Who has more health problems – raw or dry fed dogs?

Backed by Patrik Jonsson, Big Dog Pet Foods, Esther Cheong, Feed Real Institute, Sally Tobin, ADR Pet Stores Inc., Pug & Hound Pet Apothecary, Brett Anthony, Karen Becker, Albright's Raw Pet Food, and 298 other backers
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The Wylie Veterinary Centre
Ireland
Biology
DOI: 10.18258/55665
$49,905
Raised of $48,500 Goal
102%
Funded on 11/17/23
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  • Paul Oldfield
    Paul Oldfield
    Thank goodness , its 20 years since the Sapy paper proved a 3 year life extension from narural feeding and only the Helsinki and NZ studies in the interim . I understand the difficulty of persuading the Veterinary profession who have a vested interest , so its brilliant to get a funded study and a top epidemiologist to proof a scientific paper . Please keep us updated .
    Mar 24, 2024
  • ann viera
    ann viera
    1/ Endorser of this research Nick Thompson wrote: "Many scientific papers suggest that raw and fresh food feeding significantly improves health and longevity in dogs." I'm not finding them. Please list. 2/ This topic deserves rigorous science. There are no methods listed. Context, significance and goals, no methods. I suggest not soliciting funding for projects on red hot topics like this one with serious public health consequences without full methods disclosure beforehand. And perhaps rigorous review of methods by independent reviewers. 3/ There are so many conflicts of interest on this topic. This is helpful article https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6515799/, but then read the author's affiliation....ditto with the endorsers of this research. And likely the funders? 4/ Concerning: Try putting this critical review paper from 2011 Can Vet J "Raw food diets in companion animals: a critical review" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6515799/ into Google Scholar Raw food diets in companion animals: a critical review and reading cited by works, 177 to date. As of 2011, very little evidence for anything but hazards to humans.
    Jan 17, 2024
  • ann viera
    ann viera
    Another thought...our international public health services are radically underfunded. See COVID response worldwide. They are set up to protect public health from known risks, pathogens, etc. and new ones as they appear. Want to feed raw? Our human medical systems are also under-funded and staff burned out. If taking the unnecessary risk of feeding raw: Please don't seek health care from human or veterinary medicine services when humans or pets are made sick from raw food. There are likely immuno-compromised people in veterinary practices that could be hurt by handling animals fed raw. Has this been considered in the costs/benefits of raw? Also raw food feeders: please foot the entire bill for fully funding public health services, including for veterinary medicine, so there is good collection of data on the real rate of feeding raw, on illnesses caused by raw food feeding, feces from raw food fed animals, etc. "My pet is doing much better and we haven't had any problems with raw food" is anecdotal and subject to undue influence by people with troubling conflict of interests and undeserved social media following. Demonizing, veterinarians and devaluing their training and recommendations does nothing but spread misinformation and threaten an already weakened public health/human/veterinary healthcare system worldwide. Veterinary medicine is a tiny community of practice with a huge mandate: protect the health of all species but one, and oh, by the way protect human health also. Any thought given to how demoralizing it must be trained in science and food borne pathogens, having survived 4 years of veterinary college, and then having to figure out how to deal with clients who want to argue about basic facts of food safety they got from the Internet? There is a terrible suicide rate in vetmed. Citation: https://www.npr.org/2023/12/19/1220443869/why-suicide-rates-are-high-among-veterinary-professionals
    Jan 17, 2024
  • Joanne Kehoe
    Joanne Kehoe Backer
    Fabulous news 🫶
    Nov 19, 2023
  • Delia Graham
    Delia Graham Backer
    So pleased that you have got the funding for this fundamental research, onwards and upwards!
    Nov 19, 2023
  • Pauline Barnes
    Pauline BarnesBacker
    Brilliant 👏 very much looking forward to seeing the results
    Nov 18, 2023
  • Cristina Nistor
    Cristina NistorBacker
    Well Done🙌
    Nov 18, 2023
  • Val Brown
    Val BrownBacker
    Looking forward to some integrity, professionalism and honesty for research on animal nutrition . Well done Connor and team. Pleased to donate to make it possible . We can make it happen against the corrupt and big money men!
    Nov 18, 2023
  • Sally Bronwyn Kortekaas
    Sally Bronwyn KortekaasBacker
    Congratulations, excellent news! Prepare in advance for the negative response from corporate funded journals and “science”. Read “The Illusion of Evidence Based Medicine” by Jon Juriedini for the methods of the corruption of human medical research which would likely be the same in veterinary medicine.
    Nov 18, 2023
  • Penny Owen
    Penny Owen Backer
    Fantastic
    Nov 18, 2023
  • Louise McMillan
    Louise McMillanBacker
    Excellent news. Well done Conor!
    Nov 18, 2023
  • Moddie Lambert
    Moddie LambertBacker
    Amazing result and many tails will be wagging - huge congratulations and never doubted you would make it!
    Nov 07, 2023
  • Yukie Hirose
    Yukie HiroseBacker
    Yippee! Happy dance! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
    Nov 06, 2023
  • Miriam Duncan
    Miriam DuncanBacker
    Woohoo! Happy rabbit holes Conor!
    Nov 06, 2023
  • Nancy Murdock
    Nancy MurdockBacker
    Awesome! Can’t wait for the study so I can share it with confidence!
    Nov 06, 2023
  • Jenny Muller
    Jenny MullerBacker
    This is just the best news Conor. 👏👏
    Nov 06, 2023
  • Dr Conor Brady
    Dr Conor BradyResearcher
    DEEEEEELIGHTED!!!!!! Tails wagging furiously here folks. Thanks so, so much to everyone. Now the work begins!
    Nov 06, 2023
  • Nicola Cresswell
    Nicola CresswellBacker
    Amazing news congratulations 🥳Exciting times ahead 💜
    Nov 06, 2023
  • Janet Browne
    Janet Browne Backer
    Yepeeeeeee Absolutely fantastic news.
    Nov 06, 2023
  • andrea fletcher
    andrea fletcherBacker
    Cant wait for the results! this is going to be brilliant!
    Nov 06, 2023
  • Jeanie Moir
    Jeanie MoirBacker
    Whoop Whoop! Go Conor, the team and all the contributors. 👍😁👏🎉
    Nov 06, 2023
  • Hailie Jepsen
    Hailie JepsenBacker
    I'm so glad the the funding came in!! This is going to be a game changer!!
    Nov 06, 2023
  • Jennifer Matthews
    Jennifer MatthewsBacker
    Woo hoo! Fantastic, well done! Pleased to have played a very tiny part of this journey.
    Nov 06, 2023
  • Karen Miller
    Karen Miller Backer
    Everyone at Napa Fresh Food for Dogs is thrilled! Congratulations!
    Nov 06, 2023
  • Heather Pasterski
    Heather PasterskiBacker
    Woohoo!!!!!
    Nov 06, 2023
  • Valerie Leppard
    Valerie LeppardBacker
    👍🏼✊🏼👏🏼🤜🏼😎❤️🍽🥂🌹🍺🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🐶🥩🍖YAY!
    Nov 06, 2023
  • The Bark Market LLC
    The Bark Market LLCBacker
    Overwhelmed with gratitude that you are pursuing this!! So glad we could be a part!!
    Nov 06, 2023
  • Sarah Archer
    Sarah ArcherBacker
    Im so glad that you got the funding Connor. I can't wait for the results
    Nov 06, 2023
  • Feed Real Institute
    Feed Real InstituteBacker
    We did it! #feedreal
    Nov 06, 2023
  • Jahque Price-Rees
    Jahque Price-ReesBacker
    Just checking you're not using any other animals in the research? Sadly so many researchers do as that how they secure their funding.
    Nov 05, 2023
  • Diane Parry
    Diane ParryBacker
    Glad to be a teeny part of this important work. Thanks for doing this, it's long been needed. Talking Tails Dog Training and raw feeder for 20 years.
    Nov 05, 2023
  • Julianne Mantler
    Julianne MantlerBacker
    You guys are amazing!! Holistic Veterinarian here in, BC, Canada. Thanks for doing this, here’s to making common sense mainstream!!
    Nov 05, 2023
  • Cristina Nistor
    Cristina NistorBacker
    science is exciting! let's do it!
    Nov 05, 2023
  • Edwin Large
    Edwin LargeBacker
    looking forward to the results, thanks for organising this
    Nov 05, 2023
  • Helena Bramma
    Helena BrammaBacker
    Hi glad to be part of this Helena Poochie park
    Nov 05, 2023
  • Jacquie Callaby
    Jacquie CallabyBacker
    Looking forward to the zoom
    Nov 05, 2023
  • Hailie Jepsen
    Hailie JepsenBacker
    So ecstatic for this!! I was told by a Veterinarian that raw food has zero peer reviewed journals backing its benefits and multiple peer reviewed journals indicating the risks of it. This person then told me the office they work at uses PPE when working with raw fed dogs cause they are carrying thousands of parasites and a risk to humans. I've been raw feeding my puppy for 10 months now and will never look back.
    Nov 05, 2023
  • Lisa Harvey
    Lisa HarveyBacker
    My vet told me my Bernese puppy would very likely end up with deformities. Over 2.5 years on, he’s only been to vet once for a bad hotspot as a puppy. Probably tempting fait now! 🙄
    Nov 06, 2023
  • Hailie Jepsen
    Hailie JepsenBacker
    Yes! A few vets told me mine would die from deficiencies. He's now a full grow 17lb shih poo mix with pure muscle. Our new puppy actually tested positive for Giardia today. Luckily from day 1 while he's been home we have raw fed him and his body is fighting it! Our vet said he's likely to grow out of it. So glad I switched him!!
    Nov 06, 2023
  • ann viera
    ann viera
    See my comments. Please keep the door open for feeding options and the advice of veterinarians. There are no methods for this work, so it is impossible to assess quality of research design or relevance of research to topic. Also, this topic is rife with conflicts of interest (COI). Even a brief review of backers indicates COI is present.
    Jan 17, 2024
  • ann viera
    ann viera
    FeedReal, Barkmarket, Pug and Hound Apothecary, Organic Paws.....that's with 1 minute of checking.
    Jan 17, 2024
  • ann viera
    ann viera
    This is likely the article the veterinarian had in mind when consulting about diet: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6849757/ --Davies RH, Lawes JR, Wales AD. Raw diets for dogs and cats: a review, with particular reference to microbiological hazards. J Small Anim Pract. 2019 Jun;60(6):329-339. doi: 10.1111/jsap.13000. Epub 2019 Apr 26. PMID: 31025713; PMCID: PMC6849757. It's easy for anyone with an interest in this or any other topic to track the science by putting the URL or title of the Davies, et al. article into Google Scholar and clicking on "Cited by" to see all the articles that have cited Davies et al from 2019 in JSAP or Journal of Small Animal Practice. 165 articles have cited their work since it was published in 2019 in JSAP, as of 1/17/2024. Need more information on the use of "Cited by" and other features of Google Scholar please see LSU guide: https://guides.lib.lsu.edu/c.php?g=923391&p=6771215
    Jan 17, 2024
  • Hailie Jepsen
    Hailie JepsenBacker
    My dogs are very healthy and will never be fed kibble. Thank you for your "I trust big corporations and don't think they harm me or my pets" mentality however I'm very firm in my decision to feed my dogs raw. I suggest you look further into research instead of only reading biased opinions 💙
    Jan 17, 2024
  • Gucho's Tales
    Gucho's TalesBacker
    Thank you for supporting us raise healthy dogs. Tisha/ Gucho and Raven
    Nov 05, 2023
  • Safe Dogs By The River
    Safe Dogs By The RiverBacker
    Thank you so much for doing this long over due work.
    Nov 04, 2023
  • Tina Franziska Paulick
    Tina Franziska PaulickBacker
    looking forward to reading the results
    Nov 04, 2023
  • Alice Marino
    Alice MarinoBacker
    🐾
    Nov 04, 2023
  • Laurie Wilder
    Laurie WilderBacker
    I'm excited about the class! I'm in the USA, so hope I can figure out the time....
    Nov 04, 2023
  • Janet nixon
    Janet nixonBacker
    This is wonderful what you are all doing for our pets. A million thanks!!!!
    Nov 04, 2023
  • Louise Rooke
    Louise RookeBacker
    Am so looking forward to the response to this research. Proof us in Flynn feeding raw changed everything around and he is looking and doing amazing!
    Nov 04, 2023
  • Jodie Porter
    Jodie PorterBacker
    This is such an exciting and much needed study! I'm sure we have all known in our hearts and have seen with our own eyes the benefits of real, fresh foods for dogs. I'm confident that this research will provide the evidence that raw feeders and raw food producers need to combat the nay-sayers. I've just multiplied my original pledge by 5x because it is crucial that this study is fully funded to enable it's completion, for the health of dogs worldwide.
    Nov 01, 2023
  • Becky Kelber
    Becky KelberBacker
    This is such an important study for the health and wellbeing of dogs. Looking forward to being able to share this one day in the near future. Thanks for taking this on!
    Oct 31, 2023
  • karen becker
    karen beckerBacker
    Paws For Change, a 501-c3 non-profit, believes that basic nutrition science and research is lacking in the pet food industry. We appreciate you doing this much needed research!
    Oct 29, 2023
  • Stacey Renphrey
    Stacey RenphreyBacker
    This is important for so many reasons & will hopefully, help break down the barriers with conventional vets who are so opposed to raw/fresh food diets.
    Oct 29, 2023
  • Catherine Jepson
    Catherine JepsonBacker
    I am so excited that this project is finally here! It’s been far too long! Hopefully we can raise enough funds to make it real at last!
    Oct 27, 2023
  • Pug & Hound Pet Apothecary
    Pug & Hound Pet ApothecaryBacker
    We are so excited about this project! This data will be another feather in the cap of the fresh food movement, and hopefully open the eyes of veterinary professionals across the world!
    Oct 27, 2023
  • Jane Anderson
    Jane AndersonBacker
    Love this
    Oct 27, 2023
  • Organic Paws
    Organic PawsBacker
    Hi guys, we are a Certified Organic Raw Meat Pet Food manufacturer based on the Gold Coast, Queensland Australia. I just wanted to reach out as say we are thrilled you doing this study not only to raise general public awareness but also so that other Veterinarians may be further educated and hopefully inspired to start researching themselves more and understanding raw is the way to go for optimum healing and health. Too many are still not seeing the importance and benefits of a biologically appropriate diet. Donation payment is under name of Suzanne Campbell. I am the owner of Organic Paws. Great job, cheers. Sue
    Oct 26, 2023
  • Paula Wade
    Paula WadeBacker
    So amazing that this study is happening, at last we will have the facts and people will have to listen. Thank you.
    Oct 26, 2023
  • Sheila Arnott
    Sheila ArnottBacker
    Good Luck. Let’s make this happen!
    Oct 25, 2023
  • Big Dog Pet Foods
    Big Dog Pet FoodsBacker
    All the best with the study! We are so proud to back this project as we believe in the power of raw feeding our pets for a happier, healthier life.
    Oct 24, 2023
  • The Bark Market LLC
    The Bark Market LLCBacker
    I've been waiting most of my career for a project like this one. I've seen it with my own 2 eyes for decades, as a VT, groomer, indie pet store owner and raw feeder. Kudos for getting this thing started!
    Oct 24, 2023
  • Emma Glynn
    Emma GlynnBacker
    Good luck!!
    Oct 21, 2023
  • Albright's Raw Pet Food
    Albright's Raw Pet FoodBacker
    We can't wait to see the results of this study - so glad that Dr. Conor Brady and team are conducting this research. We hope it leads to better health choices and greater pet longevity for our pets across the globe!!
    Oct 21, 2023
  • Jennifer Rosenfeldt
    Jennifer RosenfeldtBacker
    I have personally witnessed profound benefits of dogs transitioning from commercial, highly processed diets to fresh raw diets. I inherited an obese 9yr old dacshund on phenobarbitol for seizures, meds for back pain and parasite prevention. She lived to 18 after transitioning to a fresh food, raw diet. It changed her life. She bounded up and down a flight of stairs 3-4 times daily. She never had another drug put in her body, never needed a dental cleaning and truly enjoyed her new found life. Your study gives me hope for others like her. Thank you for initiating this project ❤️
    Oct 20, 2023
  • Jennifer Newark
    Jennifer Newark Backer
    Pet Grocer loves the work you do to share the science of real food for pets!
    Oct 20, 2023
  • Ann Marie Conway
    Ann Marie ConwayBacker
    Good Luck, hope you reach the target
    Oct 20, 2023
  • Joe Flanagan
    Joe FlanaganBacker
    Knowing the people involved in this project, and the source of the raw data (no pun!), I fully believe that this will be a pivotal document that will not only shape the future of pet nutrition, but will also shake the grip that large money making organisations (with large marketing budgets) have on shaping the opinions of the populations they manipulate for their own gain.
    Oct 19, 2023
  • Kay Stewart
    Kay StewartBacker
    Thank you for doing this project! I will love sharing the results on the Feed Real site!
    Oct 19, 2023
  • Nicola Cresswell
    Nicola CresswellBacker
    Good luck raising the funds 💙🐺
    Oct 19, 2023
  • Sam van Eggermond
    Sam van EggermondBacker
    I think this is a fantastic study, happy to contribute, hoping that the results can reach more vets !
    Oct 19, 2023
  • Jennifer Matthews
    Jennifer MatthewsBacker
    Good luck, really hope you get the funding 🤞
    Oct 18, 2023
  • Brian Brandfas
    Brian BrandfasBacker
    This is exactly the kind of research that we need to highlight the effects that diet have on overall health of our pets. Excited to see the results. Thank you for doing this!
    Oct 18, 2023
  • Dawn Vander Veen
    Dawn Vander Veen Backer
    Thank you all for doing this!! This is the science we need to get more people to listen! You all are an inspiration!
    Oct 18, 2023
  • Katia Qwerty
    Katia QwertyBacker
    Thank you for going to the effort of getting hard evidence out there to those dog guardians (and professionals) who are sadly influenced by the ubiquitous misinformation that currently holds sway. Dogs' health worldwide will benefit <3
    Oct 18, 2023
  • Fiona Murray
    Fiona MurrayBacker
    Thanks for taking this initiative that will help so many animals onto a healthier, happier path
    Oct 18, 2023
  • Ang Ross
    Ang RossBacker
    good on you for doing this - the dogs will thank you :)
    Oct 18, 2023
  • Valerie Leppard
    Valerie LeppardBacker
    Every good wish for this study.
    Oct 18, 2023