Success Stories!

[lmgakg]

Well - another success in my house! Miss Nahla came home a week ago at 8 weeks and has been raw fed since then 100%. For the first few weeks of life, she nursed, ate whatever mama killed and brought her (Mama is a stray), ate a little kibble, and ate raw when I would visit and bring treats for mama. But since she has been home, she has enjoyed chicken, cornish hens, pork, beef heart, and even some organs...she loves it! I gave her a chicken wing a few nights ago just for fun while I was getting all the boys dinner ready (2 dogs and a cat) and she really tried hard at that thing....it was very cute. She didn't get very far with it, but she certainly gave it a good shot! She's only maybe 3 pounds, but I swear she eats like 10 pounds a day, okay, maybe I'm exagerating, but it seems like she just eats and eats and eats!
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[Spoo&two]

Love your cat's name. I have a human friend named Nihla. We've been raw feeding our three dogs since January 1,2011. We are getting a kitten today(Beeswax-B for short after Bumble Bee in Transformers) and will be feeding the new guy raw as well. We've been feeding canned/rinsed fish to the dogs(Jack Mackerel&Salmon). I recently gave the dogs fresh raw fish(actually bought it in anticipation of the kitten) and it seemed to upset them just a little. Hopefully they will adjust to fresh fish(I LOVE to fish) and the kitten will take to raw as well as yours has. We definitely feel raw is the best way to feed. It freaks you out a little at first but after a while it's great and leaves you feeling very soul satisfied with your decision to do it.

[monkeys23]

That is just about the most adorable kitten ever.

[Thunder409]

Hello everyone! I am new here and I would like to have my first post be about how much raw feeding has changed my dog's life!
When I first got my dog it was rough. Not only did she have parvo, but a few weeks after she ended up with a slipped disk. After she got better we noticed that not a day would go by without her having loose stools. Not only were the loose stools a problem, but she also had rashes all over her body that would become scratched and bloody because of her constant scratching.

After spending nearly $700 on tests I found out that she had digestive issues and would need to be put on a prescription diet. The bag cost about $60 and it would be done within 3 weeks. The rashes didn't go away but they actually got worse. Everyone knew Thunder at the vet because we were there nearly every week. The only answer I got after I spent $300 on even more tests was that nothing was wrong and we would probably have to do allergy tests. I decided to put the allergy testing on hold and I did a lot of research on raw feeding. A few weeks later I decided to give Thunder her first raw chicken and after a few awkward moments of her not knowing what to do with it....she gobbled it right up!

I have been feeding her raw for about 7 months now. The rashes went away in about 1 month and her stools firmed up almost immediately! Since then Thunder has gone to the vet only once to get her vaccine. Her rashes are completely gone, she hasn't had any loose stools since, and she is healthier than ever!

[lucky]

I love reading all these success stories :D

[Kat]

Ruby has been on raw since August 19, 2011, here is her story:

I fed her high quality kibble (natural balance, taste of the wild) from the time I got her home as a puppy. Then last year when I took her in for vaccines she had a crazy allergic reaction to the lepto. vaccine and she started becoming allergic to random things, one of which was her food. I tried switching to different kibbles with different proteins, and still she would break out in hives all over. I knew kibble was no longer an option for her because it was making her sick. She had nothing but diarrhea for a month straight. The only thing that helped was to fast her for 24 hours, she would be ok for a day, but then after eating kibble, she would have stomach issues again. After spending a few hundred dollars on xrays and blood and fecal tests with everything coming back fine, and all my vet suggesting was vet prescription kibble, I knew I had to make a change.

In the beginning I was scared/nervous of trying raw because of what so many bad things people have said about it. I also have a friend who is strongly against raw so whenever I would bring it up she would say something about it to turn me away from wanting to try it.

I tried home cooking for a month, still with no success. All it did was cause plaque buildup on her teeth, and it took me forever to prepare her meals, so I knew it was not realistic to continue feeding that way.

Finally, I tried giving her a RMB and she LOVED it. From there I decided to buy some chicken wings and just see how it goes. Right from the start I noticed a difference. Now, 6 months later, she looks incredible. Raw is honestly the best thing I have ever done for Ruby, and I cant imagine feeding her anything else. I love watching her enjoy her fresh meals, and she goes crazy when she sees me picking up her bowl for meal time. With kibble, she would just eat it because it was there, there was no enthusiasm to it. With raw, she barks, whines, jumps, and cries until I put her dish down, she literally cant wait to eat.