What is raw food diet for dogs?

Answer 1

Raw dog food diet is one of the most important factors in maintaining good health of dogs. However, many people are still not satisfied enough with the idea of feeding dogs a diet that they would eat in the wild: like raw meat, uncooked bones, etc. These concerns are because of risk of bacterial contamination, dietary imbalances, and internal injury from inadequately chewed bones.You should consider a good hygiene while feeding the raw dog food.

Answer 2

Raw dog food diet is one of the most important factors in maintaining good health of dogs. Supporters of raw feeding believe that the natural diet of an animal in the wild is its most ideal diet and try to mimic a similar diet for their domestic companion. They are commonly opposed to commercial pet foods, which they consider poor substitutes for raw feed & with the idea of feeding dogs a diet that they would eat in the wild: like raw meat, uncooked bones, etc. These concerns are because of risk of bacterial contamination, dietary imbalances, and internal injury from inadequately chewed bones.You should consider a good hygiene while feeding the raw dog food.

Answer 3

Raw food diets for dog's means a diet of totally raw (uncooked foods) such as raw meat, chicken, turkey, rabbit etc). However, creating a nutritionally complete diet takes a lot of research in order to get the balance right. This is usually labelled as a 'BARF' diet that consists of raw meat, organs and bone, sometimes with added vegetables.

Organic or Free Range meat is the safest choice as the meat would have come from hormone-free animals kept in sanitary conditions. Freezing the meat for several weeks will help kill off any bacteria.

Always practice safe food handling techniques when handling ANY raw meat - whether it is for you or your pet. It might be advisable to take extra care with very young, very old or animals with compromised immune systems.

There is a product called Nature's Variety Raw food is 95% raw meat and 5% raw vegetables. They come in medallion size or huge burger size patties. They are great for dogs.

When feeding raw meat to your pet you just can't leave it out for more then 5-8 (double check) hours and no more then 2-3 when it is really hot. Defrost by taking a portion and putting it in fridge or on counter. We give our dogs a portion in the morning then sit their dinner in a plastic container on the counter for about 9 hours. Nothing but good results.

Another answer

It's necessary to buy only raw meat if there isn't a risk of salmonella poisoning such as buying Organic.

Don't feed you dog (cooked or raw) Broccoli, Brussels sprouts, Beans, Turnip and Cabbage to the dog food diet, they cause intestinal gas, you should also avoid Sambal, Onions, Peppers, Tomato, Spinach, and Cucumbers are also to be avoided in the dog food; they don't digest very well. Once a week you can add a little Cheese-cubes, 1 boiled egg, plain yogurt to the dog food.

Another answer

A bit of caution here; I would be very careful if you decide to give your pets raw food. Please don't just start giving your pet raw food all at once. You should start slow and introduce it a little at a time. Starting with chicken meat with little bone in is the best way to start a raw diet, and adding a few meaty bones, organs over the course of a few weeks, and eventually adding new animal meats such as Turkey or Beef is ideal and prevents any upset stomachs.

Please note raw food isn't for everyone. I will continue to give my two poodles and two cats a good quality pet food. This is my opinion of course but I have researched the raw food diets for pets and I'm still not convinced.

Answer 4

ok you can feed chicken meat or goat meat.

Answer 5

I don't recommend raw food. Feed a good name brand of dry dog food where you know your dog is getting a balanced diet.