Raw feeding - getting started.

Instinctively dogs have been eating raw food for thousands of years. It's nothing new. If nature got it right, how did we, as a society, get it so wrong?

Marketing in the modern age is everywhere and commercial interest is influencing our decisions on a daily basis. We trust in professionals; doctors, pharmacists, vets and the like, believing what they say is true. Our thoughts and actions are conditioned by the words of experts. Sadly though, marketing companies with profit driven agenda's have 'educated' many professionals, pushing the benefits of their products to make a buck. Have you ever looked at the ingredients on the back of commercially available dog biscuits and wondered what all the ingredients are? Ever googled corn gluten meal (a common ingredient used in many dry foods)and discovered what else it is used for? You'd be surprised.

If you watch the discovery channel, you'll see dingo's capturing kangaroo's and wallaby's. Feral cats prey on rat's, mice, birds and rabbits. At the zoo, zoo keepers feed whole rabbits, chunks of beef, horse and goat to the lions. When predatory animals consume the carcasses of other animals, it provides the nutrients, vitamins, minerals and trace elements that carnivores, including dogs, need. This is the predatory food chain in action.

With the advent of commercially available dry and canned petfoods our treasured companions have become sicker. Failing hearts, kidney disease, skin allergies, dog breath and periodontal disease, to name but a few of the common ailments dogs suffer. We have placed our trust in experts and marketing companies with profit driven agenda's. As a consequence, our companions have paid a high price.

When we have a willingness to question and doubt the social conditioning that we are constantly exposed to we'll develop a healthy scepticism. When we think back to when natural instinct provided us with our first set of instructions, we'll begin to understand the benefits of feeding a natural raw diet.

Nature knows best.

Regards,

Craig.