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The Benefits of Fasting Your Raw Fed Dog

The Benefits of Fasting Your Raw Fed Dog

Despite our best efforts our dogs are exposed to toxins every day. For those who don’t eat organically raised meats such toxins include hormones, vaccines and antibiotics. Non-organic household cleaners, pesticides, herbicides, heavy metals in non-filtered water, etc., all have a negative effect on your dogs’…

How Much to Feed Your Raw Fed Dog

How Much to Feed Your Raw Fed Dog

How much food your raw fed dog needs on a daily basis depends on a few factors; how active your dog is, how old he/she is, how high his or her metabolism is and how high the fat content of his/her diet is. Raw fed…

Why Your Dog Needs Healthy Fats In His Diet

Why Your Dog Needs Healthy Fats In His Diet

We’ve been taught to believe that a high fat diet is evil. However, fat is vital to your dog’s health in a variety of ways. Here are just some of them: Fat is a concentrated energy source for dogs, providing twice the amount of energy that protein and…

Trichinella Warnings For Raw Feeders: Trichinosis and Raw Fed Dogs

Trichinella Warnings For Raw Feeders: Trichinosis and Raw Fed Dogs

Trichinosis (also known as trichinellosis or trichiniasis) is a parasitic disease caused by roundworms. Infection was once a very common issue and though outbreaks still occur among wild animals, trichinosis is now rare in factory-farm raised meat throughout the US. Successful trichinae control programs implemented by…