Why I Don't Like Raw

[ChattyCathy]

RFD: I was just wondering. If kibble in one form or another can give a dog skin problems why couldn't something in the raw feeding do that?

[RawFedDogs]

RFD: I was just wondering. If kibble in one form or another can give a dog skin problems why couldn't something in the raw feeding do that?

Good question. Its because its most frequently the grains and veggies in kibble that cause allergies. Kibble is a highly processed food that is only vaguely similar to what the original ingredients were before the processing began. Look at a kibble. Do you see meat in there? Do you see plants? No there is nothing familiar in there. It's must a mish mash of highly cooked and mixed together reminants from human food processing plants. There are many perservatives in kibble also.

A raw diet on the other hand is made up of whole meat, bones, and organs. The dogs body from teeth to anus is designed to eat and digest these things. It has basically no chemicals or preservatives in it. If a raw feeder also feeds raw veggies/fruits/grains he is much more likely to have a dog with skin problems.

In most instances dogs who have skin problems will have those problems disappear when put on a prey model raw diet.

[ChattyCathy]

after several posts i read from you and was wondering if there is any merrit to what you say, this sentence makes it perfectly clear that you are full of S#$%

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Not sure he's active anymore....

[EnglishBullTerriers]

I just spoke to one of the vets that I work with. We were talking about animal food and she mentioned that she, either worked or toured, a Purina Mills factory and watched the process from begining to end and thought that it was a little amusing. She told me the process of the slab of meat geting gound up and then the corn and other ingredients being added and ground to an un-recognizable form. Then it went into a baking/cooking machine and came out the other end in all the little shapes that they have. She said also that she turned around to where they package the product and noticed that no matter what the bag said... Lamb and Rice, Chicken and Rice... it was all the same thing from the same belt and only labled differently!!!!! I thought that this was amusing and simply stated, 'That is why I feed prey model raw food to my dog. I know what goes in and comes out of him!'
She started asking questions about it and I felt funny telling a vet about nutrition!! :)
Thats my story for the day!

[rannmiller]

Hahaha I love it! That's what I notice when I look at all those Purina/Iams/SD bags, they all have the same ingredients with a different package and price tag on them.

[Doc]

Do you really think that a fine outstanding American Company would mislead the consumer? Especially with something like dog food? ROFL! Maybe they spay essences of lamb on the Lamb and Rice Kibble! Doesn't surprise me in the least.

[jcmnh]

Isn't it unfortunate when someone is so close minded that they cannot see the forest for the trees.....

I have been feeding raw for 7 years this May, I have 6 dogs of my own and I have a rescue so am fostering constantly, every dog and puppy that comes through my home eats a species appropriate diet.

Last count I have had over 125 foster dogs come through here...... not once in all these years have I ever seen blood in a stool or blood if they regurgitate for any reason. I feed 84 meals a week here- all dogs in unbelievable health, my 13 1/2 year old, 118 lb GSD stands on his hind legs for his food, leaps into the back seat of my Suburban, runs up and down the 8 stairs in my back yard and it is a result of his diet- no question about it....