Animal Talk – July 2019

Yes to raw

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Slightly amused and with interest I read the

‘The raw truth’ article about what to keep in

mind when feeding raw food in the April issue

of Animaltalk magazine.

My argument has always been that in nature

For senior citizens

no dog, or animal, cooks his food – it is always

raw. I also feed my dogs pellets sometimes. It

is so convenient, especially if someone else has

to feed them.

Raw food: my dogs get pork trotters, chicken

feet, ox tripe, and sometimes mince with cooked

rice or millet to which I add some raw greens

out of my vegetable garden. All of this food is

meant for human consumption – so it is fairly

clean. Incidentally, the moment I feed my dogs

pellets, great hair shedding takes place. Most of

my dogs come/have come to a ripe old age. So

there is nothing wrong with raw food, if you

consider what is in the food.

Margret, via email

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Animaltalk. He is there not

only as entertainment, but

to draw your attention to

what your dog might want

you to know.

The letter of Ina Pretorius in the Animaltalk
issue of May 2019 refers. We share her
worry as senior citizens owning dogs as
well: wondering who will look after them,
and that they may outlive us. And I would
so much like to have another dog, or maybe
a few more, but reality doesn’t allow that.
All my life I had dogs and when I married,

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I married a dog lover.  The one thing  that

drives me nuts is that retirement places/

lodges/estates don’t allow pets on their

properties. It is of great concern to me, but

luckily, we still live on our own and don’t

need anyone’s permission to keep pets. I

know an elderly couple who just moved

from one estate to another, at great cost,

because the neighbours had dogs. He even

sued the neighbours for the smallest petty

things that the dogs did.

I do love this magazine and my wife buys

it for me whenever it appears on the shop’s

shelves. And yes, please consider the senior

citizens in your articles as well.

Kallie du Plessis, via email