Can I give my dog raw meat? ?
I just got a brand new puppy from a shelter (a yellow lab/husky mix) He’s 16 weeks old. We signed up with a very reputable dog training academy for training classes. Our trainer is this SUPER hardcore guy who trained Police Dogs & Attack Dogs in Germany before coming to the US. He’s telling us that we should give up giving our dog dry dog food & instead switch to RAW meat (like steak & lean hamburger) mixed with raw eggs. He says that we should try to feed our dog the most natural of products, not processed dog food. His reasoning behind this is that dogs are descendents of wolves & wolves eat raw meat.
Also he is telling us that we should wait until he’s about a year old before neutering him because the neutering a dog very early stunts his physical & mental development.
This is really conflicting info. It goes against everything the shelter told us. Plus I am not a 1st time dog owner. I also have a 9yr old black lab. Can some one give me some insight into this?
Raw is great for dogs! There is a difference between feeding raw and feeding people food- raw meat is what dogs are designed to eat and they usually love it.
Neutering early can affect the growth of your dog- for pet dogs though this is a non-issue. No one is going to stop you on the street and tell you that your dog could have been a little taller/filled out. In the show ring, it is a different story but for the rest of us its fine to go ahead and have done.
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