Raw feeding success stories

[.sarah]

I'm making a website about why I feed raw. I am asked frequently about what diet my dogs are on and a lot of people are interested in it, so I figured I'd make a website about it to direct them to.

I'm planning on putting up a "success story" section. So I'd love for anyone who feeds raw to post what it has done for their dogs (even if it's very faint changes). You can include a picture of your dog(s) if you'd like, but it's not necessary. Before and after pictures are even better

I don't care what your feeding style is so long as it is raw. Half raw/half kibble dogs are also welcome

Any other ideas for what to put on the website are also welcome. I'll post the link here when I'm finished

[Roxyluvsme13]

Well, my dogs weren't fed Raw very long, but Roxy had horrible horrible breath, and very plaque-y teeth. After just barely one week of being on Raw, her breath became much fresher, she was more bouncy, and her teeth looked alot better.

[binka_nugget]

Kai constantly gained weight on kibble. It didn't matter what kind or how much I reduced it. Whether it was Chicken Soup, Eukanuba (ew), Innova, Evo, California Natural.. he gained weight on all of them. It wasn't until I switched him to raw that I noticed his weight stopped creeping up. Raw feeding has also kept his teeth pearly white,got rid of the doggy breath, and made his already glossy coat even glossier.

When we adopted Kaedyn, his teeth were extremely dirty and required professional cleaning. After that I switched him to raw. The bones kept his teeth sparkling clean. He's 8-9 years old but has the energy of a young dog.

[cali]

Shadow is the biggest success story, on by the time she was 4 years old she could hardly stand up the vet called it premature aging, basicly she was a 4 year old dog acting like a 13 year old dog, we were told to consider putting her down, that she would not live to see her 5th birthday. also since she had been spayed she threw up every day, purina one was the only food she could eat, with it she only threw up once a day. instead we switched to Raw, a few months ago shadow saw her 10th birthday, not only did she pass the vets estimated lifespan she doubled it, and at 10 years old she runs and plays like a puppy, you would never guess that 6 years earlier she could not even stand up, now the only pain she shows is in her paws and only because her paws got crushed by a rocking chair a few years ago and her nails are now twisted. and cant forget that she has not thrown up since the switch.

Happy is the reason we switched, she was sick throughout almost her entire puppyhood, finally after some reasarch we made the switch, and so long problems, Happy is now 6 and has not been sick since the switch, infact her immune system is suddenly so strong that when every single dog around her got kennel cough she was the only one who did not get sick, Happy also has the highest pain tollerence I have ever seen, she breaks wood with her hip, yanks her nail out and upside down and not so much as a yelp, she just keeps on going as if nothing ever happened.

Ripley, amazing differnce, when we brought him home from the shelter he was just gonna be a pet, he was fat and lazy, he had no muscle and a dull coat. 2 DAYS after the switch he suddenly bacme a muscle machine, he was ripling in muscle, no fat, beautiful coat, and the energy to rival my border collies, pet? ya right! Ripley has his FMCH(thats 15,000 points) in Flyball, as a 5.0 second height dog, he does pulling alongside Misty(pulling 150lbs) and he somehow knows Agility..cuz ya know we never taught him lol

Misty, Misty has been on raw since a pup, and is clear, she is dripping in muscle, with a smooth sleek gleaming black coat, never been sick a day in her life..no not true she got kennel cough once which lasted about a day lol, and she has energy to spare, with her gleaming coat and rippling muscles most people refer to her as "that gorgous dog"

[.sarah]

Thanks guys, these are wonderful!

[K9soul]

Tommy is the one whose change has amazed me the most. Both of them have the "usual" things of softer coats, better teeth, small poops with no real odor, better breath etc.

Before, Tommy was gradually getting overweight, and less active. He seemed to get stiff and sore after he laid down for awhile after running. Some of this was probably due to thyroid disease that got diagnosed, however even after he got on medication he was slow to lose weight though his activity went up a bit more.

Tommy's coat had had a tendency to be oily and he had a body odor. He also tended to be rather.. gassy . He had two sebborheic cysts, one on his neck/chin area and one on his hip.

After the "switch" (I feed about 30-40% Innova EVO and 60-70% raw currently), I immediately noticed his coat started filling out lusher than it ever has been. It has a soft fluffy texture, not the old oily one. He has no body odor, the gassiness stopped, and finally, a couple weeks ago while grooming him, I discovered the two seborrheic cysts are gone I can't feel the one on his neck area at all, whatsoever, and the one on his hip just feels like a little bump where it was.

He is now leaping to catch frisbees and balls and I still can't get over how gorgeous his coat has become. I will have to try to see if I can find a good before and after picture that gives it justice