Digest Number 1638

[Guest guest]

Hi Glenna,

 

I'd offer that " we do the best we can for them " . Since we buy our

meats from the grocery store, at least those of us who aren't close to

areas with farms, etc., I feed my dogs and cats meats from there. I'd

like to find a source of good, real (not

cleaned) green tripe, but other than that my dogs & cats eat beef,

pork, lamb, chicken, turkey, and whatever other meats I

can find. I base my feeding on the 'prey' model, so pork necks (the

big slabs, not the little pieces found for sale in the butcher

counters) so they have something to chew on and rip meat from and then

chew on the bones. They also get heart and livers, etc. I feed

large chunks or partial chickens, actually the bigger the better, so

they don't gulp and possibly choke on smaller things, like chicken

necks, etc. The ripping and tearing slows them down and makes it as

safe as kibble, and Much better for them. * That is my personal

opinion.* I used to feed more to the BARF or biologically appropriate

raw food theory by Billinghurst, but since studying more, realizing

that dogs aren't omnivores, but true carnivores, I was glad to stop the

veggies, etc. I do feel eggs to my dogs, and some table scraps too.

Just don't feed grains or veggies unless it's leftovers from the

table. For 5 years now I've had great luck with this and only vet

visits are for injuries, etc. Works for me.

 

marian, Creena, Gareth & SamThePoodle

" Unanswered questions are not as dangerous as Unquestioned answers "

 

On Dec 24, 2004, at 9:14 PM,

wrote:

> But, armed with the info from that link, and my own instincts that

> this was going on, I'd like to know what IS nutritional and safe

> (relatively) for pets. If our own meat and poultry is tainted--and

> cats and dogs are carnivores, I hope nobody suggests we feed our

> kitties tuna-flavoured tofu--;-)--what DO we feed them? I don't think

> Fluffy or Fido would cotton to anything less than meat, but I may be

> wrong.

>

> Any answers? The links are informative as to what the pet food

> industry is doing (or not doing) but they don't provide any

> alternative. I hope there is one...

>

> Happy Holidays everyone! :-D

> -Glenna/Seattle