Comments on: Should you feed a pregnant dog a raw diet? https://www.petfoodjudge.com/raw-feeding-a-pregnant-dog/ Dog food reviews / Cat food reviews Wed, 24 Sep 2025 09:27:02 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: David D'Angelo https://www.petfoodjudge.com/raw-feeding-a-pregnant-dog/#comment-53248 Wed, 24 Sep 2025 09:27:02 +0000 https://www.petfoodjudge.com/?p=65237#comment-53248 In reply to Karen Mitchell.

You know the truth Karen 🙂

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By: Karen Mitchell https://www.petfoodjudge.com/raw-feeding-a-pregnant-dog/#comment-53125 Sat, 20 Sep 2025 02:27:06 +0000 https://www.petfoodjudge.com/?p=65237#comment-53125 This topic is dear to me heart because I had been feeding raw for 4 years and could see the benefits and the mother was fed raw from 10 weeks of age.
My aim in raising my dogs naturally is to build resilience and when my bitch fell pregnant she continued eating a fresh raw diet. There was no doubt in my mind that weaning her pups was the best decision…. I never looked back.

I learnt a lot from other natural raw feeders and vets before weaning her pups onto a raw diet. Mum never had any health issues, all the pups were perfect and took to a raw diet very naturally.
Mother was offered a smorgasbord of raw throughout the day in her pregnancy, she took what she needed and the rest was offered with other options.

That was 10 yrs ago and the pup I kept is so resilient he’s convinced me that raising pups holistically is the way to go. I’ve seen the difference it makes and I wish this on every pup.

Of course education is the key and each lifestyle needs a formulated protocol that suits the individual based on location, breed etc.
I’m so very grateful that I made the decision to create a resource community of like minded people 11 years ago, we now have many resources that members can use to research, reach out to experts from vets to therapists and other natural breeders.

Anyone reading this, even if you don’t feed a raw diet, or not familiar with living a holistic lifestyle. Do the very best you can with what you have and know, but never stop doing better, because when we step out of norm, great things can happen.
And while rescuing dogs is preferred and encouraged, I wonder if there were more natural breeders if there would be a decline in dogs in pounds.

If you are on the market for a pup, please consider seeking a natural breeder, but more importantly learn more about this topic, follow these people if you can because there’s a lot involved in raising naturally reared pups. Even tho each one is different, I take my hat off to these breeders.

Wholistic Animal Health Advocate. Founder of “As Nature Intended” (ANI) Wholistic Pet Community Resource and Support Network- Est 2014

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