Raw Meaty Bones Promote Health
by Tom Lonsdale
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Author: Tom LonsdaleEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2001-08
ISBN: 0646396242
Number of pages: 389
Publisher: Dogwise
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Summary: 5 Stars
I'm a professional trainer. While the previous reviewer has your dog's best interest at heart, she is incorrect in several statements. I am NOT a veterinarian, but I have an OPINION based on my experience with the raw food diet and I am in the "dog world" where many, many other professionals swear by this diet. It is COOKED bones that are brittle and may cause intestinal damage by breaking and lodging in the dogs' intestines. Dogs/Canids/Wolves in the wild eat raw meat and bones. It is a natural part of their diet. Also, my Golden retriever had constant skin infections and inflamed joints due to the grains (usually #1 ingredient) in commercial dog foods. While salmonella and ecoli are issues to be concerned about if the raw food is mishandled, equally worrisome is kibble which has been associated with bloat which can twist a dog's intestines and may cause death, or such treats as rawhide, which may swell in the intestines and block them. In addition, I looked on the bag of what I had been feeding my dog and the main protein providing ingredient wasn't meat or meat by-products, but BLOOD. Even with so called prescription diets, the main ingredients include grains like wheat and corn or at best, rice, which canids do not eat in the wild in large quantities. Their teeth are made for meat and their guts are made for the digestion of a mainly meat diet. Dogs are predators. Predators eat meat! If you, as a normal pet owner are concerned about how to feed a natural diet, there is a wonderful BARF food supplier in Maryland, which guarantees its product, has all natural ingredients (no anti-biotics and it's ALL organic,) the bones are GROUND up preventing splintering, the company provides pro-biotics to help your dog digest the product and ships it frozen guaranteeing you will receive it frozen. All of the products they offer are guaranteed and manufactured by persons with Masters Degrees in Animal nutrition. Therefore, the average dog owner, afraid of harming their pets due to lack of nutritional savvy, can look to companies such as these for help. I am not affiliated with this or any other dog food company, but my Golden is now 81/2, infection free, her joints are no longer inflamed, she is off of Rymadyl and steroids, has had no need to visit the vet other than routine vaccinations, she still performs demonstrations and she behaves like a puppy whereas before the BARF diet, she would go lame. Also, my mentor in training is a breeder who feeds all of her show dogs the BARF diet. Many more of my breeder friends have all switched to this diet, so PLEASE! get all of your facts STRAIGHT before scaring people. All dog food purchasers, please educate yourselves on this topic. You don't have to be an expert to find a company that is. It may save your dog's life and/or increase the quality and length of it. At least give the BARF diet thoughtful investigation before you issue a blanket statement of disapproval, ESPECIALLY IF YOU HAVEN'T READ THE BOOK,HAVE NO EXPERIENCE WITH THE DIET AND ARE NOT A PROFESSIONAL IN THE FIELD! By the way, the dogs I train are service dogs, and I would never put their health at risk when so many people rely on them for daily assistance, that's how much I believe in this diet, but as I said, INVESTIGATE THE FACTS before you decide for your own dog! I, as a mere trainer, can only offer you my opinion based on experience. Don't rely on me. Ask the vets, the breeders and animal nutritionists in your area...then make an EDUCATED CHOICE. You owe it to you dog.
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For the price of a fifteen minute consultation with your vet this book provides hours of reading pleasure. In 391 easy-to-read pages you can discover masses of information not available in the libraries of veterinary textbooks. If you are a pet owner this book will likely be one of the best investments that you have ever made. Big savings in vet bills and feed bills are likely to be measurable benefits. But how can you measure the benefits of pain-free happy pets? How can you measure your feelings? -- knowing that you have done the best for the pets in your care. You can't. But you and your pets can experience those feelings -- because Raw Meaty Bones: Promote Health.Health, Mind & Body Books
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