"About three months ago I heard about Raw Love from a friend of mine. I was desperate to find a solution for my Lab’s skin problems and getting worried about his mobility (he is 11years old). My Vet bills were ASTRONOMICAL and the poor dog was one walking cortisone dispensary!!!

After hearing about Raw Love, I decided to give it a try…what could I lose !?

Now, just three months later, Max (my dog) is a NEW PERSON!!!!

• Skin problems just about gone
• All his lost hair has grown back
• He is MUCH more mobile (can even jump onto the Bakkie!)
• He is more alert
• Cleaning up after him is much easier (poop)

I wish I had known about Raw Love LONG ago!"

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"My two Labradors have been on Raw Love for around two years now.  Anna, a white female 12 years old and Bovril, a black male of 3.5 years.  Since they've been on Raw Love Anna is much more mobile than she used to be and Bovril changed from a little chubby to showroom condition.  They love Raw Love and I can see the benefits."

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“ I cannot do without your food for my two Jack Russels! I seriously don’t know why people don’t cotton on to the fact that if they feed their pets this food there will be NO problems with them like allergies, bad teeth …. Sheri & Bella NEVER let off wind, they have lovely breath and their poohs have hardly any bad odour. Their coats are healthy and their little bodies just perfect!! I sound like a doting mom!"

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I started feeding our dogs on Raw Love about 2 years ago.  We have 3 dogs.  A Boerboel, a Bull Terrier x Labridor and the newest dog then was a German Short Haired Pointer (GHSP) x Weimariner.  Until we got Milo (the Pointer-Weimariner cross) we had always fed our dogs on Hills.  We had the special large breed version for Trigger the Boerboel and we had the old dog formula for our pack Grandma (Puku, the Terrier-Lab).  Of course Milo was difficult.  He was OK on the puppy food, but once we moved him on to adult food he started suffering from Bloat.  As soon as he had eaten he would visibly swell up and then wander around the house burping, he always looked so uncomfortable.  I took him to the vet, they told me that Hounds often suffered from bloat as they had such deep chests in relation to the rest of their bodies.  The vet prescribed Hills ID (Intestinal disorder) at around R900 for a 14kg bag that barely lasted a month.  The ID food helped, Milo still suffered from bloat, but it was much less.  But if he ever managed to sneak any of the other dog's food he swelled up like a balloon.  At this stage I was starting to feel irritated by the dog food situation.  I went to our vet to get the Hills large Breed and the Senior dog food, then I went to another shop that special ordered the Hills ID food and even then I often got there and it was not available.  Then I would have to buy a whole lot of small bags and spend even more money.

By chance one evening I met Helena and in conversation it came up that she was involved with raw pet food.  I had never heard about it, but the concept immediately made sense to me.  Feeding the dogs a natural and raw diet of meat, offal, bones and vegetables seemed like a wonderful idea.  I got some to try, our dogs are not fussy and they loved it from the first day.  Milo took to it and has never had bloat again.  What was more interesting was that we saw an immediate effect with the other 2 dogs.  Having changed to the new diet for Milo we didn't really expect that the other dogs would benefit so much, but they have.
Puku is now around 17, she is old, but 2 years ago she was really showing signs of age.  After about 6 months on the new food we had noticed an ease in her movement and that she was a lot more aware of her surroundings.  Until then she had been gradually spending more and more time in her basket and not engaging with us any more.  She goes to work every day with my husband and the girls at the office also started commenting that she was looking very well.  As a very old dog her digestion is not what it used to be and we have noticed a huge reduction in old-dog-farts. Maybe not polite to talk about this, but when your dogs are inside creatures its quite an important point to note.  We are much happier in her company!
Trigger is now a 4 year old uncastrated Boerboel.  The main difference with him was his personality.  When we took him off Hills and put him on the raw diet he became much calmer.  As a strapping young man he is quite an enthusiastic friend, but with the raw food he is much more able to restrain himself.  When I get home from work he can greet me without needing to jump on me. As I have run out of raw food now and then I have had occassion to feed him Hills again now and then.  When he eats pellets the difference in his personality is incredible.  He becomes hyperactive.  He can't sit still, he cannot seem to hear commands, he jumps on the furniture and on me, all things he NEVER normally does.  It makes me wonder how many 'problem-dogs' out there are really just hyped up on chemicals from the over manufactured pellet dog food out there?

Of course all 3 of them have radiantly shiny coats and lean physiques.  They are all magnificent animals and we are often stopped at the dog park and people comment on how beautiful our dogs are.  But the most satisfaction I have is in knowing that we are doing our best for them, we are feeding them food that they love and that nurtures them.  It gives me pleasure knowing this.