Comments on: Feeding Your Dog A Real Food Diet: Its Bark Is Worse Than Its Bite http://www.caninest.com/real-food-diet/ Caninest Sat, 25 Jun 2011 19:10:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Eleanor Van Natta http://www.caninest.com/real-food-diet/#comment-2815 Eleanor Van Natta Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:23:25 +0000 http://www.caninest.com/?p=2549#comment-2815 I just wanted to add that nowadays there are multiple companies that have sprung up just to serve the raw/real food pet market; they formulate and mix and grind all the veggies, meat, and bones up for you and sell it by the frozen pound, delivered to your door or in the pet store. Check these out; they might be a good option for those of you who don't want to handle raw meat or are worried about "doing it right" (but do your due diligence and be wary, checking out the company and the ingredients). Additionally, I recently found that turkey thighs and turkey legs are a good sized meal for my 75 lb dog, needing fewer chicken drumsticks (he just now delighted in a breakfast of turkey leg with beet/carrot/greens/banana puree). Turkeys, I have heard, are apparently raised with fewer antibiotics as well. The free-range organic kind is still going to be your healthiest option, but you will have to weigh in the cost and availability. I am a firm believer, however, that any extra money that you fork out right now in superb nutrition for your pet will result in fewer veterinary costs down the road. I just wanted to add that nowadays there are multiple companies that have sprung up just to serve the raw/real food pet market; they formulate and mix and grind all the veggies, meat, and bones up for you and sell it by the frozen pound, delivered to your door or in the pet store. Check these out; they might be a good option for those of you who don’t want to handle raw meat or are worried about “doing it right” (but do your due diligence and be wary, checking out the company and the ingredients).

Additionally, I recently found that turkey thighs and turkey legs are a good sized meal for my 75 lb dog, needing fewer chicken drumsticks (he just now delighted in a breakfast of turkey leg with beet/carrot/greens/banana puree). Turkeys, I have heard, are apparently raised with fewer antibiotics as well. The free-range organic kind is still going to be your healthiest option, but you will have to weigh in the cost and availability. I am a firm believer, however, that any extra money that you fork out right now in superb nutrition for your pet will result in fewer veterinary costs down the road.

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