Overall, there are many factors that play into deciding between a raw diet and a commercial kibble diet for your pet. Important nuances include price point, evolutionary needs, and the idea of taking your beloved pet’s health out of the hands of companies whose top priority is financial gain and back into your own. Both … Continue reading FINAL THOUGHTS!
Dogs were the first domesticated animal. They were domesticated by humans before the end of the Pleistocene (1). Dogs have been genetically distinguishable from wolves for about 14,000 years. Since then, dogs have been bred for specific purposes and even bred with wolves in some cases. This leads to a huge variety of genetics and … Continue reading EVOLUTION!
Raw feeding has started to become increasingly popular in pet parents who want to take their dog’s health into their own hands. According to The Barf Diet by Ian Billinghurst (4), raw diets or BARF diets (Bones and Raw Food or Biologically Appropriate Raw Food) are based on the diets of a wolf or a … Continue reading RAW DIETS!
According to a paper published in the Journal of Nutritional Sciences in 2014, based on surveys conducted in Germany and France, a majority of pet parents feed their dogs commercially produced foods, and that between one-third and one-half of people surveyed feed this type of food exclusively (5). Commercially produced foods provide a number of … Continue reading KIBBLE!
Pet nutrition and well-being are huge topics of interest for pet parents all around the world. Many pet food companies lack transparency in their ingredients and processes. This fact leads to many recalls of kibble and treats for domesticated animals. To avoid harmful additives and recall scares, many people have switched their pup’s diet from … Continue reading WELCOME!