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Personal Story
Like most people, I did not start out feeding raw right away. I had been intrigued but I knew that it would be a lot of work and the amount of information out on the internet is very overwhelming. My breeder always provided the option to have the puppy weaned to raw food from mom when they started to transition from milk to regular food. Because I was so uncertain, I brought Raj home at ten weeks with Purina Pro Plan Large Breed Puppy. However, he had diarrhea, and breakouts all over his head, neck and shoulders that were light skin-colored bumps. I switched to another brand called Nutri-source and we got through one bag successfully and then the same exact symptoms came back again. I finally gave in and decided to go raw. Of course, because I was new to this I was not doing it right and continued to have the same GI issues with the diarrhea. However, the skin bumps or breakouts were completely gone and his coat was WAY shiner and less dry. It took several months of reading, re-reading, asking questions daily, and mentorship from a PMR facebook group to finally find a balanced raw mix that I was doing myself at home.
Now, not only have I found great balanced meals with a variety that works successfully, but I have taken hours of dedicated time to create spreadsheets of EXACT nutritional information that I use to calculate balanced meals. I can manipulate any ingredients necessary to provide balanced raw meals and I am so incredibly excited to share this! Most raw websites you just buy a product that supposedly works for every dog, but they never dive down into the actual nutrition of your dog’s exact meal. If you have already looked through the website, you will notice that all of the meal plans are custom, because that is what it takes to feed a dog the right way. Not all dogs are the same, therefore they all can’t eat the same meal!
I have a Certificate in Dog Nutrition as well as K9 CPR. I regularly attend the Pet Summit series where they cover a variety of topics from allergies, nutrition and behaviors.
