Where to buy good raw meat?

[gorgeousbutterfly]

the the supermarket kind, they have hormones and other yuckies added to it. where to by organic? DO the sell them at health food stores? this i will be feeding the dog.

[raffles]

the the supermarket kind, they have hormones and other yuckies added to it. where to by organic? DO the sell them at health food stores? this i will be feeding the dog.

Wish i knew myself.
Its so hard to find that kind of food nowadays, where i am in uk anyway. The large supermarkets have more or less destroyed the small farmer.

My grandfather was one of those victims.

[gorgeousbutterfly]

Wish i knew myself.
Its so hard to find that kind of food nowadays, where i am in uk anyway. The large supermarkets have more or less destroyed the small farmer.

My grandfather was one of those victims.



tell me about it?! i heard you can get organic meat at private farms? but i don't know one! and the alternative pet food doesn't sound very good. i mean dry food? hell no. canned food? eh.

[raffles]

tell me about it?! i heard you can get organic meat at private farms? but i don't know one! and the alternative pet food doesn't sound very good. i mean dry food? hell no. canned food? eh.

I heard a dried food only diet is not very good for cats, so i presume that applies to dogs, it can give them a urine track infection.

My dog "kim" gets fed tinned food and biscuits mixed, same for the cat.
Now and again they will get raw fish when i can get some.

[gorgeousbutterfly]

I heard a dried food only diet is not very good for cats, so i presume that applies to dogs, it can give them a urine track infection.

My dog "kim" gets fed tinned food and biscuits mixed, same for the cat.
Now and again they will get raw fish when i can get some.

what is tinned food?

be careful with the raw fish it can contain mercury.

[raffles]

what is tinned food?

be careful with the raw fish it can contain mercury.

tinned = canned (uk speak)

Good point, never thought about the fish/mercury thing, although i rarely buy tuna so they dont get that.

What a world we live in when we cant even feed our pets without worry. :mad:

[gorgeousbutterfly]

tinned = canned (uk speak)

Good point, never thought about the fish/mercury thing, although i rarely buy tuna so they dont get that.

What a world we live in when we cant even feed our pets without worry. :mad:


its not only tuna, what kind of fish do you feed them? . its not just our pets its you too, mercury is not good for us also.

[raffles]

its not only tuna, what kind of fish do you feed them? . its not just our pets its you too, mercury is not food for us also.

I tend to buy salmon and cod from a local fish stall, the pets get the off cuts and left overs of the salmon.

[gorgeousbutterfly]

I tend to buy salmon and cod from a local fish stall, the pets get the off cuts and left overs of the salmon.

i'm pretty sure the cod is fine. the salmon not so sure. i heard it has some mercury in it.

[raffles]

i'm pretty sure the cod is fine. the salmon not so sure. i heard it has some mercury in it.

Cheers for the info, salmons off my shopping list.

[megafish33]

The mercury depends on where you get it from. Most fish is farmed anyway, which is just crap. Almost all foods contain tiny tiny amounts of mercury, I mean, it's in the soil crops grow too.

This is a great place to order low mercury fish as well as organic berries. (http://www.vitalchoice.com/index.cfm) They have great tasting salmon.

As for raw meat... You should search farms in your areas or ask the butcher at your markets. LA is full of them. My dog likes liver so I warm that up for him sometimes as a treat.

http://www.eatwellguide.org/

[gorgeousbutterfly]

Cheers for the info, salmons off my shopping list.

nah i think its fine if you eat it a few times a week just sparingly.

[gorgeousbutterfly]

The mercury depends on where you get it from. Most fish is farmed anyway, which is just crap. Almost all foods contain tiny tiny amounts of mercury, I mean, it's in the soil crops grow too.

This is a great place to order low mercury fish as well as organic berries. (http://www.vitalchoice.com/index.cfm) They have great tasting salmon.

As for raw meat... You should search farms in your areas or ask the butcher at your markets. LA is full of them. My dog likes liver so I warm that up for him sometimes as a treat.

http://www.eatwellguide.org/

liver is suppose to be very very good for dogs , but m dog hates it. :(

[mad as a cat]

Take a look at this thread,if you haven't already;)

http://www.davidicke.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11540


:):):):)

[smariot]

I'm pretty sure dogs can thrive quite well without any meat in their diet.

Don't try that with cats though, they'll go blind, get kidney stones, and probably die. They can't make their own Taurine, so they need to eat other animals to get it. Which I find quite sad.

[fransetter]

the the supermarket kind, they have hormones and other yuckies added to it. where to by organic? DO the sell them at health food stores? this i will be feeding the dog.

Try to find a butcher who sells grass fed lamb etc. I have managed to find two locally. One of them is now keeping offal, left over meat and bones for us and we collect once a week. My dogs love what they are getting from there. This butchers is located in some business units which are located on a farm. Many people don't know of it's existence.

The other butcher is in a small village.

I am sure there must be more of these places around.

I used Google and keyed in the name of local villages + butchers. This is how I came across the details of the one where we are now getting our dog meat.

[phildee3]

where to by organic? DO the sell them at health food stores? this i will be feeding the dog.

Whare do you live?
There are lots of farm shops here in the southwest, many have organic meat.

Biodynamic is the best though, -
it's even good enough for humans!

try these guys:
http://www.heritageprime.co.uk/

[uccomama]

Whole Food, Wild Oats sell organic meat, they even sell beef from grass-fed animals. Buffalo will be pastured, so that is always a good bet. A resonable, easy to find brand is Colman's which is hormone and antibotic free, but not grass-fed. Having said that, you might not want to spend so much on meat for your dog. Aajonus Vonderplanitz has actually tested supermarket meat, and, when eaten raw, almost all the toxins are passed by the body into the feces.

[exmicrochipmafia]

Speaking from experience, I'd simply say go out and hunt for it- doesn't get any better than that...however many people have the aversion to going out and 'getting back to nature' in that way.
I'd say make friends with a rancher in your community, or other such farmer and buy the meat directly from them... hudderite or mennonite colonies are completely organic.

Speaking on the pet food thing; I have two elderly dogs with a HUGE amount of health problems- one is 14 and the other 12, and I contribute much of it to the dry food I was foolishly led to believe would be good for them. When I think back into times past, there was no such thing as 'dog food.' Dogs ate whatever the humans ate. Way back when, you used to give your dog the table scraps and left over food and I remember my grand father's old dogs living to ripe old ages and never having health problems and they were fed in this fashion.... and needless to say when these two pass on, and if I were to ever get another dog (or two:rolleyes:) they'll eat what I eat.