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URGRGHGRHH!!!!!!!!! My sister won't let me feed raw! (rant)

   
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Gray Dawn- Treader

Don't Tread on- me
 
 
Barked: Sat Jul 4, '09 12:22pm PST 
My grandmother was against raw, but she at least realized my dog = my decision.
I'm 16. My parents let me start raw on an agreement where I'd use 90% of my allowance to feed it to Treader. (The other 10% goes to tithing.) They raised my allowance to $4 per week in order for me to be able to afford Treader's food. After a one-month test trial, all was well and I was allowed to continue. That was about almost a year ago.

Perhaps you could try to settle on an agreement? And keep on trying to educate. Especially effective may be positive raw articles by holistic vets. Until then, feed the best dog food you can afford.
Good luck.
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Gir

All that lives- is holy. 		 
 
Barked: Sat Jul 4, '09 3:59pm PST 
I've supported myself and my dogs since I was sixteen. My parents were very liberal in what they allowed for me. I had a horse training business that paid for myself, my two dogs and my three horses.
Age isn't as important as economics, IMHO.
Don't let your age discourage you. I agree with what most of the other folks are saying- just be rational and talk to them about it with evidence. Dogfoodanalysis is a great site, and so is this one: http://leda.law.harvard.edu/leda/data/784/Patrick06.html. I was linked to it from here http://www.theatlantadogtrainer.com/id32.html, the Georgia Dog Gym, located in Rome, Georgia.
Rosie: I've given up arguing with my sister in law about my dogs. It's pointless and a waste of time. Check out the sites, in particular the first one, which was written as a thesis by a Harvard student and is very concise, well-worded, accurate and well-cited.
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Jessica CGC

Will work for- food		 
 
Barked: Sat Jul 4, '09 8:17pm PST 
i started writing about toxins and the liver but I'm too tired to think straight bol. I hope everyone had a happy 4th of july.

Edited by author Sat Jul 4, '09 8:28pm PST

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Jessica CGC

Will work for- food		 
 
Barked: Sun Jul 5, '09 10:48am PST 
4th of July update: I slept so good last night! And now MORE relatives are coming over in um 2 hours, and I have nothing finished teeheehee. The dogs are thinking the marinating london broil is for them though I bet!shock

Anyway, ok about the liver and toxins! I had anatomy and physiology recently so this is fresh in the memory (i thinks)

It's easier to explain it to people as the liver stores toxins. That's technically not true, but in a sense it becomes true. The liver metabolizes toxins i.e. chemicals (like food preservatives, medications like tylenol, and vitamins) The more the liver has to metabolize, the more the enzymes/cells in the liver which do the metabolizing are being used up.

One enzyme in particular NEEDS a special peptide, or that enzyme becomes toxic ITSELF. The more the liver is working to metabolize the toxins taken in from the outside of the body, the more chance this particular enzyme will cause the liver to be toxic.

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