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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.
Sick kitties
By Amanda on January 10, 2016
Two of my cats developed horrendous digestive issues very early in their lives. Arya was barely one year old and Ghost was a kitten only months old. I thought I was feeding them the best food; an expensive grain free kibble and then supplementing with a grain-free canned food.
However, I had no idea until they got sick that even the highest end most expensive canned foods have horrible fillers and binders such as carageenan.
They began vomiting after almost every meal and had completely liquid stool.
Ghost stopped growing and Arya began losing weight.
I was horrified to find out that she went from her already tiny 7.5 pounds to only 6 pounds in a few weeks!
My vet put them on round after round of antibiotics, which looking back now probably made things worse by destroying the balance of their intestinal bacteria. After nothing worked my vet suggested IBD and told me to take them to a specialist to have parts of their intestines biopsied.
I found this to be completely terrifying and began doing my own research. I stumbled across raw feeding and how it worked wonders for endless issues in pets.
Switching them over took some time for Arya but baby Ghost took to the raw diet immediately. I saw results immediately, they stopped vomiting, their stool returned to normal and they began putting on weight.
They are so healthy now you would never know that they were diagnosed with an incurable lifelong disease. I was so impressed with their results I ended up switching over my 3 dogs and my other kitten as well.
They all have so much energy, beautiful teeth and coats and I know that I am doing something for them that is going to significantly extend their lives.
Finding Hare Today has made all our lives so much easier by providing us with endless variety, conveniently shipped to our house. I also appreciate that the meats are such high quality hormone and antibiotic free. I was very frustrated in the beginning of raw feeding trying to find quality meats and organs at the grocery store for a decent price.
Hare Today's ground meat, organ and bone mixes make it easy for me to feed my pets without worrying about whether I am feeding them the correct balance. My kitties may not be alive today if I hadn't found raw.
Thank you so much for making it so easy to order the products they need!
Saved my buddy's life
By Dana on December 30, 2015
For about a month my sphynx cat Anakin randomly started throwing up every commercial dry or wet food I gave him . I took him to the vet several times ... Had labs taken ... X rays .. Everything came back good . My vet said he had probably developed an allergy or sensitivity to his food . After about 10 different bags and cans of food ... I finally found one that he was okay on for maybe two months . Then again ... He started throwing up . With Anakin already being a little guy , at 6lbs we noticed a huge drop in his weight... After a few days of throwing up this second time around .. He completely stopped eating . I researched a raw diet ... And was desperate for my little guy to feel better and thrive . I made my first order with you guys two months ago and I'm happy to say I'll never go back to feeding commercial cat food again . Not only is Anakin thriving ... But my other two sphynx love it as well ! It took us about a week or so to transition them all ...once we finally got them all eating it I was so relieved ! Anakins gained his weight back and all three of my cats are so energetic and playful ! It has literally been a life saver and my cats are the healthiest they have ever been ! I am so thankful for how easy you make this entire process and all the education your website provides ! Thank you thank you thank you !
Turned things around for my aging mutt
By Hannah on December 23, 2015
After 8 great years, my golden/chow/who-knows-what started showing some decline. We had fed raw or home cooked on and off for years, but not as consistently as I should've. Would go back to commercial when I was short on time, cash, or energy even thought it wasn't too hard to do the right thing. Alas, a few months ago she was diagnosed as being in end stage liver failure with masses throughout her lymphatic system. I was told to expect a good couple weeks. We switched completely to meat from hare today and fresh veggies, no cheating. She had barely been eating and I felt like the end was near. I'm happy to say that was about three months ago, and she is looking and feeling great. I know the end is still near, but feels amazing to have the home stretch be such a high quality of life. Just adopted a new babe and can't wait to get her on the program too. Hare today makes it easy - can't believe I didn't find them years ago. Thank you!!
