Barely a few years ago Tobacco companies used doctors to promote their products. In an incredible display of cynicism doctors became marketing agents in an effort to sell more cigarettes. Millions of people died years later (still dying today) because of this alliance between the medical society and tobacco companies..
Sounds crazy right? How could they do such a thing? How could doctors recommend something that produced cancer and killed people?
Today, the veterinarian society, all over the world is promoting unhealthy commercial diets. They promote it. They sell it.
They know that most of the problems they treat every day are caused by those diets. Periodontal disease, kidney failure, allergies. They know it but day after day they continue recommending (and selling) those products to their clients.
It is so painfully obvious isn’t it? Here it is… in all its absurdity.
Still… today millions of pet owners will feed their animals food that will, in the medium and long run make their animals ill, and there is a reason why they will continue doing so, fear of change.
Every couple of weeks I send a message promoting raw feeding. As you know this is one of the conditions for adoption in Let’s Adopt!.
Every time I send one of those messages I receive two kinds of feedback.. one on hand I get a lot of thank you messages, buy phentermine 37.5 online, people who have either switched to RAW or had done it already. I get thanks from pet owners and from many vets who after years of selling commercial food and seeing its effects on their clients they cannot, in all conscience, continue selling it.
I also get a few hate messages. People calling me all kinds of names. Those messages usually come from a certain kind of people, those who are completely afraid of what they dont know.
This fear shows in the form of total, and in many cases, even violent, resistance.
People experience a conflict, the conflict between what feels good now and what deep down we know is right.
We all know smoking causes cancer… still millions continue smoking.
We all know obesity ends up destroying our quality of life and in most cases killing us… still millions gobble up on unhealthy fast food (in my case, chocolate!).
In the case of Raw feeding this is specially obvious. When confronted with the fact that a big chunk of meat and bones are far healthier for our animals that some dried foul smelling pellets coming from a plastic bag people immediately experience this resistance. They search for safety, security, the expert opinion of those they trust… Their vets.
Wrong choice.
The veterinary society is “in bed” with the “pet food” industry in the same way the medical establishment used to be “in bed” with the tobacco industry.
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It’s an obvious and painful reality that casts serious doubt over the integrity of millions of veterinary doctors all around the world. Obviously most of those doctors are afraid of admitting the error of their ways. Nobody wants to feel exposed.
Now.. mark my words, one day those same vets who know sell bags of supposedly scientific diets will reject the entire industry outright. Right now thousands of them are switching their own animals to Raw, and those who haven’t done so already will surely do so after they read this post.. π
For more information on Raw and a good place to start:
www.rawfed.com
www.rawfedcats.orgο»Ώ
Viktor Larkhill
Viktor@myletsadopt.com
Thank you Viktor for showing me the true way to feed my babies.
Please , advise us what brands of food we shld be feeding our pets (cats).
None… they are all crap.
visit http://www.rawfedcats.org
its all there…
Spread the gospel, brother π
Commercial pet food is the biggest scam out there.
The pet food recalls in recent years exposed a lot of the insides of the biz.
My dog has the most balance diet there is – RAW!
He happens to like bananas and apples as well…
Raw bananas and apples right?
my dogs love Raw anything,including the raw apples, banannas and raw nuts, celery broccolli, carrots and of course raw meat, but the cats are still picky when it comes to raw, especially my 14 year old, but we keep trying.
Yeah, my dogs eats anything. Well, I can’t say anything she hates kibble anyway…She loves her meaty bones 3- 4 times a week..Then she also goes crazy on a dehydrated raw food. This way she get all the other vegetables, fruits and etc…
My cat 8years old, tried to change from kibble to raw, Nope!! but he now loves the dehydrated raw food too. It is a great option if they don’t eat totally raw so I am planing to change it to slowly to raw food…
There used to be a website that dealt with this subject, called http://www.barfers.com which stood for bones and raw food. I am not sure they are sill in business but it is worth checking out. There were even vets involved in it to so it should have been reputable. I did meet a lady who was a web designer by trade and she had her dogs on it and it was the picture of health. I also met a lady many years ago that used to feed her dogs (boxers) a mixture of hamburger, rice and carrots but I think the hamburger was cooked. Anyway good luck.
Hi Carl…
here are some great sites:
http://www.rawfed.com
http://www.rawfedcats.org
http://www.rawmeatybones.com
Thank you Viktor. Your constant caring, intellect and insight helps keep us all informed. The media tries to shove everything down our throats as a means of profit. Thank GOD that there are people like you that remind us to stay aware and not be “led” .
of course raw fruit π
we humans get some distilled stuff every now and then…. hehehe
Hi there,
you have to consider the country as well in which one lives. I lived in gypt and would have killed my cats within 1 week with RAW MEAT!!!!! Full of worms, eggs and other creatures. So I cook for my cats as often as possible, chicken, fish, potatoes, carrots, whatever they prefer. All four have different tastes of course.
Not in every country raw meat is suitable.
Claudia… I used to live in Cairo…
Tell me exactly where you are and I will help you find a good supplier for you.
Also, you should NEVER feed meet directly from the butcher.. put it on freezer bags, leave it a couple of days.. thaw on the fridge, feed to your dog.
I just wanted to add onto the websites that have been mentioned (check them out):
They are cat related (I only own cats!!)
http://www.feline-nutrition.org/
http://www.catinfo.org/
Two vets that I take my cats to advocate raw food diets. And they both have told me that the reason most vets sell the big pet food companies foods is because they get kick backs from these companies when they sell their food in their clinics. And they told me that most vets get very minimal training in nutrition and this training is usually done by these big pet food companies that are giving them the kickbacks. I guess this incentive is more important to most vets then the well being of our pets. So sad π
I am glad you written about this. I was wondering if you heard about what happens to your pet after they are pts, I seen different videos where they actually use them for dog and cat foods. So with the commercial foods we are actually feeding out pets a whole lot of chemicals and whatever medicines those sick pets were on, that horrified me and I just wanted to cry. Knowing that someones beloved pet was used in such a way.
I don’t know how many vets do such a thing. But there was many pets piled up ready for being put into the grinding maching, awful.
i lost my 19 & 17 1/2 year old cats last year to kidney failure. i was reading a lot at that point about the link between hyperthyroidism (which they were) & the link between that & the flip top can liners – which isn’t widely promoted . maybe too little too late, but fortunately they made it to advanced ages. wish they could have made it longer.
i see i’m the last one commenting again. i just ordered some raw food from a vendor called wysong that i want to try. when i lost 2 old cats about a year ago, i was doing research at the time & was finding a lot of stuff about the links to hyperthyroidism & kidney disease to the liners of the pop top cans. i’m glad that my cats lived as old as they did but i keep wondering how much longer they could have lived if i knew some of that stuff. i found this link last night – really scary stuff – granted, the guy has a book to sell at the bottom, but that doesn’t stop the validity of the points he makes earlier on. worth reading & really disturbing. i have run across some of this info before & have checked it from different sources but saw some horrors beyond belief about pet foods in this link.
http://www.felinekidneybreakthroughs.com/?OVRAW=cat%20kidney%20disease&OVKEY=cat%20kidney%20disease&OVMTC=standard&OVADID=26325777521&OVKWID=238610622021&OVCAMPGID=110153021&OVADGRPID=11280644909&OVNDID=ND2
Well done Viktor, I never cease to raise awareness of NOT feeding commercial pet foods to dogs…Ive always fed a BARF (Bones and Raw Foods) diet to my dogs and they thrive on it. Never ever had an illness, never had bad breath, have amazing teeth, beautiful glossy coats, stools are always solid and regular (much less wastage too!!). Some butchers (here in the UK anyway), will gladly give you bags of raw carcasses, chicken wings and bones for free, therefore it makes the diet much cheaper than cans of rubbish!! Added to plenty of raw veg (I mince it all) and raw eggs, including shells and you cant go wrong.
Its the only way to feed in my book, so if you havent all ready give it a go, you will soon see the difference!!!
Check out any books by Dr Ian Billinghurst on BARF diets – very informative!!!!
Sorry meant to add this great link for those that may be interested in changing diet:
http://www.barfworld.com/html/barf_diet/barfdiet_specific.shtml
Thank you for taking on this subject. I am from the UK where I witness vets pushing totally species inappropriate commercial animal foods onto clients every day. Vets here are woefully ignorant about animal nutrition. How can a dried food that is 46% carbohydrate, full of fungus growing hydrolised fats, rendered carcass meal and plant protein be appropriate for an obligate carnivore such as a cat?
The rot sets in very early with UK vets. They receive very little in the way of training in nutrition. Two half days for most, if they are “lucky” – and here’s the rub – those two sessions are sponsored and presented by Hills. Purveyors of crap. So the vet takes this sparce and dubious information out into the world of their work. Receiving honeymoon deals from the pet food companies and perpetuation of poor nutrition and disease. It’s a disgusting and cynical cycle of ignorance, abuse and greed.
I’ve had a few rows with my own vets about what is appropriate to feed to my cats – UK vets are terribly keen on owners staying ignorant (ignorance doesn’t challenge their authority) and they dislike it when I refuse point blank to swallow the kool-aid crap.
It’s even hard to find no grain/soy/filler pet foods in the UK. It’s hard to find safe raw food but it is out there if you look.
I feed most of my cats raw tuna as they love it but I will add a caution that it is also the one fish that many cats are allergic too as my Checkers is so she only gets raw raw salmon.
I believe a natural diet can help keep us healthy and happy and disease free!!!! Read Dr. Gerson, a German doctor, watch videos, listen, read!!! He cured many people, but could be the answer for animals as well. Animals get all the diseases people do so why not treat their diseases naturally rather than with products the government allow!! Dr. Gerson was never allowed to practice his medicine in the US, but read about him and his family and decide for yourselves!!!
I think it is only common sense, dry and canned foods are made for easy life with your pet, and in such busy lifestyles how perfect is this.
I have had cats and dogs for many years and as of the last ten years, I have never had them have so many things wrong with them, Diabetes, Hyperthyroidism, cancer, cancerous tumors, kidney failure so what is that say about commercial animal. food.????? It’s full of poisons and chemicals, just like our own food.
Do not forget that vets don’t have too much training in nutrition, they depend on the pet food companies Love that,
You see one hand washes the other, The pet food companies will sell junk food for their animals, they will get sick and then the vets will have more clients.,
Dogs lived on table scraps for years, until the pet food companies seen that there was BIG money to be made, and they were a lot healither.
Viktor, can you write which vets are pro raw in Istanbul? I’m curious…
so you are saying it is better to feed my pets raw meat rather than dry, mine are fed on burns dry, this was designed by a vet for health problems in dogs, i must admit we have had problems with the dogs since we changed them over, it isnt cheap, but seems to appeal to them, i still give them fresh veg twice a day in their food, and they have cooked chicken, but i was told probally lies, but if you feed animals raw meat you give them the taste of blood, than they kill rabbits and things to feed the cravings, i said it was probally speculation,
sorry i meant to say no problems since we changed them over lol
I run a pet shop and on principal would not stock certain foods, but would steer customers towards the known healthier brands. I agree with that vets push the Hills brand, but often its a prescription diet type for dogs with digestive probs etc. and the customer feels they should then switch to this food as advised.
I do sell a dry dog/cat food and always suggest raw or a good moist food along side this.
The kibble I sell is literally meat/chicken/fish naturally sourced for human consumption with added herbs and no lab is used to add the addictive chemicals the others use to keep the pet wanting more and also not tested on animals either. It is half the price as with no lab expense it is not advertised either.. Customers comment on how much more healthier the pet is and happier and less stressed.
Thanks for your note Marion… seems like you are an ethical pet shop owner.
Know, however, that kibble, by definition and purely based on the fact that it’s dehydrated and requires an enormous amount of extra water to digest is damaging to the animals.
Look at the teeth of any 8 year old dog and you’ll see what I mean…
My tiny Poms like vegetables, and not meat. But, the meal they want to have each day is Eukanuba pellet dry food. Would you say this was healthy enough? They are healthy, and so was my even smaller Pom, who died at 14 yrs. She ONLY liked Eukanuba, until near her end of life, when she preferred the most expensive steak.
She only liked Eukanuba… π
Maybe because that’s what you guys got her hooked on.
Glad she spend the last years of her life eating properly.. π
I would add that I am based in the United Kingdom and where rendering is supposedly banned….lets hope they are truthful when they say this !!!!
I have recently heard (thanks to you!) about raw food for our pets. My mom had always feeding our dogs raw food (by means of boiled chicken and rice and vegetables) and I have to admit that our first dog lived till the age of 17 (his teeth however were not in the best condition) and the one she has now is around 12-13 years old and still very healthy. I have read the book you advised, but I still have some questions.
I have both cats and dogs and up to now I have been feeding them with a combination of cooked food (rice, turkey or beef and vegetables) and commercial food. My dog has a very sensitive bowel and only with one kind of dried commercial food I managed to stop him from consistent diarrhias – I had to stop cooked food. My other dog has died two years ago from cancer (a very bad and aggressive kind of skin cancer) but half her life she lived as a stray and I am not sure what she ate at that time.
Now about raw food. What frightens me is that raw meat is left in a buchers shop for some time (at least hours) and in that time bacteria – and I am not sure what else- grows in it. How can I be sure that my pets won’t get sick by it? Any ideas about my dog and his sensitive bowel? I care deeply for my pets (all ex-strays) and I want to provide them with the best food I can (you even made me start thinking of quitting smoking for them!)
Ionna… here is a great link that helps you understand the bacteria non-issue..
http://rawfed.com/myths/bacteria.html
One more thing about apples. In the book I read about raw feeding there was a recommended site where poisonous plants and vegetables/fruits were mentioned concerning the feeding of animals. Aplle was said to be dangerous for dogs, cats and horses because of the toxins it consists. Check it out!
My Border mix has problems with her anal glands whenever I feed raw. I changed to the BARF diet after reading about the health benefits it provides. She has allergies and my Rottweiler/Lab mix has arthritis. My Vet was thrilled at the results at first but then the anal gland problems started. My bigger dog had slight problems as well but nothing like the little one. She was in a lot of pain and I was in tears about it. It healed and I continued to feed raw, not having made the connection. 3 weeks later the anal glands were compacted again so we tried to figure out what had changed… the raw diet was the only change. She is eating kibbles and only has slight problems when she gets a raw bone. I wish I could feed raw, because she had no allergies and the big guy had no arthritis… π
Ursula… this is very interesting.
Usually it’s the other way around. Many dogs have anal gland problems BECAUSE of their looser stools.
Harder more compact stools make up for a “natural excretor” of the glands.
I’m surprised at what you tell me…
one of my dogs is a vegetarian bcz she cant handle meat protein at all. she has a soy based kibble diet i think it is. but i have been considering switching my other 2 dogs to it. im not sure how my cats would feel about it.