it all started with BARF

Since we go back to 1998 or so, the most information available in the emerging trend of raw feeding was on BARF diets - biologically appropriate raw food. I read and researched the topic and fed a combination of meaty bones, organs, as well as fruit and veggies and some dairy products.
Commercial diets were not readily available way back when in the age of raw feeding dinosaurs <G> so I made my own veggie/fruit mess and added it to raw ground meat of all kinds. Making the mixture involved buying three leaves of every green thing found in the produce section (yes, some funny looks there) and spending up to two hours blending those to produce green goo. Even the blender used to cringe. LOL I would freeze it in relatively flat shape and actually break off pieces for individual feedings as necessary.
I will get more into it but nowdays I do not use any fruit or veggies, they are not readily digested by dogs and probably not very beneficial. Do they hurt any? As long as the rest of the diet is proportional and balance, no. Do they help? Probably not.
Next - more on raw feeding. <G> Any special requests?

intro - what made us start with rawfeeding

My first Shiloh girl, Nyssa, came home with me in April 1997 with a bag of Purina Puppy Chow from the breeder. I eventually switched to better brands of dog food but she was not a steady eater and for the first several months was a skinny, lanky puppy with a pointed nose. <G> (This is a no-no for Shiloh). Eventually I cycled through all the good brands while Nyssa would stop eating for up to three days at the time. We also started our search and rescue training at that time and she needed the energy.

At my wit's end, I started researching alternative food and actually discovered alternative medicine right about the same time. Feeding raw food made a natural sense, that is what dogs and canids have evolved to eat over thousands of years. The adaptation to thrive on raw diet has not changed with domestication. After reading up on different diets, I did not hesitate to switch and did it 'cold-turkey'. Nyssa gained about 7 lbs of much needed pure muscle in three weeks and my picky eater was gone forever. And we have never looked back again.