Raw Feeding…..
There are many options on what is best to feed our dogs. I decided to switch to Raw almost a year ago after doing some research. What I found was dogs that were raw feed had the following:
- Smaller poops ( big deal here with 2 Great Danes and now a GSD too)
- Shiny coats
- Flake-free and itch-free skin
- Clean teeth, bones naturally take off the tarter
- Better breath
- Less likely to bloat ( maybe due to stomach muscle having to work or simply knowing exactly when your dog ate last so you are more likely to make sure they rest?) http://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/preventing-bloat-naturally/
- I never have to worry about food recalls
- No allergies – one of my dogs is allergic to chicken…. It was extremely difficult to find a dog food without chicken in it, if you read down all the ingredients even if it said chicken free… there was chicken fat somewhere in it
- No more ear infections for Ruger and no more bladder infections for Gracie since we switched. Could have been the chicken or perhaps the vegetables in traditional kibble causing this
- They are excited to eat! I used to have add things to the kibble to get Gracie to eat
Helpful links:
http://www.barfworld.com/html/barf_diet/barfdiet_benefits.shtml
http://www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/raw-feeding-primer/
There are also a lot of Facebook groups on raw feeding, which are also a great place to start.
Next Blog will be on how I got started
