How come no one on this site that posts, feeds their dogs a raw diet?! Ever wonder what dogs closest cousin, the wolf, feeds on? When you look into the digestive system of canines, you'll see that their system is very different from humans (very short intestinal tract) and definitely not equipped to handle the amount of grains and/or processed (read: cooked) meat (?) that many people feed their pooches in the form of kibble or canned food. On that note, even cooked meats (fats) are not great for dogs. Dogs can't process the cooked fats very well and this will lead to many future problems. Cooking veggies will only boil away nutrients (same for humans) raw veggies pack more of a punch!

I am sold on the raw food diet and many of our dog friends have switched over as well. There are many raw food companies in our area now and I just saw Fargo raw food - frozen in a local pet supply store. We do our own 90% of the time. I won't go into great detail about what and how much to feed, because that would take way to long. Look into the books suggested below, surf the web or ask questions of people that know what it is all about. I take great pride in doing something wholesome and natural and what nature intended, for my pooch.

Please do look into it. Books entitled 'Reigning Cats and Dogs' and 'The B.A.R.F. Diet' are great places to start, or surf the web and do a few searches. Your pet will be happier, healthier, less prone to canine diseases, have cleaner teeth, less poop and less smelly (most of the time) and it can also help with curbing behaviour problems associated with some allergies to grains.

If it seems like I am preaching, I am! When you believe in something so strongly that you want to share it with others, then you do so - LOUD and PROUD! Ultimately you will do as you choose to but please take a sec to learn about it a bit more than you already know. For those of you who have purebred dogs from breeders (and your breeders told you what kind of dry dog food is best) read on.....

Our friends have a 2 yr old Chesapeake Bay Retriever from a very reputable breeder in Canada. They swore by the dry dog food that the breeder recommended. We got our dog and put her on the raw diet last July and they looked into it. Now they are feeding their dog only raw food and are so happy that they changed. Their vet obviously had concerns regarding their choice but they stuck to their convictions.

Just thought you all should hear the other side of the story. Hope it sheds some light on it for some (many).

Cheers,
Lisa & Talus