Feeding a Raw Food Diet
About a year and a half ago, my two dogs and I made the scary transition to a raw food diet. It was scary for me because I didn’t quite know what I was doing. Upon reflection, however, I find that I never should have put my two dogs on the kibble that’s available, as it is entirely unnatural for their systems and provides very little over all nutritional value.
Even though the kibble producers try very hard with science and the latest available information, there’s still nothing really out on the market that can replace real nutrition available through real food. Dogs, even my toy poodle, have in their genes the nutritional requirements that only raw meat, fruits, and vegetables can give them.
When I first switched them over, I was terrified about giving them bones and raw meat because I was afraid that the bones would splinter, then get caught in their throat and my dogs would end up dying without me knowing what to do. Worse, they would die because I made the choice to move them to a raw food diet. It would be my fault!
I decided to start them off with very large bones.