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Mischief

I am fascinated with Raw but I'm the type of person that has to research something to death before I feel confident enough to try it. I appreciate others who do it though and admire their dedication.

Laurelin

Detox really depends on the dog. Mine have been on raw for a few months now and the transition was very smooth. I started feeding it because that is what our show handler uses and when she was handling Beau he looked superb. Got him back and put him back on high quality kibble and he quickly lost conditioning.

So Mia and Summer are on raw. My biggest problem was getting Summer to eat her bones and organs and it is still a work in progress. We had no diarrhea I can recall at all. Then again even when I was feeding kibble I was changing food every bag or so and feeding premade raw on top of that no problem. I figure my dogs may have iron guts but I have always felt variety is very important.

I would recommend going full raw if you are going to do raw at all. Start SLOWLY. The first week or so pick one protein source, no organs yet. Introduce new proteins very slow over a course of time.

gershepsmyfav

Ali, Sarah, I have fed raw for 14 yrs. I started all my pups except our last German shepherd pup, out on raw as soon as I brought them home. I thought I would try her out on a natural kibble. She had diarrhea and vomiting. So I switched to another expensive natural brand. She wouldn't eat it. I called the breeder to see what they were feeding. I tried that. I had the same problem. i tried just about all of the expensive natural brands. Either she wouldn't eat it or it made her sick. So I went back to the raw diet. I spent so much money and had to give away so much dog food away. After I put her on the raw diet she never vomited or had diarrhea. She put on weight because she didn't while on the trials with the kibble. I have put all of our other pups on the raw food as soon as I brought them home. I never had a problem with diarrhea or vomiting. I ended up with my mom's elderly Westie after she passed away. As soon as he came to live with us I switched him over to raw gradually. I never I never had any problems with him on the raw. I ended up with our son's elderly Pit Bull after he moved. I put him on raw as soon as he got here. I never had a problem with him. When I got him his fur was wiry and dry and he shed a lot. After he was on the raw for awhile, his fur got soft and it didn't fall out all of the time. He got to a healthy weight and got a lot healthier. I did a lot of research on the raw diet and other diets. I researched the grain diet that came out at that time. I tried it . My dogs didn't like it. Then i read a book that I found at a used book store. It was about a show dog breeder in the 40''s . She fed her show dogs raw food when it was never heard of. So I decided to give it a try. Then I found Dr. Billingshurst's book in a magazine. So I sent for it. I have followed his diet since. I have not been sorry. I have never had any Salmonella or any other sicknesses. In that 14 yrs all the dogs I have had on the raw food, have never been sick from diseases or parasites. They have never had to have their teeth cleaned either. They never had bad mouth smell either. I had a homeopathic vet until she passed away from cancer. She told me to keep my dogs on the raw diet because they were doing so good. She said they were really healthy and their coats were beautiful. I looked for another diet because we had our German shepherd die of cancer. She had a massive cancer mass in her chest. She was not 5 yrs old when we had to euthanize her. She was raised on an expensive so-called best brand of kibble. It was supposed to be one of the best foods on the market at that time and is still on the market. I'll tell anybody that says raw isn't good. That I will take my chances feeding my fur kids the raw diet than to rely on what junk is in commercial foods. Until my dogs start getting sick from the raw foods, I will be feeding them the raw diet. The raw meat and food is the same I buy for us to eat. I cook the same meat for us. It all comes from the grocery store.

pawzaddict

Funny I never have talked to someone who had a dog suddenly (considering the breeder even fed the dog kibble) react horribly to every grain free high quality GREAT food but not have a single problem on raw.....

gershepsmyfav

I didn't say that all the foods made her sick. I said she didn't like some of them and wouldn't eat them. There were some that she seemed to like, but then would either eat less or quit eating them. I got frustrated and tried her on raw. She took to it right away and has been on it since.. And the kibble the breeder was feeding was not a natural brand it was a store brand. And if you are going to quote me, please get it right.

pawzaddict

Lol I did not quote I summarized. Let me resummarize for you..I have never heard of someone having any issues with every kibble with a dog who always ate kibble at the breeders house. There now you can drop your attitude.
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Laurelin

Well not ALL kibbles made Beau sick, but most did. We finally found one that works and it's not grain free. EVO, Orijen, TOTW, etc all leave him with very inconsistent poops. Raw worked wonders on Beau but my dad can't spend the time to do that for him.

gershepsmyfav

Our older German Shepherd died in December. She would have been 14 this year. She is one of the first of our dogs that I raised on raw food. There might be some dogs that can't take the raw diet. I don't know. I just know it has worked for all my dogs for 14 yrs.

pawzaddict

If raw is the only thing you think works for the dog have you considered purchasing pre-made raw?

fawkese1

hey guys, i know that we are all really passionate about what we feed our dogs, and about getting facts/sources/claims straight, but lets keep it friendly