I think freeze-dried is a good option for traveling, emergency rations ( I live in hurricane country), and to use as toppers if the dog or cat is hooked on a crunchy texture. I do not think it is as digestible as raw or fresh and it can be difficult to reconstitute well. Once a bag is opened and exposed to oxygen, it starts degrading and the nutritional content goes down.
Biological bodies are perfectly designed. They are a feat of engineering 2nd to none. They work on automatic pilot. They are constantly in a state of cleaning & processing. They operate just fine as long as you don't poison them or abuse them physically or emotionally.
The body can disfunction when abused or poisoned and when it does disfunction, it shows up as a symptom. The symptom is an explicit sign that the body is taking care of business. If you suppress the symptom, you are interfering with the body's business.
Bacteria are scavengers & janitors. They are absolutely NOT evil or pathogenic. They are NOT microscopic monsters whose purpose is to attack, infect, and destroy. They are the cleaner-uppers of dead materials. If you don't allow the cleaning to take place, the body gets clogged with dead materials which leads to systemic failure of all vital organs.
I have a theory about dental plaque based on reversing what the tv commercials are saying >> They say bacteria causes plaque but that can't be right >> bacteria only eat dead materials. So, plaque causes bacteria. Kill the bacteria, you get more plaque building up.
We used to feed our dogs processed foods -- both kibble and wet, and their teeth looked awful. My wife would laboriously scrape the plaque off their teeth. And then we met an Australian vet who said Australian dogs had excellent teeth with no plaque because they were fed raw bones in their diets. Shortly after that, we met a lady with 3 gorgeous Beagles who looked like superstar models from a catalogue. Their coats and teeth were beautiful. We asked her why they looked so good and she told us she had them on a raw diet. I asked her what their poop looked like and she said "beautiful solid logs". And that was it. We started our dogs on a raw diet the next day and have never looked back. Their teeth are white and lovely. Ditto for their coats.
Before the raw diet, their poop was mushy, soft, chocolate ice cream. This was bad for our Jack Russell. No proper logs coming out of her ass would cause anal problems -- occasionally her anus would swell up and explode into a horrible bloody mess. After starting the raw diet? No more anal problems. ZERO.
Bacteria can be problematic, unfortunately. It's their poop >> it inflames living cells/tissue. This is not a mistake, but it can be painful and sometimes lead to death. Brain inflammation caused by bacteria eating dead materials in the brain is referred to as meningitis -- and yet the bacteria did not kill the materials they are cleaning up. They are falsely accused of a crime similar to accusing firefighters at a burning house of causing the fire they are putting out.
Bacteria are benevolent and not malevolent, and yet, eat some potato salad that's been left in a Tupperware bowl on the picnic table in the sun for a few hours, and you will get sick. But again, it's not the bacteria themselves that makes us sick, but their poop. And the bacteria did not appear out of nowhere to make us sick -- they simply appear wherever there are dead materials. As soon as you kill a potato, bacteria arrive on the scene to clean up the dead stuff.
The bacteria that "they" claim are problematic such as E.coli and Listeria and what have you, have you bothered to search for the seminal papers that attempted to prove them as being pathogenic? Or have you merely assumed you were told the truth in medical school?
The new research on the microbiome is fascinating. They are actually showing that certain species of nacteria may be pathogenic, ie disease causing via toxins they make, in some environments and nonpathogenic or even beneficial in other environments. Clostridium difficile is one of them . There is a lot we do not know, especially when it comes down to these micro- ecosystems.
What is it then? I had a dog from a shelter and she did keep coughing and we were told it was kennel cough. I didn't buy the "cure" and one day when out walking she coughed up something - have no idea what it was and brought it to a vet who also didn't know what it was. That was the end of the "kennel cough."
I don't really know - it was a weird blob of something and she was definitely not well until she coughed it up. Whatever it was, it started at the Humane Society where she was dropped off. This was a few weeks later that she coughed it up. I wish I would have taken a picture.
I’m gonna share. I’m so glad I started feeding my dogs and cats raw and fresh food. What is your opinion on freeze dried??
I think freeze-dried is a good option for traveling, emergency rations ( I live in hurricane country), and to use as toppers if the dog or cat is hooked on a crunchy texture. I do not think it is as digestible as raw or fresh and it can be difficult to reconstitute well. Once a bag is opened and exposed to oxygen, it starts degrading and the nutritional content goes down.
Thank you for sharing! It really helps to get the word out and the support is much appreciated!
Excellent post
Another great informative post - thanks !
100% agree! My pet peeves list as well. So glad to see I’m not alone in practice.
Biological bodies are perfectly designed. They are a feat of engineering 2nd to none. They work on automatic pilot. They are constantly in a state of cleaning & processing. They operate just fine as long as you don't poison them or abuse them physically or emotionally.
The body can disfunction when abused or poisoned and when it does disfunction, it shows up as a symptom. The symptom is an explicit sign that the body is taking care of business. If you suppress the symptom, you are interfering with the body's business.
Bacteria are scavengers & janitors. They are absolutely NOT evil or pathogenic. They are NOT microscopic monsters whose purpose is to attack, infect, and destroy. They are the cleaner-uppers of dead materials. If you don't allow the cleaning to take place, the body gets clogged with dead materials which leads to systemic failure of all vital organs.
I have a theory about dental plaque based on reversing what the tv commercials are saying >> They say bacteria causes plaque but that can't be right >> bacteria only eat dead materials. So, plaque causes bacteria. Kill the bacteria, you get more plaque building up.
We used to feed our dogs processed foods -- both kibble and wet, and their teeth looked awful. My wife would laboriously scrape the plaque off their teeth. And then we met an Australian vet who said Australian dogs had excellent teeth with no plaque because they were fed raw bones in their diets. Shortly after that, we met a lady with 3 gorgeous Beagles who looked like superstar models from a catalogue. Their coats and teeth were beautiful. We asked her why they looked so good and she told us she had them on a raw diet. I asked her what their poop looked like and she said "beautiful solid logs". And that was it. We started our dogs on a raw diet the next day and have never looked back. Their teeth are white and lovely. Ditto for their coats.
Before the raw diet, their poop was mushy, soft, chocolate ice cream. This was bad for our Jack Russell. No proper logs coming out of her ass would cause anal problems -- occasionally her anus would swell up and explode into a horrible bloody mess. After starting the raw diet? No more anal problems. ZERO.
Raw diet >> Better poop, better teeth, better coats, happier dogs.
Bacteria can be problematic, unfortunately. It's their poop >> it inflames living cells/tissue. This is not a mistake, but it can be painful and sometimes lead to death. Brain inflammation caused by bacteria eating dead materials in the brain is referred to as meningitis -- and yet the bacteria did not kill the materials they are cleaning up. They are falsely accused of a crime similar to accusing firefighters at a burning house of causing the fire they are putting out.
Bacteria are benevolent and not malevolent, and yet, eat some potato salad that's been left in a Tupperware bowl on the picnic table in the sun for a few hours, and you will get sick. But again, it's not the bacteria themselves that makes us sick, but their poop. And the bacteria did not appear out of nowhere to make us sick -- they simply appear wherever there are dead materials. As soon as you kill a potato, bacteria arrive on the scene to clean up the dead stuff.
The bacteria that "they" claim are problematic such as E.coli and Listeria and what have you, have you bothered to search for the seminal papers that attempted to prove them as being pathogenic? Or have you merely assumed you were told the truth in medical school?
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Ask me, some day, about Kennel Cough...it ain't what "they" say it is.
The new research on the microbiome is fascinating. They are actually showing that certain species of nacteria may be pathogenic, ie disease causing via toxins they make, in some environments and nonpathogenic or even beneficial in other environments. Clostridium difficile is one of them . There is a lot we do not know, especially when it comes down to these micro- ecosystems.
What is it then? I had a dog from a shelter and she did keep coughing and we were told it was kennel cough. I didn't buy the "cure" and one day when out walking she coughed up something - have no idea what it was and brought it to a vet who also didn't know what it was. That was the end of the "kennel cough."
Wow! Thats pretty incredible that she did not get really sick from whatever it was she inhaled! What did it look like?
I don't really know - it was a weird blob of something and she was definitely not well until she coughed it up. Whatever it was, it started at the Humane Society where she was dropped off. This was a few weeks later that she coughed it up. I wish I would have taken a picture.
Fabulous! Thank you.