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WEB SITES
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The Many Myths of Raw Feeding -- http://www.rawfed.com/myths/
This page is authored by a woman named Carissa Kuehn. It is formatted as a list of myths about canine nutrition and the raw diet, and her rebuttals to these myths. It is based on years of experience and research. This page is a must-see for anyone with a dog, and offers a fantastic introduction into the "why's" of raw feeding. The home-page for her site can be found at http://www.rawfed.com/index.html.
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Raw Learning --
http://www.rawlearning.com/
This site contains a lot of great info for those new to rawfeeding. There are tons of resource links and a little more of a basic "how-to" than other sites have.
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Raw Fed Dogs --
http://www.rawfeddogs.net/
This is another fantastic website made by a prey-model feeder. This site features lots of photos and "recipes" for different meat products and is both informative and amusing. The author of this site feeds a pack of 12 dogs!
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Meat charts from www.virtualweberbullet.com --
http://www.virtualweberbullet.com/meatcharts.html
Once you have decided to make the switch, you will need to buy meat! Dogs don't need prime cuts of, well, anything, and sometimes it's helpful to get to know your cuts of meat and where on the animal they come from. This way you can ask your butcher about specific cuts and get the best deals. Heck, sometimes it's just fun to know what the weird hunk of cow you just bought! This link, which is actually from a Weber meat smoker webpage, has really nice beef, pork, and lamb charts. The government of Alberta also has really detailed meat cut charts for beef, pork, lamb, poultry, and veal on their Food Inspection Agency site, which can be found at http://www.inspection.gc.ca/english/fssa/labeti/mcmancv/mcmancve.shtml.
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Urban Carnivore 'Carnivora' pages --
http://www.urbancarnivore.com/uc_online/pages.cfm?ID=17
Urban Carnivore is a company that makes a line of pre-made raw foods and supplements, which is something I try to avoid when looking for unbiased information. Despite this, a section of their website has some great articles about the evolution of dogs and why a raw diet makes sense.
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Oceans Alive --
http://www.oceansalive.org/home.cfm
Oceans Alive is a website devoted to educating people about the state of the world's oceans, and the life that lives in them. Fish and other seafood has many benefits, and is important to a well-rounded raw diet for our pets. Some fish is safer than others as far as contaminants and environmental concerns, though. Oceans Alive is a great resource for learning what kinds of seafood to buy and which ones are better left alone. Especially handy is their wallet-sized Seafood Selector.
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YAHOO! GROUPS
The groups on Yahoo! are email server lists. In June of 2006 they finally made it possible to group the messages by subject, creating much more user friendly group pages and better searching capabilities. The change made it possible to look at messages in a format much like the threads you find on website forums as opposed to a strictly chronological list of posts. There are myriad groups within Yahoo Groups including several having to do with raw feeding. You have to create a Yahoo ID if you don't already have one, then request to join each group. These groups can't be beat for finding information, resources, and making contacts. Please make sure you are serious about learning more about this way of feeding before signing up, and once there treat everyone with respect. Also, don't forget to look for other types of groups that may fit your interests. There are breed specific groups, health groups, regional groups, and much much more!
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Raw Feeding --
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rawfeeding/
This is the main group to discuss food and feeding. It is a great place to post questions, and learn by reading other people's posts. This group is specifically about a prey-model style of raw feeding.
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Raw Chat --
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RawChat/
This is a sort of "off topic" sister list to the main rawfeeding group. It has the same moderation team, and I think it's safe to say that the group members are all part of the main group. It is a place to discuss topics not directly related to food or feeding with other folks who feed raw.
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RawDogCanada --
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/RawDogCanada/
This group is primarily geared towards Canadians, though others are welcome. Members of this group come from some different raw feeding backgrounds than the main rawfeeding group, which is really for prey-model style feeding only. The members of this group can offer some different perspectives, whether you agree with them or not!
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Carnivore Feed Supply --
There are a bunch of groups under the heading Carnivore Feed Supply. These are resource sharing groups where people post messages about buying food -- from where to buy in your area, to sales at stores, to places to get hold of rarer items.
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BOOKS
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Work Wonders and Raw Meaty Bones by Tom Lonsdale
Tom Lonsdale is a vet who has been advocating a raw diet for quite some time. He's got a website you can find at http://www.rawmeatybones.com/ that has lots of articles and his books as PDF files.
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Raw Dog Food: Make it Easy for You and Your Dog by Carina Beth McDonald
Though not a huge book it covers the basics, has a great "how to", and is a really amusing read. The author has a webpage that contains info about the book and other raw feeding info at http://www.raw-dogs.com/default.htm
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Natural Nutrition for Dogs and Cats by Kymythy Shultze
A little book with some good info. I personally don't agree 100% with her "ultimate diet" as it is described in the book, but there is some great information on nutrition, disease, and some fun-to-read anecdotes and testimonials about raw fed animals. Her website is http://www.kymythy.com
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Give Your Dog A Bone by Dr. Ian Billinghurst, B.V.sc[Hons], B.Sc.Agr., Dip.Ed.
One of the pioneers of the "BARF" diet, Dr. Billinghurst has written several books on the subject of raw feeding. "Give Your Dog A Bone" is the first one he published, and is chock-full of interesting and useful info about why a raw diet is beneficial and the problems that have been caused by the advent of feeding dogs with commercial diets. I personally start to lose him when it comes down to exactly WHAT to feed, but it's definitely a must-read for those new to the world of raw feeding if for nothing else a wider perspective on different ways of providing a raw diet.
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The Nature of Animal Healing by Dr. Martin Goldstein, DVM
Though not about raw food this is an incredible book about holistic pet care, the importance of diet, and the effects of vaccinations and drugs. It goes into detail about pet nutrition, a discussion of commercial pet food, and holistic veterinary medicine.
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