Hey Pony - got every last word including your private message! You might have hit the back arrow which would not have made your new post come up. After you have hit the submit reply button hit the Forums button up top and it usually resets the whole thing so that you can see your post. If still nothing... You also can save your posts in word and then open a new browser, open the site and then see if your posts are there and re-post if it really did evaporate. I've had those kinds of frustrations before too.
What lucky doggies you have! I've been thinking how I haven't been giving mine enough liquified veggies and fruits to tell you the truth and I feed them too much dehydrated food. It's certainly better than kibble but I've been too lazy. I also hate dealing with raw meat so take the easy way out whenever possible I'm afraid. I used to get them raw meat patties from the pet store but realized that it wasn't organic and I could get sirloin steak patties from Cosco at half the price and my Maltese has never been happier. I still have to give them some of the other patties because it includes bones and I have to give my beagle her chicken bones.
Boogie gets chicken bones all the time. My very knowledgable into raw foods for dogs with a lot of experience and in-depth research vet says that dogs have the enzymes to break down bones in ways that humans would never guess possible. This might sound crazy, but I wonder how much your intense worry might have had to do with your dog's digestion going bonkers????? Dogs are so sensitive to those kinds of things I've noticed.
My vet also said that there have been studies where dogs have been fed raw vs. cooked and raw non-organic vs organic and there was a negligable difference in health whether or not the raw food was organic but a huge difference if the meat was cooked or not. Now, that doesn't take moral considerations into account at all. I used to buy all my dog's meat at Whole Foods and Wild Oats, but actually, it was so very expensive that I couldn't even think about buying them the choicest cuts, but not organic they get sirloin - and all sorts of other delicacies which makes them -- especially our picky little maltese -- deliriously happy (the beagle is happy to eat anything).
The freeze -dried stuff really is incredibly easy and such a no brainer that it's hard not to give them just that. One would never know that it's meat. But that should really not be what I feed them most of the time if I can help it - even if it's just because it's just not as yummy.
I am half Czech and half Hungarian so I understand those slavic meals filled with intense fat and meat! I made my mother the family recipe for peach dumplings with whole wheat flour and soy sour cream and no sugar and she liked it just as much as the dabetes, heart disease producing kind.
Oh, don't worry about the holidays. Don't worry about cheating. Don't worry about going fast or slow. Don't worry about any of it! You're already eating better than 99.999999999999999% of the planet!. All you have to do is add one live food a month into your diet and walla! you're there in no time. You already did most of it.
My husband of 18 years is a carnivore. My mother that I take care of is always asking for something made into parmigiana or some gravy or sweets. I'll never be living with raw foodists - although at this point I would say that each of their diet is now at least 50% raw just because if I make the food and they want some -- it's raw. Laziness can be an asset! I also really love my food and just being around my yummmmms, ooooohs and aaaaahs makes them want some. But when it comes down to it, if they never ate anything raw that wouldn't stop me. It's what's right for me so I eat it. They are grown ups and can make their own decisions. Actually - I take that back. My mother had diabetes for many decades and her feet were turning black and her eyesight was degenerating and when she came to live with me I said she could only live with me if she ate only what I allowed and didn't complain about it as I wasn't up to taking care of someone with no legs and who was blind. Within three months she was off her medications. So..... she does not get anything with processed sugar or refined fats or anything garbagy. I do not demand however that she go raw. That wasn't part of the agreement - although she does get a lot. On the other hand, my husband sees how good raw foods are for me and supports me eating them but has no desire to do the same and that is his right. It makes for temptations for me - but that's my problem not his considering that I am doing the thing that is so out of the societal norm not him.
Little by little you get used to raw more and more and before long the other stuff starts to taste like cardboard. You will feel crummy when you eat it and won't even want it and then when you do have it, you just go right back to raw. You will still be able to eat cooked to please the family if you want to, but after awhile it will feel silly to do that to yourself for that reason. It's really not a big deal. It's a dietary choice that's all. If eating raw makes you feel good you do it. You don't even have to tell your extended family that you made the decision. You can just say that you're in the mood for a salad or some fruit. They can't argue with that.
Well, I have to go now as the other half needs me for something.
There's more to say but it will have to wait until next time.
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