Raw Meat Diet for Dogs

My dog Zodiac on a raw food diet. He is eating some of his raw turkey. I do not usually feed so much meat, but its Thanksgiving, and he wanted something too :)
For anyone interested in this diet: This is the best your pet can get, natural, healthy, flavorful and very good for pets with dental problems. Ever since Zodi was started on the diet, he has been free of any health problems (fleas, hotspots, worms, infections ect). If you worry about parasites/bacteria, dogs and cats can handle these (even newly weaned puppies and kittens, all my feral kittens have been raised on this diet) they have been fine for thousands of years on this diet. Commercial (canned/dry kibbles) pet food has only been around for 60 years, and how did the dogs and cats survive before these? Raw meat and scraps. So if they were fine then, they will be fine now, I have talked to many experts, who claim that it can take up to a million years to change a species diet so dratically (from healthy meat, bone and organ to 80% grain) Commercial pet food causes VERY bad reactions in pets because most of them have preservatives that have been banned in people food because they caused tumors, birth defects, allergies, liver/heart failures and other bad things.. Some of them even have euthanized animals, yes it has been found by Ann Martin (author of food pets die for)that tons (literally) or euthanized pets go to rendering plants (where pet food is made). If any of these are found in your pet food, chances are your pet is eating its own kind: "meat by-products", "meat and bone meal", "meat meal" "meat trimmings". Corn, which is a main ingredient in most pet foods, is an allergy trigger in many cats and dogs and is not needed, and has been found to cause seizures. It is used as a cheap filler.
Many vets are inexperienced with animal nutrition, and will recommend the wrong food because of lack of knowledge. Others recommend commercial pet food because they gain money (they usually sell the food, and can get up to 40% of the profits made). Sometimes they are ever bribed to recommend pet foods. But on with feeding raw.
This diet is about 90% meat and bones and the rest is organs, (only about one to two times a week add vegetables)vegetables, fruits (for dogs) For cats the diet is 90% meat and small/crushed bones (most of the time cats need to be trained to eat bone, start off with crushed bones, I use a clean hammer) and 10% organs. Do not bother adding grain or dairy, for pets do not need these and cannot use them, and they cause harm to the body. For energy dogs and cats use fats from animals. If you worry about exact nutrition, please don't, when you make dinner for you or your family you don't say "I need Xcups salad, Xcups beef, Xcups beans and three multi-vitamin supplements." so why stress about your pet? As said earlier, before commercial pet food, no one fed a strict diet, and ther pets were much healthier than most today! (according to "Cat Fancy" magazine, the oldest cat they heard of was (believed to be) 29, and lived off of birds and mice. The oldest dog ever recorded was "Bluey" a blue heeler cross who lived in Australia before pet food was invented and ate raw kangaroo meat, bones and organs). Dont worry. I listed some recipes below.
Chicken Dinner (for a 30-40 lb dog)
1 pound chicken (with bone)
1 egg
1 tbsp vegetables


Beef and Sardine
1/2 pound beef (with bone)
4 fresh wild sardines
1 tbsp berries

Lamb Breakfast
Lamb necks
2 grape tomatoes
1 egg

Whole Rabbit
whole rabbit (with or without fur)
with organs intact

Whole chicken
small or large chicken w/ included organs
1 tsp fresh berries or herbs

CATS:
1-2 chicken wings
a slice of liver

OR

Chicken Frying parts with bone
heart

The price of the diet is quite cheap, I usually pay 3-13$ a week to feed 6 cats, and 10-23$ a month to feed a 40lb dog. (I usually get the "On sale" meats, which is just as good as fresh.

Here are the best websites i have come across:
www.rawlearning.com
rawfed.com (probably the best)
www.rawfeddogs.com
www.rawfedcats.com
My website has most of the information of these websites and much more, I am still working on it, and hope to get it running soon! Please, I am very happy to answer ANY questions!

Here is also a list of bad pet food brands:
Purina, Iams, Eukanuba, Nutro max, Goodlife recipe, Science Diet, Prescription Diet, Gravy train, alpo, amore, Pedigree, Natures Recipe, Bil jac, royal canin, ect

Hope Every one has a happy Thanksgiving!

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[GoldenGirl5588]

the kibble i was using was all natural grain free, was just chicken, chicken meal, whole eggs, walleye fish. and so on. no wheat corn or soy...but still had a bad allergy flare up with itchy feet, red inflamed ears etc...i switched to fish based food...shes still shaking her head like her ears are bothering her but there 90% better....

[AnimalRescuer268]

@GoldenGirl5588 Maybe check for earmites or flaky skin in the ears? If this is the case, clean the ears with a little bit of mineral oil on a cotton ball. I'm not very accustomed in dealing with issues relating to allergic reactions, but I think allergies are from certain proteins that the body feels it needs to protect itself from. Because cooking a protein changes it, I have heard unaltered protein forms are unlikely to cause a flare up in dogs (i.e feeding uncooked meats).

[kelaltieri]

When you say "whole rabbit with organs intact", isn't it possible to introduce bacteria/parasites by feeding your dog the rabbits gut material? 

[AnimalRescuer268]

@kelaltieri In an immunocompromised animal, yes this is a possibility. In an otherwise healthy animal, it is unlikely because the dog's digestive tract is accustomed to dealing with said pathogenic organisms. In fact, a raw-fed dog produces more hydrochloric acid in their stomach than a dog fed cooked commercial diet, presumably to deal with bacteria and the break down of foods. This is beneficial as the stomach is rendered "stronger" dealing with any incoming pathogens than before.

[gravebrown]

They can eat homemade food its good for them but the dry food cleans there teeth

[AnimalRescuer268]

@gravebrown Actually, both dry and canned foods have been found to cake onto the teeth of cats and dogs, thus causing tartar and buildup. Many dogs in the USA over 3 yrs old are suffering from periodontal disease, most commonly associated with the consumption of commercial foods. Large bones help scrape this buildup off, as well as toys and brushing the teeth of the animal.

[AnimalRescuer268]

@thebeautyofTiamat Actually, raw bones are perfectly fine, but cooked bones can do this. When cooked, a bone tends to crack and splinter, as most moisture found within the bone evaporates. Also the people who feed cooked bones tend to eat the food off, and in an effort not to waste, give the leftover bone to the dog. When given raw with meat attached, the flesh covers most sharp points when the dog cracks the bone open. Bones are also much more easily digested raw rather than cooked.

[petyanca]

You call yourself animal rescuer ? Good job rescuing that turkey ..

[tkchaos2000]

@gravebrown I can personally say dry food does not clean the teeth. I took in a cat that spent several years of its life locked in a room with only dry food. When i finally managed to get her, her teeth were terrible for her age. I fed her raw food (bones included) when she got used to it. After several months her teeth were white. Two teeth had to be pulled since they were badly rotted and this was due to a diet of only dry food.

[skmadane]

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[AnimalRescuer268]

@christieomp143 Well, actually there is no evidence (video, written or otherwise) of a wild wolf eating the actual contents of the stomach or intestinal tract (that I/many raw feeders have come across). But if you have real evidence of this of a non-emaciated, wolf eating the broken down plant matter found inside the digestive system, please tell me so I am not giving mis-information! And it takes a long time (not just 10th yrs) for a carnivore to adapt to DIGESTING plant matter.

[AnimalRescuer268]

@HopesCharm Well, I don't have a big enough bowl to fit that bird in, and Zodi doesn't mind; in fact when I try to place his food in a bowl he just takes it out. And, if in the right environment with few chemicals (such as any pest/herbicides/etc) the earth can provide much needed minerals unobtainable in most farm-raised meat (or at least the kind that aren't free ranged), so I find it beneficial. Animals and people alike actually consume clay and earthen for minerals (geophagy).

[AnimalRescuer268]

@richiemonster3 ?