Tips For Buying Raw Dog Food

The decision to try your dog an a raw dog food diet is a great one when it comes to making sure your pooch gets the best possible nutrition, lives longer, is much healthier and really enjoys being part of your family! However, it is not quite as cut and dried as simply making sure your dog only eats raw food. There is quite a bit more to know on the subject which we will attempt to address here with the following tips for buying raw dog food!

The absolute majority of dogs on a raw food diet are more energetic, happier and naturally healthier than those dogs that have plenty of canned food as well as other cooked food. In their early years and also as time progresses, these raw food fed dogs will face far less health problems that are normally associated with their diet. As said above, however, because there are several considerations to think about, buying raw dog food can throw up a few challenges for dog owners.

The first and most crucial tip when buying raw dog food…

The food must be fit for human consumption or is human grade food. If you are truly looking for the highest quality, most superior and healthy dog food then it makes perfect sense to use food that we too would find safe to eat. There is a reason why so many pranks occur relating to eating normal dog food! Raw food especially needs to be of the highest quality foods available which is fresh and safe to eat. This is paramount to ongoing success when following the raw dog food feeding model.

Next, make sure you buy organic fruits and vegetables. Organic fruits and vegetables are grown without pesticides or insecticides or any growth enhancers. This means the produce is all natural and good for your dog.

Fruits and vegetables which are not grown the organic way is not ideal because the traces of pesticides and chemicals used on non-organically raised produce can be ingested by your dog and lead to health problems. Even if you wash the fruit and vegetables, pesticides and chemicals are not completely removed from the product.

Be sure you purchase your meat from a reliable butcher who takes his product from a farm which does not use growth stimulants for their livestock. Like fruits and vegetables that are not grown in an organic manner, meats with growth stimulants is not an ideal raw food for dogs. These stimulants can give your dog health problems or create unnatural growth in your dog.

When buying raw food for dogs…

Be sure to shop in the right quantities, which is how much you can store giving your freezer or refrigerator space. Keep in mind that different foods have varying shelf lives. Fresh vegetables lasts about a week and frozen meats lasts three to six months in the freezer, depending on the kind of meat.

If you would like to store vegetables for longer periods of time, you can create a vegetable slosh in bulk and freeze it in the portions that you will be feeding your dog.

When feeding puppies, keep in mind that they will need a higher percentage of protein in their diet compared to fully grown dogs because they’re at a critical growth stage. Puppies will eat about four times a day in their  first three months. Afterwards you can switch to fewer feedings.

Older or fully grown dogs will eat less often than puppies, but if they are very active, they will need more feedings or a higher percentage of protein as well. It is important to keep  details like these  in mind when buying raw food for dogs so that you know how much of each kind of food to buy.

For more details like these, a good place to get more information is from the ebook ‘Going Rawr! Dog Lovers Compendium.’ Its author, Maggie Rhines, shows you exactly how to choose raw food for dogs, as well as proper methods of storage and preparation.

It really is the total resource and guide for dog owners who are just starting out their dogs on this diet and who would like to know more  about how to implement it and how to avoid food contamination. Follow the introductory tips for buying raw dog food in the article above and then check out the book’s website by clicking on the image below for more information: