[rawfeeding] Re: Hi, I'm new!

"Felicia M. Powers" <greenmomma@...> wrote:

> Bella and Katie have been on Innova Evo for about 6 months now and
have done
> very well on it! I am interested in switching to a raw diet for
them, but I
> have one small hang up: we're vegetarians.
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There are many vegetabletarians here and the issues involved are
discussed regularly. I recommend you access the list archives by
oining Yahoogroups, then search for "vegetarian". You should find
hits soon since we've recently addressed the topic.

<http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rawfeeding/join>

> I went to our library and wasn't able to find ANY books on feeding
dogs raw.
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Ain't gonna happen. There are several books that I recommend for
historical (hysterical) perspective, but they are not worth using as
a guide for feeding your retrievers. The guide par excellence is
Mother Nature. Arguably the people who have written the best books
on raw diets are those who continue to research the gray wolf, to
which our dogs are closely related.

I realize that rule numero uno for using the internet is trust no
one, but this truly is a group you can trust. I cannot imagine a
situation for which someone does not have a "been there, done that"
answer. Or perhaps even hundreds of people have such answers.

If you were to put serious effort into reading the archives, you
would have more knowledge than would be useful, at least for now.
But no fooling, that's how broad the accumulated information is.

I was hoping that
> someone here could suggest some good books that I could maybe order
from
> Amazon or get at B&N to kick off our raw feeding adventure.
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Two books by L. David Mech, either will do, both are great--
The Wolf: The Ecology and Behavior of an Endangered Species (1970,
University of Minnesota Press)

Wolves: Behavior, Ecology, and Conservation, co-edited with Luigi
Boitani (2003, University of Chicago Press).

Also good reading--
http://rawfed.com
http://rawfeddogs.net
http://rawlearning.com

Welcome!
Chris O
(My brother lives in Lemont, has a young golden retreiver and feeds
it Costco kibble. Perhaps when you are fluent in raw you can do a
number on him for me.)

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