Feeding Puppies Raw Food
Yes! Of course, you can feed your puppy raw food.
There are many who will advise you this is not the case, including vets and food manufacturers. Do a little more research for yourself, and you will find many resources that support and demonstrate the benefits of feeding raw to your puppy.
Yes, puppies are in a very important developmental period in their first year or two of life. What better time to be sure they are getting the best nutrition possible. Highly processed kibble food is like feeding your puppy a kids fun meal every day and a gummy vitamin. It’s not your best option.
Volhard has been testing nutrition for over 30 years! And has been feeding the Natural Diet Foundation to puppies in-utero, at weaning, and throughout their entire lives.
You will likely hear arguments that your developing puppy will need more protein. Ok, we can do that! You may hear your puppy needs Omega DHA and EFA — yep, got that too — with natural whole food sources, not synthetic add-ons to highly processed kibble.
All of the primary nutritional needs are there. It’s just a matter of feeding the right amount of total food, managing the weaning process to real food, evaluating with your vet your dog’s individual unique needs if there is something specific to address.
A little additional research and you’ll find many success stories of puppies weaned onto raw foods. And many scenarios in which litters of puppies were divided into group to be fed raw vs kibble and identify results. Time and time again, it was demonstrated that raw-fed puppies had less diarrhea, fewer pot bellies, better growth rates & scores, seemed to learn better, and perform better overall with fewer health issues. True, some of this is anecdotal from breeders and testers — but the results do speak for themselves.
Don’t be fooled by the marketing ploys, big corporate manufacturers or even your vet that may. There is no comparison for whole-real food in a well-balanced recipe when compared to kibble.
Having access to a consultant when you have a growing developing puppy or an aging pet, or even a pet who has gotten a tough diagnosis is an important option! You get that when you use Volhard products.