She slept all day. Didnt really get up when i got home. We fed her late but she didnt eat it. Wich really isnt that abnormal fir her.Left the food down for her. She got up at some point during the night and ate.
Gonna call the vet tomorrow and see if he wants to see her and see if we can finally do something with the lump.
What do you guys think of that fresh pet food? It doesnt have anything as far as preservatives and shit in the ingredients but nothing saying how much carbs or anything in it.
There was a very famous experiment in which they fed cats raw meat, raw milk, and cod liver oil, which they determined to be the ideal diet. They were very healthy, shiny coats, wet nose, clear eyes. Then they fed them the same diet, but cooked it (which destroys the natural enzymes and makes it harder to digest), those cats could not survive 3 generations. They were smaller, their coats not so healthy, etc. Dogs and cats are meant to eat wild game, uncooked. Try feeding your dog raw meat.
Okay, but what is the experiment? Is there a link to the data?
Forgive me for not just upvoting as others have done, but I want to see data.
I have a healthy level of skepticism for the raw diet craze because the rationale for the diet rarely goes beyond is "this is what they would eat in the wild".
Dogs are not Wolves. They are not wild animals. There are substantial genetic differences between the two, and as it pertains to diet they have substantial differences in genes and gene copies as it relates to processing starches and carbohydrates.
Numerous studies have been done on cooking meats and vegetables for humans. Raw is not always better, especially when it comes to vegetables. It's a mixed bag as cooking releases certain nutrients and destroys others. Raw preserves certain nutrients but withholds others. Cooking meat releases far more nutrition than raw. The discovery of fire and cooking meat is part of what allowed us to evolve larger brains.
Why does this matter? Again, dogs have as much in common with humans as they do with wolves when it comes to processing food types.
Now, as it pertains to 94f's girl and her current situation, there is some good human data that points to carbohydrate reduction having a positive impact on cancer outcomes. I'm all for that because there's good research that supports it.
But raw, grain free diets have some serious warning signs. Furthermore, changing this dog's diet to raw while she's already dealing with serious discomfort due to her health problem could cause severe gastro distress. That's the last thing this girl needs right now.
Sorry to be a wet blanket here guys, but I strongly disagree with this post.
We had a Bernese live to 11 on raw food. Every other one of his 9 littermates died before 5 or so. So that's a mini-experiment.