Dog owners with an interest in feeding their pets raw foods and natural foods might want to take notice of a film on DVD called "Eat, Drink, and Wag Your Tail".

It explores the subject of dog nutrition while promoting the concepts of raw and natural food diets. The film is made up of 18 light-hearted vignettes, each self-contained, exploring the relationship between diet and health. For example in the segment entitled, "Think Prey", BARFers might feel warm and fuzzy as a little chihuahua happily chomps down on chicken necks and legs, while in the segment "USPD", a team of dog poop analyzers crack jokes over a St. Bernard's handiwork.

While the film doesn't necessarily preach "holistic diets", nor paint a negative light on commercial dog food, it does however take a serious tackle on the growing trend of cancer and poor health in dogs, hence drawing an association between poor dog health and conventional diets.

Contributing to "Eat, Drink, and Wag Your Tail", is the noted holistic veterinarian Dr. Richard Pitcairn. The DVD includes a special 23 minute interview of Dr. Pitcairn, who authored the book, "Dr. Pitcairn's Complete Guide to Natural Health for Dogs and Cats".

$18.95 from Interdependent Pictures

Steve's Take: While I don't have an issue with serving raw food to dogs, I do have an issue with serving bones to dogs. I recommend readers visit the website of veterinarian T.J. Dunn who has published some compelling cases of bones having sent dogs into surgery.