Q & A

Q&A: How Much Vitamin E To Add When Regularly Feeding PUFAs, Fish Oil & Fish/Seafood

QUESTION: I picked up a bottle of Eskimo-3 fish oil caps today and wanted to know the dosing. I do add fish (EcoPawz Sardine Grind or SFRAW Seafood Medley) to their meals but felt they needed a bit more. With the additional fish oil, how much vitamin E should I add? Thanks! – Julie ANSWER: Hi Julie, Good question! I’m happy to answer. 🙂 The AAFCO recommends that balanced fish oil containing diets be supplemented with 10 IU of vitamin E for every gram of fish oil per kg of diet, and their proposed nutrient profiles provides additional information regarding the addition of PUFAs in the diet. “It is recommended that the ratio of IU of vitamin E to grams of polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA) be > 0.6:1. A diet containing 50 IU of vitamin E will have a ratio of > 0.6:1 when the PUFA content is 83 grams or less. Diets containing more than 83 grams of PUFA

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Classes & Workshops, Nutrition, Q & A, Raw Food: Getting Started  1 Comment

GUEST SPEAKER: OLIVER STARR “PREY MODEL FEEDING FROM A WOLF EXPERT” (check out comments for link to materials & see photos from that night)

You’re Invited to Attend This Special Event at SFRAW

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More Affordable Menu Plan at SFRAW

SFRAW’s Mission To give thoughtful consideration to and conduct business in a manner that honors the health and well-being of all species (human, wild, farm and domestic animals); To be a discriminating purveyor of high-quality, ethically produced, truly wholesome & pure, genuinely natural foods & lifestyle products; To develop and produce the best wholesome raw pet foods and truly natural pet products with a focus on using pastured, organic, local, sustainable, wild-crafted ingredients; To provide these products and services at a fair cost to both the consumer and supplier; To support outstanding ranches, farms, small businesses and individuals that work hard to produce products with integrity and honor; To unite a diverse community that share a common interest in wholesome foods & Natural Rearing; To cultivate a compassionate and informed community that educate, inspire, and support one another; To mentor through education about feeding whole fresh food diets to pets and Natural Rearing principles. SFRAW was originally founded in 2003 with

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SFRAW’s Latest Grind: RABBIT!

SFRAW’s Latest Grind: LOCALLY PRODUCED, NATURAL & HUMANELY RAISED RABBIT! Member pricing: 16 oz container $9.65 32 oz container $18.40 5-lb bag $44.50 For dogs and cats; medium grind of fresh, locally produced whole dressed rabbits with organs. These rabbits are handled according to American Humane Association, Animal Welfare Institute and California Humane Slaughter standards. Much of this production run went to fill pre-orders, but we will have a limited supply available for sale when we open at 9am. We’ll be doing this again ASAP — we’re looking for more rabbits that are raised with a lot of care. On our Facebook page, someone asked “Why Rabbit?” and we answered with the following – we hope you find this information useful. Rabbit is an excellent source of superior nutrition for cats & dogs – a lean, species appropriate meat with an “almost ideal fatty acid ratio of 4:1 omega-6 to beneficial omega-3 fatty acids.” Read more here. Rabbits are one of

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Q&A: Can Dogs Be Converted to a Vegan Diet?

Question: My friend has a large Labradoodle. The family has all become vegan and is wondering how/if their dog can join them as vegans, given that dogs are considered primarily carnivores. Answer: Well, technically, they *can* but, in my opinion, they should  not be. If they truly care about animals, they will provide their animal companion with the foods he/she was designed by nature to digest/consume. This is one of the most ethically challenging aspects of deeply loving all animals while caring for certain animals that need to eat other animals by nature; especially when they are part of our family. Consider this: if you truly love and honor snakes, and want the best for them, you would never even think about feeding a snake a diet of carrots or apples that had some sort of supplement added to make it more rodent like. When I did wildlife rescue, I had to feed the owls and other raptors baby chicks and

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Q & A: Diet for 7-yr old Chi-mix with UTI

QUESTION: Hi! My Ollie is a 7 year old chi mix with his first UTI. He did have crystals a few months ago which resolved with adding extra liquid and vitamin C to his diet. We treated the UTI with Clavamox and then on his most recent culture we found resistant bacteria and now he is being treated with two different antibiotics (one a sulfa drug and the other is Baytril). I am supporting him with Pet Dopholis and Organic Cran-Aid tea. He is currently eating Honest Kitchen Preference with chicken necks. I am making sure he goes out to pee every 4 hours at least (he likes to hold it for looong times!), and I’ve added a little ACV as well. Do you have anything else to recommend? Thanks so much, you guys are awesome! – Jessica Rollins, SFRAW Facebook fan ANSWER: So sorry to hear about Ollie’s troubles. UTIs can be difficult to deal with sometimes. Unfortunately, antibiotic

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Feeding Anadromous Fish Safely: Not Just An Issue for Raw Feeders

Recently one of our members lovingly fed his two wonderful and much adored dogs some fresh trout purchased from a local market. Unfortunately, he was unaware of the potential risk associated with feeding fresh raw salmon and anadromous fish or how to prepare this type of fish so that it could be consumed safely. Sadly, both of his dogs became very ill and ended up in the emergency clinic. Thankfully, both dogs recovered and were able to come home after a few days, but this was a very scary and expensive incident that could have been easily prevented. Unfortunately, the attending veterinarian did not correctly diagnose the condition at the time, but thankfully they are now under treatment and should recover in full. From this incident, we realize that education for veterinarians and all canine care-givers on this topic is still needed. Even though “Salmon Poisoning Disease” is neither rare, difficult to prevent, difficult to diagnose, nor a new problem and

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