I've been reading all the rhetoric about feeding dogs and I suppose cats too, a natural diet. I would just like to volunteer my thoughts and experiences with it and invite any criticism.

I have a 1 1/2 yr old Female German Shepherd and a domestic type cat about 12 yrs old. Shadow (the dog) has been on a natural diet scince I came accross this website ( she was about 10wks old) She has all the symptoms that I see downplayed in a lot of postings here, such as incredibly white teeth, a coat that glistens,lean body etc....To put it bluntly, she's a picture of health!
If you were to ask if I ever doubted the diet I would have to say yes, at one point she got very sick on me (puffed up eyes,lethargic) and I started looking on the net for what could be wrong(was it the diet or what?)what I came accross was a lot of negative info on natural diets and I serriously thought I had made a mistake,(perhaps she should be on "kibble")but alas common sense kicked in (for the alternative,"kibble" has not really been around that long, in reality) but she soon got over it and has had no negative signs since. But these are a few things I have noticed:
I enjoy hunting upland game and last weekend a friend of mine and I were cleaning some birds we were fortunate of to have bagged while hunting.(I should mention that I do fast Shadow 1 day per week as per Mr. Frawley's video) but what amazed me was Shadow, as she is used to having chicken backs and some organ meat, I was giving her the innards and such(as per wild dogs eat the stomach first when they make a kill)well that is exactly what she did!But then after she had her fill the little turkey kept taking the scraps (as we were watching )and proceeded to bury them around the back yard(naturally!)And the funny thing is (what I've nioticed )is that when I think I'm fasting her she's got it all planned out (she digs the stuff up!) and who am I to say if she digs up something I know I've given here several weeks ago and eats it that it's bad for her, I mean a dog's stomach obviously functions under a diferent set of rules than ours. And by the way, how many dogs have you ever seen stash away a hunk of Pupppy Chow to savour at a later date? I mean think about it.
And may I mention my 12yr old cat, well i figured whats good for the goose is good for the gander and started giving the cat just the odd raw scraps of salmon and chicken and beef then increasing and lone behold bumps on his back (gone ) and yes the downplayed things like a noticeably shinier coat and clean teeth ( like as if I will ever be brushing my dog's or cat's teeth as a lot of vets are suggesting now!)If you are thinking about this diet for your pet I highly recommend it(personal experience).

I started feeding my dog raw food almost a year ago. He loves it and is doing wonderful. The weird thing he does is when he is full and doesn't want to eat anymore, he paces around whining. When I first started the raw diet and he did this I thought he had bones stuck in his gut and I was killing my dog! I soon relized that becuse he is fed in the house, he didn't have anyplace to bury the leftovers for future snacking. So now he lets me know when he's done and we "bury" the leftovers in a plastic bag in the refrigerator. He doesn't leave me alone until he sees me put the bag in the meat drawer.

I haven't fasted my dog too much. I usually will give him a can of pumkin and some kale put throught the juicer instead. He has a very fast metabolism and doesn't do well on a fast unless he has had a stomach upset or gets constipated.

Glad to hear your animals are doing so well. I encourage others to try it.

Stacey