Guest guest Posted April 1, 2005 Report Share Posted April 1, 2005 I have promised a few on this list I would ask my future Bearded Collie's breeder about raw diets. She is one of the very few veterinarians who feeds raw. She has been sick and has to manage the breedings (one will be A.I.) of her two bitches in season. I will contact her next week. She knows I'm looking into raw for myself. Oh, I had an all raw day yesterday but am still in the learning phase. Since I have fed raw since 1978 and have read and communicated with others extensively, I am probably the list's most informed on this topic. Dogs are carnivores and have strong stomach acids we don't have. When they eat prey in the wild (yes, some of it is " cooked " through natural cooking such as fires, lightening strikes, volcanic eruptions, thermal heat), they eat eyes, intestines, and organs. Stomachs and intestines of prey contain plant material including grains, seeds, and nuts. Dogs' intestines are much shorter than ours so some fibrous foods (corn and carrots, for example) dogs cannot extract the nutritional content that humans can. I feed the Natural Rearing diet developed by Wendy Volhard. It includes muscle and organ meat, eggs including shells, grains soaked overnight, a variety of herbs and supplements Dogs fast one day in seven but do get raw milk so it's a modified fast. Dogs also get raw meaty bones. I apologize for posting this as it does not support the purpose of the list per se but felt I needed to chime in. There are tons of raw dog lists out there - some for specific breeds and some not. I'll join Natural Beardie once I get my pup. Micki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2005 Report Share Posted April 2, 2005 Hi Micki, Many years ago I lived on a farm where we had working dogs for the sheep and cattle. These dogs were never fed anything by us except raw meat, and they would often catch rats themselves as well as eat the fallen fruits in the orchard. They were always observed to be chewing grass too. They all lived to fairly long lives unless killed in an accident, as well as rarely experiencing illness, if ever. I actually cannot recall any of our dogs ever being ill. In later years I had my own personal dogs and followed the same regimen except that instead of killing an animal as we used to do, as I did not have that access, bought the meat and offal and mixed it with raw vegetables with the same results. They also ate the fruits and nuts we ate. In fact they loved to crack macadamia nuts which we all know are extremely hard to crack. At one stage my niece was breeding German Shepherd dogs and was having major problems with hip dysplasia, a common problem for breeders. As soon as she stopped feeding them cooked food the problem disappeared and has not since re-appeared. As mentioned on this forum previously, a raw food Vet friend of mine recommends that we should feed dogs 1/3rd raw meat, and 2/3rd raw vegetables, and cats 2/3rd raw meat, and 1/3rd raw vegetables. And that is the formula that we have found to be quite successful. Personally I believe that this discussion is quite in line with the policies of this forum and is just as relevant as that relating to human health. We all inhabit this planet earth. It also further illustrates the harmfulness caused by the cooking of food(s) to all forms of life. John -- John L. Fielder Osteopath & Lifestyle Consultant Academy of Natural Living www.iig.com.au/anl Micki Nesbit wrote: > I have promised a few on this list I would ask my future Bearded > Collie's breeder about raw diets. She is one of the very few > veterinarians who feeds raw. She has been sick and has to manage the > breedings (one will be A.I.) of her two bitches in season. I will > contact her next week. She knows I'm looking into raw for myself. Oh, > I had an all raw day yesterday but am still in the learning phase. > > Since I have fed raw since 1978 and have read and communicated with > others extensively, I am probably the list's most informed on this > topic. > > Dogs are carnivores and have strong stomach acids we don't have. When > they eat prey in the wild (yes, some of it is " cooked " through natural > cooking such as fires, lightening strikes, volcanic eruptions, thermal > heat), they eat eyes, intestines, and organs. Stomachs and intestines > of prey contain plant material including grains, seeds, and nuts. > Dogs' intestines are much shorter than ours so some fibrous foods (corn > and carrots, for example) dogs cannot extract the nutritional content > that humans can. > > I feed the Natural Rearing diet developed by Wendy Volhard. It > includes muscle and organ meat, eggs including shells, grains soaked > overnight, a variety of herbs and supplements Dogs fast one day in > seven but do get raw milk so it's a modified fast. Dogs also get raw > meaty bones. > > I apologize for posting this as it does not support the purpose of the > list per se but felt I needed to chime in. There are tons of raw dog > lists out there - some for specific breeds and some not. I'll join > Natural Beardie once I get my pup. > > Micki > > > ------ > * Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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