Beginners
Bacteria Fears Real or Exaggerated
From Dr. Karen Shaw Becker DVM “When I attended the July 2015 AAFCO meeting, the head of the FDA Center for Veterinary Medicine openly told the group they would be focusing on testing raw foods in the upcoming years. Interestingly, their decision to target raw foods wasn’t due to customer complaints or ill dogs, and…
Read MoreBeginners Step By Step Instructions
Raw feeding is easy just a little different than pouring hard kibble into a bowl. Just follow these step by step instructions and you will soon understand why we say “Friends Don’t Let Friends Feed Kibble”. Determine how much food to feed your pup per day. We have (2) feeding calculators: the first one on…
Read MoreRotational Diet Menu/Suggestions
It’s Variety Variety Variety! What does a Rotational Diet look like?It’s certainly feeding more than just one protein for weeks and weeks and weeks. All animals and humans need variety for a complete and balanced diet. How do you do it? You can feed one protein each week or a different protein each day or…
Read MoreThe Lifestage Diet Myth
Written by Dr. Judy Jasek, DVM – Animal Healing Arts Many commercial pet food companies these days have foods grouped into categories based on a pet’s age. You will likely see varieties such as puppy, adult, senior, weight loss, and even some breed-specific diets. Is all this necessary for proper nutrition? I say, absolutely NOT!!…
Read MoreHow to Vaccinate Safely
Written by Dr. Judy Jasek DVM – Animal Healing Arts Vaccines are often used as a crutch to prevent disease, creating a very narrow perspective on the formation and prevention of disease in your pet, which ignores the fact that your pet has an immune system strong enough to handle most diseases when properly supported. …
Read MoreWhy Raw Bones In Raw Food Blends Are Safe
Written By: Dr. Judy Jasek, DVM – Colorado Wholistic Vet I have been recommending raw food for dogs for nearly 20 years, and I have seen tremendous improvements in my patients when they are taken off of processed diets and fed fresh, species-appropriate foods. Many raw blends contain ground bone as a way of providing…
Read MoreStart Kittens and Puppies on the Raw Diet
Article written by: Dr. Judy Jasek, DVM If you have read my other posts, you know I am a proponent of feeding a fresh and ideally raw food diet to pets. What about puppies and kittens? When it comes to feeding fresh food to your dog or cat, the younger you started, the sooner the…
Read MoreWhy We Love Mushrooms For Health
How Mushrooms Protect Your Dog Mushrooms live in some pretty harsh environments, so they’ve had to build up their natural defenses. When your dog eats mushrooms, these defenses are passed on to him. Grab your dogs mushrooms here! Mushrooms contain many vitamins and minerals that boost your dog’s overall health. And they’re full of potent antioxidants…
Read MoreAllergies and the Raw Diet
Does your pet have allergies to several different proteins? Feed this in the raw diet and learn about Leaky Gut to heal your pet.
Read MoreRaw Diets Protect Your Pets From Bacterial Contamination and Food Poisoning
Most of the dietary upsets we see that involve raw meat and bones are actually directly related to the dog or cats general everyday diet, and not so much in relation to the meat or bones. Given that cats and dogs have been eating raw meat and bones for over 40 million years, it just…
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