You can! However, if it’s not done with the proper balance of nutrition, you could do more harm than good. Besides, by the time you accumulate all the proper ingredients and allow for your time and effort to grind, mix, package and freeze, you’ll learn Read More …
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Do Raw Pet Food Diets Cost More to Feed Than Traditional Foods?
Our frozen raw diets will cost about the same as feeding a grain-free kibble diet. Animals will often consume up to twice the recommended amount of raw food during transitional periods until nutritional deficiencies are satisfied. Once nutritionally saturated, usually in the first 30 days, Read More …
Does the Food Have Any Chemicals or Preservatives in the Diet?
We don’t sell food with artificial colors or preservatives. Our raw pet food diet products are preserved through either freezing (at –40 degrees F) or freeze-drying which are the only methods of protecting the natural nutrition in Mother Nature’s most complete and balanced food – Read More …
How Can I Travel With My Pet and a Raw Meat Diet?
Traveling with frozen raw food can be a challenge. Using dry ice in a freezer will work well or you can use a freeze-dried version. Freeze-drying is the only way to preserve the nutritional integrity of the health promoting raw food while offering the convenience Read More …
How Do I Start My Dog or Cat on a Raw Pet Food Diet?
Puppies can transition to raw immediately since their digestive system is still in good shape. Older dogs that have been fed kibble for a long time may have a harder time transitioning. Most older dogs and cats have been fed sterile (cooked) foods most of Read More …
Is This Concept of Feeding Raw Meat to Dogs and Cats a New Philosophy?
The concept of feeding dogs and cats on raw meat goes back into history. Unfortunately, as the domestic pet trade has grown so rapidly over the past few decades, most pet food manufacturers have opted to go with more convenient methods of manufacturing, transportation, and Read More …
What Is the Freeze-Drying Process and the Advantages of Processing the Diet This Way?
Freeze-drying is a process that removes the moisture from the meat in a vacuum chamber, while still frozen. By bringing the temperature to the triple point 32 degrees F (where moisture can exist as an ice crystal, water or gas), the moisture is evacuated from Read More …
Why Have Dogs Recently Been Classified as Omnivores?
In our dictionaries, Mr. Webster still classifies a dog as carnivorous (flesh-eating), direct descendants of wolf (genus Canis). Perhaps this myth of defining our domestic genus Canis as omnivores has been promoted by self-serving pet food companies trying to justify turning our canine companions into Read More …
You Claim Your Diet Is More Natural Than Most Pet Foods. Why?
The word “natural”, when applied to some of the pet foods of today, is a real stretch of Mr. Webster’s primary definition, of or arising from nature: in accordance with what is found or expected in nature. How many commercial pet foods have corn, wheat, Read More …
Does the Albright’s Pet Food or Aunt Jen’s Home Made Raw Diet Reduce/Prevent Tartar on Teeth – Why?
Raw meat pet diets do not produce tartar on teeth for one reason – enzymes. Raw meat left between teeth or along the gum line will self-digest because of the undestroyed natural digestive enzymes. On the other hand, cooked food particles can remain on the Read More …
What if My Veterinarian Says a Raw Meat Diet Is Unsafe?
Unfortunately, many veterinary schools provide less than adequate education on basic canine and feline nutrition. Few veterinarians know that raw meat diets have been provided these same raw meat diets to zoos, circuses, wildlife parks, and professional dog and cat breeders for many decades. Ask Read More …
Why Do Some Animals Apparently Do Fine on Commercial Dry and Canned Food, and yet Others Do so Poorly?
Some dogs, especially when they are young, have an amazing ability to digest just about anything that looks like food and do well on it. However, even they have a tendency to degenerate as they grow older, usually at 4-5 years of age. When the Read More …
What Is the Proper Way to Feed the 2-Pound Rolls? How Do I Thaw the Rolls Before Feeding?
Defrosting raw meat should always be done slowly in the refrigerator. Remove the plastic wrapper from the frozen roll, place in a covered container and place in refrigerator. Each day the outer layer of meat will be thawed enough for feeding. Another technique: place 2-pound Read More …
Aren’t All “Complete and Balanced” Diets Equally Nutritious?
The words “complete and balanced” on packages of dog or cat food do not speak to their nutritional adequacy or bio-availability of the food. To legally use this phrase, the foods need only meet minimum requirements to keep an average pet alive. Most of us Read More …
Can I Mix Dry Kibble Food With a Raw Meat Pet Diet?
This is not recommended for small breeds, but many owners of large breeds and/or multiple dogs reportedly feed this way when budget restraints are an issue. The reason being is that raw meat pet diet ingredients are very rich in all the necessary nutrients, plus Read More …
I Am a Vegetarian and Have a Hard Time Digesting Meat – Why Would It Be Best Then to Feed It Raw to My Dog or Cat?
Human beings, being omnivorous (feeding upon animal and vegetable food), do not have the digestive tools our ancient ancestors had, in order to handle raw meat. Even though we would digest our meat better if eaten raw, we no longer possess the tools to handle Read More …
Is It Harmful to Cook the Food Before Feeding It to My Dog or Cat?
Meat that is cooked above 120 degrees F loses its natural digestive enzymes as well as some of the important fragile amino acids such as Taurine. The preventative health benefits of an uncooked, balanced, raw meat pet diet can be seen in the testimonials of Read More …
Why a Raw Meat Pet Diet?
The answer is very simple – undamaged enzymes and amino acids! A raw meat pet diet contains natural digestive enzymes and a complete amino acid profile (the protein building blocks) totally undamaged in this natural state. Many of the important amino acids and all digestive Read More …
Why Is There Such a Difference in the Stools on a Raw Meat Pet Diet?
The high biological value of the protein in raw meat will result in a large reduction in the amount and frequency of stool elimination. Most commercial pet foods are filled with indigestible ingredients that cause dogs and cats to overeat which create the need to Read More …
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