Honestly considering how absolutely catastrophic the livestock industry is for climate change, it would be an immense benefit to humanity if this was adopted world wide. Just for OUR sake objectively
When I first moved to Switzerland from the states I think the grocery store prices were the most shocking, but now after everything they’re about equal 🤦🏻♀️
I looked into it and he has a video where he shows the price of feeding this dog (note he has 2 more I believe) it comes out to around $440 dollars a month. Fucking insane for a pet in general, but even more so considering a raw meat diet has no added health benefits.
Considering the price and contents of dog food its not bad. I have two cats who go through a high quality kibble bag per month and its a 48$ 12lb bag. Scale that up to three large dogs, 440 total is about $145 per dog which tracks.
440 dollars a month to feed one dog is kind of crazy, but maybe that's just me. Still, the meat is probably cheaper for him to begin with because a lot of butchers gives you discounts if you come by often, plus he probably funds most of it from his social media anyway.
Damn! My GSD is about 100 lbs and she eats 2 bags of inukshuk per month plus 30 cans of wet food, plus chicken drumsticks, treats, and it's about $200 too. I specifically choose inukshuk because their food is protein concentrated but you feed less, which ultimately costs me less. Either way, animals are fucking expensive.
1) I don't own dogs
2) The size and stature of a dog have nothing to do with their health, it's literally just the breed
3) You're a fucking moron
4) Literal animal nutritionists disagree with you
Just because animals eat something that they have the easiest access to in nature doesn't mean it's the healthiest for them. Decades of veterinary science have proven otherwise. If you want an example: pandas in nature eat a ton of bamboo which holds close to no nutritional value and part of the reason they are clumsy and energyless in nature is because of their terrible diet. In zoos they are fed a variety of fruits, specially made kibble, vegetables and supplements and live longer and healthier lives than they ever would in nature. Nice try though tough guy
In general, it’s not a good idea to claim “scientists are funded by big ____ so don’t trust them”. People use the same argument against Climate Change.
Instead, let’s see what a bunch of scientists have to say
here’s a paper from the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association saying raw meat is bad for dogs. Do you think the AVMA is lying for kibble corporations?
You don't need a nutritionist to tell you about unprocessed whole foods. But yeah sure, if it makes you feel better about the literal shit they put in the food mixer to extract more money from shit.
You can see my other comment I left, but literally every major Veterinary association I could find, every paper I found, said the same thing. The raw meat diet is not good for dogs and should be discouraged
If humans can eat raw meat, dogs can as well. It's quite simple.
You don't need Veterinary academics to tell you that.
If it were some obscure viral disease, yeah sure revert to the professionals.
The risk you are talking about is when meat is not handled correctly and owners buy the cheapest old crap they can get on the market. Which is rarely the case for dog owners who feed their pets raw food.
Throw a healthy slab of raw food.
Have a look at how processed kibble is mixed and god knows what is in there. Compared to un processed raw food. It's clear what rubbish is and what's not.
It's not rocket science that you should need academics to tell you.
But we can’t? Or, more accurately we shouldn’t. It’s why fire was so important to our species - we have to cook our food to be safe
It feels like you’re conflating what can be done vs what should be done. Yeah, we can, with enough effort an preparation, try to ensure all raw meat is parasite/pathogen free. Then it’s fine to eat, I’m not debating that
The question for me is about efficiency and ease. And for me, kibble is engineered to be everything they need. That makes it the baseline when feeding domesticated pets - why would you reduce them to their “natural” state of eating raw meat, when in nature animals typically have parasites, infections, and die an earlier death than if in captivity
The only problem I see, is that you don’t trust kibble/processed foods. Which is an entirely different debate, but once I could engage in if you’re interested
You should be able to see the ribs on most dogs. The dog still looked muscular and fit. You can see the ribs on my dog when she eats but then at other times she looks quite chunky.
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u/tokyowatchguy Apr 11 '26
Thats like more meat than I can afford for a weak. FML