things about this. some say to feed 100% raw and others say you can feed a 40-60 mix with kibble. would it be ok for me to feed raw once or twice a week just for added nutrients?

[spidey]

Yes, as long as you adjust that day's kibble accordingly (so you're not overfeeding). I do this with my dog.

[cadman]

thanks people, those sites are very helpfull...

Chris.

[rms78645]

I do that with my dog too. The 60-40 mix. Hes always done really well with it.