Would you feed raw?

[slleipnir]

I honestly don't know. The idea freaks me out for some reason.

[Eastwood Danes]

It is not expensive if you are a bit of a scavenger. There are lots of good deals out there. I feed my 5 Great Danes for a lot less money on Raw as I did a so called 'premium' kibble. Plus, I no longer have the vet bills I used to have. Fleas and ticks are no longer interested in my dogs so I also don't spend any money on those types of preventatives.
As for the person who said they can't imagine touching raw meat.. Don't you handle raw meat for your family? Make hamburger patties? It's no different. The raw meaty bones in my freezers for my dogs can be thawed out for the family. In fact, we just made BBQ leg quarters for a cook out and I got it out of the dogs freezer!
If someone was going to be freaked out about what they are feeding their dogs, they should be freaked out at the facts about kibble. Not to mention that all the nutrients and vitamins that a kibble fed dog receives are in synthetic form. All of the original nutrients have been cooked out in the kibble making process so it is as comparable to a person being made to live on box after box after box of Total cereal. Sure you may be receiving the required nutrients to stay alive and you might even have shiny hair after eating Total cereal for 10 years. But I guarantee you would not be as healthy as the person who is eating a variety of foods. Hard to tell from the outside what is going on in the inside. We all know that fresh food is good for us. For some reason people have gotten into this mind frame that dogs should not be afforded the same quality diet.
It feels great to be able to see, smell, touch the food you feed your dog. It's a much better feeling then handing them a bowl of the unknown. Not knowing whats in there. Safe to assume it was rotted and not good enough for people though.
A great book that I have read is by Anne Martin called "Foods Pets Die For". I highly recommend that to everyone.
Anyway, it is not time consuming or expensive and doesn't require a degree in nutrition to feed a dog a healthy raw diet.
Dogs are MUCH easier to feed then humans and we are not sitting around calculating vitamins and nutrients and shopping for our families according to the needs to stay alive. We eat a variety of foods and balance happens over time. There is NO living being that eats a balanced meal at every meal. Nature never intended it that way.
Commercial dog food companies have succeeded at literally brain washing people into thinking THEY are the only ones qualified to know how to feed a dog or a cat. It is ridiculous to say the least.

Kim E.
www.eastwooddanes.com

[Roxyluvsme13]

Already do! I've only been feeding it 4-5? Days, and I already am noticing slight improvements. Roxy's teeth are looking better, and Lily's actually eating her food. So, I hope my mom doesn't make me go back to kibble, because I LOVE Feeding Raw!