Myth #15 – All vets are opposed to raw food diets

A veterinarian may be wary of raw fooding due to lack of information or a negative experience with the diet, which includes treating pets who are malnourished due to an unbalanced raw diet. However, there are many vets who feel positively about real food and seek to educate pet parents, guardians and slaves - globally, Dr. Karen Becker, Dr. Cathy Alinovi, and Dr. Patrick Mahaney to name a few - locally, checkout our growing directory!
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A veterinarian may be wary of raw fooding because of:

  • lack of information, or;
  • a negative experience with the diet which includes:
    • treating pets who are malnourished because of an unbalanced raw diet.

However, there are many vets who feel positively about real food and seek to educate pet parents, guardians and slaves.

Globally, Dr. Karen Becker, Dr. Cathy Alinovi, Dr Judy Morgan, Dr. Patrick Mahaney, Dr Conor Brady, Dr. Nick Thompson and Dr. Peter Dobias to name but a few.

Locally, checkout our growing directory! Many forward thinking vets also subscribe to the Raw Feeding Veterinary Society (RFVS), even more are joining the College of Integrative Veterinary Therapies (CIVT).

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The Species “Dog”

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