Freeze Dried Raw Food

[Vela]

LOL I hear ya. Pretty sure I don't want ANYTHING raw from McDonald's. I don't think I'd really like anything cooked either from them.

[Lady's Human]

McD's is bad enough COOKED!

[Charlieanne]

=P If it's "freeze-dried", it isn't Raw! LOL

Nature's Variety has great products! I definitely recommend their freeze-dried, although it is a bit pricey. NV's kibble is really good, and similar to Innova Evo, which is also a great kibble. Honest Kitchen has really awesome freeze-dried food as well, at a lower cost, if you're interested in that.

Just as an FYI, Freeze dried "raw" products are actually raw, and should be treated as any raw meat. Freeze drying is just removing the water, it doesn't remove any bacteria which may exist in raw meat.

[zoey]

I'd opt for the freeze dried food over kibble.
But that is just my opinion.

[Love That Collie]

Just nobody get confused and try to order raw at a McD's.

I'm almost confused trying to follow both threads within this thread.

LOL, me too, I felt like a tennis ball. I hope nobody goes thru the
drive-thru and tries to order chicken necks!

[signorelli21]

i won't get in to the fast food debate, i have worked in a few of those places and ate from them most of my life, but will never eat at any of them again. but thats just a personal choice, here's a site that tells the most healthy items and the worst items of the most popular fast food places.

http://www.bodybuilding.com/fun/fastfood.htm

also if you click on the restraunt you can look at the nutritional value at everything on the menu, i would recommend looking at the salads from mcdonalds, you will be suprised how unhealthy they are.

[mugsy]

OOOOOHHHHHHH something I know LOTS about since that's now Mike's business!!!

Ok, the N.V. Prairie...

Freeze Dried: EXPENSIVE!!! We have it for $25.99 for a small bag. You just need to re-hydrate it and you're good...it's good for people who take their dogs camping or hiking because it's lightweight.

Raw: We have Tigger on this and he has gained 7, much needed, pounds and looks great! It IS expensive as well. We give him (he weighs 49 pounds now) a patty and a 1/2 per day (along with one cup of dry Canidae) and one bag lasts one week and it's $20.00. He seems to like the beef the best. He hated the Chicken/Turkey. He did like the Venison as well, and we haven't given him the lamb.

Nature's Variety also have dry food, one of which is Raw Instinct and it has no grains in it. Tigg did NOT like it, but, we have people whose dogs LOVE it. They also have: Lamb and Oatmeal, Beef and Barley, Chicken and Brown Rice, Salmon and Brown Rice...

There are many excellent brands of dry food as well. We carry 20 of the top 30 rated dog foods as stated by Whole Dog Journal. If you start using the higher quality foods, you really don't need to worry about digestive issues when you change foods. Our dogs have had just about every kind of food we have and we didn't mix it before changing and there was not an issue. Canidae is what most of them get most of the time though. Sox is on Canidae Platinum because of her weight, age, and the glucosomine and chondrotin. George is on Pinnacle Duck and Potato because of his digestive issues. Shawna is on Merrick's Wilderness Blend because she does so well on it, and of course Tigg is on the raw diet....