Switching to raw food was literally the best thing we ever did for our dog and ourselves. Thanks to people like Rodney and Dr Becker who spread awareness about the benefits and how to raise healthy dogs.
I have my Rottweiler puppy on raw and he’s doing great my vet when asked what he eats looked at me like I was a terrorist why would she look at me like that I would do anything for my dog
This is another reason why I putted my yorkie on to raw diet, I don't trust the pet food industry, my boy is thriving and looks healthier on raw, great info.
@Janelle Hernandez I use all sorts of raw brands from different suppliers, I do DIY meals as in prepping them myself or I buy complete meals we balance the meals in time as some dogs can have allergies towards certain proteins, my boy doesn't do well on Lamb, Chicken, Pork or Venison, but he loves the other proteins that he can tolerate
The biggest issue with raw food diets is ensuring your dog is getting a nutrient complete diet. To many people think that as long as they do a “BARF diet” or “Prey diet” or add a “variety” that they will be fine but that simple isn’t true. People must purposefully and actually know the nutrient breakdown of the food they are feeding. It’s all about using common sense really.
False statement no such thing as complete nutrient diet most humans don't even get a complete nutrient diet from cereal to chips canned foods that don't expire for years from preservatives give me a break but in this world people are blinded by fake facts they continue feeding to other people who don't use common sense thats why mcdonalds burger king and most other restaurants is popular because people think you get a complete nutrient diet from fast foods.
@@themyrtlewoodshomestead9371 I understand that but what I'm saying is who actually eat foods every day with the right balanced complete nutrients you speak of? So if humans doesn't eat right which is why cancer diabetes and other illnesses plague the world how you think someone is going to give their pet a complete nutrient balanced diet? Kibble dehydrates dogs no different than kids growing up eating mcdonalds and parents doesn't know the key to stay from being sick is staying alkaline and staying away from mucus causing foods. Its just so much misleading info about whats good for human consumption also pet consumption until common sense come into play.
CSTYLETHESLIM you realize that there are people who grow and raise their own food right. In facts I feel like it’s easier for dogs to eat better then there humans because they don’t have a choice. They can only eat what’s in front of them.
@@themyrtlewoodshomestead9371 Yes but the number of people who do grow and eat their own food isn't the majority so I'm only talking about food companies who purposely make food that isn't good for humans how do you expect food for dogs to be any better. So for me it is do the best you can to keep your ph balance above 7 and do the best you can to keep your pet away from kibble and there is ways but the cheaper and easy option usually over rides the best or smarter option.
It was after our girl Toshka had to be put down that my mom really started looking at ingredients. Since her passing we started looking for better foods for our next 2 dogs and now my recent girl is on home cooked meals and doing great health wise.
I will never go back to any traditional commercial pet food for my dogs. I don’t think the pet food industry gets it. It’s like cord cutting/streaming. Once people switch from cable/satellite tv to streaming, they never go back. I’m a cord cutter as well. Done with cable forever. That’s how I feel about commercial dog food. I’ve made the switch to raw for my dogs, and I will never go back. It’s not a fad. When consumers can take control and truly make a choice or choices, there typically is a paradigm shift. I think that is what is happening here for both streaming and feeding raw. Both industries are in denial and are having a hard time adjusting. Bad mouthing raw food, when they’ve been responsible for killing thousands of animals (i.e. Malimine, taurine deficiency in cats back in the 80’s, vitamin D recently, etc.). Then having a slow response, blaming consumers at first, denying there were problems, and then trying to cover their mistakes. Wonder why people turn to raw or their own cooked diets??? Shame on them for trying to tell me I’m killing my pet. No, I’ll take my chances feeding my dog raw.
I think there is definitely risks with raw food that people need to understand and speak with their vet about. Some people are knowledgeable and are able to safely make their own pet food in the kitchen but then there’s Becky from Instagram who wants to jump onto a trend with little to no research. But demonizing the raw diet totally is just wrong.
Thanks for raising this issue. There is so much confusion about raw. But I did see benefits on relieving skin allergy after switching from dried food to raw.
Important to understand is that the only reason that the melamine problem in pet food was found quickly (the FDA, USDA took it seriously immediately) was because it was recognized that the melamine wheat gluten was almost certainly entering human food. It was a human food threat. Period-- Had it just been a threat to dogs then it would have taken years for any agency to even admit there was a problem. So, nobody should be under any illusion that there are protocols now in place to quickly address contamination in pet food.
Hi Rodney..... Great video :). I feed my 1.5 year old Chocolate Lab Natures Domain grain free Salmon and Sweet potato. She used to eat Chicken and Rice kibble and had a bit of an allergy to it and and had a problem with her bowels and smelling bad etc. The grain free turned her around 100% and she’s thrived on it since. So to hear this stuff about grain free is very frustrating!! Also, it’s hard to know who to trust, because you see all these TH-cam videos with vets telling you to get off grain free and then the pull up a bag of “Hills” and say this is best blah blah blah.... We all know how much they pay vets to sell that stuff ;/
It is very frustrating, agreed! My lab/golden mix has several allergies as well, one of them is chicken. I feed him a rotational diet, meaning that along with some kibble I also feed him a homemade diet. If dogs are fed the exact same food, same ingredients day in, day out for years, the likelihood of allergies is higher. Either that or rotate your dogs kibble with different protein sources and/or brands. I use Nature's Logic which has millet seed in it and no chickpeas or potatoes. :)
@@helpfulnatural exactly. Rotate, homecooked & raw is best. I've been giving raw in the mornings & homecooked in the evenings. My dog can't tolerate any grains, nor the pea, potato & legume proteins in "grain free." Never give your dog Apoquel or Cytopoint shots for allergies, they work for a short time, but almost killed my dog & caused her lingering health issues.
@@hahna77 apoquel, really? My dog has intense skin issues and I took her off steroids and have had her on apoquel almost constantly for a year. It relieves the itch, but it does seem to be getting less effective. I'm interested to hear about it being bad as well. The vet just keeps giving it to me.
@@kayhollings1777 please do some research and get your dog off of it asap. It will stop working eventually anyways & by then your dogs health will be destroyed. Switch to a raw or home-cooked diet and the itching, allergies & yeast WILL stop. It will get worse before it gets better.
@@hahna77 Thanks very much for your reply, I started looking into it and I'm worried about the damage I may have caused. Same goes for the flea and tick treatments. As of this moment she will no longer be taking any of it and remaining pills going in the bin! She's been on a 60% home diet, but I'm looking into it more thoroughly now to fully switch her over and aiming for more raw. Thanks again! 👍🙂
Some dogs eat shite, vomit, will lick up blood, and drink toilet water, etc, etc if they can get away with it....The stomach acids in a dog’s gut are so much stronger than ours so these behaviors rarely get a dog sick, where it would potentially kill us. Since their bodies were designed to eat carcasses over days, once captured, these strong acids exist to extinguish bad bacteria naturally before it affects them systemically. And if it does affect them, which is rare, they may end up with loose stool. Find something else to stress about people. I’ve been feeding my dog Rodneys complete raw food recipe for almost a year now, and my dog is thriving off and loving it. And because I make it at home with human grade antibiotic free turkey and beef liver with all organic vegetables and eggs, flax oil etc. I trust the ingredients, and costs approx $60 a month,and takes me 5 min to prepare a 4 day batch. So people, if you’re worried about salmonella find a complete raw food recipe like Rodneys and simply cook it. (Shrug)
It's not just mistrust it's also people who want to feed their pets a less processed diet, much how people are trending towards less processed foods. Typically, it's because doing a lot of processing on foods makes them unhealthier. Yeah, a human can eat instant ramen every day and take a vitamin supplement to keep everything complete, but we all know that's incredibly unhealthy and will lead to weight gain along with other health issues. It's the same school of thought with pet food; super highly processed kibble or wet food that had to have vitamins added back in via synthetic supplements or a raw/gently cooked diet that's nutritionally complete from a company. Some of us just want our pets on a more whole-food based diet vs highly processed concoctions.
@@triforce_majora I understand wanting to eat a Whole Foods diet I think that’s great. However plant and animal agriculture is omg the population on low quality foods. Just look at all the pesticide residue in supposedly fresh foods. Even with the new USDA standards organic can contain pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and petrochemicals. Animals are treated horrible in these factories and their quality is getting lower and lower every year. It’s hard for me to look at the empirical data and come to the conclusion that this is our solution.
I have a very obese dog. She came to us like that. She weighed 32 lbs and she should've been 16-18 lbs. I switched her to raw and she got VERY sick after about a month. Turns out she had a serious salmonella infection. Dogs SHOULD be able to handle the bacteria - they should also be able to handle raw, soft bones - but mine can't. I haven't given up though. Still trying to rebuild her and I won't stop until she does. But NO MORE RAW. I don't have another $1000 to drop at the vet, especially when it's preventable.
She was very sick to start with, a healthy dog can deal with salmonella they even harbor salmonella. If you dog was well it wouldn't have gotten even sicker. Shame you are blaming raw food. Most animals put on a raw food diet become sick at the start because they are detoxifying from all the toxic food you have been feeding them such as the garbage kibble. It takes a while for an animal to build a healthy system.
Who ever told you feeding a dog raw food is bad should be fixed so they don’t reproduce. What in the world do you think wild animals eat what do you think every other animal besides humans eats, raw food animals have enzymes in there mouth and gut to fight bad bacteria from raw meats. Dogs and cats especially because they are mid tier predators/scavengers so they have extremely strong resistance to off meat.
My dog buries meaty bones and digs them up to eat later and they are definitely not fresh anymore (other than being obvious, the smell alone tells me that!!).
I have one dog and two cats both beeing introduced to raw food slowly, and coming off the dry biscuits and wet food , iv done plenty of research and very pleased to know that raw diet has so many great benefits. I dont put any harsh chemicals on my pets everything to flea and worming is being done naturally, just wished I had done this years ago with my dog, but I didn't research anything, I suppose you could say I put my trust in companies, now I question everything.
I personally don't feed my puppy any veggies, he dont like them anyways but he does like some fruits, he likes pineapples, berries, he doesn't like eggs, he does like raw chicken and minced meat, he loves tuna, he likes fish. i simply try out the foods he does like and feed him, if he doesn't like something he won't eat it. The thing about raw diet is that it can get expensive at times, for those days where the price of raw goes up i do feed my puppy some kibble, i mean as long as my pup doesn't starve hes happy but I do try to be careful with kibble and do treat him to raw as much as I can
Why would anybody feed an animal that they care about food they wouldn't imagine eating themselves? Over 30 brands of dog food have been known to have CO2, a common euthanasia drug meaning that a lot of meat-Mill and bone-Mill is coming from euthanized animals (which isn't illegal) and plus animals like dogs and cats have way faster metabolisms that can pass salmonella through way before I can attach and salmonella can stay on kibble for up to a year and a half ( plus with raw meat cancer rates are way lower and animals have fewer dental problems)
If raw is bad, why did my veterinarian tell me to switch my 6 year old GSD to this type of diet to help him heal. Pure raw protein is essential to their diet!
You have a good vet! Most run of the mill vets will tell people to ONLY feed foods that have been "scientifically researched" aka purina, royal canin and hill's.
Bottom line is money the dog food industry doesn’t want to lose those dollars that’s why they want you to buy their food and not raw food we feed raw diet in our dogs drive
being Ve i know very well , that when you have beans as your protein you need some grains to get enough of your amino acids also beans have a lot of soliuble fieber what attaches to fats and can make you deficcent if you dont eat enough. a ;lot of dog food compannys add a lot of chickpeas , lentils , peas , what will result in some malnutrition if not ofset with enough Meat and omega 3.
Why did they not bring up kibble has many problems with mold, salmonella and rancicity. I’ve fed 7 dogs raw for 10 years. Never any issues. Only excellent vibrant health. They need to talk about all the issues with kibble. They far outweigh any with raw. I believe they are on a witch hunt to shut down raw because it’s so good for your dog.
Are you giving them store bought raw food or making it yourself? Would love some advice on this. I've been giving my dog a premade raw food patty and she doesn't seem to be thriving. I'm concerned that the meat in the patty is not organic. It's the primal brand.
I feed oc raw because it’s a little cheaper. I became so angry after knowing how kibble is produced, I dove into learning natural health. Best thing I ever did. I’m not sure what I’d recommend with your situation without knowing more. Maybe give it more time. It can be a gradual detoxing process and maybe take a few months. Add some freeze dry organs or fresh. Don’t give up. Keep learning. You’ll be glad you did. You wouldn’t believe the stories I have of healing my own pets. I’ve made vets jaws drop. I couldn’t have done it without these pioneers in natural health. So a huge thank you to Becker and others.
thanks for your response. I didn't quite catch if you are making your own raw food or buying it already made? i give my dog primal with homemade bone broth, some dehydrated organic organs in a capsule i empty, a dash of marine phytoplankton and a weekly marrow bone. She has a bad hip and cataracts with seizures maybe every other month. Still trying to figure that out. It's been about 2 years now since changing her from a homemade cooked diet to a premade raw. @@brendaelder6
There are countless recall on pet food. Salmonella, lead poisoning, vitamin a toxicity, metal fragments, unbalanced,. These are all issues that common pet food has had over the years. Pet food is not made for the best interest of dogs. As it's best cater to the human as a marketing tactic. It is easy to give and it's less likely to go bad over an extended period of time. What diet when done properly is the best diet for dogs as wild dogs haven't eaten his diet for thousands of years. I think it's funny how whenever these so-called people bash the raw diet, they never go straight to the overall balance raw diet. The only go after the common mistakes people make when starting a diet. But they also failed to mention that pet food has had all these issues in them as well and they never seem to want to ever acknowledge the fact that maybe a wall diet is better when done properly.
Well, I've tried it, so here's my quick review - Farmer's Dog is one of the better offerings on the market, but then again, the bar is horrendously low. It's fresh, human grade food that's leaps and bounds better than the industry standard. However, they still use lots of fillers as the second ingredient...not as bad as brands like Just Food for Dogs, which use potatoes and rice as a top ingredient to lower costs, but stuff like chickpeas, lentils, and sweet potato. These aren't bad per se, but don't give your dog a nutritionally dense diet and, again, are there to make the product cheaper. FD also have lots of synthetics which can be an issue in its own way. Look at Susan Thixtons 2021 list of foods or look at some of Dr. Becker's guidelines for what to look for in the link below. My personal recommendation would be a brand like Raised Right or my fave, Evermore. They cost more than Farmer's Dog, but they really maximize your dog's nutrition with no cheap fillers, batch lab testing, grass fed beef, ethically sourced and organic ingredients, minimal supplementation, etc. Good luck.
With two oldster chihuahuas, I'm looking to shift to home-made food to help them live as long and as happily as they can. Spending a lot of time reading and watching videos to learn; disappointed, though, at videos like this one are so "Blah, blah, blah": lots of detailed info, but little or no insight into what parts of it matter and why, much less how an average person can use it.
Right? I think most people are able to make a balanced meal for their pets and wasn’t he all for that? Balance the food over time. One meal might be bone heavy and the next more veg for example.
Reading comments here I have to say just one very logical thing dogs come from wolves. I'm pretty sure wolves don't have kitchens to cook any food up LOL but seriously people think about this I'm having serious issues with two of my dogs with these fatty tumors seizures and switch them both to a raw diet and I make it mostly raw proteins meat chicken and fish that being said I won't give all the different recipes but just make sure you check the ingredients you use aren't toxic to dogs and I will guarantee personally if your dogs will be healthier eat less their feces will be fine takes a couple days sometimes but honestly all these videos talking about any kind of prepared pre-prepared dog food last can last 10 or 20 years any on the Shelf is totally toxic the only downfall with making a raw food diet for your loved one is traveling and I find it I freeze it and keep it a ice chest and I can travel pretty well
Its no different than human food like meat doesnt get infected its dead stuffed on a shelf then grinded and exspected to have it last forever before the consumer buys it. Then they charge more than it cost to just go make your own food that is fresh and unprocessed by a company thats only purpose is to try to food labels for a dollar so if you think for 1 min they give a shit about health for your dog your wrong. This is what matters to them $ and its no different for humans. The whole industry should be out of business its a wide misunderstanding that everyone needs to have pet lets be clear here 90% of people i have met dont make there own food and go with some cheap ass company and end up killing there dog. My mom did can her dog died of cancer young then switch to a mixed breed and went raw and its the same ordeal. Like how long have dogs been domesticated you mean to tell me you no body knows exactly what a dog needs and just sold as 1 standard and no coming up with some cheap ingredient that mimics protien. If people used gloves masks and dont let it get infected, meats sit for long periods of time un frozen allowing envirnment to play a factor. This falls on the manufatures and their lazy cheap habits selling something for more than its worth times over making the average consumer buy cheap food which isnt the right decision ether.
One thing that I do when dealing with dog food is have a small all bag that I’ve bought but have not opened in my pantry for 1 month and then open it after that month. That way I know that if it was gonna recall it would have within that time. It seems like a smart thing to do. I also by small bags like 3lb to 5lbs at a time. What do you think about these steps I’m taking?
The FDA approved maybe you should take upon yourself to approve it would you feed it to your animal would you eat it my grandmother always said to me if you would not drink out of a water that you give to your animals because the buckets or the water containers are not clean would you drink it then why should your animals drink it we are supposed to be the Guardians of them so if you would eat that dog food that cat food then why the fuck do you think an animal should eat it it is not safe enough for you to eat it then why should they eat it
Wow! who knows who is telling the truth. Abunch of vets who sale junk food had this done. Why dont we just eat our dogs and quit worring about feeding them Will save a lot of money! Now we know that a lot of vets sell junk dog food and are loosing business. They have a biased reason to back this. I have two small dogs and have tried so many foods over the years with all the dogs I have hadand it hasnt mattered what type of food. they have lived around the same time. in fact my earlier dogs had cheapm food and lived a little longer than the two i lost over the last two years and their food was very exspensive. The two I have now i spend (one 6pound and one 20 pound) i am spending around 220. dollars a month and that isnt including treats. You cant trust any body they all lie and cheat. Look at what Blue Buffloe did.. It almost killed one of my older dogs. I have decided to just find a food that the love to eat and hope it isnt being lied about. I started Using Dr Marty's and at least my Dogs love to eat it. I hope and pray they arent lying about how good it is. I am sure that most of you will agree that it is devestating to loose one of they babies.
Yes it is very dangerous for the dog food industry
Exactly
Yes. Disgusting
And vets as well. I now see why all the vets I went to advised against raw.A healthy dog is an unprofitable one .
@@cioshubby1 lol it’s the same with humans
Switching to raw food was literally the best thing we ever did for our dog and ourselves. Thanks to people like Rodney and Dr Becker who spread awareness about the benefits and how to raise healthy dogs.
I have my Rottweiler puppy on raw and he’s doing great my vet when asked what he eats looked at me like I was a terrorist why would she look at me like that I would do anything for my dog
This is another reason why I putted my yorkie on to raw diet, I don't trust the pet food industry, my boy is thriving and looks healthier on raw, great info.
Hows the raw diet been going?
@@thetruepatriot7733 dog will do great if you balance his diet
Do you use a raw brand or make yourself? I’m intrigued in getting my yorkie on raw but he’s so small
@Janelle Hernandez I use all sorts of raw brands from different suppliers, I do DIY meals as in prepping them myself or I buy complete meals we balance the meals in time as some dogs can have allergies towards certain proteins, my boy doesn't do well on Lamb, Chicken, Pork or Venison, but he loves the other proteins that he can tolerate
The biggest issue with raw food diets is ensuring your dog is getting a nutrient complete diet. To many people think that as long as they do a “BARF diet” or “Prey diet” or add a “variety” that they will be fine but that simple isn’t true. People must purposefully and actually know the nutrient breakdown of the food they are feeding.
It’s all about using common sense really.
False statement no such thing as complete nutrient diet most humans don't even get a complete nutrient diet from cereal to chips canned foods that don't expire for years from preservatives give me a break but in this world people are blinded by fake facts they continue feeding to other people who don't use common sense thats why mcdonalds burger king and most other restaurants is popular because people think you get a complete nutrient diet from fast foods.
CSTYLETHESLIM lol what part of what I said was false lol? There absolutely is such thing as a nutrient complete diet what are you talking about?
@@themyrtlewoodshomestead9371 I understand that but what I'm saying is who actually eat foods every day with the right balanced complete nutrients you speak of? So if humans doesn't eat right which is why cancer diabetes and other illnesses plague the world how you think someone is going to give their pet a complete nutrient balanced diet? Kibble dehydrates dogs no different than kids growing up eating mcdonalds and parents doesn't know the key to stay from being sick is staying alkaline and staying away from mucus causing foods. Its just so much misleading info about whats good for human consumption also pet consumption until common sense come into play.
CSTYLETHESLIM you realize that there are people who grow and raise their own food right. In facts I feel like it’s easier for dogs to eat better then there humans because they don’t have a choice. They can only eat what’s in front of them.
@@themyrtlewoodshomestead9371 Yes but the number of people who do grow and eat their own food isn't the majority so I'm only talking about food companies who purposely make food that isn't good for humans how do you expect food for dogs to be any better. So for me it is do the best you can to keep your ph balance above 7 and do the best you can to keep your pet away from kibble and there is ways but the cheaper and easy option usually over rides the best or smarter option.
Glad you raised your voice and told the world about TED banning you and Karen's talks! Well done!
It was after our girl Toshka had to be put down that my mom really started looking at ingredients. Since her passing we started looking for better foods for our next 2 dogs and now my recent girl is on home cooked meals and doing great health wise.
I will never go back to any traditional commercial pet food for my dogs. I don’t think the pet food industry gets it. It’s like cord cutting/streaming. Once people switch from cable/satellite tv to streaming, they never go back. I’m a cord cutter as well. Done with cable forever. That’s how I feel about commercial dog food. I’ve made the switch to raw for my dogs, and I will never go back. It’s not a fad. When consumers can take control and truly make a choice or choices, there typically is a paradigm shift. I think that is what is happening here for both streaming and feeding raw. Both industries are in denial and are having a hard time adjusting. Bad mouthing raw food, when they’ve been responsible for killing thousands of animals (i.e. Malimine, taurine deficiency in cats back in the 80’s, vitamin D recently, etc.). Then having a slow response, blaming consumers at first, denying there were problems, and then trying to cover their mistakes. Wonder why people turn to raw or their own cooked diets??? Shame on them for trying to tell me I’m killing my pet. No, I’ll take my chances feeding my dog raw.
THANK YOOU FOR THIS INTERVIEW! I'm glad to see her be so open about these topics.
I think there is definitely risks with raw food that people need to understand and speak with their vet about. Some people are knowledgeable and are able to safely make their own pet food in the kitchen but then there’s Becky from Instagram who wants to jump onto a trend with little to no research.
But demonizing the raw diet totally is just wrong.
Thanks for raising this issue. There is so much confusion about raw. But I did see benefits on relieving skin allergy after switching from dried food to raw.
Important to understand is that the only reason that the melamine problem in pet food was found quickly (the FDA, USDA took it seriously immediately) was because it was recognized that the melamine wheat gluten was almost certainly entering human food. It was a human food threat. Period-- Had it just been a threat to dogs then it would have taken years for any agency to even admit there was a problem. So, nobody should be under any illusion that there are protocols now in place to quickly address contamination in pet food.
Hi Rodney..... Great video :). I feed my 1.5 year old Chocolate Lab Natures Domain grain free Salmon and Sweet potato. She used to eat Chicken and Rice kibble and had a bit of an allergy to it and and had a problem with her bowels and smelling bad etc. The grain free turned her around 100% and she’s thrived on it since. So to hear this stuff about grain free is very frustrating!!
Also, it’s hard to know who to trust, because you see all these TH-cam videos with vets telling you to get off grain free and then the pull up a bag of “Hills” and say this is best blah blah blah.... We all know how much they pay vets to sell that stuff ;/
It is very frustrating, agreed! My lab/golden mix has several allergies as well, one of them is chicken. I feed him a rotational diet, meaning that along with some kibble I also feed him a homemade diet. If dogs are fed the exact same food, same ingredients day in, day out for years, the likelihood of allergies is higher. Either that or rotate your dogs kibble with different protein sources and/or brands. I use Nature's Logic which has millet seed in it and no chickpeas or potatoes. :)
@@helpfulnatural exactly. Rotate, homecooked & raw is best. I've been giving raw in the mornings & homecooked in the evenings. My dog can't tolerate any grains, nor the pea, potato & legume proteins in "grain free." Never give your dog Apoquel or Cytopoint shots for allergies, they work for a short time, but almost killed my dog & caused her lingering health issues.
@@hahna77 apoquel, really? My dog has intense skin issues and I took her off steroids and have had her on apoquel almost constantly for a year. It relieves the itch, but it does seem to be getting less effective. I'm interested to hear about it being bad as well. The vet just keeps giving it to me.
@@kayhollings1777 please do some research and get your dog off of it asap. It will stop working eventually anyways & by then your dogs health will be destroyed. Switch to a raw or home-cooked diet and the itching, allergies & yeast WILL stop. It will get worse before it gets better.
@@hahna77 Thanks very much for your reply, I started looking into it and I'm worried about the damage I may have caused. Same goes for the flea and tick treatments. As of this moment she will no longer be taking any of it and remaining pills going in the bin! She's been on a 60% home diet, but I'm looking into it more thoroughly now to fully switch her over and aiming for more raw. Thanks again! 👍🙂
Some dogs eat shite, vomit, will lick up blood, and drink toilet water, etc, etc if they can get away with it....The stomach acids in a dog’s gut are so much stronger than ours so these behaviors rarely get a dog sick, where it would potentially kill us. Since their bodies were designed to eat carcasses over days, once captured, these strong acids exist to extinguish bad bacteria naturally before it affects them systemically. And if it does affect them, which is rare, they may end up with loose stool.
Find something else to stress about people. I’ve been feeding my dog Rodneys complete raw food recipe for almost a year now, and my dog is thriving off and loving it. And because I make it at home with human grade antibiotic free turkey and beef liver with all organic vegetables and eggs, flax oil etc. I trust the ingredients, and costs approx $60 a month,and takes me 5 min to prepare a 4 day batch. So people, if you’re worried about salmonella find a complete raw food recipe like Rodneys and simply cook it. (Shrug)
Funny how people state they don't trust the pet food industry yet they trust the big plant and animal industry? Things I will never understand!
It's not just mistrust it's also people who want to feed their pets a less processed diet, much how people are trending towards less processed foods. Typically, it's because doing a lot of processing on foods makes them unhealthier. Yeah, a human can eat instant ramen every day and take a vitamin supplement to keep everything complete, but we all know that's incredibly unhealthy and will lead to weight gain along with other health issues. It's the same school of thought with pet food; super highly processed kibble or wet food that had to have vitamins added back in via synthetic supplements or a raw/gently cooked diet that's nutritionally complete from a company. Some of us just want our pets on a more whole-food based diet vs highly processed concoctions.
@@triforce_majora I understand wanting to eat a Whole Foods diet I think that’s great. However plant and animal agriculture is omg the population on low quality foods. Just look at all the pesticide residue in supposedly fresh foods. Even with the new USDA standards organic can contain pesticides, herbicides, fungicides and petrochemicals.
Animals are treated horrible in these factories and their quality is getting lower and lower every year. It’s hard for me to look at the empirical data and come to the conclusion that this is our solution.
Wolf pack entered a sweet potatoe field and ate all the sweet potatoes there, farmer ruined.
Now that is a headline you will never hear in the news...
I have a very obese dog. She came to us like that. She weighed 32 lbs and she should've been 16-18 lbs. I switched her to raw and she got VERY sick after about a month. Turns out she had a serious salmonella infection.
Dogs SHOULD be able to handle the bacteria - they should also be able to handle raw, soft bones - but mine can't.
I haven't given up though. Still trying to rebuild her and I won't stop until she does.
But NO MORE RAW. I don't have another $1000 to drop at the vet, especially when it's preventable.
She was very sick to start with, a healthy dog can deal with salmonella they even harbor salmonella. If you dog was well it wouldn't have gotten even sicker. Shame you are blaming raw food. Most animals put on a raw food diet become sick at the start because they are detoxifying from all the toxic food you have been feeding them such as the garbage kibble. It takes a while for an animal to build a healthy system.
This lady is extremely smart. And seems very very logical and not a fanatic. I would trust her so much!!
Rodney, do you still support the video that you made in collaboration with Dr. Becker about a balanced homemade diet?
Who ever told you feeding a dog raw food is bad should be fixed so they don’t reproduce. What in the world do you think wild animals eat what do you think every other animal besides humans eats, raw food animals have enzymes in there mouth and gut to fight bad bacteria from raw meats. Dogs and cats especially because they are mid tier predators/scavengers so they have extremely strong resistance to off meat.
My dog buries meaty bones and digs them up to eat later and they are definitely not fresh anymore (other than being obvious, the smell alone tells me that!!).
My only concern is that cooked food can have less nutrients.
I have one dog and two cats both beeing introduced to raw food slowly, and coming off the dry biscuits and wet food , iv done plenty of research and very pleased to know that raw diet has so many great benefits. I dont put any harsh chemicals on my pets everything to flea and worming is being done naturally, just wished I had done this years ago with my dog, but I didn't research anything, I suppose you could say I put my trust in companies, now I question everything.
I personally don't feed my puppy any veggies, he dont like them anyways but he does like some fruits, he likes pineapples, berries, he doesn't like eggs, he does like raw chicken and minced meat, he loves tuna, he likes fish. i simply try out the foods he does like and feed him, if he doesn't like something he won't eat it. The thing about raw diet is that it can get expensive at times, for those days where the price of raw goes up i do feed my puppy some kibble, i mean as long as my pup doesn't starve hes happy but I do try to be careful with kibble and do treat him to raw as much as I can
Why would anybody feed an animal that they care about food they wouldn't imagine eating themselves? Over 30 brands of dog food have been known to have CO2, a common euthanasia drug meaning that a lot of meat-Mill and bone-Mill is coming from euthanized animals (which isn't illegal) and plus animals like dogs and cats have way faster metabolisms that can pass salmonella through way before I can attach and salmonella can stay on kibble for up to a year and a half ( plus with raw meat cancer rates are way lower and animals have fewer dental problems)
If raw is bad, why did my veterinarian tell me to switch my 6 year old GSD to this type of diet to help him heal. Pure raw protein is essential to their diet!
You have a good vet! Most run of the mill vets will tell people to ONLY feed foods that have been "scientifically researched" aka purina, royal canin and hill's.
Bottom line is money the dog food industry doesn’t want to lose those dollars that’s why they want you to buy their food and not raw food we feed raw diet in our dogs drive
Raw food industry has also been known to sell bad low quality meat and add synthetic vitamins and minerals.
Can you name one raw pet food brand that is available commercially that isn't transparent with their ingredients and sourcing.
@@adognamedboo9474 Bravo raw , are you asking in Canada or US ?
being Ve i know very well , that when you have beans as your protein you need some grains to get enough of your amino acids
also beans have a lot of soliuble fieber what attaches to fats and can make you deficcent if you dont eat enough.
a ;lot of dog food compannys add a lot of chickpeas , lentils , peas , what will result in some malnutrition if not ofset with enough Meat and omega 3.
Why did they not bring up kibble has many problems with mold, salmonella and rancicity.
I’ve fed 7 dogs raw for 10 years. Never any issues. Only excellent vibrant health. They need to talk about all the issues with kibble. They far outweigh any with raw. I believe they are on a witch hunt to shut down raw because it’s so good for your dog.
Are you giving them store bought raw food or making it yourself? Would love some advice on this. I've been giving my dog a premade raw food patty and she doesn't seem to be thriving. I'm concerned that the meat in the patty is not organic. It's the primal brand.
I feed oc raw because it’s a little cheaper. I became so angry after knowing how kibble is produced, I dove into learning natural health. Best thing I ever did. I’m not sure what I’d recommend with your situation without knowing more. Maybe give it more time. It can be a gradual detoxing process and maybe take a few months. Add some freeze dry organs or fresh. Don’t give up. Keep learning. You’ll be glad you did. You wouldn’t believe the stories I have of healing my own pets. I’ve made vets jaws drop. I couldn’t have done it without these pioneers in natural health. So a huge thank you to Becker and others.
thanks for your response. I didn't quite catch if you are making your own raw food or buying it already made? i give my dog primal with homemade bone broth, some dehydrated organic organs in a capsule i empty, a dash of marine phytoplankton and a weekly marrow bone. She has a bad hip and cataracts with seizures maybe every other month. Still trying to figure that out. It's been about 2 years now since changing her from a homemade cooked diet to a premade raw. @@brendaelder6
There are countless recall on pet food. Salmonella, lead poisoning, vitamin a toxicity, metal fragments, unbalanced,. These are all issues that common pet food has had over the years. Pet food is not made for the best interest of dogs. As it's best cater to the human as a marketing tactic. It is easy to give and it's less likely to go bad over an extended period of time. What diet when done properly is the best diet for dogs as wild dogs haven't eaten his diet for thousands of years. I think it's funny how whenever these so-called people bash the raw diet, they never go straight to the overall balance raw diet. The only go after the common mistakes people make when starting a diet. But they also failed to mention that pet food has had all these issues in them as well and they never seem to want to ever acknowledge the fact that maybe a wall diet is better when done properly.
Some dogs thrive on raw some get very ill.
One size doesn't fit all .
spoiler: it ain’t!
Rodney can you do a review on Farmer Dog?
Well, I've tried it, so here's my quick review - Farmer's Dog is one of the better offerings on the market, but then again, the bar is horrendously low. It's fresh, human grade food that's leaps and bounds better than the industry standard. However, they still use lots of fillers as the second ingredient...not as bad as brands like Just Food for Dogs, which use potatoes and rice as a top ingredient to lower costs, but stuff like chickpeas, lentils, and sweet potato. These aren't bad per se, but don't give your dog a nutritionally dense diet and, again, are there to make the product cheaper. FD also have lots of synthetics which can be an issue in its own way. Look at Susan Thixtons 2021 list of foods or look at some of Dr. Becker's guidelines for what to look for in the link below. My personal recommendation would be a brand like Raised Right or my fave, Evermore. They cost more than Farmer's Dog, but they really maximize your dog's nutrition with no cheap fillers, batch lab testing, grass fed beef, ethically sourced and organic ingredients, minimal supplementation, etc. Good luck.
Just switched my cats to raw and following your recipe for cooked homemade dog food!
Can I feed my 20 week French bulldog raw food? Are French bulldog prone to DCM?
This is so confusing... You'll have multiple experts suggesting completly different things... What is one to do?
Have a look at 1st508thairborne on youtoube. He shouldn't be hard to find, very informative man
Raw diet isn't a one size fits all,mine got sick .
I use carna 4 with lightly cooked food mixed in .
With two oldster chihuahuas, I'm looking to shift to home-made food to help them live as long and as happily as they can. Spending a lot of time reading and watching videos to learn; disappointed, though, at videos like this one are so "Blah, blah, blah": lots of detailed info, but little or no insight into what parts of it matter and why, much less how an average person can use it.
Thanks for this comment so people know not to waist their time
Pet food industry needs to be shut down .
I also used these videos to make my dogs food so im not sure why it sounds like now that might be a bad idea
Same, im confused as i just watched his video for homemade raw recipe and now hes saying thats wrong?
Right? I think most people are able to make a balanced meal for their pets and wasn’t he all for that? Balance the food over time. One meal might be bone heavy and the next more veg for example.
Wasn't aware of that about even broth and salt added to whole chickens etc they can't have that in they're diet
Reading comments here I have to say just one very logical thing dogs come from wolves. I'm pretty sure wolves don't have kitchens to cook any food up LOL but seriously people think about this I'm having serious issues with two of my dogs with these fatty tumors seizures and switch them both to a raw diet and I make it mostly raw proteins meat chicken and fish that being said I won't give all the different recipes but just make sure you check the ingredients you use aren't toxic to dogs and I will guarantee personally if your dogs will be healthier eat less their feces will be fine takes a couple days sometimes but honestly all these videos talking about any kind of prepared pre-prepared dog food last can last 10 or 20 years any on the Shelf is totally toxic the only downfall with making a raw food diet for your loved one is traveling and I find it I freeze it and keep it a ice chest and I can travel pretty well
i feed my GS raw that i make for him not shit from the store.
Its no different than human food like meat doesnt get infected its dead stuffed on a shelf then grinded and exspected to have it last forever before the consumer buys it. Then they charge more than it cost to just go make your own food that is fresh and unprocessed by a company thats only purpose is to try to food labels for a dollar so if you think for 1 min they give a shit about health for your dog your wrong. This is what matters to them $ and its no different for humans. The whole industry should be out of business its a wide misunderstanding that everyone needs to have pet lets be clear here 90% of people i have met dont make there own food and go with some cheap ass company and end up killing there dog. My mom did can her dog died of cancer young then switch to a mixed breed and went raw and its the same ordeal. Like how long have dogs been domesticated you mean to tell me you no body knows exactly what a dog needs and just sold as 1 standard and no coming up with some cheap ingredient that mimics protien. If people used gloves masks and dont let it get infected, meats sit for long periods of time un frozen allowing envirnment to play a factor. This falls on the manufatures and their lazy cheap habits selling something for more than its worth times over making the average consumer buy cheap food which isnt the right decision ether.
Josh Reynolds it’s spelled their, not there, you must be a millennial. School was wasted on you.
One thing that I do when dealing with dog food is have a small all bag that I’ve bought but have not opened in my pantry for 1 month and then open it after that month. That way I know that if it was gonna recall it would have within that time. It seems like a smart thing to do. I also by small bags like 3lb to 5lbs at a time. What do you think about these steps I’m taking?
The FDA approved maybe you should take upon yourself to approve it would you feed it to your animal would you eat it my grandmother always said to me if you would not drink out of a water that you give to your animals because the buckets or the water containers are not clean would you drink it then why should your animals drink it we are supposed to be the Guardians of them so if you would eat that dog food that cat food then why the fuck do you think an animal should eat it it is not safe enough for you to eat it then why should they eat it
what is the best vitamin supplement to add to my dogs home made food
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First comment! Love ya man!
You and Rodney are two people that helped me to switch to raw. I watch your you tube videos all the time.
Wow! who knows who is telling the truth. Abunch of vets who sale junk food had this done. Why dont we just eat our dogs and quit worring about feeding them Will save a lot of money! Now we know that a lot of vets sell junk dog food and are loosing business. They have a biased reason to back this. I have two small dogs and have tried so many foods over the years with all the dogs I have hadand it hasnt mattered what type of food. they have lived around the same time. in fact my earlier dogs had cheapm food and lived a little longer than the two i lost over the last two years and their food was very exspensive. The two I have now i spend (one 6pound and one 20 pound) i am spending around 220. dollars a month and that isnt including treats. You cant trust any body they all lie and cheat. Look at what Blue Buffloe did.. It almost killed one of my older dogs. I have decided to just find a food that the love to eat and hope it isnt being lied about. I started Using Dr Marty's and at least my Dogs love to eat it. I hope and pray they arent lying about how good it is. I am sure that most of you will agree that it is devestating to loose one of they babies.
I cook for my dog
Logic.
Utter complete rubbish
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