I have two huskies my female Mika is 7, and Axl is 2. They’re both really happy and healthy.
A year ago I was feeding both of them kibbles. Axl got diarrhea really bad, it lasted over a month. The vet kept selling me antibiotics to give to my dog trying to get rid of some bacteria in his stomach. I probably put my poor dog on 4 different types of pills for a month, I felt horrible. He had it so bad that I had to take him outside every single night at 4 in the morning and many times a day. I was going crazy! Again after not getting any answer from my vet I decided to put him on Raw Food (for dogs). Believe it or not, the next day his bowel got back to normal. IN ONE DAY! Axl has been on raw since with no issues. I kept feeding Mika kibbles because I had tried to put her on raw in the past but she was throwing up a lot and I put her back on kibbles cause I just thought it wasn’t right for her. What I didn’t know was that she was cleansing and older dogs might take a little longer to get through it. Younger dogs shouldn’t have any cleansing transition
This summer Mika started to really slow down, she seemed tired and depressed all the time and she was overweight, even though I only fed her a small portion of kibbles once a day and NEVER table food. I took her to the vet and they discovered that her thyroid was low. After putting her on the thyroid medication she got a lot better. She got her energy back and lost some weight. A couple months later Mika had a seizure. It was the scariest thing to watch! She was just laying down in the living room and all of a sudden she tried to get up but couldn’t. Realizing she couldn’t get up she started panicking and tried to fight it, she almost looked like a fish out of the water. It lasted only a few seconds but it felt like forever, I thought she was having a heart attack! After it passed, she just layed there and was really out of it. She looked weak and confused and couldn’t even stand up.
We called the vet, brought her in and did all the blood tests, no answer. The vet could not tell us what was wrong with her and just told us to keep an eye on her. In the following days Mika was not much better, she would even sleep in til noon!
A couple weeks later she had another seizure! This time it was even worse, she really looked like she was dying. Crispin and I grabbed her and rushed to the vet without even calling, I was panicked. When we got there, she couldn’t even stand up on her feet and was really shaky.
Once again the vet did all the tests and came back with no answer besides that there was a minor bacteria on her stomach and gave another prescription for antibiotics. The only suggestion was to do more tests like going to Vancouver for a brain and spine scan. I felt hopeless. I started to really loose trust in vets all together. Then I thought to myself, “alright that’s enough! This all feels really wrong to me, I don’t want to keep giving drugs to my poor dog.” Then I started thinking about Raw Food, if raw food can heal allergies, depressions, cancer etc with humans, then why not with dogs! So I simply decided to put Mika on Raw Food for dogs. And guess what, Mika got better overnight! It’s been 5 months now and she looks younger than ever! Her face is lit, and she has so much energy that sometimes she wakes up at 7 in the morning running around and barking to get us out of bed! She’s like a puppy again. Plus she hasn’t had any seizures since, and in fact she’s been 100% healthy since.
My experiences are just to show you that the food we give to our dogs is as important as the food we eat. What happens when dogs eat raw (same as humans) is raw meat and vegetables are high in digestive enzymes. These digestive enzymes breakdown carbohydrates, protein and fat, making it’s much easier for your dog to digest it’s food and soak up the nutrients. Proper digestion can eliminate many on-going problems health issues.
Most kibbles contain unhealthy items for your dog. In many of the kibbles you will find unwanted ingredients like chemical preservatives, by-products, indigestible fillers, high levels of carbohydrates and high levels of fat. Kibbles are convenient, and less expensive, but they can also be harmful. It’s the same with humans; if somebody eats McDonalds everyday for many years, problems will occur soon or later.
Yes Raw food is more expensive than the most expensive kibbles… BUT. The amount of money you’ll spend on kibbles and vet bills will be a hundred times more money than Raw Food everyday.
Please keep in mind that dogs can’t speak and they have a lot of physical endurance. They can’t tell us exactly what’s hurting and when they suffer. They have emotions and they can feel pain so we must take good care of them because they are vulnerable, they don’t get to make the choice and they depend on us.
If you have any information to add about your experiences with your dog’s health please share them with me and the other readers of this blog. If you have any questions please ask them here and I hope to be able to find an answer or maybe the answer will come from another reader. Thank you!
