The team at Edition Dog invited RFVS to attend their brilliant Edition Dog Live event for the second time on the 27th August. We had a very successful and enjoyable day last year as you can see here in Laura's blog so we didn't hesitate to accept the invitation. We...
We will admit, we were hesitant at first, joking that we would need flak jackets and tin hats, but were overwhelmed with the enthusiasm, making our stand a hub of activity and sparking meaningful conversations within the veterinary community.
Discussing if carbs are good or bad for cats seems quite irrelevant if we understand that given a choice, cats would never choose carbohydrates as a source of energy. Yet it’s a debate that arises frequently because so many carbohydrate based cat foods are...
What an amazing show! It was my first show personally with the RFVS and it certainly wont be my last... incredible people, dogs and energy, what more could you ask for?! I started with the RFVS in May 2021, and at that time we were just being phased out of lockdown,...
There are many products for animals on the market which claim veterinary approval. Some very big name pet foods are notable for these claims and the claims may or may not stand up to scrutiny. Our RawSAFE Certification Mark carries the words “Approved by...
A question was asked at our ‘Are You Raw Curious’ event earlier this year, and it was so important that we wanted to make the answer more widely available than just to those who attended the event. The question was “What to do when your vet is against you...
Raw Pet Food labeling A label is much more than an eye-catching design to attract and entice you to buy a pet food product. A pet food label should contain information regarding ingredients, manufacturers and feeding instructions. Recognising a good pet food label can...
The first constraint cat guardians put on the transition from the raw diet is ‘what they are going to do when they go on holiday?!’. The cat is likely to stay at home, and it’s not always easy to leave the cat alone for a weekend and get someone you trust to come to...
A criticism that is frequently levelled at those of us involved in teaching about species appropriate nutrition by our colleagues (many of whom have been educated by or are in the pay of the very big corporate pet food manufacturers) is that there is no research to...
The news from Honey’s Real Dog Food is that we have been thinking about soil and also about becoming better than carbon neutral. (My name, by the way, is Jonathan Self and I founded Honey’s.) I was in love with soil as a child, of course. I played with it, rolled...