5 Important Facts About A Dog Raw Food Diet

By Sandy Griffin

While the recent headlines about tainted dog food have made the dog raw food diet more popular, it has been around for a long time. Dog owners worried about their dogs health are now looking for a better way to feed them, since the recent recalls to commercial dog foods.

Dog raw food diets are very simple, they basically will eat what the would in the wild. To break it down, you will feed your dog raw vegetables, raw meat, and raw meaty bones. If you are thinking about having your dog go on a raw meat diet here are a few things you need to know:

First start off having your dog eat just the meat and bones the first few days. Make sure that their stomachs are ok with this before moving on.

Make sure that you are giving your dog raw meat and bones, cooked bones will dry out and can splinter and cause internal damage to your dog. The types of raw meaty bones are; beef, chicken necks, wings, backs, or turkey necks. Turkey and chicken bones are soft enough for your dog to chew and will help exercise your dogs upper body muscle and jaw. This is one of the many benefits of a dog raw food diet.

Once your dog has become used to eating this raw food diet of meat and bones you can start to add some bland vegetables, like carrots into their diets. Give your dog a few days to a week to get used to these bland vegetables and then you can add more vegetables as you see fit. Be sure to check with your veterinarian to find out what kind of vegetables will have what kind of effect on your dog.

Carrots are good for their potassium, calcium, and vitamins. Mustard greens and watercress will help clean out the intestines. Then you have potatoes that your dog can not digest easily, onions in large amounts can cause stomach problems. Cabbage and broccoli will give your dog gas, that can clean out a room.

Owners have reported several benefits of putting their dog on a raw food diet: better smelling breath (the dogs, not the owner), improved coats and skin, lower veterinarian bills, and improved immune system.

So before you run out to your local butcher and start ordering all the raw meat and bones for your dog, be sure to check with your veterinarian. A dog raw food diet may not be right for all dog breeds. You need to make sure it is right for your dog before starting them on one. Just as you should check with your doctor before going on any kind of diet, the same is true for your dog.

You can find even more information at Dog Health Care and also recieve a free Dog Health Book. Much more information all for free.

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