Btw I’m sorry for all the stuttering, I was nervous making this video after how the last one was received, but I’ve waited far too long to respond. This is a message I really care about and I want to be as transparent as possible, so you can all be informed pet owners and come to your own conclusions. At the same time I know there are plenty of problems with kibble diets sold which I will address later. My goals are simply to help navigate you through the web of misinformation and marketing ploys. I did not become a vet to profit needlessly off of pet owners and I would not have willingly taken on all this debt if I did not care about the health of pets and advancement of the human-animal bond. Please question everything you see below.
I apologize for the amount of hate that you have received from the last video. It never ceases to amaze me how cruel people are on social media. (Though I may have made a comment on how stupid some people are by making ridiculous arguments in their comments... I apologize for that too) That being said, I WAS against what you had claimed in that video, and I also replied to other comments stating my opinions. Although I do understand that feeding raw poses a potential danger, I also see many dogs who can take the raw meat and thrive well, and I see vets also recommending to feed raw. Of course, in the end, it all depends on the owner, the condition of their dog, and their family (as you mentioned). I had previously argued that dogs can take raw food better than humans due to them having a more acidic stomach, and therefore the bacteria poses less of a threat for them than for us. But of course, I didn’t go to vet school and I’m basing off of what I’ve learned in biology, what I’ve seen online, and a bit of intuition and common sense. So I may be wrong. Again, I’m sorry if the last video affected you in a negative way, but some of us were having good discussions and we all want the best for our beloved pets. Lastly, for all the sarcasm in your last video, it may have been a bit over, especially with the topic that the video was about. However I usually take sarcasm well (I’m a very sarcastic person myself) and I appreciate your apology, and I appreciate you wanting to make your videos more entertaining. Don’t feel pressured to stop making sarcasm or jokes, I think it would’ve been really funny if it wasn’t for the heated topic and discussions. I just hope that we can have good discussions and make good decisions for our pets without having all this hate and criticism online. The attitudes of some people in the comment section bothered me the most in that video...
Can you make a video of how to make a home-cooked diet for cats? Like what meat to use and where and what kind of vitamins and minerals to use. Thank you.
@@huskii6376 Naw, he should be pressured to stop using sarcasm & jokes. He's really lousy at it, no matter what the topic is. Encouraging him to ignore valid critique isn't doing him any favors.
Hey. It's okay. You're okay. Don't let insidious words bog you down. You have an amazing spirit and I could feel that from here. You could look like Beyonce and still get hate. You could be rich like Bill Gates and still get hate. People just like to find reasons to make themselves feel better, and they thought you seemed an easy target, but you are in fact much stronger than them, for you APOLOGIZED and owned up. That's fucking growth right there. But you don't need to be sorry for being you. Being respectful is key though to avoiding mad fucking hate though for the hate trolls out there. Breathe. You love animals. That's all that matters. You've got this :)
I am proud that you are willing to apologize for your past. While I agree with you I also disagree with you. My dog and cat are both raw fed. My dog(allergies to most conventional dog foods) has been raw fed for a year. He no longer has persistent ear infections, or issues with his arthritis. He had one episode this winter but it was very cold. My cat on the other hand could eat just about anything but cats are obligate carnivores. The decision to put him on raw at 7 months old was the best decision I have ever made. People definitely need to be making informed decisions and do their research and not assume raw is just throwing meat into a bowl. For many a lot of prep work goes into feeding a raw diet. My pets vet is very impressed, and is happy that we made the decision to switch to raw. Both of them see a vet that recommends and uses raw themselves.
commercial pet food has only been around for about 100 years. dogs have existed long before then, and they were fine. it’s common sense that a fresh, balanced diet is healthier than highly processed, burnt pellets.
I would argue that it’s common sense to listen to the advice of qualified professionals. The end of racial segregation also occurred within the last 100 years, but that doesn’t mean that we were better off before
Cassandra Tay You literally just watched a vet explain that he did in fact learn about animal nutrition from a qualified expert in veterinary school. They may not all be specialists, but vets know about nutrition
@@cassandratay8230 Yes they are. I am also a vet and went through the same classes as Dr. Woods at UGA. We spend several weeks studying the nutrients and energy requirements for each of the species we treat. And those that teach those classes are BOARD CERTIFIED nutritionists. Cats, Dogs, Horses, Pigs, and Cow. Please don't talk as if you went through 4 years of vet school.
Hannah Gordon What about Dr Karen Becker and other Holistic Vets that advocate raw? Are you saying they didn’t go through you ‘4 years of vet school’ My vet strongly advocates raw fyi, are you gonna call them bs
Same here! My last dog was on medicated kibble that the vet prescribed and she ended up with an autoimmune disease. I won’t completely blame the kibble because those commercial treats are not good either (I thought I was giving her what she liked not knowing it was hurting her in the long haul).
Same. Switching to raw was the best decision made and no vet can tell me otherwise. I can SEE the difference between being kibble and raw fed on my dog.
I have been feeding raw for 4 years now. My mom is immunocompromised and I have niece's and nephews who are under 5, I NEVER had any cross contamination issues. No one is sick. I clean there mouth, bowls and where they eat. I actually have gotten sick after touching kibble not even raw! ( I feed human grade raw) I respect you taking back the other video and how it's presented. It was pretty mean to those who feed raw. I will always feed raw because of the blood work and the health my dogs are in and I respect you showing the risks but those are extremely rare cases and usually are because of the owner buying bad quality cheep meat that may not be human grade.
@Katiah Sierra I agree with all your comments. @ current time i’m feeding my GSD raw and he is now 7 months old he is looking absolutely amazing. Started him on it about 2 months old. His stool has no smell and his coat is super shinny. The best part is I am actually saving money now doing raw instead of buying high end kibble.
@@drewhour Either he is extremely indoctrinated and is ignorant or yes he purposely saying these things to look good to his fellow vets knowing it is bad for them.
I've grown up with cats and dogs for my entire life. One of my childhood dogs grew up on Pedigree from the time he was a puppy up until he passed away at age 7. All of our previous dogs had lived on the same food and all of them developed multiple health issues as they aged. From cushings disease to cancer to seizures. As I've grown I've taken an interest into learning about what we are actually feeding our pets. After doing research for a little over a year and gathering multiple sources and evidence, I've learned that kibble is what is to blame for most of, if not all, of our pets ailments. I currently have 2 Labrador retrievers, my male is 6 and my female is about to turn 3 in October. Before adopting my female, I had my male on Purina one smart blend. He's always been a picky eater so I was thrilled when I finally found a food that he would eat. Not long after (roughly a month or so after switching foods) he became significantly ill almost over night. We took him to the vets only for them to tell us that he has an "upset stomach". He couldn't stop throwing up and had zero interest in his food. Afraid that I was going to lose my dog I did some quick research and sped to the nearest pet store where I purchased a multivitamin and some fresh dog food. I put roughly a 1/4 of what I would normally feed him in his bowl with the multivitamin buried in it. He completely bounced back the next day. Fast forward a few months I adopted my female lab who was 1 at the time. She was being fed Pedigree so I started the transition to the fresh food almost instantly. Since almost losing my dog I haven't stopped researching the pet food industry and what is actually going into our pets bodies. My dogs are both the healthiest they've ever been and are free from and conditions or ailments. Kibble is no longer something we feed in our house. Instead my dogs get a dehydrated raw dog food with real meat, vegetables, fruit and more. I no longer worry about what it is that my dogs are eating.Their treats consist of raw chicken gizzards, beef liver, chicken hearts, lamb liver, freeze dried duck liver and minnows, salmon and more. It still baffles me that vets are promoting kibble diets over raw or fresh food diets. My dogs are living proof that REAL food is what's best for them. I understand that I am not a vet or board certified pet nutritionist but what I do understand is that our dogs and cats are not designed to eat processed, dehydrated meals. Cats these days have more issues with their bladders and kidneys because they're being fed a completely dehydrated diet. Dogs have plaque and tater build up because the bacteria within their mouths feeds off kibble. Their bodies process kibble as a starch and their mouths don't have the enzymes to control this. Long story short, I completely disagree with feeding pets kibble. The proof is in the pudding.
Hi! I'm doing research for raw food for my cat. Do you mind sharing your sources? I'd like to be more educated on it before I make the switch. Thanks in advance!
@@enjoyinglifeish look into dr.becker's channel, its called Mercola Healthy Pets, there are several vlogs that she talks about nutrition, raw versus kibbles and anything else about pets in a more holistic way.
I had a cat who had gotten 2 urinary tract infections as well as kidney failure right before he went. I always felt it was my fault because I didn’t learn about pet food sooner. Anyway, I think we had him on IAMS, kibble, and sometimes canned. After he got the first uti, we began mixing his food with water, but that didn’t stop the second one. I still believe it’s my fault that he died and I think I will go on feeling this for a long time. And thank you for sharing your story, I like reading stories like this because it gives me peace of mind that I’m doing the right thing for my new kitties.
Wow good for you, I think it’s really cool how you’ve wrapped your identity around what you feed your pet. You are a really cool person and not extremely irritating.
I'm a UK vet nurse, one of my collegues has two bengal cats who were raw fed by the breeder. They now have chronic gastro intestinal issues that they still haven't got over caused by certain bacteria. On the other hand we have clients with pets who tried all the big brand allergy brand food for their dogs but a raw diet actually worked best. The problem isn't the raw diet its when it's not done carefully and correctly and very few people have the time, money and knowledge to do these things correctly. I certainly am not an advocate for it but when something works it works.
And most often prescription kibble is even higher in carbs than their normal line. You can easily calculate the amount of sugar in those carbs and it’s scary. All that sugar is basically predisposing your dog to diabetes and cancer
@@MechaWingZero UTIs in cats are extremely common due to the fact that cats are obligate carnivores and are force fed dehydrated meat crackers their entire life. Because it is not natural for a cat to be motivated to drink a meal's worth of water (that is otherwise obtained through ingesting whole prey or raw meat) it is almost "normal" for your cat to be extremely dehydrated. It takes no scientist to figure out why a dehydrated cat is predisposed to UTIs. Then, yes! Switch your frequent UTI cat to a specifically designed kibble to "alleviate symptoms"..... If you would have fed them what they are designed to eat you would not have created the problem in the first place. Gingivitis and periodontal disease is also extremely common in cats who are fed kibble diets due to the fact that they need not chew their own food. Straight down the hatch those tiny meat crackers go.... leaving their teeth caked with bacteria and plaque that would otherwise be removed in the chewing and shredding of raw meat. So, you can argue you can either brush your cats teeth every day (from experience I think this should be considered an extreme sport) OR you can wait for their teeth to rot out of their skull so that you can pay a pet dentist thousands of dollars to turn your beloved purrbaby into a gummy mouthed mess. This is the reality of 70% of domestic cats after the age of 3 years old...... WHY NOT JUST FEED THEM WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO EAT?? NEED I CONTINUE??
I worked in administration for a large veterinary hospital in the United States. I actually held in my hand a "gift" in the form of a $36,000 (thirty-six THOUSAND dollar) check from Hill's to the "nutritionist" of that hospital thanking her for recommending Hill's products to her patients. I realize the average veterinarian doesn't get kickbacks like this, but this practice does exist and the teachers of the average veterinarian absolutely do profit (sometimes significantly so) from recommending garbage food. As far as processed kibble being in any way healthy, when I start seeing humans excel from a diet of nothing more than Frosted Flakes and Cheez-Its I'll consider a similar diet for my animal friends. That anyone, in this day and age, could consider processed food to be healthier than real food just blows my mind. When did common sense leave the building?
@@kitteesPJs common sense would be to not compare kibbles to frosted flakes lol.... look i feed my dog raw food and im happy. But i also agree with most of what this vet is saying. Raw food is certainly not for general plublic.... it takes time and research to make a balance meal. I think raw is the best but kibble beats unbalanced raw diet. The problem with diet fads (both human and pets) is that they are filled with false information. You might as well be a Qanon. People who go to vet schools love animals. I trust them more than randos on the internet.
A vet school is paid by big dog food companies like royal canin, purina, hills diet and the the professors of a vet school teach their next generation of vets that a biologically appropriate food a bio available food a healthy food is bad for dogs and cats and teach that a highly processed highly synthetic highly toxic food that has artificial colours stabilizers preservetives and vitamins and mineral which are bilologically inappropriate and non bio available food is good for dogs and cats. the correct diet of a dog or a cat should be raw meat with some herbs, fruits and veggies in the form of supplements for antioxidants and vegeterian vitamins
@@Chaitanya8967 nope. That's propaganda raw and boutique brands spread so you'll buy into their products. Vet schools are not paid by petfood companies. And yes, we are taught nutrition. Please stop spreading lies and listen to the people who actually went to vet school. Also you have to add synthetic vitamins to raw diets anyway
Your previous video was pretty bias about raw food. There is also risk of contamination/bacteria/mould in kibble. Many commercial dog food brands have had multiple recalls some due to mould and other contaminants. You could have at least brought this up in your video. There are also numerous certified vets (also with many more years of experience) that encourage and advocate for a raw diet or at the very least to include as much whole fresh foods that you can afford to do so in your dogs diet. I’ve taken my dog to a few different vets and when they ask for some health history/diet etc about my dog, I have never been told to stop feeding raw.
Last month I bought some hypoallergenic Hill's canned food, and it was GREEN and GRAY, and the can clicked when I pressed it. Bought the same food from another store, it was brown and the can did not feel like it had air in it. So much for canned being safer. Btw, my vet, who has years of experience, is all for trying raw food for my cat with food allergies.
@@ruthie8785 yes and so is commercial raw dog food and the fresh food you buy in the store it’s all regulated. It’s his bias to kibble, if you watched his original video about raw food he never mentions the risk and contamination that kibble also has and the many recalls, they both can have risks of contamination and it is misleading to give bias information.
“We aren’t biased but we go to talks sponsored by the big food companies where they spend 20% of the time selling their products to us.” 🥴 I understand saying raw food has problems, but I do NOT understand at all how you can defend kibble.
I was doing research on raw diets and wanted to give the naysayers a chance too, first article I clicked into about this, I realised it’s Purina after finished the reading lol
Orijen isn’t a bad food. I use it when travelling or as training treats. But its super expensive. You can get that same level of quality nutrition for less via raw diet
I don’t understand this “logic” of raw food is gonna get you sick. It makes no sense. Does nobody buy groceries from the store & prepare meals for themselves? Yes we cook our food but there’s a large portion of food prep where the food is raw! Dogs can also eat raw meat & be fine, that’s just a fact. As long as you’re washing the area you’re doing food prep in as well as regularly washing the dogs food dish these “health risks” make literally no sense.
It's just more propaganda spread by dog food companies. They use many scare tactics to discourage raw feeding. For me seeing is believing. Anyone having doubts about the raw diet needs to just try it for themselves and be amazed.
Absolutely unacceptable to post hateful comments and threats against someone who has decided to dedicate their working life to the well-being of animals. I’ve been feeding raw myself for many years and it’s vets like you, who advocate against raw, who have performed life-saving surgery and helped to keep my dog healthy up until now (she’s coming up to 14 years old). I agree that for households which include immunocompromised members, raw feeding could be an issue but for those who regularly cook meat for themselves anyway, I don’t see a problem as long as they follow the same precautions when preparing food for their dogs. The big thing that scares me about feeding raw is whether I’m providing all the necessary nutrients in the right ratios. Is my dog getting enough trace minerals? Am I feeding too much vitamin D or vitamin A? Too little or too much iodine? I think this is the biggest issue with feeding raw.
Its not always about raw vs kibble because when you think about it if you are feeding an imbalanced raw diet for long periods of time its worse than just giving a known brand of kibble. That's why I personally would go for a premade raw because I'm not skilled enough to make my own
Pet nutrition needs to be talked about more from both sides (together). Like a lot of controversial topics, people get defensive very quickly and it doesn't help clear up the issue being talked about. In either case, you have to make sure you know what is safe and healthy for your pet. If you do it wrong then it doesn't matter if that diet is raw or not.
Man you seem stressed out. Hope you are doing alright. I’m starting vet school in Virginia this fall and your videos helped me so much. Thank you for making these videos and providing me and other students with valuable information. Really happy you’re doing ok and hope I can help you in any way since I have found your videos so helpful to me
My GSD got very sick from a raw food diet with bacterial overgrowth and had to be hospitalized. My wife and I did a lot of research on raw food diet, followed the safeguards carefully, and implemented it against the advice of our vet. I regret doing so now.
I was just searching youtube about the raw food diet for dogs and I came across your other video. I have a soft spot when people cite actual scientific papers, so I have to say that I am definitely one person that you properly convinced not to feed raw. I was taken aback by the amount of hate in the comments and the like/dislike ratio and I clicked on your channel and found this video. I have to say, thanks for the information. There is an absolutely absurd amount of pseudoscience in the pet industry from chiropractic to acupuncture to cold laser therapy. It would be awesome to see an evidence-based veterinary medicine channel. A rational voice in the insane amount of misinformation.
@@themyrtlewoodshomestead9371 You clearly didn't watch the video. If you had, you'd know that you can find evidence if you expand the description of this video.
Poop Fingers I did and trust me if you expect me to take the salmonella concerns seriously you have to do a whole lot better then the fear porn perpetuated by an article that would raise suspicions based upon 2 cats having issues. In fact if we look at salmonella and E. coli we clearly see that the majority of these illnesses are caused by leafy greens statistically. So how about you try again and actually put forth some facts that I can actually look at. I live on a farm, I come in contact with livestock everyday. The average home handles and cooks raw meat to feed there families everyday. So the feeding kibble or raw doesn’t change the probability of coming in contact with either. Let’s use some common sense shall we.
@@themyrtlewoodshomestead9371 How about you don't cherry pick only the weakest evidence and properly read the review linked in the description? Both commercially prepared and homemade raw diets commonly have nutritional imbalances (Freeman & Michel 2001, Freeman et al. 2013, Towell 2008). There are dozens of studies concerning dogs becoming sick with bacterial infections, particularly salmonella, when being fed a raw diet. The science is pretty clear on this. I'll watch as you write off the evidence anyway.
I was in health care for 50 years, as a nurse, then as a Chiropractor and I couldn’t agree with you more. After buying a pure bred German Shepherd a year ago, I was faced with whether to feed a raw diet or Kimble and cooked meat, vegetables, fruit etc. I was sent home with raw meat and I fed my dog this diet for a month. In my opinion, knowing what I know about microbiology, physiology I could not in all good conscience feed a product that could possibly jeopardize not only my family due to the bacteria, but my dog as well. I consulted with my vet and he was in agreement. Look, I know people who love their pets want to do the very best for them, so I’m not being judgmental, but I have true concerns about feeding bacteria, antibiotic resistant bacteria to any live species. Good job Doc…We all understand your exuberance in college videos and applaud your love and understanding of our animals. Thank you. My dog, Hossana Blessed eats the following, “Dog kibble prescribed by my vet..IVET”, Nupro joint and tendon, Salmon fish oil, goat milk, Meat (steak, chicken, sardines) some type of fruit, blueberry, applesauce, bananas, occasional egg and cottage cheese. Not saying I’m right, but my Hosanna Blessed is healthy, energetic, has a soft, plush, shiny coat. Thanks for your video Doc!
I have a underlying health condition and I have been feeding raw for a year and a half. I touch it with my bare hands and always disinfect areas that are touched by raw meat. It is the same thing when preparing meat for yourself. Being young, elderly, have any conditions doesn't make risks any higher or lower.
I have a compromised immune system as well as a medical condition that has required me to rely on service animals. I feed raw because in order for my animals to be able to take good care of me, I have to take good care of them. Kibble has a chance to make people very ill just as raw meat does, but people forget that. If you have a compromised immune system, by his logic, you shouldn't be feeding kibble either.
I have an 8 year old French bulldog and a 8 year old husky/lab mix and they have been on a balance 100% Raw diet (meat, vegetables and fruit) and they are as healthy as they can be. Just think about it, how can a bag of brown balls that last in your pantry for EVER! Can be good for your pet. Every single animal out there eats their food raw, 100% RAW! We love our pets like family because they are, but they are animals not humans. I am in the fitness and health industry and is very sad how like in humans we have a very big problem with pet health and is time to do something about it. The problem is that most vets focus on treating the problem instead of fixing the problem, just like when humans go to the doctor and they get prescribed medication instead of better nutrition and an active life stile.
People who said you were paid for it were looking for explanation. They could not believe it that it could be just a stupidity. What do you think pets were fed just short time ago? Before dry junk started to be produced?
The pet food industry has only been around 150 give or take. What do they think dogs were eating for the last couple thousand years they’ve been with us?
@@Chaitanya8967 proof that dogs were healthy before kibble ? They got sick alot too. Plus kibble fed dogs can be healthy too. Raw fed dogs are more likely to get parasites and worms
Vets are sponsored and educated by big brands like Purina y’all. I will always feed species appropriate food (fresh/raw) over some get recommended, highly processed kibble.
Feeding raw is the only way to gain optimal health for canines and felines, and it it is best if you can do it for the canis lupus familiars also since many dogs are fed veg diets. Dog do not benefit from carbs
@@Chaitanya8967 lol you even have that wrong too. Vet schools are mostly public, run by the state governments. So what if Mars owns Banfield and Royal Canin. And lol we really don't push Iams and pedigree. We push Hill's, Purina, and Royal Canin because they are the best. And no, we aren't paid by them. Just stop talking. You're being a fool
I started transitioning my cat to raw with maybe 10% canned/kibbles since she’s still in the transitions phase. And her coat has been the smoothest/shiniest it’s ever been. She also sheds wayyyyy less. So there must be something to raw food.
@@Maruchannoodlelvr once at a vet I saw a thirty year old cat (the average age for a cat is twenty) with the softest fur I've ever touched, like you can't even imagine how soft. When I asked the woman what is she feeding her, she said only raw. It's not a coincidence.
I hate how veterinareans get treated poorly, they have to go through so much throughout their whole lives starting from college to working in the field, and many just cant take it anymore and end up taking their lives. Things have to change man😔
Being someone who has owned most mammals you can have as pets, I can say there's a reason why owners don't trust vets. Out of every single rat, dog, cat, ferret, rabbit etc. I have brought in in my lifetime, there are less than 3 out of at least 26 vet visits where a vet did diagnose a pet properly the first time & did show knowledge.
@ProgramKing Why I should say vets have obviously more knowledge about animals and their bodies overall, sadly, I have only experienced the opposite. Yes I may not be able to castrate a dog or sterilize a cat (yet - studying for vet), but I - compared to vets in my area could tell the gender of a 5 month old rabbit when I was a young teen (the "rodent spezialised" vets couldn't 😒) and I can look up studies myself about the pets I own (not articles, they seem biased more often than not). I know I sound like a Karen, but some things that vets can't do which my fam, friends or I can, makes them all seem so unprofessional & is frustrating overall. This youtuber's past video in which he claims that Salmonella is a real problem for carnivores like cats makes him seem oh so uncredible when it comes to nutrition. Yes he may have gone and learned from a pet nutritionist (some of which preach a herbivorous diet for omnivores btw) - meanwhile more than "a few" studies confirm that bacterial infection due to raw meat including Salmonella is a way bigger risk for the owner, than the pet. That raised some MAJOR red flags for the credibility of this vet. Again, I understand vets are more knowledgeable overall, but I also believe that there are certain people (not myself 😅) that simply know more about a certain species and it's health problems & medicine than a vet, because that is the only species they ever have or wanted to focus on, in comparison to a vet who - even specialised - has a variety of species to know about (a good example is Debbie Ducommun). I WISH they would actually diagnose my pets properly so I don't have to pay them, just to go the illegal route and buy medicin afterwards - which isn't (over the counter) myself. I am HORRIFIED at the tought of my ferret getting ill, as it is seen as an exotic pet to own here in Denmark and I won't have hope if he needs to be taken to the vet.
My aunt is a vet plus was a Cocker spaniel breeder and has been Before half of these "Reaschers" on the Comments where even born Dogs aren't and never had been wolf's the only "Ancestor" Out thier was dingos and it's been thousands of years since then They act like dogs where out thier eating fresh salmon and berries when in reality they where just eating scraps from their owners 😂 I'm not saying Every dog food is good But just because your dog had diarrhea Because you Didn't transition your animal to a new food dosen't mean it's bad food. Raw is a hazard the first time I've ever tried raw was some chicken dog got really sick dogs have been eating dog food for hundreds of years And it's in thier genetic make up now. Google isn't research btw. I bet 10 years down the road these dogs Aren't going to be as healthy as the say they will be that's if they don't get sick and possibly die.
@@Leonmfkenndey ehm… kibble is only like 30 years old? Sorry but genes take much longer to modify, especially in an entire population. Before that dogs basically ate raw for millenia and both of us are still here. Your dog might have got sick after eating chicken because its allergic. Chicken is a common alergen.
As a young vet myself (in France), i find it nearly impossible for people who idolize raw to accept the facts ... Just hoping their young child does not put his finger in his/her mouth after touching the dog or walking the same way... PS : i appreciate the way your beta fish lives. It's infuriating how some vets know about cats dogs and stuff and don't take proper care of their own exotics xD (yeah i'm an exotic lover lol)
as cats and dogs are very well equipped to deal with bacteria. Their saliva has antibacterial properties. It contains an enzyme called lysozyme, an enzyme that destroys harmful bacteria. Plus, their short digestive tract is designed to push through food and bacteria quickly without giving bacteria time to colonize.
But kibble has salmonella contamination as well and anyone who handles kibble should wash their hands afterwards. And kibble gets recalled every year for contamination.
I appreciate you sharing this perspective on the raw diet because I’ve found some of the statements people make about it online quite simplistic. I’ll be getting my pup in a week’s time, so I’m doing as much research as I can prior to our first vet visit. I’ve been reading up on scholarly studies that discuss the pros and cons of boutique diets, such as raw and grain-free pet food, which now make up 75% of the selection at my local pet store. I’ll be starting with kibble, seeing as my breeder is a kibble proponent (and I don’t want to shock my puppy’s gastrointestinal system). I’m no expert, but logic tells me that a whole food diet (including cooked meat, wholesome grains, and veggies/fruit) can be nothing but beneficial for a dog so long as the owner is aware of it’s nutritional needs. I also think it’s probably wise for dog owners to heed your advice and stay away from commercially produced/packaged raw meat unless they’re certain of it’s quality as well as how it was sourced. That said, I likely won’t shy away from giving my pup some high quality raw beef whenever I’m making myself a beef tartare. 😏
I really hope you will feed your pet BARF. Really check it out. I fed my dog kibble in the first 7 months and I deeply regret it. Fortunately I switched to raw and all skin issues and all stomach issues disappeared.
Just started doing some research on how I want to move foreword with nutrition for my cat. She is so special to me and all I care about is giving her a happy and long life. Thank you for giving you professional opinion and advice. I am sorry at how terrible you have been treated. While I personally have been leaving towards one day going raw meat, I still want to do the research. Again, this is to help my cat have a long and happy life.
I appreciate this video as an ordinary person with no background in vet sciences. I’ve seen so many videos online that claim raw food diets are the best and I have taken them into consideration. Never actually tried feeding my pet any because I also thought about the risks of spreading unwanted bacteria around the house. I don’t have an issue with raw feeding since I eat raw fish. If I lived on a farm where the source of meat was readily available for slaughtering and feeding, I would feed my dog raw meat. But meat packaged in a store, and who knows the conditions of what the slaughterhouse of where the meat came from is like, it just doesn’t seem like a completely safe thing to do as I would not eat those packaged meat raw myself. I just prefer prevention of the spread of germs and I don’t want to be the cause of me or my dog’s watery stools. Everyday I feed my dog cooked meat with some kibble to be sure I’m not missing any nutrients for my baby, and his poop is always solid and nice to pick up.
Raw food diet is good if you know how to make it and preserve it. Unfortunately, not many people can do it properly. I would advice to buy raw food from pet store to ensure it meet the nutritional balance. For me, I just buy premium canned food because cat has low thirst drive. 1 5.5 oz of canned food from Nutrience as main meal and some kibbles from Tiki Cat as supplementary. Problem with Kibbles because it contains lots of carbs which lead to obesity, diabetes, FLUTD and kidney diseases. Canned food tends to have low carb and higher meat protein. Also, the “prescription” diets are not regulated by law, they are just for marketing and there’s no law regulate the word “prescription” or “veterinarian approved”. unlike human prescription diet, it is regulated by FDA. In North America, the regulation on pet foods are very loose, and most of the ingredients are feeding grade which isn’t for human consumption. Unfortunately, AAFCO isn’t a government agency which oversees the pet food standards. Europe has very strict regulations on pet foods which has to be human graded ingredients. The lack of oversight in the pet food industry which lead to lots of recalls and deaths especially 2008 melamine poisoning.
I haven’t decided whether or not to feed my cats raw yet, but I honestly don’t understand the messaging about “preparing raw food is very dangerous cause of the bacteria”. But I do handle raw chicken few times a week, and I’m fine? I honestly think you gotta come up with a stronger argument than that. I’m waiting to be convinced.
Agree to disagree since my dogs have went from being bald with brittle hair that the vet blamed on “that’s just the breed” when all it took was a real diet without all the overheating and fillers in kibble. This year has been the worst with Midwestern Pet Foods having over 12 dog and cat food brands poisoned with AFLATOXIN (one of the deadliest molds that can kill your pet) and there has been more recorded cases of salmonella from children touching kibble than raw food. Kibble has been around for less than 100 years and I personally see the health benefits that dogs need real food instead of cancer causing kibble.
I was told my blue nose xl bullies' skin and fur problems was just common in the breed as well. And in the pitbull and bully community they still believe the breed is just susceptible to these health issues when its just being caused by kibble
@@cioshubby1 there are different remedies that can be tried to help the blue recessive gene coat and you have to stay on top of it if the dog’s system is in overload (vaccines, flea/tick preventions and kibble) But diet 100% is #1 in improving your dogs coat! I have proof that a western vet couldn’t sell medication for so they don’t even try to help with diet- they aren’t taught anything about a proper dog diet in school-only push kibble and more kibble.
@@WorkFromHomeDogMom I'm starting to think there is no recessive blue gene and its just a myth. Once I started feeding raw all the problems disappeared. I use food grade diatomaceous earth for flea protection.
Bro. Calm down. Don't let comments from people you'll never meet freak you out so much. It's obvious that you care about animals and I respect that even if I don't completely agree with you. That's the most important thing here. We love our pets and want them to be as healthy and happy as possible. Anybody who can't just post a disagreement without taking it to the low level of hateful comments, is not worth your time.
Vets do go through 8 years of school and it’s definitely hardwork, but we pet owners weren’t always so distrusting to vets, we don’t trust vets because often they misinform us. For example, yearly vaccinations, this is unnecessary, as peer edited articles clearly shows the titer results of pets that only got puppy shots, yet they still have the antibodies throughout their whole lifetime. Over vaccination is so deadly to pets, they can develop bone cancer to the injected area, sudden seizures and death, neurological disorders from rabies vaccines. Vets also push the early spay and neuter, I trusted my vet so I neutered my boy at 6 months. Yet now he has hormonal imbalance due to the removed hormones. He’s aldehyde so upset and anxious. At the time of vets could even mention that vasectomy was an option then I would have been so happy. Research shows that early spay and neuter can increase chances of bone cancer and mass cell cancer as well as other behavioural issues due to hormonal imbalance.
Prescription kibble diets to treat the maladies caused by non-prescription kibble diets. Doc, there are commercially available raw and non-raw food, formulated for the animal’s specific digestive system (i.e. carnivore) available for both dogs and cats. There is a documented correlation between the industrial manufacturing of commercial kibble, and the decline of pet health, as well as a severe increase in pet disease and obesity.
Thanks Andrew, it’s clear you really care. Looking forward to the video of food you do recommend. We have a new puppy and the barrage of information over food is really overwhelming and feels like there is no good choice to make. My vet recommended Hills but then when I looked the company up the latest news was about how many dogs died of vitamin D overdose from eating their prescription food. Appreciate the time you put into delivering the information in this video, thanks again.
hey Andrew, just came across your channel the other day and I've watched some of your videos of when you were a vet student and I think they are so great! I realise that nothing is black and white, and there can probably be pros and cons for everything and its best to reduce the cons in most choices you make which is what you are probably trying to get across. I just thought of something though. imagine how many people out there genuinely believe that not vaccinating themselves against diseases that are so dangerous, are willing to argue with health professionals. then, it may come as NO surprise that people think they know more than qualified vets, nurses and nutritionists. i would take these comments with a large pinch of salt!! all the best
Super ready for the next video. Been researching dog food and nutrition constantly for my new large breed puppy. Interested to hear your view points. Soon please!
Man we missed you! Your vids Inspired me to realize that being a vet is my dream and I’m going to college for it now. Please make more vids on how life is going now! I’m sure I can speak for most of us when I say they would be so great to watch! Also thank you for clearing up the misinformation, this was much more professional, even though I thought your last video was hilarious🤣
Hey I don't know if you'll see this... But I have a question... Didn't dogs evolve a shorter intestinal tract specifically to minimize the risk of getting sick from eating food with bacteria in it??? Edit: also there's no denying that their wild ancestors ate nothing but raw meat.... I'm looking into this area because my dog doesn't eat well... And we're buying a rather expensive dog food along with topper just to get him to eat...
Try raw for a month. Clean and bleach the bowls well. Give lots of water. Freeze well if you aren’t buying fresh meat. Add fish oil pills maybe 1 a week. Give an egg every other day. Try different simpler meats (certain parts of beef, chicken, turkey, nothing too wild until your dogs tummy is used to it) ground beef is good.. I feed my dog a couple legs of raw chicken, Turkey, or beef every now and then I think I will go raw twice a week and the rest kibble until completely-raw is more practical for me
The most important part of the info taken from this starting "new topic" "segment" is that the subscription diets prescribed by a vet is designed to help with one CORE ISSUE is a pet. The diet is not designed to keep a pet fully healthy and nourished on this SAME DIET. (8:05) BASICALLY: It's the same in the pet food industry as it is in the human food industry. If we keep you alive enough so you have to keep coming back to the veterinarian, but not completely HEALTHY and THRIVING you have to see me again in a month or two or three. But if I feed you a food that will kill you too soon, I make no money from your food subscription or vet return.
Andrew, Best case scenario - for you is that you ACTUALLY believe this diet stuff they "taught" you. Worst case scenario - for you is you're spreading misinformation and killing beloved pets. Slowly. Over time.
I looked at the old video, and god, the amount of people in the comments who think they know more because they can google is baffling. I even saw a comment saying, "vets are pseudo scientists". Made me so irritated.
you talk about parasites and pathogens, but the standards for commercial raw pet food is much higher than kibble. in fact, AAFCO standards for kibble production even allows up to a certain trace amt of toxic chemicals and other harmful substances. kibbles and kibble companies also have tons of recalls, not only bc of how long they've been around, but bc of the lower production standards and lower ingredient standards. i know you're proud of your education and you definitely should be. being a vet isn't easy, and it's a great and noble profession. (i wanted to be a vet as a kid. definitely could not cut it lol.) i also don't agree with bashing vets. however, i also never trust a vet that has a wall full of iams/hills/royal canine kibbles for sale either. since you seem so passionate, i urge you to do more extensive research outside the confines of your institutionalized education. yes, there are tons of studies that support the kibble industry, but those studies are also paid for by said industry. have you looked at the ingredient lists for those "prescription diets"? by-products, corn, gluten, soy, fillers. in what ways do those ingredients support health? kibbles are also cooked and processed in a way that produces small amts of carcinogens which you feed your pet. don't get me wrong, i still feed kibble for one of my pets' meals. it's easy, it's shelf stable (which isn't necessarily a good thing but i like it as a back up diet in case of things like blackouts), and im used to it. BUT they also get freeze dried/frozen raw, and they do great. yes, you claim anecdotal evidence isn't evidence, but i changed my dog (recent rescue) to a different food with freeze dried/frozen raw toppers and fish oil with pre/probiotic supplements and he went from having mad dander and loose, soft stools, to zero dander and much firmer stools. you're right, definitely consult a vet when making big changes. but, definitely get 2nd and 3rd opinions and do your own research.
Lol, this is the typical conventional vet. First with the taurine issue, taurine naturally comes in meat, so if you are feeding real meat and calculate the taurine level it’s usually sufficient without supplementation. The only reason why kibble adds taurine is because the ingredients are such bad quality and overly processed in the manufacturing process that all the nutrients disappears. As with vet school, board certified nutritionist these people are most likely still paid by the giant pet food manufacturers. RFVS is a great example of vets that are working collaboratively in support of raw feeding. As with bacteria and antibiotic resistance, this only happens if you are feeding meats that contain antibiotics and hormones since the meat is not cooked, antibiotics can work up the food chain. Therefore, if you raw feed the meat has to be antibiotic and hormone free. As for the immuno compromised people, I’m pretty sure they will cook and process raw meat for themselves to eat too. If it’s not a problem to feed and prepare for our family, it doesn’t make sense that it will suddenly affect immuno compromised people too. Besides my friend is immuno compromised, she’s been feeding raw for 5 years and never had a issue. It’s just important to follow the same protocols with washing and sanitation while dealing with raw meat in general. It’s very hard for me to believe that kibble is actually good for dogs. If it’s actually that high in quality then manufactures wouldn’t need to add 30 types of synthetic vitamins and minerals. They only add it because the manufacturing process strips away these nutrients. Kibble also dries your dog up that’s why the average dog drinks so much water, however this is unatural. If you look at their biological appropriate diet it’s usually around 70% moisture. The moisture in the food is sufficient to hydrate them. My three dogs are all on raw and barely gets thirsty even after long walks.
I absolutely love your sarcasm and content. I know it's hard to unsee all the hate comments but please don't get upset. Internet is full of garbage people. We love you and your content. Stay safe💙
I’m going into my 2nd year of vet school at VT, and I love your videos!!! I’ve been making TH-cam videos since I was a kid, and you’ve helped inspire me to continue making videos and be a TH-camr veterinary student (and then veterinarian in a few years)!
One of my cats had severe IBD. We tried everything vet recommended, blew through thousands of dollars, dozens of foods, dozens of medications. Nothing worked. We asked about raw and we were shunned into silence and lectured about how that would be "killing our pet". We tried for longer on commercial foods, even tried those fresh cooked foods, still nothing. We had a bit of success with Nulo canned food, but our baby was still getting severe bloody diarrhea atleast once a week or more. It was an improvement, he gained some muscle and weight back but overall it was still a really bad situation, at this point we are told "it's incurable" and we are out of options. One vet tech even hinted at euthanasia. A friend recommended I look into raw food. So I did, I spent weeks researching and talking with those experienced in this and cross referencing research. All pros and cons. We switched him to rawfood. His personality within 48 hours did a full 180. Within a week his bowel movements were absolutely perfect, nothing we have ever seen. Months into it and he is the happiest, most active and lean cat I've ever witnessed. He is like a kitten again. He hasn't had a single issue. I switched vets. All his tests and exams have come back perfect for the first time in his life. Yet I still get heartless gullible bastards telling me that his diet is hurting him and that what he experienced and his transformation is BS and that rawfood is just an internet "trend". I have lost just about all my respect for vets at this point. Same with anti-raw people alike. I don't need a kibble founded study to tell me what's good for my cat or not. Me and my vet can see it with our own eyes and with all his regular tests and exams. Btw my vet doesn't even condone raw but he said he will never discourage any diet that is allowing an animal to thrive and he woukd recommend it in specific situations like one my own cat went through.
There's also plenty of studies and evidence that commercial dog food is associated with health risks, and there are many vets who support and encourage raw feeding. It's not just a controversial topic online, there's also controversy in the veterinary community. I am immunocompromised myself and have been feeding raw for four years now. My girl would skip meals for days at a time, was in stage one kidney disease, and needed knee surgery by age 7 while on dry food, and after I switched her, her health completely turned around. I worked with a veterinary nutritionist to design a diet specifically for her. Her bloodwork is excellent, she's 12 and drags me on 2 hour walks, etc etc. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and mine is that you have to feed the dog in front of you. There is no one size fits all diet for everyone, humans or animals. It is disingenuous to take the word of one or two board certified nutritionists. You should never stop learning. Keep in mind, in the 1940s cigarettes were recommended by physicians as a treatment for asthma. Education is always changing. It's not for everyone, but it is a good and legitimate way to feed. Just use common sense in feeding and cleaning. There is a lot of scientific evidence for positive raw feeding, and I'd gently encourage you to not just turn off your brain and realize the veterinary community is not a hive mind and talking to any of them who do understand and raw feed themselves would give you a more well rounded perspective. Honestly, it doesn't sound like you're listening to anyone telling you that raw feeding has been beneficial. They aren't anomalies and they don't deserve to be treated like that. There's a risk in surgery, in medication, in walking across the road. There's also ways to reduce those risks: education, listening, and experience. At this point, if a veterinarian (even a board certified nutritionist) tells me they don't like raw feeding, I take it as a view fueled by a lack of trying to understand because my scraps of real world evidence does not match what they learned in a classroom. The inflexibility and tone deafness is what gets me about it. Not you, specifically, but the way everyone who doesn't like it talks about it. If there is any evidence, at all, ever, that a dog has been successfully raw fed (and there is), then there is clearly a method to the madness, and it's like learning anything else about taking care of a companion animal. You have to learn. You have to experiment. You have to try new things. You have to be flexible. When my girl was on dry food and her bloodwork started to go south, her board certified vet didn't ask once about diet. Now she's on raw and her bloodwork is perfect, and same vet actively discourages it. Why? It's the only thing I changed, because I had literally nothing else to lose in the effort to save my best friend. I knew if I let her die without trying everything I could that I would never forgive myself. And that one thing gave me my dog back. Considering her life expectancy before raw would have ended two years ago and she's thriving today, I'm asking you to understand how contradictory that sounds to what you're saying. It doesn't add up for you or for me, and for entirely different reasons. So I'm sorry, but despite how well intentioned you think you are, I won't stop raw feeding and I won't stop encouraging others to give it more than a passing thought. All that being said, you don't have to listen to me either. But go talk to an integrative vet who actually walks the walk. They raw feed, they teach it, and they aren't hard to find. If you are as passionate about nutrition as you say, I don't see why you wouldn't go to the source and see how responsible and thorough raw feeding is done, rather than just take the worst of the worst and hold it up as the only truth. Everything has an underbelly, but if you don't look at the whole picture, you're missing out on the majority of what you're actually looking at.
I'm not on either side of this argument, I came here to learn because I'm confused about what to feed my dog. I'm also not here to spread hateful comments. I just wanted to comment that these "lunch & learns" that you talk about are biased because their driver is profits. They do this in the human world with having pharmaceutical reps providing free lunch to medical staff so that they can get their ear to promote their medication. Just because they are not paying you directly doesn't mean that they are delivering unbiased scientific information. Another good comparison is infant formula, companies used to (and I'm sure still do in some countries particularly the US) provide these free lunches and other events to health care professionals claiming to be providing scientific information about their formula. But again they are there to make money by convincing health care professionals that there product is the best so that they will recommend it to parents. These marketing tactics are so harmful that the world health organization held an international convention to address the problem and came up with an international code of marketing of breast-milk substitutes, that formula companies continue to disregarded in some countries. Thank you for the information provided about pet nutrition in your video, I will look out for your other videos.
I waited for you to come back and I stayed here to support you. You're my motivation and also inspiration to keep going and work hard. I want to become a vet as well when I'm older and I know it will be hard but definitely worth it. Thank you for the great information and also for providing an overview😁 Don't listen to the haters. They're just insecure people who are not satisfied with themselves. I am here to support ya and as well as others. 😉👍
The reason I’ve never gotten a pet is that I realise how big of a responsibility it is to own one. I do feel like if your pet is healthy, just feeding it kibble is a bit of a cop out. It’s like feeding a human a processed food slurry, can we live on it, yea probably, will we actually enjoy food? Definitely not. I think it’s just responsible pet parenting to do your best for your animal bc owning one is a choice. The terrible truth is that it’s way too easy to ‘own’ a pet nowadays, not all pet owners should be pet owners tbh. If you can’t be responsible for yourself, you really shouldn’t be responsible for an animal who will be entirely dependent on you for survival.
The pet food company sends vets that they are paying to explain what benefits their products have bassed on studies that they have done. Sure. Totally not bias. My vet completely supports my cat being on a raw diet. She was 2 when I adopted her, and over the first 4 years I had her, we tried dozens of different foods but could not figure out why my cat kept throwing up multiple times a day. Tried every grocery store and vet thing they had. Within a couple weeks of starting raw, it went down to a few times a week and now, after a year and a half, she has only thrown up 3 times since the beginning of December. The only health issue she has had since was she had a couple more teeth that we had been keeping an eye on for 3 years that ended up having to come out (she had 2 already taken out before I adopted her), but that was mostly damag that was pre-raw. My vet was happy with all her blood tests, is excited that she is actually able to eat without throwing up most of the food, has mentioned improvements in her fur and weight (she was underweight because she could not keep food down) and other minor issues we had talked about keeping an eye on the previous yearly checkup when she okayed the trying of the raw diet almost completely disappeared. She'll be turning 8 in May and her health is drastically better than it was when she was 3 and on kibble and canned foods.
Also the issue with salmonella is the safety of the human handling the food, not the pets. Their digestive system is meant to deal with the bacteria found on meat. You just need to practice safe food handling like you would when it comes to food for you. The reason cats sometimes get diarrhea has to do with a change in their food that is sudden instead of gradual. It happened a few times over the years of trying different kibbles and canned foods, if I ran out of the old food in the process. It always stabilized after a couple weeks, and my vet said it was a normal thing to happen when their gut is faced with something they are not familiar with.
Finally someone with brains, I am shocked how people don’t have basic knowledge about bacteria in raw meat, especially salmonella. And also about how people don’t trust veterinarians who in fact increased the average life span of the pets in last century. You should not apologize for absence of common sense in some people.
I like hearing everyone's opinions, and personally gathering as much information as possible. Dogs are a lot like a person's religion, and people get incredibly passionate. Vets are also the career with the highest suicide rate due to how stressful and emotionally draining the job is. I also what to say there is a lot of generalized information out there that corporations push, and vet specialists are against. Dental Treats, for example, are pushed to pet parents as great for dental health, when they are about the same as chewing gum for people. Or those that consider the modern pet dog an omnivore when everything about their biology states otherwise. I personally like to use the comparison of a bear skull(a true omnivore) to a canine skull(a scavenging carnivore). At a simple glance, they look similar, but looking deeper at their molars, it's easy to see the differences.
Do you think it is 'impossible' for a pet owner withouth a degree to formulate balanced diets up to (industry) standards? So here's my two cents. Disclaimer; I do not have a vet or pet nutrition degree. I think the problem with home made diets is that the vast majority of people have no clue how to make a truly balanced/appropriate diet for their dog. It is simply to complex for the average Joe. But there is a fraction of the 'raw' feeders out there who actually went into the dog nutrition rabbit hole and are able to make appropriate diets for their dog(s). This meant that they; studied books on dog nutrition that are based on scientific research, learned to formulate from reliable sources, use a standard for the nutritional requirements and formulate differently for different dogs. I personally follow the NRC standards and take into account bio-availability of the ingredients I use. I read SACN and the NRC book (and sometimes some articles from dog nutritionists with proper degrees.) to formulate diets for my dog. Supplements, (properly prepared) grains and cooked meats are often a part of these kinds of diets. I would personally never advice anyone a kibble, especially for cats, simply because of the low moisture content. But I would always advice any (at least) AAFCO approved canned/premade raw or cooked over any unbalanced home cooked or raw diet. Untill you get true balance in a home (cooked) diet, we can't properly compare. I would've hoped you to touch on this group of people well. Dog nutrition is a science, that's true, but there are people out there withouth degrees but with a lot of passion for dog nutrition who are able to formulate diets that get very close to those formulated by certified professionals. Simply by studying a lot. I genuinely am curious what your opinion on this is. It currently comes across to me as if think it is 'impossible' for people withouth a degree to formulate balanced home made diets. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Would you eat yourself only processed food? Would you feed your children only processed food? What would be your health-advise for a person who eats only dried processed food with synthetically added vitamins and minerals? What would you think of a doctor who advises you to eat processed food only? Why should it be different for pets? About the antibiotics: There are reasons why antibiotic-resistant bacteria can be found in raw meat in the first place, the spread through pets is just a consequence of the increase and not the cause. The major key to prevent the increase is a responsible and economic use of antibiotics in the medical practise, not feeding pets only kibbles.
Heyy you're back! I'm currently on my second year of Vet Med and I wanted to know if you had any thoughts about how to deal with anxiety in regards to studying and stuff like that. Also, I'm really happy you came back after that video. Us as your true fans and people who understand how bacteria and diseases actually work are happy you actually made that video. It's like arguing with anti-vax people, no point arguing with them
Evandro Paul Pretty much. The best way dealing with anxiety I've found is try to work on work life balance. Doing simple things like getting enough sleep, exercising regularly and setting aside dedicated time to doing things you love besides studying are super helpful to combat anxiety.
This is what happens when student jump on TH-cam and pretend to be an expert. Get enough experience, classes and book can only teach you so much. But hand-on experience is what makes you an expert
@@angelaattenbon4788 What qualifications do you even have to question me kid??. Are you one of those wanna be Einstein?🤣. I wouldn't even let my pet goes anywhere that guy. A vet who barely have any experiences and knowledges trying to lecture about feeding raw diets ?!😏. He is just as delusional as you kid.
I have a question what if therorectically you had a dog or cat come in with a proven grain and corn allergy would you ever reccomned a cooked "raw" diet
Good question! In terms of data, it would actually be pretty rare to find a pet come in with a true grain or corn food allergy. The top food allergies in cats and dogs come from the proteins of meat (cow, chicken, fish) however if we went through a proper food trial and found the source of to be from grains or corn I would honestly refer the patient to a board certified nutritionist. They would likely be able to formulate a home cooked (not raw) diet that could meet the patients needs in reguards to the allergy at hand. Hope that helped!
@@dogtordrew ya I figured this I plan 🤞 on being an exotic vet but I see so many people feeding grain free found saying "my _ has a grain allergy" I ask of the animal was test the answer is always no but over the years I have heard grain and corn are some of the rarer allergies which I'm greatful for
This comment section is interesting to say the least. This Dr. is giving his clinical opinion. Take it as such and keep it moving. Great job on vid btw ✊🏾
The big problem that I have with raw is that his poop is too hard. He takes forever to squeeze out big hard pellets. I add pure pumpkin, coconut oil, olive oil, and pure aloe Vera juice and it is still not perfect. I imagine that wolves must poop pellets, but they probably eat some grasses to help. I know raw is much more absorbed so the poops are smaller but I am worried about constipation. My dog is just shy of nit being able to get it out, or am I being paranoid and taking a long time to get it out is normal. What do you think? I am putting a more oil and aloe than I think should be necessary.
Thank you for your information and being passionate about this topic. I have been around dogs and cats my whole life. I have been starting my research on raw feed. I fed my cats Merrick Limited ingredient. It was kibble and started learning about soaking the kibble so it's softer. This gave great results for my cats. Two black cats who had the most gorgeous skin and coat. But my one cat still past away from a heart condition. I just think it's good for people to do their full research for their own pets on what they decide to do. I've seen raw and home cooked meals so pushed now and wanted to educate myself.
It appears that as long as you balance your self-made diet for your pet, all is good? I’m assuming that all the nutrients in a bag of kibble can be found in human grade whole foods that you can buy at the grocery store. Are there any ingredients in kibble that can’t be found fresh at the store?
First off all good for you! As for tips. I suggest to slowly transition. Slowly take away their current food for their new food. Never immediately give them the new. Also do not ever go back to raw! There is many diets that have the same benefits as raw diets without the risks.
However I do not personally suggest any Kibble. Kibble is very bad for all sort of pets. I personally have cats. So ofc wet food is better. But I heard dry food is good for dogs. I always suggest research the new brand before transitioning.
I would like to recommend Tiki Dog Food both wet and dry in their diet. I personally never used it as I am a cat owner. However Tiki Pets is a highly good brand. And its human grade. Even those who are not against raw (like I am) often use Tiki Pets as an alternative. It's very healthy for your dog. I also suggest Weruva.
Say any opinion you have. I have a field bred english cocker spaniel he is my lil bird dog. Hes 12 now. At the age of 6 on the pro plan commercial food he was placed on BP and thyroid meds. 3 years ago we switched to raw diet he has since dropped all 3 meds he was taking. He has more energy now than ever. His coat is as shiney and soft as ive ever seen. I would like to think doctors all have the best in mind but maybe its an old mind set and could be influenced by big brads but to each their own..... my pets will always eat raw from now on
When have you ever treated a dog for salmonella, e coli, etc o wise one?? You haven’t lol. There’s almost 0 risk to feeding a dog a raw food diet if done properly. But when a commercial food company like blue recalls all of their shit because it has e coli that goes unnoticed huh? Makes sense
Actually in vet school we had a case where two dogs from the same household developed severe diarrhea who were being fed a raw meat based diet. After doing PCR on the fecal samples they came back positive for Campylobacter, suspected to be from the raw fed diet. It can happen.
Andrew Woods it can happen from kibble too though? At least when you’re feeding a dog a raw diet, your dog is getting all the nutrients he/she needs. Just like how most humans develop calcium deficiency, the #1 deficiency in dogs is calcium because they’re being fed by humans who don’t feed bones. Dogs are the descendants of wolves, just look at their teeth. Dogs were never meant to eat veggies and/or meat by products, if you want to act ignorant to that go ahead and be ignorant.
Weenie Hut Jr. yes not to mention, how exactly was the raw food prepared? eg was it left out in the open for too long before being fed? was it previously contaminated? cooked food can also be contaminated if left outside too long thus food poisoning. so let’s not put the blame on raw when we do not have much information on how it was handled before feeding. one things for sure i don’t want to be feeding my dogs heavily processed foods that could outlive them
@@dogtordrew, being in kitten rescue, I've had to manage many kittens' diarrhea caused by campylobacter; confirmed by PCR fecal...not a single baby on raw food; all were on commercial kitten food.
Fellow DVM here, thanks for the video, you rock and don't let anyone else tell you otherwise. :) 💕 I tell all my clients basically what you said as well. We had a few pets with multi resistant bugs on raw and I dug up the studies for them. Sadly we can only recommend what we know. Glad you used your platform for this video! :)
as cats and dogs are very well equipped to deal with bacteria. Their saliva has antibacterial properties. It contains an enzyme called lysozyme, an enzyme that destroys harmful bacteria. Plus, their short digestive tract is designed to push through food and bacteria quickly without giving bacteria time to colonize.
The hate and death threats as well as the homophobic remarks are just not right. People get so upset 😭 these days I understand that there are risks Recall dog food for ecoli and Selmala lead poisoning and unbalanced diets are all major problems that raw and kibble have in common. I have three dogs Samson (7) in the picture Bella (3) Delta (2) The last two have all been on a raw diet their whole life. My first dog was on kibble but had moultple problems. Puking up his food Constant itching Hair loss I tried several food Brand's from blue Buffalo to science diet. All the same I switched him to a raw diet and he's made a remarkable change. Vets have given me complements on how well they look and their overall health. There is another vet that I have spoken to that has been feeding her dogs a raw diet for 5 genirations. I'm not saying that her knowledge is any better or worse then yours as she graduated way before you. The knowledge they had back then had changed But the fact that she has 5 genirations of her dogs that were fed a raw diet puts exspence on her side. If a raw diet was so bad then how do wild candids survive? Wild cats? They hardly die due to deases but overall condition of hunting and living that life style. I understand that or dog and cat are not wild but they have retained the same digistive track with the exception that they can handle more carbs then their wild relstives. My dogs diet is 2 chicken drumsticks two ounces of ground turkey A can of sardines Duck egg without the whites. Beef liver Beef spline Chicken heart Beef heart Some fruits and veggies Beef or goat tripe I do not feed pork or some types of fish as they have high perasites. I feed deer, elk, buffalo but they are raised on a farm and not from the wild. I like your video not saying you are wrong this is just what I do and I don't recommend the diet due to it is complicating getting the right balance.
To all of you who are being rude just remember this guy is doctor who went through many years of schooling. When your pet needs a surgery you certainly will not do it yourself and go to a vet. So have some respect.
People seem to want more and more to feed raw , why not , as a vet , help them doing it the best possible . I feel like vets are building a wall where raw feeders are being shamed or denied advice when they feed their pets a raw diet . Raw food and balancing nutrients within that diet is a maze and I feel like people who study and treat animals for a living should be the ones helping people navigate this maze , not putting up more walls .
dogs 100 years ago ate raw and they lived 5+ years longer than they do now. Nowadays, dogs are locked up with arthritis and die to illnesses like cancer, well before their time. tell me more about the benefits of commercial kibble.
No need to apologize for an honest and truthful advocacy. I was born to a family with pets. Actually, they feed them cooked human foods we eat all the time and they live up to 15 years with no serious ailments. They dont even use nutritional supplements during those times. Just like humans, they adapt. Thats part of evolution. But for my own non-human companions, I provide them with nutritional supplements to avoid deficiencies. Time will tell if they will live longer than those of our childhood family "pets".
Why do you apologize for presenting you’re professional opinion? My brother has his dog on raw food and I was starting to look into it, your information helped me balance it out. My dog is on a mix of commercial and freeze dried raw, and I am still on the fence until I do more research. Thanks for what you do!
No hate at all over what your saying but I see so many dogs doing well on raw meat diets like the TH-cam channel gohan the husky do you think there doing well in raw meat because they balance the food in a certain way? Again no hate this is a genuine question keep up the cool videos on tik tok
immunocompromised people shouldn't even be near dry food, furthermore, the diseases dogs get from kibble , i.e obesity, diabetes, tooth decay, bowel issues, kidney damage etc... I do agree that we need more info for feeding our furbabies. You may not get paid by big kibble companies while at school, or now, but they do pay the vet schools. for me, I don't want to put food that isn't huma grade into my dog, my dog eats food that i could cook and eat.
Btw I’m sorry for all the stuttering, I was nervous making this video after how the last one was received, but I’ve waited far too long to respond. This is a message I really care about and I want to be as transparent as possible, so you can all be informed pet owners and come to your own conclusions. At the same time I know there are plenty of problems with kibble diets sold which I will address later. My goals are simply to help navigate you through the web of misinformation and marketing ploys. I did not become a vet to profit needlessly off of pet owners and I would not have willingly taken on all this debt if I did not care about the health of pets and advancement of the human-animal bond. Please question everything you see below.
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I apologize for the amount of hate that you have received from the last video. It never ceases to amaze me how cruel people are on social media. (Though I may have made a comment on how stupid some people are by making ridiculous arguments in their comments... I apologize for that too)
That being said, I WAS against what you had claimed in that video, and I also replied to other comments stating my opinions. Although I do understand that feeding raw poses a potential danger, I also see many dogs who can take the raw meat and thrive well, and I see vets also recommending to feed raw. Of course, in the end, it all depends on the owner, the condition of their dog, and their family (as you mentioned).
I had previously argued that dogs can take raw food better than humans due to them having a more acidic stomach, and therefore the bacteria poses less of a threat for them than for us. But of course, I didn’t go to vet school and I’m basing off of what I’ve learned in biology, what I’ve seen online, and a bit of intuition and common sense. So I may be wrong. Again, I’m sorry if the last video affected you in a negative way, but some of us were having good discussions and we all want the best for our beloved pets.
Lastly, for all the sarcasm in your last video, it may have been a bit over, especially with the topic that the video was about. However I usually take sarcasm well (I’m a very sarcastic person myself) and I appreciate your apology, and I appreciate you wanting to make your videos more entertaining. Don’t feel pressured to stop making sarcasm or jokes, I think it would’ve been really funny if it wasn’t for the heated topic and discussions.
I just hope that we can have good discussions and make good decisions for our pets without having all this hate and criticism online. The attitudes of some people in the comment section bothered me the most in that video...
Can you make a video of how to make a home-cooked diet for cats? Like what meat to use and where and what kind of vitamins and minerals to use. Thank you.
@@huskii6376 Naw, he should be pressured to stop using sarcasm & jokes. He's really lousy at it, no matter what the topic is. Encouraging him to ignore valid critique isn't doing him any favors.
Hey. It's okay. You're okay. Don't let insidious words bog you down. You have an amazing spirit and I could feel that from here. You could look like Beyonce and still get hate. You could be rich like Bill Gates and still get hate. People just like to find reasons to make themselves feel better, and they thought you seemed an easy target, but you are in fact much stronger than them, for you APOLOGIZED and owned up. That's fucking growth right there. But you don't need to be sorry for being you. Being respectful is key though to avoiding mad fucking hate though for the hate trolls out there. Breathe. You love animals. That's all that matters. You've got this :)
I am proud that you are willing to apologize for your past. While I agree with you I also disagree with you. My dog and cat are both raw fed. My dog(allergies to most conventional dog foods) has been raw fed for a year. He no longer has persistent ear infections, or issues with his arthritis. He had one episode this winter but it was very cold. My cat on the other hand could eat just about anything but cats are obligate carnivores. The decision to put him on raw at 7 months old was the best decision I have ever made. People definitely need to be making informed decisions and do their research and not assume raw is just throwing meat into a bowl. For many a lot of prep work goes into feeding a raw diet.
My pets vet is very impressed, and is happy that we made the decision to switch to raw. Both of them see a vet that recommends and uses raw themselves.
Do you have advice or any links for the best way to feed your pets raw?
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commercial pet food has only been around for about 100 years. dogs have existed long before then, and they were fine. it’s common sense that a fresh, balanced diet is healthier than highly processed, burnt pellets.
I would argue that it’s common sense to listen to the advice of qualified professionals. The end of racial segregation also occurred within the last 100 years, but that doesn’t mean that we were better off before
Bee Bop vets aren’t nutritionists fyi, they aren’t taught this stuff in vet school.
Cassandra Tay You literally just watched a vet explain that he did in fact learn about animal nutrition from a qualified expert in veterinary school. They may not all be specialists, but vets know about nutrition
@@cassandratay8230 Yes they are. I am also a vet and went through the same classes as Dr. Woods at UGA. We spend several weeks studying the nutrients and energy requirements for each of the species we treat. And those that teach those classes are BOARD CERTIFIED nutritionists. Cats, Dogs, Horses, Pigs, and Cow. Please don't talk as if you went through 4 years of vet school.
Hannah Gordon What about Dr Karen Becker and other Holistic Vets that advocate raw? Are you saying they didn’t go through you ‘4 years of vet school’ My vet strongly advocates raw fyi, are you gonna call them bs
My dog got sick on commercial dog food. Switching him to raw is the best decision we ever made.
Same. I use Stella & chewy or primal because they test their food in many labs so it’s safer.
Same here! My last dog was on medicated kibble that the vet prescribed and she ended up with an autoimmune disease. I won’t completely blame the kibble because those commercial treats are not good either (I thought I was giving her what she liked not knowing it was hurting her in the long haul).
Same here, small batch and stella and chewys
Same. Switching to raw was the best decision made and no vet can tell me otherwise. I can SEE the difference between being kibble and raw fed on my dog.
Same.
I have been feeding raw for 4 years now. My mom is immunocompromised and I have niece's and nephews who are under 5, I NEVER had any cross contamination issues. No one is sick. I clean there mouth, bowls and where they eat. I actually have gotten sick after touching kibble not even raw! ( I feed human grade raw) I respect you taking back the other video and how it's presented. It was pretty mean to those who feed raw. I will always feed raw because of the blood work and the health my dogs are in and I respect you showing the risks but those are extremely rare cases and usually are because of the owner buying bad quality cheep meat that may not be human grade.
Anecdotal
Ive been eating raw meats for years no probs
@Katiah Sierra I agree with all your comments. @ current time i’m feeding my GSD raw and he is now 7 months old he is looking absolutely amazing. Started him on it about 2 months old. His stool has no smell and his coat is super shinny. The best part is I am actually saving money now doing raw instead of buying high end kibble.
This guy is big animal pharma!
@@drewhour Either he is extremely indoctrinated and is ignorant or yes he purposely saying these things to look good to his fellow vets knowing it is bad for them.
I've grown up with cats and dogs for my entire life. One of my childhood dogs grew up on Pedigree from the time he was a puppy up until he passed away at age 7. All of our previous dogs had lived on the same food and all of them developed multiple health issues as they aged. From cushings disease to cancer to seizures. As I've grown I've taken an interest into learning about what we are actually feeding our pets. After doing research for a little over a year and gathering multiple sources and evidence, I've learned that kibble is what is to blame for most of, if not all, of our pets ailments. I currently have 2 Labrador retrievers, my male is 6 and my female is about to turn 3 in October. Before adopting my female, I had my male on Purina one smart blend. He's always been a picky eater so I was thrilled when I finally found a food that he would eat. Not long after (roughly a month or so after switching foods) he became significantly ill almost over night. We took him to the vets only for them to tell us that he has an "upset stomach". He couldn't stop throwing up and had zero interest in his food. Afraid that I was going to lose my dog I did some quick research and sped to the nearest pet store where I purchased a multivitamin and some fresh dog food. I put roughly a 1/4 of what I would normally feed him in his bowl with the multivitamin buried in it. He completely bounced back the next day. Fast forward a few months I adopted my female lab who was 1 at the time. She was being fed Pedigree so I started the transition to the fresh food almost instantly. Since almost losing my dog I haven't stopped researching the pet food industry and what is actually going into our pets bodies. My dogs are both the healthiest they've ever been and are free from and conditions or ailments. Kibble is no longer something we feed in our house. Instead my dogs get a dehydrated raw dog food with real meat, vegetables, fruit and more. I no longer worry about what it is that my dogs are eating.Their treats consist of raw chicken gizzards, beef liver, chicken hearts, lamb liver, freeze dried duck liver and minnows, salmon and more. It still baffles me that vets are promoting kibble diets over raw or fresh food diets. My dogs are living proof that REAL food is what's best for them. I understand that I am not a vet or board certified pet nutritionist but what I do understand is that our dogs and cats are not designed to eat processed, dehydrated meals. Cats these days have more issues with their bladders and kidneys because they're being fed a completely dehydrated diet. Dogs have plaque and tater build up because the bacteria within their mouths feeds off kibble. Their bodies process kibble as a starch and their mouths don't have the enzymes to control this. Long story short, I completely disagree with feeding pets kibble. The proof is in the pudding.
I completely agree! Kibble is what kills animals.
Yes!!!!!! I agree thank you for posting your story!
Hi!
I'm doing research for raw food for my cat. Do you mind sharing your sources? I'd like to be more educated on it before I make the switch.
Thanks in advance!
@@enjoyinglifeish look into dr.becker's channel, its called Mercola Healthy Pets, there are several vlogs that she talks about nutrition, raw versus kibbles and anything else about pets in a more holistic way.
I had a cat who had gotten 2 urinary tract infections as well as kidney failure right before he went. I always felt it was my fault because I didn’t learn about pet food sooner. Anyway, I think we had him on IAMS, kibble, and sometimes canned. After he got the first uti, we began mixing his food with water, but that didn’t stop the second one. I still believe it’s my fault that he died and I think I will go on feeling this for a long time.
And thank you for sharing your story, I like reading stories like this because it gives me peace of mind that I’m doing the right thing for my new kitties.
Proud, successful, and educated raw feeder. Vets will never sell me over priced “rx” food.
This guy doesn’t know what he’s talking about and now he’s trynna “apologize” for it even tho he’s still thinking he’s right smh.
Me too!
Wow good for you, I think it’s really cool how you’ve wrapped your identity around what you feed your pet. You are a really cool person and not extremely irritating.
I'm a UK vet nurse, one of my collegues has two bengal cats who were raw fed by the breeder. They now have chronic gastro intestinal issues that they still haven't got over caused by certain bacteria. On the other hand we have clients with pets who tried all the big brand allergy brand food for their dogs but a raw diet actually worked best. The problem isn't the raw diet its when it's not done carefully and correctly and very few people have the time, money and knowledge to do these things correctly. I certainly am not an advocate for it but when something works it works.
It’s risk and reward, and it’s almost all reward if you know what you’re doing like you said
I agree with you 100%.
"Prescribes a kibble to fix a problem that kibble caused" wow kibble is so amazing. SEC education right there
That’s how vets keep making money hahah
And most often prescription kibble is even higher in carbs than their normal line. You can easily calculate the amount of sugar in those carbs and it’s scary. All that sugar is basically predisposing your dog to diabetes and cancer
What evidence do you have that kibble caused the problem that the prescription kibble fixes?
@@MechaWingZero UTIs in cats are extremely common due to the fact that cats are obligate carnivores and are force fed dehydrated meat crackers their entire life. Because it is not natural for a cat to be motivated to drink a meal's worth of water (that is otherwise obtained through ingesting whole prey or raw meat) it is almost "normal" for your cat to be extremely dehydrated. It takes no scientist to figure out why a dehydrated cat is predisposed to UTIs.
Then, yes! Switch your frequent UTI cat to a specifically designed kibble to "alleviate symptoms"..... If you would have fed them what they are designed to eat you would not have created the problem in the first place.
Gingivitis and periodontal disease is also extremely common in cats who are fed kibble diets due to the fact that they need not chew their own food. Straight down the hatch those tiny meat crackers go.... leaving their teeth caked with bacteria and plaque that would otherwise be removed in the chewing and shredding of raw meat.
So, you can argue you can either brush your cats teeth every day (from experience I think this should be considered an extreme sport) OR you can wait for their teeth to rot out of their skull so that you can pay a pet dentist thousands of dollars to turn your beloved purrbaby into a gummy mouthed mess. This is the reality of 70% of domestic cats after the age of 3 years old......
WHY NOT JUST FEED THEM WHAT THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO EAT?? NEED I CONTINUE??
Dogs and cats get salmonella from kibble food all the time dogs and cats can consume different types of bacteria that humans can’t
Dog's stomach are super acidic. Salmonella won't kill your dog.
You might not have been paid by the pet food companies but the people who taught you are being paid
I worked in administration for a large veterinary hospital in the United States. I actually held in my hand a "gift" in the form of a $36,000 (thirty-six THOUSAND dollar) check from Hill's to the "nutritionist" of that hospital thanking her for recommending Hill's products to her patients. I realize the average veterinarian doesn't get kickbacks like this, but this practice does exist and the teachers of the average veterinarian absolutely do profit (sometimes significantly so) from recommending garbage food.
As far as processed kibble being in any way healthy, when I start seeing humans excel from a diet of nothing more than Frosted Flakes and Cheez-Its I'll consider a similar diet for my animal friends. That anyone, in this day and age, could consider processed food to be healthier than real food just blows my mind. When did common sense leave the building?
@@kitteesPJs common sense would be to not compare kibbles to frosted flakes lol.... look i feed my dog raw food and im happy. But i also agree with most of what this vet is saying. Raw food is certainly not for general plublic.... it takes time and research to make a balance meal. I think raw is the best but kibble beats unbalanced raw diet. The problem with diet fads (both human and pets) is that they are filled with false information. You might as well be a Qanon. People who go to vet schools love animals. I trust them more than randos on the internet.
No. How about you go to vet school. Then we'll talk
A vet school is paid by big dog food companies like royal canin, purina, hills diet and the the professors of a vet school teach their next generation of vets that a biologically appropriate food a bio available food a healthy food is bad for dogs and cats and teach that a highly processed highly synthetic highly toxic food that has artificial colours stabilizers preservetives and vitamins and mineral which are bilologically inappropriate and non bio available food is good for dogs and cats. the correct diet of a dog or a cat should be raw meat with some herbs, fruits and veggies in the form of supplements for antioxidants and vegeterian vitamins
@@Chaitanya8967 nope. That's propaganda raw and boutique brands spread so you'll buy into their products. Vet schools are not paid by petfood companies. And yes, we are taught nutrition. Please stop spreading lies and listen to the people who actually went to vet school.
Also you have to add synthetic vitamins to raw diets anyway
Your previous video was pretty bias about raw food. There is also risk of contamination/bacteria/mould in kibble. Many commercial dog food brands have had multiple recalls some due to mould and other contaminants. You could have at least brought this up in your video. There are also numerous certified vets (also with many more years of experience) that encourage and advocate for a raw diet or at the very least to include as much whole fresh foods that you can afford to do so in your dogs diet. I’ve taken my dog to a few different vets and when they ask for some health history/diet etc about my dog, I have never been told to stop feeding raw.
Last month I bought some hypoallergenic Hill's canned food, and it was GREEN and GRAY, and the can clicked when I pressed it. Bought the same food from another store, it was brown and the can did not feel like it had air in it. So much for canned being safer.
Btw, my vet, who has years of experience, is all for trying raw food for my cat with food allergies.
Yeah but they recall it? Because it’s regulated?
@@ruthie8785 yes and so is commercial raw dog food and the fresh food you buy in the store it’s all regulated. It’s his bias to kibble, if you watched his original video about raw food he never mentions the risk and contamination that kibble also has and the many recalls, they both can have risks of contamination and it is misleading to give bias information.
“We aren’t biased but we go to talks sponsored by the big food companies where they spend 20% of the time selling their products to us.” 🥴 I understand saying raw food has problems, but I do NOT understand at all how you can defend kibble.
Purina can cause seizures too
I was doing research on raw diets and wanted to give the naysayers a chance too, first article I clicked into about this, I realised it’s Purina after finished the reading lol
Orijen isn’t a bad food. I use it when travelling or as training treats. But its super expensive. You can get that same level of quality nutrition for less via raw diet
I like how he doesn’t even have the grit to respond to these comments with good counterpoints
I have asked veterinarians who sell veterinary brand foods like Hill's in their clinics. They all take a cut.
I don’t understand this “logic” of raw food is gonna get you sick. It makes no sense. Does nobody buy groceries from the store & prepare meals for themselves? Yes we cook our food but there’s a large portion of food prep where the food is raw! Dogs can also eat raw meat & be fine, that’s just a fact. As long as you’re washing the area you’re doing food prep in as well as regularly washing the dogs food dish these “health risks” make literally no sense.
It's just more propaganda spread by dog food companies. They use many scare tactics to discourage raw feeding. For me seeing is believing. Anyone having doubts about the raw diet needs to just try it for themselves and be amazed.
Exactly. Not sure how he became a vet.
Your dog could've live more than 15 years on What they are supposed to eat, they are supposed to be hunters and eat as so!
Dogs in the past that ate bad raw meat just turned sick and some died. But some did not die and so we think eating raw meat is ok.
Man, some real character growth here. I'm very happy that you're owning up to it and making a video with a better pace to it.
I would highly recommend you research the opinions of vets who have gone out of their way to get more nutrition education like Dr. Karen Becker
I follow dr Becker and i hv learned so much from her channel
i was just abt to comment this lol 👍
I know who dr, becker is!!!
Absolutely unacceptable to post hateful comments and threats against someone who has decided to dedicate their working life to the well-being of animals. I’ve been feeding raw myself for many years and it’s vets like you, who advocate against raw, who have performed life-saving surgery and helped to keep my dog healthy up until now (she’s coming up to 14 years old).
I agree that for households which include immunocompromised members, raw feeding could be an issue but for those who regularly cook meat for themselves anyway, I don’t see a problem as long as they follow the same precautions when preparing food for their dogs.
The big thing that scares me about feeding raw is whether I’m providing all the necessary nutrients in the right ratios. Is my dog getting enough trace minerals? Am I feeding too much vitamin D or vitamin A? Too little or too much iodine? I think this is the biggest issue with feeding raw.
Its not always about raw vs kibble because when you think about it if you are feeding an imbalanced raw diet for long periods of time its worse than just giving a known brand of kibble. That's why I personally would go for a premade raw because I'm not skilled enough to make my own
Pet nutrition needs to be talked about more from both sides (together). Like a lot of controversial topics, people get defensive very quickly and it doesn't help clear up the issue being talked about. In either case, you have to make sure you know what is safe and healthy for your pet. If you do it wrong then it doesn't matter if that diet is raw or not.
Man you seem stressed out. Hope you are doing alright. I’m starting vet school in Virginia this fall and your videos helped me so much. Thank you for making these videos and providing me and other students with valuable information. Really happy you’re doing ok and hope I can help you in any way since I have found your videos so helpful to me
My GSD got very sick from a raw food diet with bacterial overgrowth and had to be hospitalized. My wife and I did a lot of research on raw food diet, followed the safeguards carefully, and implemented it against the advice of our vet. I regret doing so now.
Where did you get the meat from? Try feeding human grade meat, sometimes the meat from on-line shops can be bad
Feeding pro and prebiotics like ginger and fermented fruits and veggies can help your dog fight bacteria, sorry to hear about that though
I was just searching youtube about the raw food diet for dogs and I came across your other video. I have a soft spot when people cite actual scientific papers, so I have to say that I am definitely one person that you properly convinced not to feed raw. I was taken aback by the amount of hate in the comments and the like/dislike ratio and I clicked on your channel and found this video. I have to say, thanks for the information. There is an absolutely absurd amount of pseudoscience in the pet industry from chiropractic to acupuncture to cold laser therapy. It would be awesome to see an evidence-based veterinary medicine channel. A rational voice in the insane amount of misinformation.
@@dogsportstuff8497 Did you watch the video?
Poop Fingers I sure did I’m waiting for your facts and evidence?
@@themyrtlewoodshomestead9371 You clearly didn't watch the video. If you had, you'd know that you can find evidence if you expand the description of this video.
Poop Fingers I did and trust me if you expect me to take the salmonella concerns seriously you have to do a whole lot better then the fear porn perpetuated by an article that would raise suspicions based upon 2 cats having issues. In fact if we look at salmonella and E. coli we clearly see that the majority of these illnesses are caused by leafy greens statistically. So how about you try again and actually put forth some facts that I can actually look at.
I live on a farm, I come in contact with livestock everyday. The average home handles and cooks raw meat to feed there families everyday. So the feeding kibble or raw doesn’t change the probability of coming in contact with either. Let’s use some common sense shall we.
@@themyrtlewoodshomestead9371 How about you don't cherry pick only the weakest evidence and properly read the review linked in the description? Both commercially prepared and homemade raw diets commonly have nutritional imbalances (Freeman & Michel 2001, Freeman et al. 2013, Towell 2008). There are dozens of studies concerning dogs becoming sick with bacterial infections, particularly salmonella, when being fed a raw diet. The science is pretty clear on this. I'll watch as you write off the evidence anyway.
I was in health care for 50 years, as a nurse, then as a Chiropractor and I couldn’t agree with you more. After buying a pure bred German Shepherd a year ago, I was faced with whether to feed a raw diet or Kimble and cooked meat, vegetables, fruit etc. I was sent home with raw meat and I fed my dog this diet for a month. In my opinion, knowing what I know about microbiology, physiology I could not in all good conscience feed a product that could possibly jeopardize not only my family due to the bacteria, but my dog as well. I consulted with my vet and he was in agreement. Look, I know people who love their pets want to do the very best for them, so I’m not being judgmental, but I have true concerns about feeding bacteria, antibiotic resistant bacteria to any live species. Good job Doc…We all understand your exuberance in college videos and applaud your love and understanding of our animals. Thank you. My dog, Hossana Blessed eats the following, “Dog kibble prescribed by my vet..IVET”, Nupro joint and tendon, Salmon fish oil, goat milk, Meat (steak, chicken, sardines) some type of fruit, blueberry, applesauce, bananas, occasional egg and cottage cheese. Not saying I’m right, but my Hosanna Blessed is healthy, energetic, has a soft, plush, shiny coat. Thanks for your video Doc!
Adopt don’t shop
I have a underlying health condition and I have been feeding raw for a year and a half. I touch it with my bare hands and always disinfect areas that are touched by raw meat. It is the same thing when preparing meat for yourself. Being young, elderly, have any conditions doesn't make risks any higher or lower.
I have a compromised immune system as well as a medical condition that has required me to rely on service animals. I feed raw because in order for my animals to be able to take good care of me, I have to take good care of them.
Kibble has a chance to make people very ill just as raw meat does, but people forget that. If you have a compromised immune system, by his logic, you shouldn't be feeding kibble either.
I have an 8 year old French bulldog and a 8 year old husky/lab mix and they have been on a balance 100% Raw diet (meat, vegetables and fruit) and they are as healthy as they can be. Just think about it, how can a bag of brown balls that last in your pantry for EVER! Can be good for your pet. Every single animal out there eats their food raw, 100% RAW! We love our pets like family because they are, but they are animals not humans. I am in the fitness and health industry and is very sad how like in humans we have a very big problem with pet health and is time to do something about it. The problem is that most vets focus on treating the problem instead of fixing the problem, just like when humans go to the doctor and they get prescribed medication instead of better nutrition and an active life stile.
Absolutely agree with what you have said here.
People who said you were paid for it were looking for explanation.
They could not believe it that it could be just a stupidity.
What do you think pets were fed just short time ago? Before dry junk started to be produced?
The pet food industry has only been around 150 give or take. What do they think dogs were eating for the last couple thousand years they’ve been with us?
@@iridiumSerpent table scraps and RAW FOOD that's why dogs before commercial pet food were so healthy
@@Chaitanya8967 That was meant to be a rhetorical question but thanks for answering it XD
@@iridiumSerpent welcome
@@Chaitanya8967 proof that dogs were healthy before kibble ? They got sick alot too. Plus kibble fed dogs can be healthy too. Raw fed dogs are more likely to get parasites and worms
Vets are sponsored and educated by big brands like Purina y’all. I will always feed species appropriate food (fresh/raw) over some get recommended, highly processed kibble.
No.
@@svuchase24 why is it bad to feed dogs and cats a biologically appropriate food on which they can thrive ( not only thrive healtily eat, digest)
@@svuchase24 Mars owns the biggest veterinary university Banfield, that's why vets recommend Royal canin, pedigree and Iams kibble
Feeding raw is the only way to gain optimal health for canines and felines, and it it is best if you can do it for the canis lupus familiars also since many dogs are fed veg diets. Dog do not benefit from carbs
@@Chaitanya8967 lol you even have that wrong too. Vet schools are mostly public, run by the state governments. So what if Mars owns Banfield and Royal Canin.
And lol we really don't push Iams and pedigree.
We push Hill's, Purina, and Royal Canin because they are the best. And no, we aren't paid by them.
Just stop talking. You're being a fool
I started transitioning my cat to raw with maybe 10% canned/kibbles since she’s still in the transitions phase. And her coat has been the smoothest/shiniest it’s ever been. She also sheds wayyyyy less. So there must be something to raw food.
Is super high in nutrition
@@Maruchannoodlelvr once at a vet I saw a thirty year old cat (the average age for a cat is twenty) with the softest fur I've ever touched, like you can't even imagine how soft. When I asked the woman what is she feeding her, she said only raw. It's not a coincidence.
Yes! My favorite TH-camr posted! You spoke only facts and i appreciate how you are educating people all over the world! Sending love from Georgia
I hate how veterinareans get treated poorly, they have to go through so much throughout their whole lives starting from college to working in the field, and many just cant take it anymore and end up taking their lives. Things have to change man😔
looking on the comment sections of that other RAW video is just so sad. So many delusional people.
Being someone who has owned most mammals you can have as pets, I can say there's a reason why owners don't trust vets. Out of every single rat, dog, cat, ferret, rabbit etc. I have brought in in my lifetime, there are less than 3 out of at least 26 vet visits where a vet did diagnose a pet properly the first time & did show knowledge.
@ProgramKing Why I should say vets have obviously more knowledge about animals and their bodies overall, sadly, I have only experienced the opposite. Yes I may not be able to castrate a dog or sterilize a cat (yet - studying for vet), but I - compared to vets in my area could tell the gender of a 5 month old rabbit when I was a young teen (the "rodent spezialised" vets couldn't 😒) and I can look up studies myself about the pets I own (not articles, they seem biased more often than not).
I know I sound like a Karen, but some things that vets can't do which my fam, friends or I can, makes them all seem so unprofessional & is frustrating overall. This youtuber's past video in which he claims that Salmonella is a real problem for carnivores like cats makes him seem oh so uncredible when it comes to nutrition. Yes he may have gone and learned from a pet nutritionist (some of which preach a herbivorous diet for omnivores btw) - meanwhile more than "a few" studies confirm that bacterial infection due to raw meat including Salmonella is a way bigger risk for the owner, than the pet. That raised some MAJOR red flags for the credibility of this vet.
Again, I understand vets are more knowledgeable overall, but I also believe that there are certain people (not myself 😅) that simply know more about a certain species and it's health problems & medicine than a vet, because that is the only species they ever have or wanted to focus on, in comparison to a vet who - even specialised - has a variety of species to know about (a good example is Debbie Ducommun).
I WISH they would actually diagnose my pets properly so I don't have to pay them, just to go the illegal route and buy medicin afterwards - which isn't (over the counter) myself. I am HORRIFIED at the tought of my ferret getting ill, as it is seen as an exotic pet to own here in Denmark and I won't have hope if he needs to be taken to the vet.
My aunt is a vet plus was a Cocker spaniel breeder and has been Before half of these "Reaschers" on the Comments where even born Dogs aren't and never had been wolf's the only "Ancestor" Out thier was dingos and it's been thousands of years since then They act like dogs where out thier eating fresh salmon and berries when in reality they where just eating scraps from their owners 😂 I'm not saying Every dog food is good But just because your dog had diarrhea Because you Didn't transition your animal to a new food dosen't mean it's bad food. Raw is a hazard the first time I've ever tried raw was some chicken dog got really sick dogs have been eating dog food for hundreds of years And it's in thier genetic make up now. Google isn't research btw. I bet 10 years down the road these dogs Aren't going to be as healthy as the say they will be that's if they don't get sick and possibly die.
@@Leonmfkenndey ehm… kibble is only like 30 years old? Sorry but genes take much longer to modify, especially in an entire population. Before that dogs basically ate raw for millenia and both of us are still here. Your dog might have got sick after eating chicken because its allergic. Chicken is a common alergen.
As a young vet myself (in France), i find it nearly impossible for people who idolize raw to accept the facts ... Just hoping their young child does not put his finger in his/her mouth after touching the dog or walking the same way...
PS : i appreciate the way your beta fish lives. It's infuriating how some vets know about cats dogs and stuff and don't take proper care of their own exotics xD (yeah i'm an exotic lover lol)
Thanks!! I try to keep a suitable habitat for all my pets!
Laura Bdn I wonder what happens to all those children who grow up on farms. People should really let them know the dangers of of pathogens 🦠!
as cats and dogs are very well equipped to deal with bacteria. Their saliva has antibacterial properties. It contains an enzyme called lysozyme, an enzyme that destroys harmful bacteria. Plus, their short digestive tract is designed to push through food and bacteria quickly without giving bacteria time to colonize.
But kibble has salmonella contamination as well and anyone who handles kibble should wash their hands afterwards. And kibble gets recalled every year for contamination.
@@K0NY718 I know a kid that was hospitalized after touching dog food (kibble). Had to be on last line antibiotics.
I appreciate you sharing this perspective on the raw diet because I’ve found some of the statements people make about it online quite simplistic. I’ll be getting my pup in a week’s time, so I’m doing as much research as I can prior to our first vet visit. I’ve been reading up on scholarly studies that discuss the pros and cons of boutique diets, such as raw and grain-free pet food, which now make up 75% of the selection at my local pet store. I’ll be starting with kibble, seeing as my breeder is a kibble proponent (and I don’t want to shock my puppy’s gastrointestinal system). I’m no expert, but logic tells me that a whole food diet (including cooked meat, wholesome grains, and veggies/fruit) can be nothing but beneficial for a dog so long as the owner is aware of it’s nutritional needs. I also think it’s probably wise for dog owners to heed your advice and stay away from commercially produced/packaged raw meat unless they’re certain of it’s quality as well as how it was sourced. That said, I likely won’t shy away from giving my pup some high quality raw beef whenever I’m making myself a beef tartare. 😏
I really hope you will feed your pet BARF. Really check it out. I fed my dog kibble in the first 7 months and I deeply regret it. Fortunately I switched to raw and all skin issues and all stomach issues disappeared.
Thank you for being honest. I appreciate your efforts.
talks about how salmonella is a threat but fails to mention how kibble has recall after recall for salmonella
Nobody recalls raw food because it’s an unregulated boutique food that you’ve been scammed into paying loads of money for.
@@ruthie8785 it gets checked for pathogens if you use the right source.
Just started doing some research on how I want to move foreword with nutrition for my cat. She is so special to me and all I care about is giving her a happy and long life. Thank you for giving you professional opinion and advice. I am sorry at how terrible you have been treated. While I personally have been leaving towards one day going raw meat, I still want to do the research. Again, this is to help my cat have a long and happy life.
I appreciate this video as an ordinary person with no background in vet sciences. I’ve seen so many videos online that claim raw food diets are the best and I have taken them into consideration. Never actually tried feeding my pet any because I also thought about the risks of spreading unwanted bacteria around the house. I don’t have an issue with raw feeding since I eat raw fish. If I lived on a farm where the source of meat was readily available for slaughtering and feeding, I would feed my dog raw meat. But meat packaged in a store, and who knows the conditions of what the slaughterhouse of where the meat came from is like, it just doesn’t seem like a completely safe thing to do as I would not eat those packaged meat raw myself. I just prefer prevention of the spread of germs and I don’t want to be the cause of me or my dog’s watery stools. Everyday I feed my dog cooked meat with some kibble to be sure I’m not missing any nutrients for my baby, and his poop is always solid and nice to pick up.
Raw food diet is good if you know how to make it and preserve it. Unfortunately, not many people can do it properly. I would advice to buy raw food from pet store to ensure it meet the nutritional balance. For me, I just buy premium canned food because cat has low thirst drive. 1 5.5 oz of canned food from Nutrience as main meal and some kibbles from Tiki Cat as supplementary.
Problem with Kibbles because it contains lots of carbs which lead to obesity, diabetes, FLUTD and kidney diseases. Canned food tends to have low carb and higher meat protein.
Also, the “prescription” diets are not regulated by law, they are just for marketing and there’s no law regulate the word “prescription” or “veterinarian approved”. unlike human prescription diet, it is regulated by FDA. In North America, the regulation on pet foods are very loose, and most of the ingredients are feeding grade which isn’t for human consumption. Unfortunately, AAFCO isn’t a government agency which oversees the pet food standards. Europe has very strict regulations on pet foods which has to be human graded ingredients.
The lack of oversight in the pet food industry which lead to lots of recalls and deaths especially 2008 melamine poisoning.
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Hey Andrew! Sorry for all the hateful comments people posted on your last video. You're doing a good job, keep up the good work :)
I haven’t decided whether or not to feed my cats raw yet, but I honestly don’t understand the messaging about “preparing raw food is very dangerous cause of the bacteria”.
But I do handle raw chicken few times a week, and I’m fine?
I honestly think you gotta come up with a stronger argument than that. I’m waiting to be convinced.
Agree to disagree since my dogs have went from being bald with brittle hair that the vet blamed on “that’s just the breed” when all it took was a real diet without all the overheating and fillers in kibble. This year has been the worst with Midwestern Pet Foods having over 12 dog and cat food brands poisoned with AFLATOXIN (one of the deadliest molds that can kill your pet) and there has been more recorded cases of salmonella from children touching kibble than raw food. Kibble has been around for less than 100 years and I personally see the health benefits that dogs need real food instead of cancer causing kibble.
I was told my blue nose xl bullies' skin and fur problems was just common in the breed as well. And in the pitbull and bully community they still believe the breed is just susceptible to these health issues when its just being caused by kibble
@@cioshubby1 there are different remedies that can be tried to help the blue recessive gene coat and you have to stay on top of it if the dog’s system is in overload (vaccines, flea/tick preventions and kibble) But diet 100% is #1 in improving your dogs coat! I have proof that a western vet couldn’t sell medication for so they don’t even try to help with diet- they aren’t taught anything about a proper dog diet in school-only push kibble and more kibble.
@@WorkFromHomeDogMom I'm starting to think there is no recessive blue gene and its just a myth. Once I started feeding raw all the problems disappeared. I use food grade diatomaceous earth for flea protection.
Bro. Calm down. Don't let comments from people you'll never meet freak you out so much. It's obvious that you care about animals and I respect that even if I don't completely agree with you. That's the most important thing here. We love our pets and want them to be as healthy and happy as possible. Anybody who can't just post a disagreement without taking it to the low level of hateful comments, is not worth your time.
wow gohan in the thumbnail 😂😂😂
Vets do go through 8 years of school and it’s definitely hardwork, but we pet owners weren’t always so distrusting to vets, we don’t trust vets because often they misinform us. For example, yearly vaccinations, this is unnecessary, as peer edited articles clearly shows the titer results of pets that only got puppy shots, yet they still have the antibodies throughout their whole lifetime. Over vaccination is so deadly to pets, they can develop bone cancer to the injected area, sudden seizures and death, neurological disorders from rabies vaccines.
Vets also push the early spay and neuter, I trusted my vet so I neutered my boy at 6 months. Yet now he has hormonal imbalance due to the removed hormones. He’s aldehyde so upset and anxious. At the time of vets could even mention that vasectomy was an option then I would have been so happy. Research shows that early spay and neuter can increase chances of bone cancer and mass cell cancer as well as other behavioural issues due to hormonal imbalance.
Prescription kibble diets to treat the maladies caused by non-prescription kibble diets.
Doc, there are commercially available raw and non-raw food, formulated for the animal’s specific digestive system (i.e. carnivore) available for both dogs and cats. There is a documented correlation between the industrial manufacturing of commercial kibble, and the decline of pet health, as well as a severe increase in pet disease and obesity.
Thanks Andrew, it’s clear you really care. Looking forward to the video of food you do recommend. We have a new puppy and the barrage of information over food is really overwhelming and feels like there is no good choice to make. My vet recommended Hills but then when I looked the company up the latest news was about how many dogs died of vitamin D overdose from eating their prescription food.
Appreciate the time you put into delivering the information in this video, thanks again.
I will still keep feeding raw
hey Andrew, just came across your channel the other day and I've watched some of your videos of when you were a vet student and I think they are so great! I realise that nothing is black and white, and there can probably be pros and cons for everything and its best to reduce the cons in most choices you make which is what you are probably trying to get across. I just thought of something though. imagine how many people out there genuinely believe that not vaccinating themselves against diseases that are so dangerous, are willing to argue with health professionals. then, it may come as NO surprise that people think they know more than qualified vets, nurses and nutritionists. i would take these comments with a large pinch of salt!! all the best
Super ready for the next video. Been researching dog food and nutrition constantly for my new large breed puppy. Interested to hear your view points. Soon please!
Man we missed you! Your vids Inspired me to realize that being a vet is my dream and I’m going to college for it now. Please make more vids on how life is going now! I’m sure I can speak for most of us when I say they would be so great to watch! Also thank you for clearing up the misinformation, this was much more professional, even though I thought your last video was hilarious🤣
Me too!! Good for you! Never give up and very proud to hear for another fellow pre-vet out there
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OMG 😱 you are back. I am so happy to see you again. Please keep making videos I missed you so much 💌
Hey I don't know if you'll see this... But I have a question... Didn't dogs evolve a shorter intestinal tract specifically to minimize the risk of getting sick from eating food with bacteria in it???
Edit: also there's no denying that their wild ancestors ate nothing but raw meat.... I'm looking into this area because my dog doesn't eat well... And we're buying a rather expensive dog food along with topper just to get him to eat...
Try raw for a month. Clean and bleach the bowls well. Give lots of water. Freeze well if you aren’t buying fresh meat. Add fish oil pills maybe 1 a week. Give an egg every other day. Try different simpler meats (certain parts of beef, chicken, turkey, nothing too wild until your dogs tummy is used to it) ground beef is good.. I feed my dog a couple legs of raw chicken, Turkey, or beef every now and then
I think I will go raw twice a week and the rest kibble until completely-raw is more practical for me
And if you do go fresh and raw, you could get bone dust (can’t remember what it’s called 😵😩)
@@ughhhmcrbinch5583 - Bone meal?
i missed you dude, love your videos btw
Jmando Thanks my dude 🙏🏻
The most important part of the info taken from this starting "new topic" "segment" is that the subscription diets prescribed by a vet is designed to help with one CORE ISSUE is a pet. The diet is not designed to keep a pet fully healthy and nourished on this SAME DIET. (8:05) BASICALLY: It's the same in the pet food industry as it is in the human food industry. If we keep you alive enough so you have to keep coming back to the veterinarian, but not completely HEALTHY and THRIVING you have to see me again in a month or two or three. But if I feed you a food that will kill you too soon, I make no money from your food subscription or vet return.
Andrew,
Best case scenario - for you is that you ACTUALLY believe this diet stuff they "taught" you.
Worst case scenario - for you is you're spreading misinformation and killing beloved pets. Slowly. Over time.
How about you eat Fast food every meal every day for the rest of your life and tell me how you feel.
I looked at the old video, and god, the amount of people in the comments who think they know more because they can google is baffling.
I even saw a comment saying, "vets are pseudo scientists".
Made me so irritated.
you talk about parasites and pathogens, but the standards for commercial raw pet food is much higher than kibble. in fact, AAFCO standards for kibble production even allows up to a certain trace amt of toxic chemicals and other harmful substances. kibbles and kibble companies also have tons of recalls, not only bc of how long they've been around, but bc of the lower production standards and lower ingredient standards.
i know you're proud of your education and you definitely should be. being a vet isn't easy, and it's a great and noble profession. (i wanted to be a vet as a kid. definitely could not cut it lol.) i also don't agree with bashing vets. however, i also never trust a vet that has a wall full of iams/hills/royal canine kibbles for sale either.
since you seem so passionate, i urge you to do more extensive research outside the confines of your institutionalized education. yes, there are tons of studies that support the kibble industry, but those studies are also paid for by said industry. have you looked at the ingredient lists for those "prescription diets"? by-products, corn, gluten, soy, fillers. in what ways do those ingredients support health? kibbles are also cooked and processed in a way that produces small amts of carcinogens which you feed your pet.
don't get me wrong, i still feed kibble for one of my pets' meals. it's easy, it's shelf stable (which isn't necessarily a good thing but i like it as a back up diet in case of things like blackouts), and im used to it.
BUT they also get freeze dried/frozen raw, and they do great. yes, you claim anecdotal evidence isn't evidence, but i changed my dog (recent rescue) to a different food with freeze dried/frozen raw toppers and fish oil with pre/probiotic supplements and he went from having mad dander and loose, soft stools, to zero dander and much firmer stools.
you're right, definitely consult a vet when making big changes. but, definitely get 2nd and 3rd opinions and do your own research.
Lol, this is the typical conventional vet. First with the taurine issue, taurine naturally comes in meat, so if you are feeding real meat and calculate the taurine level it’s usually sufficient without supplementation. The only reason why kibble adds taurine is because the ingredients are such bad quality and overly processed in the manufacturing process that all the nutrients disappears.
As with vet school, board certified nutritionist these people are most likely still paid by the giant pet food manufacturers. RFVS is a great example of vets that are working collaboratively in support of raw feeding.
As with bacteria and antibiotic resistance, this only happens if you are feeding meats that contain antibiotics and hormones since the meat is not cooked, antibiotics can work up the food chain. Therefore, if you raw feed the meat has to be antibiotic and hormone free.
As for the immuno compromised people, I’m pretty sure they will cook and process raw meat for themselves to eat too. If it’s not a problem to feed and prepare for our family, it doesn’t make sense that it will suddenly affect immuno compromised people too. Besides my friend is immuno compromised, she’s been feeding raw for 5 years and never had a issue. It’s just important to follow the same protocols with washing and sanitation while dealing with raw meat in general.
It’s very hard for me to believe that kibble is actually good for dogs. If it’s actually that high in quality then manufactures wouldn’t need to add 30 types of synthetic vitamins and minerals. They only add it because the manufacturing process strips away these nutrients. Kibble also dries your dog up that’s why the average dog drinks so much water, however this is unatural. If you look at their biological appropriate diet it’s usually around 70% moisture. The moisture in the food is sufficient to hydrate them. My three dogs are all on raw and barely gets thirsty even after long walks.
100000% correct. I own two dogs and have seen all the benefits of feeding raw contradicting everything vets were telling me.
I absolutely love your sarcasm and content. I know it's hard to unsee all the hate comments but please don't get upset. Internet is full of garbage people. We love you and your content. Stay safe💙
yay another upload!!!! Really dig the hair by the way
Thanks it's been growing out from the quarantine haha
I’m going into my 2nd year of vet school at VT, and I love your videos!!! I’ve been making TH-cam videos since I was a kid, and you’ve helped inspire me to continue making videos and be a TH-camr veterinary student (and then veterinarian in a few years)!
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One of my cats had severe IBD. We tried everything vet recommended, blew through thousands of dollars, dozens of foods, dozens of medications. Nothing worked. We asked about raw and we were shunned into silence and lectured about how that would be "killing our pet". We tried for longer on commercial foods, even tried those fresh cooked foods, still nothing. We had a bit of success with Nulo canned food, but our baby was still getting severe bloody diarrhea atleast once a week or more. It was an improvement, he gained some muscle and weight back but overall it was still a really bad situation, at this point we are told "it's incurable" and we are out of options. One vet tech even hinted at euthanasia.
A friend recommended I look into raw food. So I did, I spent weeks researching and talking with those experienced in this and cross referencing research. All pros and cons.
We switched him to rawfood. His personality within 48 hours did a full 180. Within a week his bowel movements were absolutely perfect, nothing we have ever seen. Months into it and he is the happiest, most active and lean cat I've ever witnessed. He is like a kitten again. He hasn't had a single issue. I switched vets. All his tests and exams have come back perfect for the first time in his life.
Yet I still get heartless gullible bastards telling me that his diet is hurting him and that what he experienced and his transformation is BS and that rawfood is just an internet "trend". I have lost just about all my respect for vets at this point. Same with anti-raw people alike. I don't need a kibble founded study to tell me what's good for my cat or not. Me and my vet can see it with our own eyes and with all his regular tests and exams. Btw my vet doesn't even condone raw but he said he will never discourage any diet that is allowing an animal to thrive and he woukd recommend it in specific situations like one my own cat went through.
There's also plenty of studies and evidence that commercial dog food is associated with health risks, and there are many vets who support and encourage raw feeding. It's not just a controversial topic online, there's also controversy in the veterinary community. I am immunocompromised myself and have been feeding raw for four years now. My girl would skip meals for days at a time, was in stage one kidney disease, and needed knee surgery by age 7 while on dry food, and after I switched her, her health completely turned around. I worked with a veterinary nutritionist to design a diet specifically for her. Her bloodwork is excellent, she's 12 and drags me on 2 hour walks, etc etc. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, and mine is that you have to feed the dog in front of you. There is no one size fits all diet for everyone, humans or animals. It is disingenuous to take the word of one or two board certified nutritionists. You should never stop learning. Keep in mind, in the 1940s cigarettes were recommended by physicians as a treatment for asthma. Education is always changing. It's not for everyone, but it is a good and legitimate way to feed. Just use common sense in feeding and cleaning. There is a lot of scientific evidence for positive raw feeding, and I'd gently encourage you to not just turn off your brain and realize the veterinary community is not a hive mind and talking to any of them who do understand and raw feed themselves would give you a more well rounded perspective. Honestly, it doesn't sound like you're listening to anyone telling you that raw feeding has been beneficial. They aren't anomalies and they don't deserve to be treated like that. There's a risk in surgery, in medication, in walking across the road. There's also ways to reduce those risks: education, listening, and experience. At this point, if a veterinarian (even a board certified nutritionist) tells me they don't like raw feeding, I take it as a view fueled by a lack of trying to understand because my scraps of real world evidence does not match what they learned in a classroom. The inflexibility and tone deafness is what gets me about it. Not you, specifically, but the way everyone who doesn't like it talks about it. If there is any evidence, at all, ever, that a dog has been successfully raw fed (and there is), then there is clearly a method to the madness, and it's like learning anything else about taking care of a companion animal. You have to learn. You have to experiment. You have to try new things. You have to be flexible. When my girl was on dry food and her bloodwork started to go south, her board certified vet didn't ask once about diet. Now she's on raw and her bloodwork is perfect, and same vet actively discourages it. Why? It's the only thing I changed, because I had literally nothing else to lose in the effort to save my best friend. I knew if I let her die without trying everything I could that I would never forgive myself. And that one thing gave me my dog back. Considering her life expectancy before raw would have ended two years ago and she's thriving today, I'm asking you to understand how contradictory that sounds to what you're saying. It doesn't add up for you or for me, and for entirely different reasons. So I'm sorry, but despite how well intentioned you think you are, I won't stop raw feeding and I won't stop encouraging others to give it more than a passing thought.
All that being said, you don't have to listen to me either. But go talk to an integrative vet who actually walks the walk. They raw feed, they teach it, and they aren't hard to find. If you are as passionate about nutrition as you say, I don't see why you wouldn't go to the source and see how responsible and thorough raw feeding is done, rather than just take the worst of the worst and hold it up as the only truth. Everything has an underbelly, but if you don't look at the whole picture, you're missing out on the majority of what you're actually looking at.
I'm not on either side of this argument, I came here to learn because I'm confused about what to feed my dog. I'm also not here to spread hateful comments. I just wanted to comment that these "lunch & learns" that you talk about are biased because their driver is profits. They do this in the human world with having pharmaceutical reps providing free lunch to medical staff so that they can get their ear to promote their medication. Just because they are not paying you directly doesn't mean that they are delivering unbiased scientific information. Another good comparison is infant formula, companies used to (and I'm sure still do in some countries particularly the US) provide these free lunches and other events to health care professionals claiming to be providing scientific information about their formula. But again they are there to make money by convincing health care professionals that there product is the best so that they will recommend it to parents. These marketing tactics are so harmful that the world health organization held an international convention to address the problem and came up with an international code of marketing of breast-milk substitutes, that formula companies continue to disregarded in some countries.
Thank you for the information provided about pet nutrition in your video, I will look out for your other videos.
do what gives the best results
I waited for you to come back and I stayed here to support you. You're my motivation and also inspiration to keep going and work hard. I want to become a vet as well when I'm older and I know it will be hard but definitely worth it. Thank you for the great information and also for providing an overview😁
Don't listen to the haters. They're just insecure people who are not satisfied with themselves. I am here to support ya and as well as others. 😉👍
I appreciate you! And beleive in you, i'm sure you will make a great vet!!
The reason I’ve never gotten a pet is that I realise how big of a responsibility it is to own one. I do feel like if your pet is healthy, just feeding it kibble is a bit of a cop out. It’s like feeding a human a processed food slurry, can we live on it, yea probably, will we actually enjoy food? Definitely not. I think it’s just responsible pet parenting to do your best for your animal bc owning one is a choice. The terrible truth is that it’s way too easy to ‘own’ a pet nowadays, not all pet owners should be pet owners tbh. If you can’t be responsible for yourself, you really shouldn’t be responsible for an animal who will be entirely dependent on you for survival.
The pet food company sends vets that they are paying to explain what benefits their products have bassed on studies that they have done. Sure. Totally not bias.
My vet completely supports my cat being on a raw diet. She was 2 when I adopted her, and over the first 4 years I had her, we tried dozens of different foods but could not figure out why my cat kept throwing up multiple times a day. Tried every grocery store and vet thing they had. Within a couple weeks of starting raw, it went down to a few times a week and now, after a year and a half, she has only thrown up 3 times since the beginning of December. The only health issue she has had since was she had a couple more teeth that we had been keeping an eye on for 3 years that ended up having to come out (she had 2 already taken out before I adopted her), but that was mostly damag that was pre-raw. My vet was happy with all her blood tests, is excited that she is actually able to eat without throwing up most of the food, has mentioned improvements in her fur and weight (she was underweight because she could not keep food down) and other minor issues we had talked about keeping an eye on the previous yearly checkup when she okayed the trying of the raw diet almost completely disappeared. She'll be turning 8 in May and her health is drastically better than it was when she was 3 and on kibble and canned foods.
Also the issue with salmonella is the safety of the human handling the food, not the pets. Their digestive system is meant to deal with the bacteria found on meat. You just need to practice safe food handling like you would when it comes to food for you.
The reason cats sometimes get diarrhea has to do with a change in their food that is sudden instead of gradual. It happened a few times over the years of trying different kibbles and canned foods, if I ran out of the old food in the process. It always stabilized after a couple weeks, and my vet said it was a normal thing to happen when their gut is faced with something they are not familiar with.
Finally someone with brains, I am shocked how people don’t have basic knowledge about bacteria in raw meat, especially salmonella. And also about how people don’t trust veterinarians who in fact increased the average life span of the pets in last century. You should not apologize for absence of common sense in some people.
I like hearing everyone's opinions, and personally gathering as much information as possible. Dogs are a lot like a person's religion, and people get incredibly passionate. Vets are also the career with the highest suicide rate due to how stressful and emotionally draining the job is.
I also what to say there is a lot of generalized information out there that corporations push, and vet specialists are against. Dental Treats, for example, are pushed to pet parents as great for dental health, when they are about the same as chewing gum for people. Or those that consider the modern pet dog an omnivore when everything about their biology states otherwise. I personally like to use the comparison of a bear skull(a true omnivore) to a canine skull(a scavenging carnivore). At a simple glance, they look similar, but looking deeper at their molars, it's easy to see the differences.
Do you think it is 'impossible' for a pet owner withouth a degree to formulate balanced diets up to (industry) standards?
So here's my two cents. Disclaimer; I do not have a vet or pet nutrition degree.
I think the problem with home made diets is that the vast majority of people have no clue how to make a truly balanced/appropriate diet for their dog.
It is simply to complex for the average Joe.
But there is a fraction of the 'raw' feeders out there who actually went into the dog nutrition rabbit hole and are able to make appropriate diets for their dog(s). This meant that they; studied books on dog nutrition that are based on scientific research, learned to formulate from reliable sources, use a standard for the nutritional requirements and formulate differently for different dogs.
I personally follow the NRC standards and take into account bio-availability of the ingredients I use. I read SACN and the NRC book (and sometimes some articles from dog nutritionists with proper degrees.) to formulate diets for my dog. Supplements, (properly prepared) grains and cooked meats are often a part of these kinds of diets.
I would personally never advice anyone a kibble, especially for cats, simply because of the low moisture content. But I would always advice any (at least) AAFCO approved canned/premade raw or cooked over any unbalanced home cooked or raw diet. Untill you get true balance in a home (cooked) diet, we can't properly compare. I would've hoped you to touch on this group of people well.
Dog nutrition is a science, that's true, but there are people out there withouth degrees but with a lot of passion for dog nutrition who are able to formulate diets that get very close to those formulated by certified professionals. Simply by studying a lot.
I genuinely am curious what your opinion on this is. It currently comes across to me as if think it is 'impossible' for people withouth a degree to formulate balanced home made diets. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Would you eat yourself only processed food? Would you feed your children only processed food? What would be your health-advise for a person who eats only dried processed food with synthetically added vitamins and minerals? What would you think of a doctor who advises you to eat processed food only?
Why should it be different for pets?
About the antibiotics:
There are reasons why antibiotic-resistant bacteria can be found in raw meat in the first place, the spread through pets is just a consequence of the increase and not the cause. The major key to prevent the increase is a responsible and economic use of antibiotics in the medical practise, not feeding pets only kibbles.
Please don't ever stop making videos you inspire me soo much i will be in vet school next year❤❤
The antibiotics resistance bacteria is most likely caused by the tap water especially if you live by a hospital or pharmaceutical company.
Heyy you're back! I'm currently on my second year of Vet Med and I wanted to know if you had any thoughts about how to deal with anxiety in regards to studying and stuff like that.
Also, I'm really happy you came back after that video. Us as your true fans and people who understand how bacteria and diseases actually work are happy you actually made that video. It's like arguing with anti-vax people, no point arguing with them
Evandro Paul Pretty much. The best way dealing with anxiety I've found is try to work on work life balance. Doing simple things like getting enough sleep, exercising regularly and setting aside dedicated time to doing things you love besides studying are super helpful to combat anxiety.
This is what happens when student jump on TH-cam and pretend to be an expert. Get enough experience, classes and book can only teach you so much. But hand-on experience is what makes you an expert
And what medical training do you have?
@@angelaattenbon4788 I'm a genius
@@aditfuck That's not something any genius would say. Only a wannabe genius would say that. What qualifications do you have?
@@angelaattenbon4788 What qualifications do you even have to question me kid??. Are you one of those wanna be Einstein?🤣.
I wouldn't even let my pet goes anywhere that guy. A vet who barely have any experiences and knowledges trying to lecture about feeding raw diets ?!😏. He is just as delusional as you kid.
Bro do your water changes
I think you were completely fine during that video it was informative and entertaining to watch
boo oob I appreciate it! Because this is such a controversial topic I thought it would be best to clear some things up
I have a question what if therorectically you had a dog or cat come in with a proven grain and corn allergy would you ever reccomned a cooked "raw" diet
Good question! In terms of data, it would actually be pretty rare to find a pet come in with a true grain or corn food allergy. The top food allergies in cats and dogs come from the proteins of meat (cow, chicken, fish) however if we went through a proper food trial and found the source of to be from grains or corn I would honestly refer the patient to a board certified nutritionist. They would likely be able to formulate a home cooked (not raw) diet that could meet the patients needs in reguards to the allergy at hand. Hope that helped!
@@dogtordrew ya I figured this I plan 🤞 on being an exotic vet but I see so many people feeding grain free found saying "my _ has a grain allergy" I ask of the animal was test the answer is always no but over the years I have heard grain and corn are some of the rarer allergies which I'm greatful for
It is actually pretty common; my dog has an allergy to both. It came back on bloodwork. Explained his persistant ear infections and issues with yeast.
This comment section is interesting to say the least. This Dr. is giving his clinical opinion. Take it as such and keep it moving. Great job on vid btw ✊🏾
The big problem that I have with raw is that his poop is too hard. He takes forever to squeeze out big hard pellets. I add pure pumpkin, coconut oil, olive oil, and pure aloe Vera juice and it is still not perfect. I imagine that wolves must poop pellets, but they probably eat some grasses to help. I know raw is much more absorbed so the poops are smaller but I am worried about constipation. My dog is just shy of nit being able to get it out, or am I being paranoid and taking a long time to get it out is normal. What do you think? I am putting a more oil and aloe than I think should be necessary.
You might be feeding too high a percentage of bone in the diet. Talk to a nutritionist or lower your bone percentage
Thank you for your information and being passionate about this topic. I have been around dogs and cats my whole life. I have been starting my research on raw feed. I fed my cats Merrick Limited ingredient. It was kibble and started learning about soaking the kibble so it's softer. This gave great results for my cats. Two black cats who had the most gorgeous skin and coat. But my one cat still past away from a heart condition. I just think it's good for people to do their full research for their own pets on what they decide to do. I've seen raw and home cooked meals so pushed now and wanted to educate myself.
It appears that as long as you balance your self-made diet for your pet, all is good? I’m assuming that all the nutrients in a bag of kibble can be found in human grade whole foods that you can buy at the grocery store. Are there any ingredients in kibble that can’t be found fresh at the store?
Thankyou for all this information! Currently trying to switch my dog off raw to dog food but, he will not touch the kibble. Any recommendations?
Try to put a no salt broth. My Doberman loved it. Sometimes wet food or toppers help. But now what I do is homemade meals with organ meats.
Honest kitchen, Victor, ziti, zignature these are some I buy for my chi when I get behind on cooking for them.
First off all good for you! As for tips. I suggest to slowly transition. Slowly take away their current food for their new food. Never immediately give them the new. Also do not ever go back to raw! There is many diets that have the same benefits as raw diets without the risks.
However I do not personally suggest any Kibble. Kibble is very bad for all sort of pets. I personally have cats. So ofc wet food is better. But I heard dry food is good for dogs. I always suggest research the new brand before transitioning.
I would like to recommend Tiki Dog Food both wet and dry in their diet. I personally never used it as I am a cat owner. However Tiki Pets is a highly good brand. And its human grade. Even those who are not against raw (like I am) often use Tiki Pets as an alternative. It's very healthy for your dog. I also suggest Weruva.
Say any opinion you have. I have a field bred english cocker spaniel he is my lil bird dog. Hes 12 now. At the age of 6 on the pro plan commercial food he was placed on BP and thyroid meds. 3 years ago we switched to raw diet he has since dropped all 3 meds he was taking. He has more energy now than ever. His coat is as shiney and soft as ive ever seen.
I would like to think doctors all have the best in mind but maybe its an old mind set and could be influenced by big brads but to each their own..... my pets will always eat raw from now on
When have you ever treated a dog for salmonella, e coli, etc o wise one?? You haven’t lol. There’s almost 0 risk to feeding a dog a raw food diet if done properly. But when a commercial food company like blue recalls all of their shit because it has e coli that goes unnoticed huh? Makes sense
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Actually in vet school we had a case where two dogs from the same household developed severe diarrhea who were being fed a raw meat based diet. After doing PCR on the fecal samples they came back positive for Campylobacter, suspected to be from the raw fed diet. It can happen.
Andrew Woods it can happen from kibble too though? At least when you’re feeding a dog a raw diet, your dog is getting all the nutrients he/she needs. Just like how most humans develop calcium deficiency, the #1 deficiency in dogs is calcium because they’re being fed by humans who don’t feed bones. Dogs are the descendants of wolves, just look at their teeth. Dogs were never meant to eat veggies and/or meat by products, if you want to act ignorant to that go ahead and be ignorant.
Weenie Hut Jr. yes not to mention, how exactly was the raw food prepared? eg was it left out in the open for too long before being fed? was it previously contaminated? cooked food can also be contaminated if left outside too long thus food poisoning. so let’s not put the blame on raw when we do not have much information on how it was handled before feeding. one things for sure i don’t want to be feeding my dogs heavily processed foods that could outlive them
@@dogtordrew, being in kitten rescue, I've had to manage many kittens' diarrhea caused by campylobacter; confirmed by PCR fecal...not a single baby on raw food; all were on commercial kitten food.
Fellow DVM here, thanks for the video, you rock and don't let anyone else tell you otherwise. :) 💕 I tell all my clients basically what you said as well. We had a few pets with multi resistant bugs on raw and I dug up the studies for them. Sadly we can only recommend what we know. Glad you used your platform for this video! :)
as cats and dogs are very well equipped to deal with bacteria. Their saliva has antibacterial properties. It contains an enzyme called lysozyme, an enzyme that destroys harmful bacteria. Plus, their short digestive tract is designed to push through food and bacteria quickly without giving bacteria time to colonize.
Thank you for being informed!
YAYYY YOURE BACK 😁😁
J Axel57 good to be back 😄
Yayy you’re back! I’m going to be applying for Animal Biology as my major in a couple of months and hopefully I will be going to Vet school !✨♥️
You can do it Alma!!!
Can you make a video addressing stuff about concerns about over-vaccinating dogs?
I agree that he should!
The hate and death threats as well as the homophobic remarks are just not right.
People get so upset 😭 these days
I understand that there are risks
Recall dog food for ecoli and Selmala lead poisoning and unbalanced diets are all major problems that raw and kibble have in common.
I have three dogs
Samson (7) in the picture
Bella (3)
Delta (2)
The last two have all been on a raw diet their whole life.
My first dog was on kibble but had moultple problems.
Puking up his food
Constant itching
Hair loss
I tried several food Brand's from blue Buffalo to science diet. All the same
I switched him to a raw diet and he's made a remarkable change. Vets have given me complements on how well they look and their overall health.
There is another vet that I have spoken to that has been feeding her dogs a raw diet for 5 genirations. I'm not saying that her knowledge is any better or worse then yours as she graduated way before you.
The knowledge they had back then had changed
But the fact that she has 5 genirations of her dogs that were fed a raw diet puts exspence on her side.
If a raw diet was so bad then how do wild candids survive?
Wild cats?
They hardly die due to deases but overall condition of hunting and living that life style.
I understand that or dog and cat are not wild but they have retained the same digistive track with the exception that they can handle more carbs then their wild relstives.
My dogs diet is
2 chicken drumsticks two ounces of ground turkey
A can of sardines
Duck egg without the whites.
Beef liver
Beef spline
Chicken heart
Beef heart
Some fruits and veggies
Beef or goat tripe
I do not feed pork or some types of fish as they have high perasites.
I feed deer, elk, buffalo but they are raised on a farm and not from the wild.
I like your video not saying you are wrong this is just what I do and I don't recommend the diet due to it is complicating getting the right balance.
To all of you who are being rude just remember this guy is doctor who went through many years of schooling. When your pet needs a surgery you certainly will not do it yourself and go to a vet. So have some respect.
People seem to want more and more to feed raw , why not , as a vet , help them doing it the best possible . I feel like vets are building a wall where raw feeders are being shamed or denied advice when they feed their pets a raw diet . Raw food and balancing nutrients within that diet is a maze and I feel like people who study and treat animals for a living should be the ones helping people navigate this maze , not putting up more walls .
dogs 100 years ago ate raw and they lived 5+ years longer than they do now. Nowadays, dogs are locked up with arthritis and die to illnesses like cancer, well before their time. tell me more about the benefits of commercial kibble.
No need to apologize for an honest and truthful advocacy. I was born to a family with pets. Actually, they feed them cooked human foods we eat all the time and they live up to 15 years with no serious ailments. They dont even use nutritional supplements during those times. Just like humans, they adapt. Thats part of evolution. But for my own non-human companions, I provide them with nutritional supplements to avoid deficiencies. Time will tell if they will live longer than those of our childhood family "pets".
Missed Dr. Woods videos! Really helped me with vet school decisions and many more things!
Why do you apologize for presenting you’re professional opinion? My brother has his dog on raw food and I was starting to look into it, your information helped me balance it out. My dog is on a mix of commercial and freeze dried raw, and I am still on the fence until I do more research. Thanks for what you do!
No hate at all over what your saying but I see so many dogs doing well on raw meat diets like the TH-cam channel gohan the husky do you think there doing well in raw meat because they balance the food in a certain way? Again no hate this is a genuine question keep up the cool videos on tik tok
Hello doctor Woods. How would you feed your dog ? Give an example of one day of feeding, please. Thank you very much
immunocompromised people shouldn't even be near dry food, furthermore, the diseases dogs get from kibble , i.e obesity, diabetes, tooth decay, bowel issues, kidney damage etc... I do agree that we need more info for feeding our furbabies. You may not get paid by big kibble companies while at school, or now, but they do pay the vet schools. for me, I don't want to put food that isn't huma grade into my dog, my dog eats food that i could cook and eat.
Is gohan the husky in the thumbnail?