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KarynK

KarynK

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Anyone watching the news this morning?

A very interesting piece re a pet food factory in the West Country where villagers complained of a smell of "off meat".

Obviously not in the best of condition when it arrives to be processed. I can only imagine the temperatures and cooking time needed for that! Not to mention the state it would be in nutrition wise after cooking.

The spokesman for the company said that they had spent 1 million on improving the factory so the smell no longer escapes, how about improving the quality and freshness of the meat???
 
Well Well Well! If thats what they put in "Quality" feed, I wonder what goes into budget food????
I'll stick firmly to raw!
 
Sorry to butt in - just a raw question - I gave my two some bits of rabbit that the cats had caught today - it pretty much went straight through them.

Was thinking of introducing raw at a later date - is this normal? They are on AG hypoallergenic but think the problem may actually be tree pollen rather than food (they were at kennels for three weeks on the same food - all male's hair has grown back at itchy spots...no trees at location)

I have friends who feed raw and I can't fault their condition.
 
No it doesn’t happen often on the Raw diet, it’s just that dogs fed on cooked foods can have somewhat compromised digestive systems, that cause a reaction when fed alongside raw, sadly some people are put off by this type of thing.

Basically a dog has a very short digestive system when compared to us omnivores and more so herbivores that need more time to break down complex plant cells to get at the nutrients, so we stew them in our guts for longer! Basically the more plant fibre in the diet the longer and slower the gut. A raw fed dog will digest it’s food very quickly in a very acidic environment to break down dense bone, this means that any bacteria from carrion and off meat they eat has not got time or nice cosy surroundings in which to take hold and multiply.

But when we feed cooked food and dry food, especially those containing bulking agents of cereal and rice this slows the dogs’ digestive system and alters the acidity, making it more susceptible to nastys it would normally have no problem with. When changing to raw the one golden rule is NEVER feed dry food or even cooked with or near to a raw meal, they travel at different speeds and you can easily cause an impaction or bloat in this way. Dry food is prone to causing bloat in dogs on it’s own it doesn’t need help!

I always change mine over immediately and have not had problems. However because of the elements lacking in these commercial feeds a dog will experience a period of detox and will still show signs of itching, some loose stools etc depending upon age and food fed previously, but once through this there is no looking back. Changing commercial food will show improvements as they usually have different elements lacking, but the improvement is often short lived, unlike raw where the benefits are permanent.

I do hope you give it a go!
 
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