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If there's one school of thought in that can make me twitch like an epileptic rattlesnake, it's the one that goes: "Wild = Natural = Better!"
Several of the blogs I read were talking about “raw meat pet diets” the other day. I didn’t know much about it but I seem to be running into it everywhere lately: forums, Craigslist, even flyers outside the pet store. So I went a’googlin’. And what I found made me want to rant. So here I am.
The reasoning for feeding raw food can be summed up thusly: “Dogs descend from wolves. In the wild, wolves eat mostly raw meat and appear to be perfectly healthy. Therefore, dogs should eat a raw meat diet.”
Ok, sure. Here are some other "natural" conditions for wild canines: parasites, bacterial and fungal infections, ingrown nails, exposure and frostbite, uncontrolled disease, dehydration, mineral deficiencies, and high pup mortality. “Natural” =\= Healthier.
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