The companion animal’s diet and how we can make a substantial, immediate difference in their nutrient availability, uptake, and use.

Many veterinary health care professionals believe the main cause of illness and early death of our companion animals is directly related to poor nutrition. Whereas, pets that are fed nutritious, biologically appropriate foods remain healthy, active and free of common diseases well beyond what most pet guardians and professionals would consider “old age.”

Raw meat, bone, and organs simulate nature’s perfect meal.

These foods contain the amino acids utilized by dogs and cats for various metabolic and energy activities. Of the twenty-two identified alpha amino acids, our pets can synthesize eleven (cats) to twelve (dogs) of these internally. The other ten to eleven amino acids are referred to as essential amino acids because they must be obtained from the foods that our four-legged friends consume. These amino acids in their raw unadulterated state are the most highly absorbent form of amino acids you can provide your furry loved one.

Raw feeding will bring many health benefits to your pet, but first let’s look at the six primary reasons to begin offering your dog, cat (or ferret) a raw food diet.

• Biologically appropriate: Provides food your pet is physiologically (functioning process) and metabolically (assimilation and elimination) designed to eat allowing them to assimilate maximum nutrient benefit without burden to their vital organs.

• Mother Nature’s perfect balance: Supplies “life energy” with its wide spectrum of essential (unadulterated) amino acids, living enzymes, and highly absorbable vitamins and minerals that the carnivorous pet requires for optimal health.

• The ultimate quality control: Allows you complete control over exactly what your loved one is eating. No concern that the food is dangerously too low in this, too high in that, etc.

• Individualized supplementation: Provides for easy diet adjustments to suit your pet’s individual nutrient needs with whole living foods.

• Eliminate toxins: Prevents ingesting toxic

  "All processed pet foods… are missing something that seems to me to be one of the most important “nutrients” of all…. It is a quality found only in freshly grown, uncooked whole foods. It’s life energy.” – Dr. Richard Pitcairn, DVM

  chemicals, preservatives, additives and other questionable health-defeating ingredients. Also, highly digestible protein limits nitrogen by-products, a major cause of kidney problems.

• Nature’s medicine: Feeds the vital organs, body tissues and energy force with the healing power of clean whole-foods

• Optimal nutrition (Natural Whole food source

  “Even a 12 year old terrier with few teeth, mammary cancer, a heart condition, and liver problems bounced back and gained weight on a diet of raw chicken wings.”Dr. Tom Lonsdale, the West Australian “Today” (3-2002)

  of amino acids, vitamins, minerals, and essential fatty acids)
• Enhanced immune system – healthy immune response
• Reverses many illnesses            
• Supports rather than burdens all vital organs
• Eliminates metabolic stress – raw protein provides intracellular (between the cells) moisture, and therefore natural hydration
• Physical energy – stamina, power, muscular body mass
• Emotional energy balance – hyper pets get calmer-lethargic pets come alive
• Stops most allergies
• Maintains healthy weight 
• Healthy teeth and gums 
• Healthy skin and coat
• Snuffs out doggie odor
• Eliminates most common symptoms associated with regular consumption of commercial pet food such as; diarrhea, increased flatulence, intermittent vomiting, and prolonged scratching and chewing 
• Aids with anal gland issues (Smaller, naturally firm feces)
• Reduced risk of bloat (not proven, but makes sense)
• Less frequent stressful visits to the veterinarian
• No anesthesia and its negative health impact (For teeth cleanings, tumor removals, and other procedures which become unnecessary.)
• Develop at appropriate rate – quick growth spurts are avoided
• Less suffering
• Extended quality life; healthier and happier

A GRATEFUL PET!

We don’t feed our companion animals a raw diet to spoil them, anymore than we consider it excessive to eat right ourselves or to make sure our two-legged kids eat properly. We do it because we also want to give our furry family members every opportunity to live a long and healthy life.

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