What's you opinion on feeding a dog raw food? --Vets please!--?

Question

I'm looking for a vet's opinion please.

Answer 1

I am not a vet.

My cats have a raw meat diet that I prepare with a supplement powder for them. NONE of the vets in my county are nothing less than horrified at the thought of feeding raw meat. My old 22 yr old cat now has a homeopathic vet who is delighted about the raw meat diet.

I get very perturbed at the other vets I use. My five cats have beautiful soft silky coats, bright eyes, trim muscled bodies and excellent health. Not one vet will admit that this might be responsible or highly contributory to their physical condition.

Dogs are so easy to feed raw. You can even cook meat for them and still have an excellent diet. With cats you cannot cook the meat and it is harder to make them switch than dogs.

Dr. Lonsdale is an Australian vet whom I believe has a web site.
He is the president of the Australian veterinary society. Australian vets are much more into BARF (biologically appropriate raw food) than American vets are.

Answer 2

I'm not a vet but I have standard poodles and I have always fed them raw food. We have never had a problem with aggression in our dogs. You can do a search on the BARF (biologically assessed raw food) diet to get recipe ideas, as well as, the quantities to feed your dog based on weight. My vet had a fit when I told him what I was feeding all of my dogs but he couldn't argue the with the fact that my dogs are extremely healthy, have beautiful coats, maintain ideal weights, and never have to have their teeth professionally cleaned. I do not buy the commercially prepared raw meals that are available in most big pet stores. I make my own, with the base of their meals being RMB (raw meaty bones), such as chicken wings, backs, and necks. I also feed them small quantities of cooked rice, raw burger, pureed vegetables, yogurt, and raw/cooked eggs. When you feed a raw diet you need to provide a vitamin supplement, but that is available in pet stores and online or mail order catalogs. If you have a dog that is a picky eater or a grazer, then switching to a raw diet is a good choice for feeding. When I weaned my last litter of puppies we went straight to ground turkey and ground chicken and by 6 or 7 weeks all the pups could eat chicken wings without any problems at all. Best of luck if you decide to feed a raw diet to your pets.

Answer 3

From my experience most vets are not very knowledgeable in pet nutrition, if you want to get a better opion I would suggest talking with a pet nutritionist.

I've gone to a few nutrition seminars and have heard the benefits of feeding a raw diet, I unfortunately don't have a lot of extra space in my fridge or freezer for the raw so I feed mine a high quality kibble (Innova EVO) mixed with raw meat.

and chicken bones DO NOT splinter when fed raw, it's when they're cooked that they tend to splinter although I wouldn't suggest feeding them to a dog that's a gulper unless you buy the prepared raw that has the bones ground up with the meat.

P.S. I know a lot of dogs that are fed a Raw Diet and they are NOT agressive because of it, that a lot of rubbish.

Answer 4

Back when I was a Kid, alooooong time ago, we fed our dogs on raw meat. I had 3 dogs live till in their 20's. Dogs we fed with dog food lived in to their teens. I fed my pit bull 3 days a week on raw meat. Never had any trouble with him. I worked for a vet while I was in high school and he to fed his dogs on raw meat.

Answer 5

If your looking for a vet's opinion, why dont you call a vet then? These boards are filled with 15-17 year olds mostly, with the exception of myself.

Answer 6

I may be no vet, but NO RAW FOOD escpecially if it is meat. It could have diseases and maybe tapeworm larva which can grow in your dog's body and cause malnutrion and starvation because they take food out of your dogs digestive track. But I would not advise it. Also, no chicken bones because chicken bones are hollow and can snap easily and can hurt your dog hoped this helped

Answer 7

not a vet but i did ask mine about it a long time ago feeding a dog raw meat can make it agressive and mean because it puts the dog into hunt mood awakens instincts that were bread out of them

Answer 8

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