The raw food diet experiment Part 2

Angelo the schnauzer

Hello all, our household has become busy again. With the new little bundle of fur we are a 3 dog family again. Our choice of breeder and pooch was dead on! We selected from a breeder whom we felt shared our sentiments and energy, and we knew would care about her pooch she delivered to us as much as we wanted this little guy to become part of our family.

WEEK 1 update:

On the last post about this related topic we covered some basic ground rules on raw diet feeding for dogs; the mystery intensifies though! We have had the little guy his name is Angelo for roughly a week now, and we are not using raw food on him yet. I’m sure you might be thinking… What? But I thought feeding raw is a good thing. It is but in the initial stages after a little pup is reared on food and away from the mother’s milk, they are also fed regurgitated food from the mother. Since there is no way to simulate a grown dog’s raw food being eaten and regurgitated with strong stomach acid juices, the next best thing was to prepare cooked meat and very high quality kibble and begin his diet in this manner.

Week 3 update:

Angelo is no longer so little guy; he is now at the beginning of the week 3 eating slightly cooked raw meat and his veggies. I felt the next step moving to complete raw food should be within the current week and so I began feeding full raw. He devoured it like nothing we have seen as of yet; he was enthusiastic about his food before, but now that we have switched him to raw meat both ground beef/bison as well as organ meat, he devours it like it is the greatest thing on earth. Proving once again that Mother Nature knows best we are happy to have him on the diet that the universe designed for him. Of course we want to make sure that he respects where the food comes from, so he must sit and provide eye contact to his pack leaders to make sure he understands who controls the food and to create that special bond between packleader and the 3 month old little guy. As well I mix his food with my hands while he is eating at the same time reminding him that as pack leader I control the meal time experience at all times just like a dog/wolf would do in the wild. This is not an egoist view of a human but a benevolent view as it creates bond and understanding between you and your companion that stretches far beyond the limitations of filling one’s belly with food. 

 I wanted to mention this point because there are many naysayers who still live with the ideology that raw meat makes animals open to biting humans because they have tasted blood.  This is simply not true! If a dog bites a human it is because a situation of abuse, lack of socialization or the simple fact that the person did not understand one simple fact: He/she was never a pack leader in the dog’s eyes to begin with! Regardless of raw food or kibble this situation could occur, the raw meat has nothing to do with it. Taking the time and effort to simply set boundaries and limitations in your pup’s eyes creates a companion whose company can be enjoyed every time and everywhere. This is the greatest gift of all. * For training methods I really recommend looking at some reading material from Cesar Milan or check out his show Dog Whisperer it is quite insightful.

I realize that I strayed off topic on the raw food subject but I needed to mention this important point because we all want to enjoy our companion’s company and wish to have them with us where ever we go most of the time, and that is the most truly wonderful and rewarding gift we can give them and they can give us.

Until next time,

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