Scientific Study on RAW/Homecooked/kibble

[marymrumfelt]

Funny story-
We spayed a husky a few months ago for one of our more -well, let's say 'unusual'- clients.
Needless to say she was supposed to be fasted. But shortly after the procedure she vomited. A lot. Rank course fur and hair,big chunks of meat. Yuck.
So when he called I said 'You know - we told you not to feed this dog, but her stomach was full of food. And it was pretty rank stuff.'
And he says - 'I didn't give her nuthin' doc- except there's that deer in the back yard they been eaten' on all week.'

Now see, to the local sensibilities of myself and our staff, we were appalled. Now I find out that, except for the pre-op part, this was a GOOD thing!

-Dr. Mac

That as an amusing story! Mine can barely handle a 8lb chicken and I have three of them working on it but yeah I bet a group of huskys could made do with a deer in a week. I think deer is the absolute best thing a dog can eat! I'm moving to the east coast soon and I hope it's accessible there like it is here. In the summer, we might have to re-think things as the flies are pretty gross but right now it's cool out and it keeps them busy for hours. They don't gain weight either which is funny because when I control their amounts they seem to gain it easier lol

 

[Sunflower77]

Taking kibble out of the comparison, this is what the researchers said about raw vs cooked beef diet based on their research: “Our results indicated that cooking a raw meat diet does not alter apparent total tract energy and macronutrient digestibility and may also minimize risk of microbial contamination.”