Raw Meat Diet for Dogs and Cats
Friday, January 27th, 2012 at
3:00 am
healthypets.mercola.com - Dr. Karen Becker, a proactive and integrative wellness veterinarian, discusses why it is beneficial to feed your canine or feline a pet diet consisting of raw meat.
Dr. Becker, thank you very much for all these unbiased and truthful information and explainations.
i what to feed my cat raw meat but not sure if i can afford it or how much to feed aday,
and i new that dogs and cats can eat raw because if you think of big cats like lions and wolves all eat raw meat, thank you for the information about raw foods im going to try and convience my mum to put my cat on raw meat. i have been looking up about the raw meat for cats and i have heard that its healthier and the pets are more active and healthy, is bones good to for there teeth
Those 4 dislikes must be people feeding foods like Purina, Beneful, or Ol’ Roy.
my cat is currently switching to evo cat food and i give her some raw meats as a treat daily
I wish we could feed our dogs this at the ASPCA office
I always had a feeling real food made more sense
About guts; my dog gets cow stomach daily. It’s nutricious and they eat it in the wild. I buy is minced as burgers from a pet food company – it’s raw but frozen. Maybe steamed? Think it has to be steamed to be sold legally here..? Smells horrible..
But I’ve learnt it’s a very good and important food. Apart from that he get raw meat sold for human consumption. Great video 
@TheDevilTwins I just tried to feed my cat raw about a few weeks ago.
At first she woulnd’t eat it.
Then I cut up a tiny piece and mixed it with canned food every time.
Now she’ll eat raw for breakfast and canned food for dinner.
I haven’t switched her to raw completely yet.
ive been feeding my dog kibble for that past 10 years…. so would a raw dog foood diet be better? like chicken wings and veggies. ohh,, and i have a small dog, 3 to be exact.
Fantastic! so clear ‘why’!, love it
@piepeace Fruits and vegetables are entirely unnecessary for your dog. Dogs are carnivores, their bodies are 100% designed to subsist on protein and fat. Fruits and vegetables are quite literally empty, undigestable calories.
What about Green Tripe? i heard i has tons of good nutrition. Wouldn’t that be considered gestural intestine tracks? (guts)
One of my cats has been having kidney stones non stop until I put him on a raw meat diet, it’s been 8 years since and he’s doing great.
@MrOzzyPom dont forget the sickening pedigree
Wolves (same species as dogs) and “feral” dogs will eat certain types of vegetation in the wild, would such vegetation be included in the raw food diet?
@leewhite82 AGREED! Raw food food saved all my dogs lives! Most Vets and the food industry want us and our dogs eating food out of cans and bags! Wolves eat nothing but RAW MEAT and Grass! and they never get sick! Raw food contains enzymes which are critical for digestion and Health! Dogs In Alaska eat nothing but Raw fish and Reindeer meat! and they never get sick and never get Plaque on the gums and teeth! People are just brainwashed and ignorant! Stay RAW!!
what a lovely sweet woman……just saying
I have a serious concern about this vid. I agree w/raw meat diet; but bones aren’t addressed. I was at a vet ER-vet said been admitting dogs who’ve choked on bones eaten on raw meat diet. Vet said most dogs died. This is very concerning to me that Dr. B has not addressed bones. If people are going to prepare home raw meat diet, they need to REMOVE ALL BONES that could cause choking or pierce their esophagus. I bought the frozen raw food for my cats – they wouldn’t touch it – $35 down the drain.
@maharley27 Ditto! There are no vets in my county that aren’t sold on kibble.
Cool video clip… I’ve been running DietOramy meal plan (came across it on google’s search engine) for a while now and my personal positive aspects are being mind-blowing – I burned 6 percent of my overall escess unwanted weight in the 1st couple of weeks
I wish more people (including vets) were more educated.
@totmirmis, you should look into Dr. Jean Hofve. She offers a program on how to feed home made raw and cooked diets for sick pets. her website is littlebigcat . com
@kittykatzrule101 I totally understand the concern with bones. You can grind bones, or use a human grade bone supplement powder. Never use the kind for plants, as it contains pesticides.
when I got my new chinese crested puppy I asked my vet to reccomend a food and he said Purina! I was horrified! Obviously vets are NOT educated when it comes to dog nutrition.
@leewhite82 Raw saved my sisters labrador puppy as well. Her vet could not figure out why she continuously contracted UTI’s. It got to the point where they were constantly switching meds and the puppy was peeing crystals when my friend recommended she try raw. 24 hours later the puppy was peeing normally. Amazing huh!