Most people simply don't have the time or money to place
their pets on raw food diets or to prepare their pets» meals from scratch.
Not exact matches
Freeze - dried and dehydrated products provide a convenient way for dog owners to incorporate
raw foods into their
pet's
diet — at home or
on the move — and give
pet specialty retailers plentiful options to meet that demand.
Innovative processes such as freeze - dried, air - dried and
raw are also
on - trend now, says Chanda Leary - Coutu, director of consumer experience for WellPet, based in Tewksbury, Mass. «Not only do these new categories help break up the monotony of mealtime by allowing
pet parents to introduce new and exciting textures into their
pets»
diets, but they also pack more of a punch when it comes to delivering pure protein, vital nutrients and whole
foods,» she says.
Currently, there are several trends vying for popularity
on the dog
food shelf at your local
pet store, from grain - and gluten - free, to ancestral
diets that infuse freeze - dried
raw meat into kibble to a growing range of single - protein offerings.
«as a practicing veterinary surgeon, I constantly see the enormous difference in health between
pets raised
on commercial
pet food compared to those raised
on a biologically appropriate
raw food diet.
We understand that some of our clients feel their
pets do better
on raw food diets.
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A vet's job is to make recommendations based
on fact - based scientific findings, and although many animals do well
on raw food diets, anecdotes are not enough to support a feeding choice for our beloved
pets.
Instead of forcing your
pets to adapt to a
diet that lacks the components needed for health and vitality, why not offer them the
diet that they have been thriving
on for thousands of years —
raw food diet.
Billinghurst's book, Give Your Dog a Bone, has sparked commercially processed
raw dog
food diets to help
pet parents who are short
on time.
The AVMA recommends that veterinarians inform
pet owners of potential risks and educate them
on how to best mitigate the risk of pathogen exposure in both handling the
food and in managing
pets consuming undercooked or
raw animal - source protein
diets.»
If you have any questions about what you should feed your
pet, or how much you should be feeding him, you should consult your veterinarian, especially if you're planning
on cooking your dog's
food at home or if you wish to feed him a
raw diet.
Current, more natural, efforts in dealing with kidney disease instead focus
on raw food mixes or home prepared
diets with high - quality protein, higher moisture content, much better nutrition and none of the additives found in commercial
pet foods.
Advocates of the BARF
diet (a.k.a. Biologically Appropriate
Raw Food diet or Bones And Raw Food diet) suggest that by feeding raw meat, the gastric pH is lowered enough to kill any potential pathogenic bacteria on the food; this is also oftentimes false, thus putting these pets at ri
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Raw Food diet) suggest that by feeding raw meat, the gastric pH is lowered enough to kill any potential pathogenic bacteria on the food; this is also oftentimes false, thus putting these pets at ri
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Food diet) suggest that by feeding
raw meat, the gastric pH is lowered enough to kill any potential pathogenic bacteria on the food; this is also oftentimes false, thus putting these pets at ri
raw meat, the gastric pH is lowered enough to kill any potential pathogenic bacteria
on the
food; this is also oftentimes false, thus putting these pets at r
food; this is also oftentimes false, thus putting these
pets at risk.
I recommend you start with my three - part video series
on raw pet food diets:
In the final segment of a 3 - part video series
on raw food diets for
pets, Dr. Becker discusses why these
diets get a bad rap.
Pet owners who feed a
raw diet may argue that their dogs and cats are thriving
on such a feeding regimen and have had none of the issues addressed above; they attribute their
pets» good health to the
raw food.
They specialize in producing
raw foods for pets based on the BARF Diet (Bones and Raw Foods or Biologically Appropriate Raw Foods): Raw Frozen Formulas (complete diets), Raw Frozen Mixes, Raw Frozen Grinds, Raw Meaty Bones, Recreational Bones, and Primal Trea
raw foods for
pets based
on the BARF Diet (Bones and
Raw Foods or Biologically Appropriate Raw Foods): Raw Frozen Formulas (complete diets), Raw Frozen Mixes, Raw Frozen Grinds, Raw Meaty Bones, Recreational Bones, and Primal Trea
Raw Foods or Biologically Appropriate
Raw Foods): Raw Frozen Formulas (complete diets), Raw Frozen Mixes, Raw Frozen Grinds, Raw Meaty Bones, Recreational Bones, and Primal Trea
Raw Foods):
Raw Frozen Formulas (complete diets), Raw Frozen Mixes, Raw Frozen Grinds, Raw Meaty Bones, Recreational Bones, and Primal Trea
Raw Frozen Formulas (complete
diets),
Raw Frozen Mixes, Raw Frozen Grinds, Raw Meaty Bones, Recreational Bones, and Primal Trea
Raw Frozen Mixes,
Raw Frozen Grinds, Raw Meaty Bones, Recreational Bones, and Primal Trea
Raw Frozen Grinds,
Raw Meaty Bones, Recreational Bones, and Primal Trea
Raw Meaty Bones, Recreational Bones, and Primal Treats.
This
diet takes a dog off of commercial
pet food and puts him back
on what is thought to be a dog's original
diet of
raw meats and certain fruits and vegetables.
In fact, a researcher for a large
pet food company once told me that the company had studied
raw diets, and cats do much better
on raw meat than
on cooked or processed
diets.
Many
pets do very well
on raw food diets.
The AVMA was encouraged by the Delta Society and the Council
on Public Health and Regulatory Veterinary Medicine to make a policy statement concerning the public health risk of feeding
pets raw food diets adapted from the Delta Society's own position
on the matter that forbids members to feed
raw food to their dogs.
In part 1 of a 3 - part series
on raw food diets for
pets, Dr. Becker begins the discussion by reviewing the ancestral origins of today's dogs and cats.
Welcome to part two of my three - part video series
on the myths and truths surrounding
raw food diets for
pets.
«There are many cats with serious health conditions, such as IBD, FLUTD, dermatitis and diabetes that no longer have to rely
on medications and are thriving after their
pet parents transition them to
raw [
diets],» says Tracey Hatch - Rizzi, vice-president and co-founder of Radagast
Pet Food, Inc. «The chicken we use is certified organic, our turkey is free - range and our lamb is pasture - raised.»
A majority of respondents in the «
pet parent» group — 81 percent — also said they would vet
pet sitters with as much scrutiny as they would a babysitter for a child; and they place a high value
on premium
foods for their
pets — 43 percent of
pet parents feed their dogs organic
diets and 16 percent feed
raw diets.