The Growing Problem With Homemade Pet Food 

I cutting down on the rice I add to her food. I cook chicken breast or turkey burger...etc. She loves it with blueberries.

That is fantastic. We all have the ability to heal and it starts with what we put in our bodies.

In terms of cancer, a few weeks vs 3 months is not really significant. No prognosis is meant to be exact. I’m glad your dog is exceeding expectations and he’s probably really happy about the tastier food. But you should really keep tabs on the cancer progression or check if maybe they somehow reached remission.

@@noronahahaha It’s been almost 5 months now and he’s not gotten any worse. The tumor on his leg has not changed in size and other than his gimp, you wouldn’t know anything was wrong with him. He does take a lot of supplements. What I meant by my post was that had I kept him on kibble, he wouldn’t have made it as long as he has. I understand that every dog and situation is different, but I think any dog diagnosed with cancer should be changed to a carb free diet and kibble is FULL of carbs.

@@shannonthejeepgirl I’m glad he’s still doing ok! Every day is a gift. I still think that prognoses are highly inexact and extended survival could be due to other factors, even those not immediately obvious to us. If it is the diet, though, I would agree that it is likely the lack of carbs/sugars. Tumors will grow faster with high sugar diets in humans, I doubt it’s much different for dogs.

bingo

Cooking food is taking away nutrients, from your pet. They don't eat cooked food in the wild. That is why it's called a RAW diet. The meat is raw, you can lightly cook the vegetables to replicate what a dog would eat, in the intestines of it's prey.

Yes found out about the crappy kibble type dog food is crap is last few months - I had bought soo many different kinds- but he still wouldn’t it unless I put some can food in it- even then he wouldn’t eat all of it. I’d had look at some videos on FB of difference people that created Good dry healthy kibble dog food - 1 use to be a actress- 1 was a holistic Vet- ect- but their bags of it was soo expensive $$ & size so small would’ve only lasted our dog a couple days- and yes saw videos on feeding raw food - but it can get rancid- and doesn’t always sit good for dogs indigestion. Then I just started looking more in RU-vid- found 2 great videos of 2 different people making their own dog food- with real good ingredients & using a pressure cooker just to get soft & easy to mix up. So I’ve been making home made dog food for about a month now - and our dog loves it 💕. The best video I found was a guy his RU-vid is “The Buck Stop!

@@cherylrightnour9918thanks I’ll check him out! My chihuahua hates kibble, won’t eat the fresh pet anymore even when we buy the small one with the cranberries that’s $7 for one tube. Then we tried another brand that is even more expensive because you have to pay shipping, he hated it. It’s crazy to pay these high prices for the supposed “fresh food” and then it actually gets thrown away because it’s been sitting there in his bowl too long, uneaten. He won’t even think about touching canned food and when he did, he got diarrhea. I’ve always had big dogs that would destroy anything you put in front of them so this is definitely a gray area for me! I took him to the vet, he has no underlying disease or allergies to what we have given him, he just wants people food and he’d rather starve waiting for it than to eat his own food. We even tried not giving him any more people food and he still went DAYS without touching his food. I really don’t know if I have the kind of time it takes to devote to making home made dog food but I’m going to try my best!

I agree but our own food is now tainted with all kinds of things as humans we should not ingest either. GMOs and livestock being injected is not good for anyone.

Wow, great job. Keep up the good work.

Do u mind sharing the recipes? My dog is getting older and I’m trying to feed her better foods

Please share your recipe- sounds like it's a winner!

Adding a comment for an update, in case you decide to share the recipe.

can i get the recipe?

Aw, I really appreciate you telling me that, and I'm even more happy that this video gave you some peace of mind with pursuing a homemade diet ❤

@@PawsofPrey 😊

I do think you have to be a little more careful about raw for cats than with dogs. Cats are way more susceptible to developing kidney and urinary problems and raw diets can sometimes make that worse. I recommend getting pretty litter to monitor their urine because that’s what made me notice my cat had urine out out of the normal ranges on a raw diet. I switched her back to canned and it went back to normal. Not saying to not do it if it benefits your cat, lots of people claim it has, but be careful and monitor closely.

@@rosalina2773 thank you for your concern! I recently saw a holistic vet, and my cat had run a lab - the result shows she is healthy : )) Relieved for now because I was thinking if she has developed a kidney disease (this is the reason I began seeking raw diet)... but yes sure!! I will monitor my cat. And yes, cats are all different so we need to weigh pros cons for our cats for them to thrive better. I hope you and your cat are feeling safe and doing alright too - thanks again!

@@catie2094 your cats are going to be much better on a raw diet, or even on a cancer diet, then they will ever be on kibble. Don't let people discourage you.

I feed my dog cooked a mix of chicken breast and beef,and blanched some veggies and cut them up. Is it ok to feed raw veggies (eg brocolli i was tole has a lot of worms inside if not cooked properly)

​@@YUYUithfrom what I know even with a raw diet it is typically best to cook veggies as dogs find raw vegetables hard to digest. Eating a few raw veggies would probably be ok for most dogs but you're better off just cooking it and either breaking into smaller pieces or making it into a puree

Absolutely! As far as balancing homemade diets goes, I do think it's important to know what balancing means in the grand scheme of things. The information available to owners on pet nutrition is lacking, so I had to put it out there and make owners more aware

@@PawsofPrey I have discovered that if you feed a healthy adult dog 60% muscle meat (predominantly red), 10% muscle organs or cartillage, 10% bone, 10% liver and a second secreting organ, 7% veggies, 2% seeds and nuts, 1% veggies plus sardines, oysters and supplements such as kelp, brewers yeast and plant oils with sufficient rotation, you should meet the NRC values without an issue.

I agree 100%

@Paws of Prey we, and our pets, are so grateful for you

@@rawexplorer8373 You should feed green tripe rather than "veggies" and leave out the seeds/nuts/plant oils. Fresh (never frozen) is best if you have the option. Pottenger's Cats is a wonderful study to share with skeptics....

I followed the vets advise and fed them................ and both my cats died from kidney disease and I had lots of vet bills. There was a recall alert and a class action law suit on the brand. Thanks Doc.

@HolyTeacup-bc9uc Sceince diet is owned by the giants that own the vet clinics. I try not to still be bitter. I will never trust a vet again.

Some vets are tied into national corporate chains that pass on mandates for certain food brands to be pushed onto the consumer (pet owner). Take a look around at the vet waiting room next time which specific brands of foods and supplements are constantly being promoted, with variants of known-brands hyped up as essential for the well-being of the pet that can only be purchased from the vet.

@@thekenthouse6428 with ingredients that are really for biotechnology won't get into it here (can't)

@HolyTeacup-bc9ucVets don't have concern for proper portions. Vets make money off selling "medication" food. It is disgusting how ignorant most vets are.

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I do this too. It helps because my dog is finicky and her preference is variety. Poodle lol but 3 years so far. She went for a dental checkup, had to remove a problem tooth (chewed on a hard toy) and the vet told me her teeth are pretty clean and healthy.

Do you have recipes to share or links for knowing proportions for cooked food?

This is so true. My parents fed our tiny poodle everything they ate....never had dogfood in its life. To be honest I know he was given all the foods they tell you to avoid. and he lived to be 21....was never sick, only surgery was cataract because of its age. Always healthy.

The oldest dog that just died at 31 years and 165 days only ate food scraps. Can you beat that with any comercial dog food?

Years ago my parents had a toy poodle who was given whatever they ate. He never had dog food in his life and lived to be 21 with no health issues. He died from old age. I know for a fact he was even given foods that are forbidden and never got sick from them, he thrived.

@@cristinagotcher2759not scraps he ate what the family ate.

In my experience with working at veterinary hospitals (and especially for the larger, more commercial hospitals), they tend to skip to things like x-rays and ultrasounds before considering the little things. Of course, they will ask "has your pet gotten into anything recently?" "What's their diet like?" but little things like a food sensitivity can be easily overlooked. Not saying every veterinarian is like this, but it's something I often saw. Anyway, I'm glad you got everything figured out and your kitties are doing well!

@@PawsofPrey Thank you for your reply. The veterinarian never asked about diet. He prodded her stomach and immediately wanted to do all the tests.

I dont get it. Dogs and cats can live fine on a regular, sensible diet. People have no common sense anymore.

What supplement are you using please? I'm fixing to be doing homemade but would like a good supplement just to add a bit here and there.

@@beatcat1265 There is a complete supplement called "TC Feline" that has two types: including liver and one without liver. You make a large batch of food at once. I also use "Rx Vitamins for Pets," Feline Minerals. This has limited ingredients for when I only feed chicken thighs with bone broth. Panda got over her chicken allergy, thank goodness. I stopped using Nulo wet food. Both cats eat just about anything now. Good luck with your cat.

Since fruits were Not a food dogs ate on their own, in the way past or now, why add them? a real question.

My dog's teeth are also perfect and clean. She has no bad breath either. The old notion that kibble helped clean teeth is complete nonsense.

Can you post a recipe with measurements?

With your experience, has it helped save you money at all, or is it kind of pricey? I’ve been looking into trying out the raw diet for my dog but I’m afraid it’ll be too expensive :/

@@marievandrew3135 Feeding homemade raw is not expensive and the health benefits are priceless. Most commercial premade raw is expensive but some companies like My Pet Carnivore and Hare Today have less expensive whole prey blends to which you could add a few extras.

Me too. ❤️ 25 years of healthy long lived doggos.

​@@marievandrew3135 Vet bills from feeding kibble, vaccinating anything but the core vaccines x 1, and poisoning our pets, is far more expensive than feeding them a balanced raw diet to include organs and also raw meaty bones sized for your dog's. size. Those meaty bones cleans their teeth so yhey don't need dangerous anesthesia to have their teeth cleaned. Vets should only be for spay/neuter, or mechanical problems such as swallowing something they shouldn't, bloat, etc. Anything but core vaccines knocks down your pet's OWN IMMUNE SYSTEM. ✨Some things I posted earlier this year: ** I am not saying vets are necessarily "evil". Pharmaceutical companies that produce flea/tick poisons, and even vaccines, cover up their toxicity and since they finance veterinary schools, the student vets are taught it isn't toxic. Let me make myself clear, ALL so called flea and tick "medications" ARE NOT medications at all, BUT ARE PESTICIDES. And we douse our pets skin with these topical pesticides, it's absorbed through their skin and circulates all throughout their bodies. For example, think the nitroglycerin patch in human patients with angina. The nitroglycerin is absorbed through their skin and dilates the blood vessels, increasing blood flow to the heart, thus stopping the chest pain. Never believe it when veterinarians tell you those spot on pesticides are only absorbed "into the fat layers". Those fat layers contain capillaries which circulate the pesticide throughout your pet's body. The there are the pesticide chewables for fleas and ticks, ALSO called medications, when in fact these chewables are pesticides just like the spot on type! These pesticides also accumulate in their bodies. Would you douse your child with pesticides?? Would you feed your child pesticides?? Your pets' organs are slowly being damaged by these pesticides. That's why there is often organ failure, seizures, and cancers. Even if YOUR pet seems just fine, their life spans are greatly shortened. Dogs and cats should live MUCH LONGER than they do. And that "prescription" dog and cat food is rubbish! The pet food companies are also financers of veterinary schools and teach them their pet foods are gold! Add over-vaccinating pets, especially with the rabies vaccine, and our pets DON'T HAVE A CHANCE of living their normal life span. So when you pat yourself on the back because your dog has lived for 15 years, be it known that your dog could've lived to be 20-25 years of age! These all work together against your pet. A species appropriate raw fed or lightly cooked diet, NO pesticides, and NO vaccines, all add up to pets enjoying a long healthy life only seeing a vet for mechanical difficulties such as swallowing something they shouldn't have as well as for spaying and neutering at the appropriate age. The vets provide the pet food and pesticide companies with business from start to finish when they set up their veterinary practice, by the purchase of prescription pet foods, flea/tick pesticides disguised as medications, and vaccines. $$$$ And the veterinarians who began as idealistic students, trusting what they're taught at veterinary college, set up revenue for the pharmaceutical and pet food companies for the life of their practices; due mainly to these products they in turn, use on your pets (vaccines) and flea/tick medications (pesticides) they sell to the pet PARENTS! $$$$ Be it known, WELL PETS DO NOT PRODUCE REVENUE‼️ ** Combination Shots for Dogs: Weapons of Over-Vaccination Whombo combos, mumbo jumbos: that’s what veterinarians who understand immunology call combination shots. www.dogsnaturallymagazine.com/combination-shots-for-dogs-weapons-of-over-vaccination/

@@marievandrew3135the money you save on avoiding 90% of health problems that solely kibble-fed dogs have, makes up for the food cost. Also personally it comes out cheaper (even with iodine, vitamin e, omega supplements etc) than any premium kibble :)

I'm so incredibly happy to hear that!!

How do you get the cheat sheet?

. You really can notice the difference. Can't you.

Big difference ❤

I commend you for your courage.... going against the grain isnt easy. Im sure your 4 legged family members appreciate it too 🙏

I just wish they would use more animal-based ingredients rather than plant

JFFD has their own nutrient blend as well that is similar, but their recipes include muscle meat, offal and bone which is why i prefer it to FD. I use this now because its cheap enough and healthier than kibble. I used to feed BARF but I just don't have the space or budget for it anymore. I think as long as the food is balanced and meets AAFCO standards then it's fine. Some people just cant afford to feed certain diets. Prepping raw on your own can also be really time consuming. @@PawsofPrey

Our doggie looooooves their meals.

@@PawsofPreytheir turkey recipe which is excellent is all we get for our pup. I agree their beef recipe had too much lentils

Where to get it please?

I’m Amazed too 😂😂

Learning to do it for my children helped me to recognize the need and to do it for my dogs.

You don't have to do much for kids they go in the fridge an eat 300 bucks of food you just bought in a couple of hours , I'm guessing God made kids self feeding 🤣

It’s probably because everyone is scared of being scolded by vets who’ve been indoctrinated by big pet food companies. Imagine if doctors suggested feeding people this way (2 main commercial foods that were “nutritionally complete” and scolded you if you decided to eat steak and vegetables instead!)

@@reepicheepsfriend lmao

My vet said the same, was 200% against raw diet and discouraged me to feed my dog homemade food unless he like the supplements on it and fishtails. My dog refused to touch the food with supplements and oils, he said the best food he can be on and the only one he trusts is what he is on and breed specific, royal canine. But then the vets lobby shelfs are full of their products! my dog doesn't like the adult poodle royal canine either, he will go 1-2 days before he finally eats his food. Not sure what to do anymore as my vet has scared me from cooking saying our food is just as dangerous and lacks nutrients as well. He said humans are obese, riddled with disease as more so than our pets because of the food we eat.

@@buysellcallyenel5256 That's just horrible you're going through this, I got palmed off the Royal Canin garbage as well as that's what my vet has stocked on their shelves too, my puppy refuses to touch it and will gladly starve than go near it at all, funny enough she's a poodle mix too. When I've specifically asked WHAT is a high quality kibble, what is the difference when they all start with corn meal and WHAT I should be looking for that determines high quality they couldn't answer any of it. If you need any help by all means I can share a few recipes, whilst it's important to remember that homemade diets are notorious for lacking critical components I promise you they can be done rather easily AND not be a health hazard, it's these rice centered ones that's a vast majority of the problem simply because it's marketed to appeal to humans and their fad 'health' diets than for a dog.

My vet also advised me to feed my dog royal canine as the nutrients is made for specific dog, so I bought a royal canine shihtzu and mix home made food with it. I put little amount of royal canine and use it a food supplement instead 🙂

​@buysellcallyenel5256 . Don't cook your dogs food. Think about it. Do dogs cook their food in the wild, before they eat it. No.... Alot of people base the nutrition on the prey diet. Mostly muscle meat, plus at least 2 serves of organ meat, like kidney or liver. Some steamed vegetables, the odd raw fresh egg, some non weight bearing bones, ( mine love chicken necks) and I add in a couple of spoonfuls of Greek yoghurt. Their coats are so soft and shiny.

@@kathrynletchford5114 Some dogs do well off 100% raw and others don't, just do what works best for your dog's individual needs. I've had shepherds that ate all raw and now have a poodle mix that just can't digest it that way, it's all a simple matter of adjusting your recipes accordingly.

I think that's the way to go: mixing homemade with half a cup of kibble.

to support your theory, a friend asked me to babysit her cats for two years. she is a vet tech (as am i) and had her cats on an expensive dry kibble by Royal Canin that she was buying from the clinic she worked at. I was home-cooking for my dog and just extended this to her cats. they loved it, they were supposedly picky eaters. before cooking for them, their urine stank and they peed large volumes often. it was a constant battle to keep the litter box clean. they also drank a lot of water as well. after about a month of home-cooking, they barely drank any water and their urine did not have any odor and the volume they peed was reduced dramatically. one of the cats was overweight and that was resolved over the time i had them. the cats were 8 years and 14 years old.

@@bennyblanco2523 Being that you're a vet tech, you probably already know this... But just in case it hadn't crossed your mind before, or in case someone else might come across this and learn something from it, I'll share anyway! Drinking large amounts of water coupled with high volumes of urine are actually telling signs of type 2 diabetes developing in cats due to the high blood sugar preventing them from absorbing water no matter how much they drink. And the thing about dry foods is that many of them are extremely high in carbs, which, as you likely already know, turn into sugar in the body. Much like in humans, when caught in the early stages, type 2 diabetes in cats has a chance of being reversed through changes in diet alone if it's the source of the problem; it sounds to me like you might have actually saved your friend's cats from a very difficult future :) (Source: I have a diabetic kitty myself)

We feed our 2 cats raw, they only get high quality can food occasionally when we run out of our homemade. I can absolutely smell the difference in the litter box if we go more than a day or two on canned. It's not your imagination, I don't think.

🤣 ours sure loves cat puke (and horse droppings)

Would you share your recipe I'd love to make my fur babies some nutritional food

@patroot2536 Sure. It's 1kg chicken thighs(bone in, skin removed), 5kg chicken breast, 300g liver, 900g salmon(frozen), 8kg of pet mince(ask your butcher or ask around for butchers that do it), 8 eggs mixed with a 50g packet of grated parmesan cheese(or similar), 2 kg carrots, 1kg sweet potato, 500g green beans, 2 bags of kale, 500g rice(brown is better but wash white rice thoroughly). 500g frozen blueberries, 500g frozen raspberries. Cook pet mince in the oven in a large oven tray along with sweet potato(obviouslythe mince will take longer to cook). Add chicken thighs(count them) to a large pot and cover with water. Cook thighs on simmer until meat falls off the bone, remove thighs and discard bones(count bones), boil chicken breast in batches until all done. Boil carrots after the chicken(do not discard water at any time). Once carrots are done(dont peel them), add rice to pot, stir well, and bring to a simmer. Add the kale on top of rice, dont stir(I freeze it first so I can crunch it up, saves on chopping it up) Add chopped green beans on top of kale and finally add the salmon. Put lid on pot and let cook until rice is done. Remove from heat and let cool with lid on. All the juices from the chicken will be in the rice mixture. Remove any fat from pet mince and leave to cool along with the chicken, sweet potato, carrots, and rice mix. Mix eggs with cheese and microwave until cooked through. Chop everything up when cool and mix with rice mix and frozen fruit. Portion up(whatever your dog needs per meal) by squeezing together in your hands and wrapping in cling film and then freeze. Boiling the thighs chicken, carrots, etc, in the same water makes an excellent stock to cook the rice in and keeps all the nutrients. You can adjust quantities as my amounts makes about 40 days worth. Cost(if going for the cheaper supermarket meats etc) works out as £1.62 per day and is far healthier and cheaper than the best canned/commercial dog food.

@@gazsm1thanks ❤

There are many things wrong you stated. The reason food is cooked is NOT to make it more digestible, Its to kill the many parasites and bacteria that can be present in the raw foods. Your dogs stomach acids do NOT kill bacteria or parasites. Also you should NEVER give your dogs bones at any time regardless how soft you think your pressure cooker gets them. YES, they absolutely can sliver in your dogs intestines but not in the way you are imagining in your head. If bone fragments travel down the gastrointestinal (GI) tract and reach the large bowel/colon, they may collect and cause constipation. This is painful for the dog, as the bone fragments scrape the lining of the colon and rectum and lead to significant trauma. Little sand like bone particles can work there way into the lining of the gut. Also there is no nutrition in "corn", its a useless filler that will only make your dog poop more. The other stuff is good and the flax oil is also good. If you want better oil to use then you should use Omega 3 salmon oil.

@@markkillset5205 All of that is completely wrong. I am biologist. Stomach acid is to chemically cook the food and make it bioavailable. Killing parasites is just a plus or minus, or has nothing to do with the way the stomach works. And I've fed my dogs pressure cooked bones for more than 20 years, they call it bone meal. Because it gets so soft it literally is just a mush, or a powder if you dry it. Anyway, you should learn more. Corn has soluble vitamin B in it. While it doesn't have MUCH nutrional value it does fill a spot, along with other veggies and legumes in a rotational schedule. Omega 3 is Omega 3, it makes NO F'ing difference whether it comes form a plant or an animal, same freaking molecule. You would understand about bone meal if you had done some research, an NO they absolutely CAN NOT SLIVER if they are pressure cooked. I love teaching people, hope you learn.

@@BobHenderson-dr2wy Sorry Bob, But that is false information and in no way should you be spreading this on social media as its putting animals at risk if someone was to take your advice. NO VET ever would tell you to feed bones to your dogs. Pardon the insult but you would have to be a imbecile to think that is safe for your dogs. Biology doesn't make you a vet in which I have saved over 40 dogs and 30+ cats in the past few years alone and work with vets and animal shelters. I do not walk around pretending to be something I'm not, neither should you.

​@@BobHenderson-dr2wyoh nutritional yeast flakes! That's a good idea! Thank you! If I don't have pressure cooker are raw bones good or should I get a calcium supplement of some sort? I'm fixing to start cooking homemade watching different videos to help. Doing ground meats livers gizzards veggies lentils not sold on rice yet

​@@BobHenderson-dr2wyoh also fresh duck eggs , sweet potato, pumpkin puree

Theres lots of resources on here and on the internet that shows you how to make homemade pet food for cheap....

The most recent recipe I found is roughly $2 per day in food for a 40 pound dog. You buy in bulk for all of the different items that make up a balanced meal, freeze them in portions, and you’re good to go! Definitely cheaper than a $2,000 vet bill

@@LukeMcGregor22 please link that recipe.

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Look for chicken leg quarters in 10-lb bags; I sometimes get them for as little as $.39/lb, though usually closer to $.69/lb. Look for sales on the cheapest and least desirable meats (not nice tender cuts!). See if your grocery butcher will give you a cut price for out-of-sale-date meats. If you have a deep freeze you can feed pork (cheaper than beef) safely by deep freezing it for at least 3 weeks first. Go to a butcher and see about getting "offal" cheap, especially tripe (do NOT prepare or feed the tripe indoors--dogs love it but it stinks!) It costs me about $1/day per dog these days, plus a few treats and such. My collies all weighed around 60 lb.

Don't brown anything off. Give it as is

Yes, that's a huge point that I've been trying bring up more recently as well! I couldn't agree more.

And, AAFCO guidelines are for minimal amounts. The big pet food corporations adhere to minimum amounts of nutrients. There are no scientific studies that pinpoint any optimal amounts of anything. So, actually, the best way to hedge the bets for giving a dog everything he needs is to feed him a species appropriate (carnivore) diet of rich variety and to feed these foods very fresh and minimally processed. For example, my dogs get eggs twice a week. They don't like them raw but I know that the vitamins in the yolk are destroyed with high heat and that the fatty acids get oxidized with cooking. I buy range fed eggs with the deep orange colored yolks and I cook them sunny side up so that the white is cooked but the yolk remains runny but warmed. I also give them canned sardines once a week (in spring water, with skin and bones). They get homemade cooked beef, turkey, chicken and lamb recipes with barely cooked liver and heart (I can't source other organs. I alternate beef heart and veal liver with chicken liver and heart because beef liver is too rich in copper, iron and other things for daily feeding in my opinion). I also feed raw blends (ground muscle meat, organ and bone, human grade ingredients only-- Check our "The Pet Food List" by Susan Thixton, a consumer advocate who upgrades her list of safe pet foods annually. Her list only contains fresh cooked, raw or raw, freeze dried pet foods that use human grade instead of "feed-grade" ingredients. These companies have to send her receipts to verify their ingredient sources in order to make it on her list). Susan asks for a 10 dollar donation to her channel to download her list. I give her more because her efforts have dramatically improved the safety and nutrition of my dogs. She attends AAFCO meetings and asks questions in her quest to bring attention to pet food safety and the big manufacturers hate her. Please see Rachel Fusaro's interview of her on Rachel's yt channel.

"Dried" food and cats is counter-intuitive. A cat's physiology is such that they typically get the majority of their hydration from their food. When we give them (dry) food we are asking their bodies to re-hydrate their food which they are not well equipped to do. I've had great success by preparing large batches of home-cooked cat food in a slow-cooker which helps retain moisture and nutrients. I then vacuum seal and freeze in smaller portions. My cats are thriving, one is 19 years old i think and she acts like a kitten. A few years back we sadly lost our 23 year old cat, but she was mobile and independent right to the end.

I think it's great btw that you're a hunter, I'm sure your cat will appreciate that. 🥰

@catcrazycedar8919 Great to hear :) how much eggshell are you using per day for your dog :)

@@ltandkholbrook9555 For my cats I used 1 tsp across 10 meals. I have no dogs but way too many cats

Yeah, I would like to feed raw but I have one dog, very picky to start with, that acts like raw foods make him nauseated to look at it.

​@@hamstersnifferMy girl didn't do well on a raw diet, so have gently cooked/cooked her food 5 years 3 months with success. Not all feeding types will accommodate all dogs. Cooked is definitely healthier than processed.

Dogs have evolved thousands of years alongside humans, eating their scraps. And you better believe the humans didn't give them the prime meat and steaks 😂. They actually metabolise straches different than wolves. Dogs are not wolves, so we dont need to feed them like wolves.

A natural species appropriate dog food should never be cooked. Dogs do not cook their meat, and cats do not bring home a mouse for you to cook it.

I would love to know the things you typically put in your dog’s bowl.

What type of powdered grass do you buy? I want to start adding this to my cats diet. Thank you.

When I put meaty bones in my cats food I use chicken wings and bones from small birds like Cornish game hen. Or something like that. Otherwise I use the supplement that has egg shells as the source of calcium

@@Lisa-cn2uu No salt but when they eat my leftovers they get a little salt in my food. Sabrina is going on 17 years old now. I use herbs for her health also in her food and healing herbs as well just like us they need a little help now and then.

You are very welcome! Oh goodness, what a scare! I'm sorry you and your boy had to go through that, but I'm so glad to hear he is coming around. And oh, I'm sorry! If you email me support@pawsofprey.com I can add your email in manually so you can get the cheatsheet!

Yes very over vaccinated

@@ltandkholbrook9555 absolutely!

​​@@ltandkholbrook9555 As well as POISONED. Is it any wonder pet cancers have SKYROCKETED❓‼️

poisons end up in organs to haunt them later on.

Yes I had a kitten and they insisted on the rabies vax! Even though she is always inside! Well, it made her very unwell! I nursed her through it and she's a healthy 5 yr old cat now. But ill never do it again!!!

I've heard that you should try not to let your dog lick your face for 45-90 minutes after they eat raw meat. As for other surfaces, it's good to remember that what you really want to avoid is INGESTING any pathogens that could be in raw meat (which a carnivorous pet is better equipped to handle than you or I). You won't get salmonella poisoning from sitting on a sofa or walking on the floor after your dog licked it post-raw-meal. If they lick your hands or face (or any items you touch with your hands or face, like a coffee mug) right after eating, just give the licked surface a wash. Other than that you shouldn't have much to worry about.

@Jennifer Defoor what an exceedingly useless comment that offered nothing to the discourse.

I’ve been raw feeding for years and I just don’t worry about things like this 😁

I make sure to clean/sanitize the surfaces where I cut up the raw meat, plus my dog's bowl after every meal. Other than that I just don't worry about it and we have never had any problems.

Looks very high in proportion of veggies and organs. You might consider getting this and adding more raw meat/bones until the proportions are appropriate. I've yet to find a formula, farm or otherwise, that wasn't just a "superfood" but also super expensive.

Mine is a Westie and she loves her warm dinners with crunchy apples ❤

Our dog has Leishmaniosis--a Mediterrenean disease, and needs to be fed a low purine diet. Go online and search for gout/ low purine diet and everything it lists for humans applies to dogs. I feed a raw diet with no organ meat, steamed veggies which are low purine so no broccoli or brassicas, raw meaty bones, and no fish or seafood. It takes me 15 min. to prepare her food per week. I steam veggies once a month and add any suplements to that and feeeze portions in cupcake holders.

I absolutely agree with you! And I often hear this same thing from owners who have been feeding raw for 15+ years. This idea has always made sense to me, but I also couldn't stand how veterinarians were shunning raw diets because of the claim that it couldn't be "balanced." I really wanted to drill it into the minds of veterinarians and pet owners that this diet can be "balanced" on the same level as commercial food. I also wanted to get owners familiar with the fundamentals of pet nutrition (or at least what has been found out so far). Many pet owners also feel more comfortable about feeding a homemade diet if there's structure, so I think teaching about balancing is helpful for them. But yes, above all else, feeing a variety of species appropriate foods is what is truly key!

@@PawsofPrey I understand why you were doing what you did. And some people really like the details and the almost science project it turns into. And that is a good thing for some and it is a terrible thing for others. I always recommend your videos to my friends that are thinking about feeding Raw, but I always give them my perspective on variety and simplicity. And they seem to like to know the details, but also know that it doesn't always have to be the pretty bowls that you make. so keep doing what you're doing but don't lose track of the big picture.

Great comment because every raw video gives me anxiety and makes me feel like I can't do it right 😢

@@y2l906 you can do it right just fine. And there's a lot of right ways to do it. and you don't have to be perfect right from the beginning. maybe start by buying some premade and slowly work into DIY. or do a combination of both. I buy ground 80 1010 mixes, and then I doctored them up from there. I can't afford to do all premade stuff. I've been doing it this way for a very long time and it's always been very good so don't get stressed out.

@@nogames8982 Thank you!

I've learned a lot. First, the cats food preferences play a part. They didn't like seafood as much as I thought they would. They're ok with shredded carrots. They still prefer their crunchies as scheduled in the afternoons. Second, keep it simple. I'm trying the hearts and livers on them next.

​@@ChristienahRobertsonTravisShredded carrots are good fibre roughage as they prevent constipation on cat

Liver is great but it can make them very loose but if you add boiled squash veggies and raw bones that firms it up have just experience this with my new rescue dog good luck

Freeze dried is totally fine

Make sure to exhaust all other options and save freeze dried liver as the last thing to go to before committing to freeze-dried, as the amounts aren't the same due to the moisture content being removed. Try giving it frozen, blended with canned sardines (if they eat fish) or ground beef (or other raw food they like), partially cooked, etc. first if you haven't already.

@@markhedger6378 Liver only makes them loose if too much is fed or if not enough calcium or raw bone is fed. Feeding veggies are only a bandaid solution and doesn't address the main problem if you aren't balancing correctly. If they are just being sensitive to Liver you just have to start from a tiny amount (even miniscule if you have to) and slowly build up to the full amount.

Good advice. If you are going to use commercial wet or dry food, find brands that are low in calcium and phosphorus. Too much of these nutrients are the main cause of kidney failure and UTI issues. You will probably have to contact the company to get this information. Being overweight most definitely causes health problems, such as arthritis and diabetes.

@@Lisa-cn2uu hi! Are U saying you are ADDING water to wet food when you feed your cats? I don't think I'd recommend that, especially if it's town water that almost always has chlorine or fluoride in it, at levels I don't think are safe for cats (these chemicals are regulated to be below a threshold considered safe for humans, not cats). I'd recommend at least filtering the water if that's the case. My cats do not have constipation being on mostly wet food. I think the key to this is staying well away from products that say "gravy" on them, which are too salty and can cause constipation, but also staying away from foods that contain cereals. My previous cat ate a combination of dry food, a variety of canned wet foods, and whole chicken carcases.

So very true!!

That’s not balanced whatsoever if that’s all your feeding that should just be one meal or a topper

@@victoriajimenez4432 It is a topper, they still get dry kibble.

Same but add zucchini peas and kidney beans bone broth

It can still make the diet unbalanced if you're using it as a topper, depending on how often and how much you use it

Mine hate raw ,love a little kibble and home cooked.

Why Isn't it correct? You can't just say it's wrong without explaining your reasons

​@@Who-sq4hithe USDA never gave evidence that the balanced diet is correct. So I do not have to further explain.

@@babalu-oc6iu But does it still give any info on if it's not correct either? Genuinely asking

What brand of kibble?

Garlic and pepper aren't good but the food sounds good.

@@teacup3133 , garlic and pepper are fine for dogs . Dont believe utube , ask a vet . We all had 7 dogs or more growing up . Garlic and pepper was always added with no issues .

@@Lisa-cn2uu yeah, they had raw meaty bones all the time, but now he can't have any, it's so weird.