On 2/22/2010 8:03 PM, cshenk wrote:

Char seems to believe that making broth of bones (thick conssome) and
feeding it to pets is not her version of 'raw' so must be bad? In fact
Cash-pup and Daisy-cat had joint issues that worked best with a cooked
broth. Char now says this is proof of her 'raw diet' deal. It's not.
It's about pure simple sense and using what they need for a simple added
thing.

You need to not assume what I believe. Your broth is way better than
commercial food alone for sure but it's only a halfway measure. No need
to stop halfway when you know better.


I have 2 rescue pets, both with 'issues'. Daisy-cat doenst have medical
ones so far but we know rhew broth mode which has her drink more works
with cats. I've had cats for 30 years. They generally develop health
issues from lack of water in their diet.


That is only half the story too. The lack of water is correct but it's
way more than that. Cats especially are obligate carnivores and feeding
grain based foods kill them in many ways.

As to Cash-pup, I figure if our
home bone broth helps me and my husband, it couldnt hurt the dog and it
didnt.

Raw bones will not help Cash. A more natural version of chondritin and
glucosamine from cooked bones and the joint cartilage do.

Raw bones will indeed help because it is in it's natural state so
nothing is cooked out.

Besides, they
*like* it. Grin, I can spare 5 mins every 2 weeks or so to make it up
for them. Heck, we eat more of it than they do so it''s just as much for
us as them.


No need to stop the broth, just go past that to even better feeding habits.

And remember that vets get almost no nutritional training and what they
do get is heaviliy sponsored by commercial pet food companies.