Comparing Pet Foods Part 2

In case you missed it, I shared my comparison of the pros and cons of feeding kibble to your pet. Here is my analogy for raw meat diets, to determine the main advantages or disadvantages.

Pros of Feeding a Raw Meat Diet:

• Higher quality protein than a diet of plant based ingredients.
• Complete digestion and utilization of ingredients.
• Faster digestion cycle leads to better utilization of ingredients.
• Simple and easy feeding procedure.
• Has living enzymes to help with digestion (reduces stress on the pancreas).
• More energy, better hair coat and skin condition, less stools, less stool odor, better breath, less dental problems, increased longevity than seen in kibble fed dogs.
• Biologically appropriate for the species.
• Ingredients are fresh and raw and not processed with heat.
• Far less protein degradation and fermentation in the digestive tract.
• Preserved by freezing or freeze-drying, which eliminates having to add preservatives and harmful chemicals.
• Most raw food diets are made from the highest quality USDA procured human based ingredients rather than plant based inferior ingredients.
• The right gas for the gas tank- most appropriate way to run the body engine.

Cons of Feeding a Raw Meat Diet:

• Potential bacterial presence (Salmonella, E-coli, Listeria).  These are potential hazards primarily for humans and pose far less problems for dogs and cats whose systems are better adapted to handle the bacterial load in raw animal protein.
• Less convenient because of the freezing required which preserves the freshness.
• Freezing and freeze-drying adds to the cost because this is a more involved and expensive manufacturing procedure.
• Distribution and storage costs are higher with frozen food.
• Higher costs are involved to manufacture the diets.
• More education is required to understand the advantages over kibble.

Many of our customers have made the decision to convert to the raw based BARF® Diet, primarily because their pets had symptoms they could not resolve using conventional medications, treatments and dry kibble diets. Our testimonials are the proof that the BARF® diet works to relieve many conditions that are aggravated by the continuous feeding of inferior dry formulations. We call this success “The Magic Of Meat”. The results we see are not really because the meat is “magic”, but rather because the harmful toxins in the dry-based foods have been removed from the dog’s body. If you’re still feeding a kibble diet, isn’t it time to try the BARF® diet and watch your pet thrive again?