NUTRITION BASICS:
IT'S SO SIMPLE!


RAW FEEDER PREY MODEL GUIDELINE: 80% muscle meat, 10% bone, 5% liver, and 5% other secreting organ
MODIFIED PREY MODEL GUIDELINE:
80% muscle meat (10% bone), 10% vegetables/fruit/grains, 5% liver, and 5% other secreting organ


IMPORTANT KEYS:
Variations made for breed, activity/exercise level, energy needs, metabolism and genetics.

RAW FEEDING RESOURCES
FACEBOOK RAW FEEDING GROUPS
  • The Benefits of Raw Feeding
  • Raw Feeding Rebels
  • Raw Feeding – Sister list to the Raw Feeding Yahoo group. Pure raw feeding for carnivores. No discussion allowed on commercial dog food, pre-made raw food, supplements, veggies, fruits. grains
  • Raw Chat – sister list to the Raw Chat Yahoo group:  subjects that aren’t quite on topic for raw feeding.
  • Carnivore Feed Supplier (CFS) – Sister Facebook group to the Yahoo Carnivore Feed Supplier Group
  • Raw Pet – raw feeders & people considering raw
  • Raw Fed Pets – Open to all mindsets of raw feeding
  • NY Raw Feeders –  raw feeding. holistic health care for dogs & cats in NYC (New York, regional issues)

BLOGS:BOOKS - MAGAZINES

PROTEIN & BONES
80%

Protein sources include red meats (bison, beef, venison, etc), fish poultry, pork, fish, rabbit, kangaroo, mussles and more

VEGETABLES FRUITS SUPPLEMENTS
10%

  • A prey animal's gut contains small predigested bits of seasonal greens, vegetables, fruits and sometimes grains.
  • IMPORTANT: Surprisingly  dogs stomach acid is not designed to break down the cell wall of grass, vegetables, and fruit so when fed they need to be blended, pulverized or cooked on low heat so as not to destroy valuable nutrients.
  • Pure Raw feeders do not advocate any greens, vegetables, fruits, grains.

SUPPLEMENTS
May include natural additions of oils, herbs and other foods that support a balanced diet or a health issue of concern.

POPULAR ADDITIONS
  • Turmeric:  anti-inflammatory, whole body support
  • Fish Oil, Green Lipped Muscle Oil, Flaxseed oil, Olive Oil

HERBS
  • Ginger, Dill, Mint: aids digestion

GRAINS FOR DOGS?
FOS: Feeds Gut Bacteria
Note it would be a very small amount and nothing GMO, wheat, corn, soy like in commercial pet foods. More on this to be added. It is controversial. Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) suggests some grains are important for gut health.

ORGANS - OFFAL
10%
& Organs For Healing

Good nutrient dense, poison free, whole foods can help the body attain the best biochemical potential of their organs and glands in terms of function and repair. When the diet does not adequately provide the specific nutrients needed by glands and organs, health of those tissues is compromised and they become increasingly susceptible to insult, injury and stress. Many health professionals employ glandular therapy as an important part of a comprehensive nutritional program. Luckily with our dogs, we can add these organs directly into their food as daily support.

Some of the pioneers in nutrition believed that raw glandular tissues contain intrinsic protein factors which are separate from, but synergistic with the vitamins, minerals, trace minerals, enzymes, co-enzymes, and fatty acids contained therein. These specific protein factors are organ or tissue specific, meaning the raw cellular material of a bovine kidney, for example, will be picked up from the lymph of the human kidney when ingested. These tissue-specific particles apparently "target" other cooperative and essential nutrients to the gland or organ for repair and maintenance.

"Glandulars are a very effective tool for rebuilding and improving the function of glands and tissues." By supplying the specific protein configuration and other raw materials (nutrients known and unknown) needed by a gland, that gland "has a better chance of regulating its hormone output" and thus functioning properly. Such glandular feeding supports biochemical balance of both underactive and overactive conditions, getting to what is often the underlying cause of the imbalance or dysfunction.

"It's not hocus-pocus," says Rachel R. Caspl, immunologist at the National Eye Institute. "We can measure responses and confirm our data. This is real." Dr. Weiner explains: "This method is attractive because it allows us to take advantage of a natural route of exposure and a natural system rather than fighting the body. And there aren't any toxicities involved in treating people."