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Category Archives: Health
What You Need To Know About Water
Water is essential and eating a raw meat diet, a Barf Diet, gives our dogs the water they don’t get from eating a dry kibble diet. Learn more here. Technorati Tags: water, kibble, barf diet Bookmark to: Hide Sites
Are You Feeding A Fresh Natural Diet To Your Dog?
Nothing aggravates me more than the inconsistencies and the misguided information found on both human food and dog food labels. The related terms listed above are open to further investigation. I really believe that most manufacturers are truly interested in … Continue reading
Why Is My Dog Aging So Fast?
CUSHING’S SYNDROME-(Hyperadrenocorticism) This is a common condition seen in middle-aged and older dogs and often mistaken for the aging process. Most common symptoms are: Weight gain Hair loss Chronic itching Obesity Excessive urination in the house Generally it can be … Continue reading
Salmonella, Is Your Dog Food Contaminated?
With the recent announcement of pet food recalls it becomes important to understand the potential exposure to the salmonella bacteria and understand how to process and prevent an illness from the bacteria. Salmonella is a bacteria present in our food … Continue reading
Why A Frozen Dog Food Maybe Safer Than A Dry Kibble
Is freezing a raw meat dog food safe? Can frozen raw meat dog food degrade? Lets answer the second question first: Yes it will deteriorate over time even if stored properly. You will notice that after 6 months or longer … Continue reading
How Safe Is Raw Meat For Dogs
What are the dangers of feeding a raw meat diet? The first question I always ask is danger to whom? Is it the dog? Is it you or I the human? These are two separate concerns. Let’s cover the concern … Continue reading
How Free Radicals Develop In Dog Food
Frozen raw meat vs dry kibble. An interesting challenge exists in trying to determine the free radical formation in raw meat diets and dry kibble formulas. We know that the development of free radicals are detrimental to health and the … Continue reading
Why Temperature And Freezing Time Is Important For Your Frozen Raw Dog Food
Is your raw frozen dog food properly frozen? Very important to frozen dog food is the freezing process. What is involved and why is this important? The time and temperature of the ingredients exposed to the ambient temperature and the … Continue reading
Dangerous Pathogens In My Dog Food
Many say that raw food producers are ignoring the problems caused by bacteria, fungi, viruses, and parasites. It is obvious that pathogens are present in raw meat diets. Just like it is obvious that dry heat processed kibble contain similar … Continue reading
Can My Dog Get H1N1 Flu Virus?
The recent flu scare for the new H1N1 virus has now spread to dogs. Not the flu but the scare is what I am referring too. At least this is what they want us to believe! We are in panic … Continue reading