I have fed my Great Danes raw food for over eight years. This website features a collection of what I have found interesting and worth sharing. I know this is not for everyone, but I have seen a significant increase in people switching to raw over the last few years. People that resist or do not believe in this diet often base their decision on either wrong information or personal (human) reasons. I hope to inspire Great Dane and other large breed owners to feed their dogs the food these pets were designed for. Large breed dogs in particular, benefit from a raw food diet. I have spent hundreds of hours researching this subject. Back in 2000 when I started, it was still controversial  to give dogs raw food instead of commercial dog food. I could not find any veterinarians supporting me “officially”. A few went as far as saying “I’ve heard good things about it”. Now I see many more in favor of feeding raw. In 2000 I came across the book “Give your dog a bone” by Billinghurst. After reading this book I was convinced this was the right thing to do -- give my dog the food it was designed to eat -- raw natural food. The fact that a dog’s digestive system is design for raw natural food was the wakeup call for me. Like us humans, dogs require a wide range of nutrient to stay healthy and sustain a strong immune system. Commercial dog food do not supply a dog with all of these important nutrients. Raw natural food is what a dog’s digestive system is looking for in order to supply a dogs body with a complete range of nutrients. Large breed dogs like Great Danes benefit greatly on a raw diet. These dogs need a large amount of nutrients to sustain a healthy life style and prevent many diseases. Commercial dog food lack the ingredients that contains these nutrients in quality and quantity. This is turn causes a large breed dog’s immune system to weaken drastically and expose it to many diseases that otherwise should be prevented with a healthy strong immune system. But, it is not guaranteed as I sadly experienced with Camelot l. He developed a tumor in his chest that started bleeding and ended his life. Otherwise he was a very active at 8 1/2 years old with no signs of joint problems or other common problems Danes often experience. You can read more about Camelot here  I get my Danes from rescue organizations. It is disturbing to me to see how many Great Danes end up in rescue. Rex my 12 year old was rescued from The Mid Atlantic Great Dane Rescue League. They have at anytime over 70 Great Danes in foster homes waiting for a family to adopt them. Please consider adopting a Dane from your local Great Dane Rescue organization. Do not let their size stop you from consider one. They are in fact quite easy to handle and train despite their size. You can live in a one bedroom apartment with a Great Dane as long as you provide enough exercise. I lived  in my RV with two Great Danes for three years in preparation for a five year road trip across USA/ Canada and Alaska. So far no problems what so ever. One of my reasons for this website and my blog  is to show that almost anyone can live with a Great Dane regardless of space. I have created a blog were I post daily. Living so close with my dogs for the last eight years has thought me a lot about dogs. I work from home and spend most of my time around my dogs. I have learned a lot about how they communicate. Mostly with their ears, eyes, head and tail. I practice very little verbal communications with them. I don’t train them to do tricks. I try to mimic a pack life where I’m the pack leader. My dogs are extremely well behaved and friendly. They never chase other animals or run off. I get compliments often how well behaved my Danes are. Too many people try to humanize their dogs which in my mind often lead to confusion and unbalanced dogs. Dogs do not require much to be become balanced and happy. Exercise, food and sleep is pretty much what they live for. If your dog is unbalanced and difficult to handle in most cases it is not getting enough exercise or it does not have a leader. Exercise is the number one thing every dog need plenty of. If your dog is calm and balanced between the times you take him out you’re giving him enough exercise. If he is not, he needs more. It is really as simple as that. If I for some reason go past 6-7 hours my dogs will start to get restless and they try to tell me they want to go out by making very low whining noises, almost as they are afraid of disturbing me, but just enough to get my attention. If I keep ignoring them, they will get increasingly louder.  But, I rarely get to this point since I know their schedule very well. This is Camelot and Rex. Camelot passed away unexpectedly in August of 2008. You can read more about Camelot l here. Rex passed away October 18th 2011 at the age of 13, you can read more about Rex here The Barf Diet. The word BARF stands for Biologically Appropriate Raw Food, or Bones and Raw Food. The BARF Diet presented in this book is a simple, practical and commonsense alternative to the health destroying processed pet foods. This is the book got me started on the raw diet. I highly recommend this one. (Thomas) Natural Nutrition for Dogs and Cats This book will help pet-lovers enable their dogs and cats to enjoy an ideal quality of life though a species appropriate diet of raw, natural foods. I highly recommend this book. It's written in a easy to read style and is a great introduction on what is needed to successfully implement a raw food diet. Give your dog a bone If this book don’t make you think and get your dog off commercial dog food no book will. People complain about how poorly it is written, something I can’t stand behind since I’m a terrible writer myself. But, I highly recommend reading this book. It’s a eye opener and will make you fee pretty bad if you’ve feed your dogs “dog food” for years. Raw Fed Rescue Danes My newest rescue is Camelot ll. I got him from Colorado Great Dane Rescue. Camelot was extremely timid and scared of all foreign noises. He has come a long way since then. He is now a happy balanced dog exceptionally kind and friendly towards any human and animal. Read more about Camelot ll here All rights reserved Feed-Raw.com Mid-Atlantic Great Dane rescue League, Inc This is where I got Rex. Rocky Mountain Great Dane Rescue Inc. This is where I got Camelot ll I can only recommend two Great Dane Rescue organizations since I have no experience with others. I’m sure there are other fine organizations that you can rescue Great Danes from. If you know of any, please let me know. I highly recommend these two organizations. They do great work and are very serious about finding the right home for each and every Dane the foster Please visit my blogs for update information about feeding raw, Great Danes and my travels. I apologize! I’m Norwegian and English is not my mother language. Norwegian and English is quite different and I’m still learning. Please try to look past my sometimes poor sentence structure and grammar. Camelot ll and Rex A documentation about 3 Great Danes on a raw food diet traveling across Northern America Camelot II Books about raw feeding Great Dane Rescue Organizations Latest blog entries www.feed-raw.com