A subject I can hardly touch in a blog post. Raw dog food which means raw meat, bone, offal, veg, fruits over dried kibble which is tiny biscuits.
What have we learnt over the decades of owning dogs and researching diets. ? Most dogs would never touch dried dog food if you placed it in front of them if it was not for one thing. When you cook meat and it goes from raw to cooked a chemical process happens which is called the Maillard reaction. This chemical makes the dog want to eat the product, its super tasty, it smells nice. So an inedible bowl of rubbish can go from inedible to edible. But what does this tell us ? If a food mush is revolting, not appetising, no value to eat it why are we giving it to our dogs? Clever marketing, clever making. Cute dogs in adverts. If you saw Kibble in its soft state it would look utterly disgusting grey goo, but formed into small bites with food colouring, makes it look nice for you the pet owner. When meat is processed for the kibble market you could be buying all the revolting parts of the animal, ground down. Beaks, feathers even, any growths, and disgusting parts of dead animals. In fact if you saw it you wouldn't feed your dog again dried food. If you feed raw food, it is a healthier option. Dogs are not designed inside to eat highly processed foods. Just because it states a bunch of vitamins and minerals you think its healthy. If I got a bowl of chicken heads and eye balls and sat it in front of you, then got some ash and threw into it and said okay eat that, you would probably say :m not feeding that! Raw diets can not disguise the food as easily as dried food companies. If your dog was in a field and hungry would it run up to a field of wheat and strip off the heads and eat them? No. If your dog was in a field and hungry and caught a mouse would it eat it ? Yes. Small mammals, birds, herbs, fruits. Dogs eat fur or feather, bone and muscle, little offal. Benefits of Kibble feeding?
Their are cheaper brands of food available in the UK, but get your dog onto a balanced complete raw diet before you start with cheaper brands. Because you will have to add into the cheaper diet more so the dog gets an adequate diet. As I said this is a small touch on raw diet. If you have gone away from raw, its probably time to swap back again.
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