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Extra time spent with my best friend

By Becky on January 22, 2016

I switched my German Shepherd to raw two years before he passed away. He had been on high-end (expensive) kibble most of his life and his allergies just kept getting worse, not to mention that the lower part of his spine ended up calcifying and causing his mobility to deteriorate. I tried organic and grain free and every kind of food there was...nothing helped.

I switched to raw when he was at the point where he kept injuring himself because he was compensating so much with his front legs to make up for the immobility in his back-end. I remember laying on the floor with him one night crying thinking he was getting close to the end, and he was only 9.

When I switched to raw, he bounced back and for a while, started acting like a puppy again (even to the point of being annoying!). He stopped injuring himself and could run around wonderfully. And raw meat made him SO happy!

He ended up passing away at the age of 11 and I swear feeding raw gave him an extra year.
-Becky



My raw feeding testimonial

By Cyndi on January 22, 2016

I started feeding my dog Bailey raw about 3 years ago. I had just adopted her after losing my doggie soul-mate Moose, after 11 years. I had done some research about raw feeding and realized that I had fed my beloved Doberman CRAP for all his life.

When I realized the garbage that goes into commercial dog food, I literally cried for my dog. I loved him more than life itself and I had literally fed him garbage and poison for 11 years!!

I did research on raw feeding and started my newly adopted Bailey on raw within a month. Within a couple weeks, she had more energy, her eyes were brighter and her coat was shiny and she just looked healthier.

There is no better feeling than knowing exactly what your pet is eating and I feel good knowing she is eating healthy and not eating crap in a bag. I control what she gets and she LOVES HER RAW FOOD!!
Hare Today has been a godsend!!



There is hope!

By Antoinette on January 20, 2016

One day ( two years after he was born) my cat Simion started having these strange wounds show up on the inside of his little ankles! I was so surprised and alarmed....well as luck would have it my little Simi was allergic to chicken in canned food!

After a long trial period of adding and subtracting different proteins,it became apparent I would have to try the raw diet. I had tried the diet before with sick or weak rescues but didn't think I could afford it on a regular basis.

But now faced with this horrible condition and the future offering only constant steroid use ...I decided to go for it. I am so glad I did.

Simion is doing so much better and as long as he doesn't wander to the neighbors to sneak some of their dry food...he remains happy and healthy on a major raw rabbit diet.

Thank you Hare Today for providing such a consistent and healthy alternative for me and my Simi!



Hugely improved my cat's health and wellbeing

By Karen on January 18, 2016

We’re a 3 indoor cat family - Arwen and Lego were both adopted as young adults from a local shelter in 2010 and came to us with health issues.

Arwen had regular coughing fits and permanently runny eyes and was diagnosed to have asthma and feline herpes .She was also almost perpetually constipated and threw up several times a week.
Lego was extremely underweight and constantly sneezing (I became very good at removing cat snot off our walls and baseboards) and had bad breath and a few rotten teeth.

I had fed my previous cats a quality canned food diet supplemented with regular “treats” of raw chicken breast and chicken livers and they had both thrived, living well into their late teens, but we were advised by our vet to feed Arwen and Lego Hills Science Diet dried food specifically formulated for their medical issues.

Both cats gained weight rapidly and despite Arwen’s regular vomiting in just a year her weight increased from less than 8 pounds to over 14.

Further trips to the vets involved annual teeth cleans and extractions for Lego, and constant blood tests to try to get to the bottom of Arwen’s digestive problems.

She was switched onto the Science Diet Satiety formula but continued to gain weight even though we were feeding her the recommended portion sizes.
She was constantly yowling with hunger and would eat just about anything she could get her paws on, including our house plants and bird seed as well as trying to steal leftovers.
Her eye problems and asthma also showed no signed of improvement and I was feeding her the maximum recommended dose of Lysine daily.

I started researching feline obesity online and rapidly came to the conclusion I needed to get both cats off of dried food as soon as possible and so I started to feed them a variety of different premium canned foods.

Lego took to the change really well but Arwen was less enthusiastic and it took several months for her to fully transition to a wet only diet, but eventually she accepted the new regimen.
Her weight dropped steadily and within a year she had reached a healthy 9.2 pounds and her asthma had completely vanished, although her herpes remained a problem and she still suffered badly with constipation.
Lego gained some much needed weight but his breath was still very smelly and he still seemed to have a lot of dental issues,

Our third cat Gizmo came into our lives in the spring of 2013 when we rescued 3 feral kittens from our barn. I fostered them in our basement and found homes for his brother and sister but we became very attached to him and so he joined our feline family. We started him on wet food and he was always very healthy - a typical playful bouncy kitten.

Arwen’s health however continued to decline. She vomited regularly and by process of elimination we found there was only one brand she could eat (Evo) and even this she brought up 2 or 3 times a week.

The vet diagnosed Inflammatory Bowel Disease but advised there wasn’t much that could be done about it. The vomiting increased in frequency to the point it was an almost daily occurrence. I did everything I could think of - fed her 4 to 6 small meals a day, added coconut oil and spirulina for their anti-inflammitory properties as well as probiotics, brushed all 3 cats vigorously every day to minimize fur balls. Nothing seemed to work.

My normally playful cat was becoming listless and lethargic with sunken eyes and dull fur, and I was sure she was beginning to suffer from malnutrition. In desperation I did more research online and stumbled upon feline-nutrition.org

Reading the info on the site was a revelation to me - and it made so much sense! Cats are obligate carnivores that have evolved to meet raw meat and of course subjecting them to kibble and highly processed “meat” was bound to be bad for them.

I started experimenting. I bought chicken breasts and livers from Kroger and added a complete supplement.

All 3 cats went crazy for them and Arwen seemed to be throwing up a little less. I decided to take the plunge and move her to a fully raw diet and placed my first order with hare-today.com - whole ground chicken, turkey and rabbit carcasses, plus all the supplements recommended on the feline nutrition site.

Following the feline nutrition recipe http://feline-nutrition.org/attachments/Recipe_Calculator.html (plus 1/2 teaspoon of spirulina and 1 tablespoon of coconut oil per pound) I batch processed a whole month’s worth and bagged it up in one day portions (4 ounces) in zip-lock baggies for the freezer.

Arwen clearly loved her new diet but inhaled it so fast that she often brought it straight back up. I started to feed her 4 times a day in a patty tin, dividing each ounce into 12 tiny pea sized portions to slow her down. Within days her energy levels went through the roof - she was bouncing around like a kitten and wanted to play all the time.
After a week or 2 her vomiting had reduced to once every couple of days, then twice a week, then once…. I started feeding her from a slow feed bowl http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001B0Y1S0?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=oh_aui_search_detailpage which also seemed to help.

Almost 6 months on and she rarely vomits. Her eyes have improved immensely and I’ve been able to halve her daily dose of Lysine. Her coat is soft and shiny and her breath is sweet. Both my boys are now on a pure raw food diet too, and are thriving on it with way more energy and softer coats. Lego’s breath has massively improved and I’m hoping it’s also improving his dental health and that his annual extractions will be a thing of the past. Their feces are virtually scentless and cleaning the litter tray is no longer the unpleasant task it used to be.

Yes there is more effort and planning involved, but the dramatic improvements to the health and vitality of our cats definitely make it all worthwhile. I just wished I had done it sooner!



Raw is Best!!!

By Mark on January 18, 2016

My Rotties DBo and Major, weren't pick of the litter pups. Feeding them a raw diet, from day one, has made them both bigger and healthier than their litter mates! Their coats are thick and have great sheen!
Everywhere they go, people comment on their coats, their fresh breath and extremely clean teeth, all thanks to feeding a raw diet!

Hare Today is a great source for raw foods to feed your dogs. Shipments are fast, well packaged and frozen!
My boys LOVE the green tripe and the beef gullets! DBo is the youngest (2yrs)and he currently weighs 128 lbs, Major is the oldest (2 1/2 yrs) and weighs 115 lbs.



Hare Today is Awesome!!

By Terra on January 15, 2016

We have fed raw for years now and love it so much! It has done wonders for all of our dogs.
For our older dogs I would order to get variety and something new for them. They always loved it and the prices/quality is amazing!!

We recently got a new puppy, this is the first puppy fed raw and we started him as soon as we got home with him at 8 weeks. Puppies can be harder to feed due to their specific needs for growing and getting them to eat enough bone can be difficult.

I purchased a few different kinds of 1lb ground meats. They come in very easy to store and use packages that thaw very quickly. It makes feeding time so easy and worry free!! They have everything he needs in them and it is so easy to feed him.

We have tried other, well known and more expensive brands and he does not enjoy them as much, nor do they look as fresh and natural as these do!!

You order early in the week and get it by Friday which is great!! It remains very cold well after delivery so you don't have to rush home to get in the freezer. Cant wait to order again!!

Thank you Hare Today!! Picture of my 4 month old Rottweiler Yogi.



How raw food helped my IBD kitty

By Debbie on January 14, 2016

Bijou, my Birman, was diagnosed with food allergies at 4 years old. Shortly after she started having "pudding" pooh on a daily basis.

I tried every grain free kibble and canned food, but nothing helped. I took her to different bets and tried prescription food. I tried supplements that were "guaranteed" to work. One food made a very small improvement. Bijou is now 11 and after I put her on raw food, she had normal pooh within a week!

However, commercial raw food is expensive and I hate cutting up animals to put them in a grinder...it just isn't going to happen with me. So, I started doing research and discovered Hare-Today!

I love that they dont use antibiotics in their food sources.
I can buy it already ground and just add supplements.

Its cheaper than getting at the store! I got my cats eating the turkey, rabbit and chicken!
They inhale the food even semi-frozen (My fault for not thawing enough ahead of time). They even volunteer to help me mix the supplements in before I re-freeze it in smaller packages :)



Raw is the best!

By Lorraine on January 14, 2016

Towards the end of 2013 I adopted 2 German Shepherds from a German Shepherd rescue. The picture of the black & silver Shepherd was taken the day we brought her home. She was only two years old, was heart-worm positive, was underweight, her coat was dull with no shine to it at all. She was itching all the time and throwing up bile in the mornings two to three times a week.

I brought the second German Shepherd (sable colored) home 2 weeks later. He was less than a year old, his body/fur had an awful odor, his coat was dull and his fur felt very coarse. He was covered in old scabs from sores and had multiple new sores that had not healed yet.

I switched both dog to 100% raw food the first week I had them. The changes were remarkable! In the pictures you can see each dog on the day I brought them home and a recent picture of them together after they became healthy. Seeing the changes feeding raw food made, I will never feed anything but raw.

Dogs were meant to eat raw meat/bones/organs. I can’t understand why this natural diet was taken away from them. They deserve to eat real food, not a man-made highly processed kibble that has to be coated with synthetic vitamins and sprayed with enhancers to give the dead food some taste



Good Stuff!

By Taia on January 12, 2016

I have 11 Maine Coon cats and 10 of them absolutely love Hare-today.
One has IBS and doing fantastic on the raw rabbit. Everyone is fit with beautiful coats and shows up to the dinner table an hour early just to make sure they don't miss a feeding.



Healthy pup!

By Cora on January 10, 2016

I adopted a rescue pup 6 months ago. My daughter sold me on the idea of raw feeding and after research realized it was a no brainier to feed my pup raw.

He was given a very cheap unhealthy kibble when he was adopted. I quickly ordered food from hare today and made the switch.
He is very healthy and the muscle tone he has is gorgeous. Oh and his teeth are absolutely stunning. Pearly white and no tartar buildup all thanks to his raw diet.

Hare today has been a pleasure to order from and very responsive if you have any questions. Glad my daughter referred me here. I tell co-workers and friends who have fur babies to go to the site regularly with hopes they will make the switch to feed a better diet.