At Corn Moon Medicine Dogs, raw feeding isn’t a trend—it’s a return. A return to what our dogs were always meant to eat. A return to ancestral wisdom, biological truth, and spiritual alignment.
Our Native American Indian Dogs are not conventional dogs. They are spirit dogs—deeply intuitive, emotionally perceptive, and physically sensitive. Their bodies haven’t been shaped for generations by commercial diets or over-processed foods. They are still wired like the old ones: like the tribal dogs that lived on fish, game, scavenged meat, bones, berries, and eggs. Their digestion, their coat, their joints, even their minds—everything is tuned to real food.
A raw, species-appropriate diet gives them exactly what they need.
What Does a Raw Diet Look Like?
Raw feeding means providing dogs with the kinds of whole foods their bodies are designed to process:
- Muscle meat (beef, turkey, rabbit, goat, etc.)
- Raw bones (never cooked) for calcium and dental health
- Organs (like liver, kidney, spleen—nature’s multivitamins)
- Raw eggs, goat’s milk, and whole fish
- Seasonal fruits and vegetables in small amounts
- Fermented foods for gut health
For NAIDs, this is more than nutrition—it’s medicine. Many dogs come to us with chronic itching, anxiety, digestive issues, ear infections, and hot spots. When we switch them to a raw diet, most of those issues resolve naturally.
Why Kibble Doesn’t Cut It
Kibble is made for convenience and shelf life—not canine biology. Even high-end brands are full of ultra-processed starches, synthetic vitamins, and inflammatory oils. These ingredients weaken the immune system over time, disrupt the microbiome, and contribute to allergies, joint pain, and behavior problems. Primitive dogs like NAIDs are often even more sensitive to these issues than modern breeds.
Raw Feeding as Spiritual Practice
Feeding a spirit dog is not just about health—it’s about relationship. When we prepare a meal by hand—raw meat from animals we’ve raised, eggs gathered from the coop, herbs from the garden—we are offering a gift. A sacred exchange. It’s one of the daily ways we honor the medicine they bring into our homes.
We believe feeding real food is a way to acknowledge that these dogs are not just pets, but beings with purpose.
Where to Learn More
If you’re just beginning to explore this path, there are some excellent resources out there to help you start wrapping your mind around the why and how of raw feeding:
The Hoppy Homestead on YouTube – A fun and accessible look at raw feeding from a personal and practical perspective
Dr. Karen Becker – One of the leading holistic veterinarians in the world; her books like The Forever Dog (co-authored with Rodney Habib) offer a compelling deep dive into species-appropriate nutrition and canine longevity
The Primal Pooch, a site dedicated to raw feeding education for beginners and experts
We also share raw feeding tips and real-life examples regularly in our private NAID owner library, which becomes available after joining our waitlist.
Start Where You Are
It can feel overwhelming at first, but even small shifts—adding a raw egg, a spoonful of kefir, or switching to a single raw meal per week—can begin to transform your dog’s health. We’re here to walk that journey with you once the time is right.
Because raising a medicine dog starts with feeding the soul.
