Raw Food Diet for Dogs

Just as humans have digestive issues, dogs can experience the same. While some dog ailments might require a vet to figure out, digestive issues in dogs can in most cases be fixed with a change in their diet. There is a movement amongst dog owners to move away from processed and standard dog foods, to feeding the dog a diet of raw food. Raw food is just as it sounds. It's a diet of different food groups that hasn't been cooked or processed with chemicals. Some people might wonder why they would want to feed their dog raw food, and they would wonder how their dog could possibly benefit from a diet of raw food?

First, a look at why a dog owner would want to feed their animal raw food, especially when the idea sounds so distasteful to humans. That's just it; humans aren't bred to eat or to process raw food, but canines are. Humans fall so much in love with their dogs, and they get so attached to the dog's human qualities, the human owner forgets that their dog is of a different species. Canines traditionally were predators. They hunted in packs for their food. When they found a food source, they attacked it and ate it immediately. This means that the food source was raw.

In later times, canines evolved into species that were suitable for domestication. Domesticated canines, or the common household dog, do not have to hunt for their food because their master will feed them. Masters typically feed the animal processed food that is made from fillers, and from food sources that dogs weren't created to eat, such as corn meal or certain animal scraps. Although the dog has been domesticated, it still is and always will be a canine. As such, its body can't process foreign food sources that have been created from mush, and dried material. The animal isn't used to eating formed mush from a can. This is exactly why dogs have the digestive issues that they do.

A raw diet enables the animal to eat as nature intended it to. It will eat lean meat, bones, vegetables, and certain grains that have been frozen. This helps the dog in a couple of ways. First, freezing the dog food will require the dog to gnaw at it, instead of gobbling it down. All pet owners know that when the dog gobbles down its food, it leads to indigestion and constipation just as it does in us. When the dog eats the wrong types of foods, this leads to issues such as gas and/or diarrhea.

Beyond this, gnawing on frozen raw food and bones is excellent for the dog's dental health. Dogs need to eat in this way to keep their teeth sharp, polished, and white. When dogs eat mush and dried meal, then plaque builds up on the teeth and hardens. This leads to yellow teeth, bad breath, and gum disease. These all lead to other health issues in the dog.

So, if a dog owner wants their animal to eat in the way that they were created to eat, then they should feed the dog a raw food diet.