I've read lots of information about the benefits of a raw diet. However, most of the benefits I have read about are more of the immediate effects, like fewer allergies, less itching, increase in vitality, healthier teeth and coat, etc.
I would like to know about the effects of raw diet on degenerative disease, like arthritis, age related blindness/deafness, tooth loss, cancer, etc. As in, what do dogs fed a raw diet die from, and how does their quality of life differ in their senior years from kibble-fed dogs?
Also, does feeding a raw diet from birth or switching at a later time have any effect on degenerative disease later in life?
If you guys could point me to some links to read up on this sort of topic that would be great. I have read the Pottenger's cats study and am aware that is the only "real scientific research" ever done on raw diet, so even websites that have testimonials or personal stories would be interesting to me.
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These answers would of necessity be along the lines of what harm commercial foods can cause rather than what not-harm fresh foods cause. There is no money in a long-term study of fresh-fed animals because there's nothing to sell.
This board will be loaded with anecdotal evidence, however, much of which has been posted. Perhaps others will post their own experiences.
Remember, though, that it's just about impossible to prove a negative.
Thanks Connie! Sorry about the double post, I got an error message the first time I posted it.
I was just wondering because of the research on humans showing that degenerative disease has increased due to our processed food, and obviously degenerative disease is also rampant in our canine friends. Most of the people I can think of lost their dogs to cancer, and all the senior dogs have arthritis. I don't know anyone who raw feeds their dogs. So I was wondering for those who do raw feed, what are the later stages in life like.
The Pottenger's cats study showed that degeneration/health would also be dependent upon the health of the parents.
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Raw diet and degenerative disease
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