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Welcome to Raw and Living food for pets. The picture is of my best friend, Crystal, who has taught me about feeding the raw food diet . Now she is happier and healthier than I ever thought she would be. In this lens I will share with you some of the tips I have learned over the past 8 years feeding my animals the Raw Food Diet. Now, you too can turn your dog or cat into a Rawsome Pet !!
Why Raw?
1. Nearly all the commercial dog foods contain undigestable ingredients and euthanized animals, because the industry is not regulated. This is true even with most food recommended by a Veterinarian, as they are in the business of treating SICK, animals.
2. This diet allows the animals to eat the way they were originally designed to eat, not the way humans have conditioned them to eat.
3. If you are on the raw diet too, you both can enjoy the same basic meals. This allows for a closer bond to form between you and your pet.
4. The Raw Diet reduces or eliminates; allergies, dry skin and rashes, arthritis, gas, bad breath and inflammation anywhere in the body.
5. The diet increases health,immune system function, fertility and quality of life.
6. This raw diet increases energy, alertness and joy!
7. Consuming organic fresh fruits and vegetables helps heal the planet and future generations by supporting conscious, healthy farming practices.
Real Life Benefits
Some of the benefits of feeding the raw diet, for you and your pet.
- Eyes brighten and clear up, no more running or gook in the corners
- Allergies improve and disappear
- Hair or coat becomes softer, shinier and healthy
- Energy and vitality increase
- Fluid in ears disappears
- Bad breath freshens and teeth are healthier and whiter
- Hydration increases, and the need for drinking water decreases
- Innate senses sharpen
- Immune system functions increase their ability to fight off disease and infections
- Visits to the veterinarian decrease or become non existent, saving you time and money
- Heart and muscle mass improve and strengthen
- Stools reduce in size and become bio degradable
- Gas expulsion becomes a thing of the past. All food is completely digestible. No more silent embarrassing smells from the dog in front of your guests.
The Basics
- Always use as much Certified Organic produce and meat as possible, for both you and your pets.
- Feed a mix of at about 60% produce to 40% meat, fish, poultry.
- Be sure to vary the type of meat, poultry and fish you feed and include organ meats too like liver, heart and gizzard.
- Feed either raw turkey or chicken necks everyday, ( after they eat their regular meal ) to provide a good source for calcium as well as some chewing exercise for the jaw muscles. If you do not feel comfortable feed these an option is raw eggs. Put 1-3 organic raw eggs, shell included into a blend and liquify. Add to your pet's food about 3 times per week.
- Provide raw meaty bones, such as knuckle, for dental health and chewing enjoyment, at least 2 times per week.
- Never feed onions, grapes, raisins or chocolate. Some people also include green beans, tomatoes, avocado and garlic.
- Feed enough food volume so the pet can eat all it wants and leave a little in the bowl. For my 60 lb dog I feed about
1/2 lb meat with 2-3 cups vegetable and fruit mixture. Experts say to feed about 1-2% of their body weight per day. - Consider adding supplements such as: Pure Synergy or other green powder, coconut oil, fulvic minerals, sea minerals, sea vegetables such as: kelp, wakame, sea letuce, dulse, etc, and a tocotriene complex for anti oxidants and flavor.
- Be sure your pets always have fresh pure or filtered water available. I use ionized alkaline water.
Simple Everyday Food
Watch a helpful video
Easy Treats... Apple chicken and banana chicken...
The first step
You will need a couple pounds of raw organic chicken, either dark or breast meat, deboned. Take 2 pieces of chicken and pound several times until flat. Cut into long strips about 1/2" in width and approximately 3-4" in length.
Step 2
Cutting the fruit filling
Cut your apples, bananas or mangos. They work best if you cut them about 1/4" thick, and the bananas a little thiner. You can use small delicious, fuji, braburn or your favorite sweet apple. If you use mango, I find it easiest to cut the mango along the seed on both sides. Then take a spoon and scoop the meat from the skin and cut into slices like the apples.
Step 3
Assembling the treats
Take a piece of apple, mango or 2 banana slices and wrap a 4" strip of chicken around it. Then place meat ends down on dehydrator tray. Repeat with remaining chicken. Each pound of meat makes about 30 pieces.
Step 4
The drying
Continue repeating the first 3 steps until you have all the chicken cut and wrapped. Then dehydrate the treats at 105 degrees, about 7 hours for white meat and 10 hours for dark meat.
Your homemade fresh doggie treats!!
The finished product
Here's the finished product. If your dogs are like mine, they can't wait until it's time to eat them. Crystal loves these so much she stands at the dehydrator until I open it and give her some, ready or not!! These keep in the refrigerator for about a month, and are a great road trip snack or training reward.
Web sites to inform you ~~~
- Alive n' Juicy
- This site is for everyone, human and animal. Most of the recipes can be fed freely to your pets. The supplements are of superior quality.
- Primal Pet Food
- The very best frozen raw pet food. 100% human grade ingredients, organic produce and minerals, no synthetic vitamins. Modeled after the B.A.R.F. diet with the bone ground in for calcium. Made for cats and dogs.
- Paw Naturaw
- This is the first company to make 100% organic raw dog and cat food. They make both frozen and dehydrated. I like the dehydrated form for traveling, it's so much easier.
- Veggie Life
- Some of the best dog treats I have found. The packaged version of the dog treats demonstrated above.
- The Honest Kitchen
- This is a new company making organic human grade dehydrated food for pets. It's great if you don't have time to make your own!
- Pat McKay
- This site is all about animals. It has great information, free raw diet e-books for cats and dogs, information about vaccinations and your pet's health and a phone line dedicated to nutritional questions. Pat has been feeding this diet for many years with great success.
- Waggin Tails Natural Pet Store
- This is a great natural pet food store with lots of clean healthy foods, chews, toys and accesories for your animals.
- Shirley's Cafe
- Here you will find lots of information and articles from Veternarians about the Raw Food Diet. There is also an article explaining the ingredients in commercial dog food.
- Steve's Real Food for Pets
- This site sells raw dog and cat food. It also has alot of great information about the diet and testimonials from pet owners who have switched to the raw diet.
- Pup Life
- This link goes to a page on this site that has more information about the BARF ( biologically appropriate raw food ) diet.
- Nature's Variety
- This company has very good raw food, for both cats and dogs.
- Whole Foods Market
- Some of the stores carry pre packaged raw wild game ground with the bone ( for the calcium ), especially for pets. Most all carry raw bones. The meat department will special order anything you need.
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