I'm assuming this applies to domestic cats as well?  how does one switch a cat over to raw feed?  (I tried with mine awhile ago, but she wasn't interested in the slightest, so I'm assuming I was doing something wrong)

thanks!

Elaine
Firestone, CO

-----Original Message-----
>From: Lynn <[log in to unmask]>
>Sent: Dec 10, 2006 10:57 AM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: Paleo dog food
>
>Here are some great sites with rawfeeding information.  The third is a 
>yahoo group for prey model raw, which is what you are asking about.  
>Dogs are not built physically to break down and absorb nutrients from 
>vegetation.  If you have to puree, process, and mush it all up for them 
>to get any nutrition why bother?  Dogs are carnivores, which a lot of 
>people don't realize.  They will eat what they can find when food is not 
>available, which I think someone mentioned in another thread about 
>tubers and humans. : )  When it comes to vegetables, if my dogs choose 
>to eat some grass then they are getting vegetation.  Other then that I 
>don't give them vegetables, unless it happens to be some leftover I am 
>eating that they want to scarf up.
>
>http://www.rawfeddogs.net/
>http://www.rawlearning.com/
>http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rawfeeding/?yguid=209412206
>
>Sincerely,
>Lynn
>
>Don Hogan wrote:
>> I've seen comments regarding raw dog food. I'm currently feeding  my 2 
>> dogs  a (commercial) raw  meat/vegi mix dogfood. I remember seeing a 
>> comment that stated   the vegetable  portion , carrots for example, 
>> just runs through. I suspect that paleo dogs were probably 100% 
>> carnivorous. Are there dog owners out there that just feed their dogs 
>> raw meat and fish only?  Anyone see any benefit to the vegi portion or 
>> is it just a waste and maybe even harmful to the dog?
>> Don
>>