Raw Meaty Bones Promote Health

I had the wonderful opportunity to meet Dr. Tom Lonsdale while he was teaching his "Raw Meaty Bones" seminar at Emory University. Tom gives excellent information that gives you very logical and scientific reasons to feed a natural diet, much like the dog's wild ancestors ate.This book will open your eyes! It will teach you to feed your animals in a way that may have never occurred to you before. You'll be surprised how efficiently your animals will consume their meals, and how completely your animal can digest bones.The most noticeable improvement you will notice when feeding this diet, is that "doggie breath" eventually disappears. Feeding fresh raw carcasses has an extremely beneficial effect on oral hygiene in pets.There are many, many internet support groups for feeding your pet a "raw meaty bone" diet. You can buy this diet in any grocery store, or you may prefer to buy in bulk through a buying co-op or at a wholesale meat supplier. This is a very cost-efficient way of feeding, because your animal will consume a lot less food overall. Try to avoid the pre-packaged raw diets if you can. Although they have many benefits, they do not provide proper oral stimulation, and will not clean your pet's teeth. They also do not support local growers and businesses, which is so important in the current sluggish economy.Tom Lonsdale is a long-practicing veterinarian, who has dedicated his life to promoting a natural way of feeding pets. I thought that Dr. Lonsdale was a very sincere, compassionate man, whose goal in teaching his diet principals, was to truly promote the best interests of our companion animals.I will hope you will read this book, and apply the knowledge gained from it to your own animals health and well-being. I highly recommend his book!

This gave me a basic knowledge about feeding meat bones. It is a good book.

Feeding pets raw meaty bones keeps their teeth clean, gums healthy, and prevents the common chronic illnesses pets suffer today, such as cancers, heart, kidney, and auto-immune diseases. By feeding the diet dogs and cats evolved to eat, pets do not develop infected mouths that send infection into major organs systems.If you choose to keep carnivorous pets, Tom Lonsdale's books (see also Work Wonders)explain why you must give your friendly wolves and wild cats a diet that predators need to keep their mouths and bodies healthy. If you feed commercial kibbles and canned mush, pets' teeth are coated with gummy sludge that infects thier gums and creats chronic disorders.This book is worth several reads. It's impossible to learn all the reasoning and information on one reading, in part because so much of it counters what we have been taught about pet feeding. As a breeder of Labrador retrievers, I can attest to the enormous health benefits of switching from commercial junk foods to BARF diets and finally to the right diet for dogs -- raw-meaty-bones. Not only do all those itchy skin and hot spots go away, the dogs have clean teeth and healthy gums without professional dental cleanings that often resulted in the loss of rotting teeth. The dogs have great vigor and overall health. They are happy to eat what Nature intended.To get a preview of the book and feeding raw-meaty-bones, look at Dr. Lonsdale's web site, [...]

Vets are good for medical stuff. I use them for drawing blood, running blood tests and prescribing medication when needed. Other than that, I would disregard anything a regular vet has to say about both animal nutrition and animal psychology*. Vets are brainwashed by these food companies when they are in vet school to push their unhealthy (but profitable) foods. There is a reason this author had to fight so hard to get his ideas out there.Dogs survived thousands of years without bagged kibble, doing guess what? Eating Raw Meaty Bones. This book is such an eye-opener to something that should really be just simple common sense. Dogs are meant to eat MEAT, not corn meal, wheat or high-fructose corn syrup. Cats need meat even more so.The DAY we changed our dogs over to eating Raw Meaty Bones, we noticed an astonishing difference. They are healthier and happier because they are doing what dogs should do!READ this book, take the little bit of extra time to FOLLOW it and you will be rewarded 1000x over by your animals.*My husband has been involved in animal training for years and follows something close to Cesar Millan's approach. So as far as dog psychology goes, if you can't hire my husband, read Cesar's book and watch the Dog Whisperer!!

I have several books on raw/barf diets and was expecting this book to be a great supplement to my current pet situation.It has not helped me whatsoever!!!!First of all, you had better be well educated in order to just read/understand the book.It is 350 + pages of very well researched/informed information delivered like a professors thesis. An incredible amount of attention and detail paid to dental/mouth disease of our pets, stemming from commercially fed diets. Fine. Interesting.But... It took until the last pages, included as an appendix in order for me to finally review the recipes...... Guess what? There aren't any!Simply the notion that you should toss your dog/cat so e chicken/beef whatever bones with some meat on it......raw or frozen....that's it....or if you wish, give them a carcass of a dead rabbit or mouse or kangaroo tail......Not at all what I had in mind...I have a 9 year old boxer, allergic to commercial chicken diets, terrible skin allergies and tumors, awful bad breath and skin odor, to think that giving her a chicken bone or dead rabbit carcass is going to return her to optimum health.......I think not.....and I did have high hopes.The book is interesting and as mentioned, scientifically well researched, particularly where dental disease is concerned, but to help me develop a natural feeding program to bring her back to a healthy pet - not in the pages of this book!

If you own a dog or cat, and want it to live a long, healthy life, then you must read this book! It is written by an Australian vet who has been fighting the hugely powerful pet food industry for many years, trying to re educate both the public, and even other vets.It explains in great scientific detail why commercial pet food causes so many illnesses for our pets.Think about how many dogs & cats you know with health problems, from itchy skin and bad teeth to heart problems and cancer. How many people do you know whose animals have had to be put down after illness? How many pets do you know with 'dog breath'? This is not natural at all, and is a sign of ill health. Have you been told your dog should be put under general anaesthetic every few years to have their teeth scraped clean? Does that really seem a good idea?True, as one reviewer pointed out, the book could do with a little more information on how to switch diets, but there are other books on raw food for dogs, including one by the same author which help further with that.If you need more convincing, then Google 'Andrew Lewis Pet Food Secrets' for another take on the damaging effects of shop bought pet food.This is quite a thick book, but you don't have to read every chapter - if you just read: Part I Pet Health, which is 140 pages long, you'll get all the important stuff you need to know.If you own a dog or cat, please, please do them a favour and change their diet as soon as possible!

When my GSD started itching I was recommended hypo allergenic biscuit for him (not even meat) and feed it for 2 months. It helped but he wouldn't eat it unless starving. I was desperate with little help from my vet except for a £500 blood test (waste of money). I read about the RMB diet so bought a copy of this book. Although quite a heavy read in places it has given me the courage to change my boys diet. This change of diet has changed his life I just wish I found this book sooner.

An interesting read that makes a lot of sense.Sheds light on how the modern pet food industry exploits pet owners and their pet's health for profit (allegedly!).What the book advocates may not be to everyone's liking, but you can't argue with the facts or what mother nature intended, and it's certainly preferable to the cancerous lumps and mouldy ingredients that are found in modern "highly researched" commercial foods.

This book is a real eye opener detailing the link between mouth disease and artificial per food consumption. I bought it because I care about my cat and only wanted to feed him what's best for him. Admittedly it feels slightly dated as the book was written before the raw feeding 'movement' took hold. Nowadays there are plenty of raw food suppliers to choose from on the internet. However, that doesn't detract from the invaluable information you can find here. It's a great book if you are new to raw feeding as it will give you the basic knowledge and confidence to get started. Best used in conjunction with a knowledgeable vet, as I have.

This is a very imformative and interesting book for those who either currently feed raw bones or those who are looking into the idea to improve their dog's health. It does focus on dental care in the main but also touches on other health issues. I highly recommend this book to all dog owners.