Mom is refusing to belive me about raw.

[GreyhoundGirl]

I'm trying to get my mother to belive me about the gains of feeding raw. I have tried to get her to belive you countless people out there, but she keeps going on and on and on about how the best thing you can feed a dog is Iams. I found a lot of websites and threads and such, but she just won't belive me. She says things like "all these people say that they are vets and such, but for all you know they are all a bunch of wierd-os" " dogs can't live on chicken and eggs " " chicken has salmonella "

Arggg ! It's so annoying that she won't belive anything I say. How would you guys get someone like this to belive you? Can you share anything about raw, stories, gains. Anything.

She is so in love with Iams, it's so salty, you can see it on the kibble, it is grain covered in salt. I am at least trying to feed her a different sort of food, not so salty, maybe. Do you guys know any good dry food?

Please help.

[BC_MoM]

I'm stuck with you, Jenny! My parents say the same things your Mom is saying.

And all I've wanted to do is TRY raw.

[Riptide]

Maybe you could ask your vet's opinion? Iams vs. Raw seems like a given, though. I'd love to feed raw, we just don't have the room for it.

[GreyhoundGirl]

BC mom, I wanna TRY it too. My mom won't even give it a chance.

Bri: That's a good video, did you make it? Candae is dry kibble, right? ( Chicken soup for the dog lovers soul isn't that a book? )


Riptide: One of my concernes, too. Seems like more work.

[sammy101]

Bri: That's a good video, did you make it? Candae is dry kibble, right? ( Chicken soup for the dog lovers soul isn't that a book? )

Chicken Soup is also dog food,a very good one that i've heard. Mine get Nutro Natural Choice and its a much better food that Iams. Its pretty affordable too.

[GreyhoundGirl]

Nutro is good? Is it better than Purina 1? I have seen it in Wal-Mart, Which is handy. I would have to go out of the way for Canidae, but I will if it's a better food. Is Nutro better than Canidae?

[Roxyluvsme13]

If you can't go Raw, try Chicken Soup for the Dog Lover's Soul, Innova Evo, or Canidae. I'm trying to get my 2 on Canidae..
Show her this vid. My mom was the exact same way about feeding our dogs Raw. It's just not cost or time efficient for us right now, so we're back on kibble.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=DL2KluuiKck <----I made that to show to my own mom, and yes it has some PT dogs in it. Also, see if you can find my Raw discussion thread, I'm too lazy to dig out the link .

[Roxyluvsme13]

Yes, I made the video.

[Tollers-n-Dobes]

Nutro cannot be found at any grocery store, Wal-Mart, etc. It is only found in pet stores. All of my dogs were on Nutro ever since I was born, up until recently. They were all very healthy, and did well on it. I wouldn't classify it as a wonderful food but it is better than Purina, Iams, or any of the other grocery store brands. When mine were eating Nutro (Natural Choice Lamb & Rice) they had beautiful, shiny coats, decent teeth (you're never going to have great looking teeth on any kibble), etc. Now I, aswell as my parents feed California Natural as Winston wasn't doing well on the Nutro (He doesn't do well on most foods, so it had nothing to do with the Nutro food really). Like I said though, I'd definitely recommend Nutro over any grocery store brand. I had no problems with it, except I knew/know that there are better out there.

[Lady's Human]

I sincerely doubt that there is enough salt in a dry dog food to see the salt crystals on the food. If that were the case salt would be in the top 5 ingredients on the label. There are many, many additives to both human and animal food that appear to be white crystals. (Citrates, potassium chloride, sulphates, etc.)

Your Mom is right, Chicken can be a source of salmonella.

[Roxyluvsme13]

Your Mom is right, Chicken can be a source of salmonella.

Yes, and as long as you wash your hands after serving and touching the chicken, it's fine. Salmonella does NOT affect dogs.

[Lady's Human]

Salmonella DOES affect dogs, it's just less likely for it to affect a dog than a human.

[I_luv_rusty]

Yes, and as long as you wash your hands after serving and touching the chicken, it's fine. Salmonella does NOT affect dogs.

I though that too!

[BOBS DAD]

I'm trying to get my mother to belive me about the gains of feeding raw. I have tried to get her to belive you countless people out there... Do you guys know any good dry food?

Please help.

Is your girl a Greyhound??? I've seen your siggy countless times but never made the connection. She looks unusual in her markings.

Is your dog happy and generally healthy - as far as you and her vet can tell???

Then I would not really worry about the food she is eating. It seems to be nutritious and keeping her well. I know there are a lot of RAW Advocates here on site, but I am not sure that it has been generally "concluded" that nothing else works!

It reminds me of Human diet debates in a way. Some people are Vegetarians "and say that everything else is poisoning your system and BAD for you". Yet many meat eaters live into their 90's - just like Vegetarians. Some people eat only poultry and NO RED MEAT. Now poultry is gonna give you the Bird Flu. I say follow your best instincts and watch your dog's health... just as you would your own. If you see any signs of declining health, then consider changing her diet - adding to or taking away things.

[Vela]

In my opinion, I think everyone should research what goes into the food they feed their dogs, which is really easy to do nowdays with the internet, find out if you feel comfortable feeding that. If not try to find the best food YOU can afford, kibble or raw, etc., that your dog does well on, and use that. I personally have swtiched over to mostly raw, with occasional Innova Evo or Evo RM (red meat) for breakfast sometimes. Dinner is always raw, and often breakfast as well. I can tell you that my nearly crippled dog with horrid breath and overweight (couldn't exercise due to pain in back hips and legs), is now running, playing, and jumping. She is on no pain medications, no extra joint supplements and has lost quite a bit of weight. I can't imagine feeding anything else now, but that's what works for me and my dogs, everyone has to decide what works for them and their dogs best.

I will say, don't knock raw until you've tried it, and don't make snap judgements that it's unhealthy unless you have actually tried it. If it was so uhealthy my dogs wouldn't be doing so much better, and they were on Canidae and Chicken Soup dog foods before the switch, so they weren't eating garbage food before either.