Raw feeding is exactly what it sounds like, feeding your furry babies raw food that consists of raw meat, bones, and organs. Raw feeding is an attempt to replicate a natural and biologically appropriate diet for our pets. Dogs and cats are identified as facultative carnivores. Our pet’s bodies are not made to process all the grains, carbs, and fillers that make up the majority of what’s in a kibble diet. The ingredients and additives used in them are difficult for your pets to digest. Due to an increase in the pet population, pet industries that manufacture processed food do not pay attention to the quality of the food they manufacture. Dry and canned pet foods were created as a cheap and convenient way to feed your pets. Many of the nutrients in kibble are lost during the high-heat process, so flavor enhancers and synthetic nutrients are added to replace what has been lost.

Different types of acrylamide and other carcinogens are created in this process that could be detrimental to your pet’s long-term health.

What you put in your body has huge repercussions for your health. The same goes for your pet. How do you feel when you eat unhealthy, processed food all day? Now think about what you are feeding your pets. Many pet owners can agree that we often face insurmountable odds in an effort to correct our pet’s health issues. The optimal diet for your pets must include healthy fats, a healthy balance of protein, carbohydrates, and other nutrients. A great way to feed this balanced diet is with raw food.

Raw food is easily absorbed and contains vital, naturally occurring enzymes and vitamins that cooking destroys. Living foods that are unprocessed, fresh, and whole enable our pets to thrive. And it’s the diet that lets our dogs and cats be their happiest and healthiest. Feeding a more natural, less processed diet may provide considerable health benefits to our pets.

Early domestic dogs were not ‘fed’ but allowed to forage for themselves like their wild ancestors. Your dog is a natural carnivore(not omnivore) which means they prefer foods with nutrient profiles that are very close to those of a wild wolf diet than those of kibbled diets, raising the possibility that dogs fed modern commercial diets, low in protein, and high in carbohydrate and additives, might face physiological and metabolic challenges.

Cats are obligate carnivores. Obligate means “by necessity”, this means that it is biologically essential for their survival. A cat’s normal prey is 70-75% water, whereas kibble contains just 5-10% of moisture. They have a short digestive tract and processed food is not optimal for their health. A well-constructed raw food diet is high in protein, nutrient-rich, satiating, extremely palatable, and high in prebiotic ‘animal fiber’. Raw food will help your cats to thrive!

Animal protein contains balanced amino acids and a complete range of protein-type nutrients including taurine and carnitine. Organs are high in B vitamins, vitamin A, minerals, and fatty acids required for maintenance, growth, and reproduction. ‘Animal fiber’ provides substances such as collagens and glycosaminoglycans with specific fermentative ‘prebiotic’ characteristics which influence the composition of the intestinal microbiota, the collection of microbes residing in the gastrointestinal tract. Bone supplies minerals, including a favorable ratio of calcium to phosphorus, protein, fatty acids, and fat-soluble vitamins, and amino acids.

If your pet struggles with skin allergies, weight issues, digestive problems, and other common health problems then feeding your pet a raw diet might be just the answer you are looking for. Feeding your pets a natural diet means they will get essential nutrients from sources that their bodies are designed to digest, leading to improved overall health.