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Foothill Village
1330 S Foothill Drive Salt Lake City, UT 84108 Next to Pizza Studio & Four and Twenty Sailors |
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MEET THE OWNERS
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Aspen: Aspen found a passion for the philosophy of raw feeding when she saw the difference it made with her terrier soulmate, Baxter. She founded Desert Raw with Luke Shaw in 2016. While co-owner Luke has moved on to bigger and better things, Aspen continues to help the store thrive and keep their vision of helping pets alive.
Little Pip can sometimes be found at the store appropriately dressed from head to toe in adorable paw print onesies. |
MEET THE STAFF
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Baxter was the one who started us on our health food journey. At six years old, he was our entire world, but he was slowing down to an old man. His digestive system was becoming more and more sensitive and we had to stop feeding him table scraps to avoid major diarrhea problems. We tried switching to a high-quality, grain-free kibble, but he pooped blood and screamed like an Ewok, and he regularly had explosions out the back end. He was even becoming incontinent and having accidents in the house. When Aspen became a consultant in the raw pet food industry, we started to very slowly switch him over to a raw diet. Within six weeks, his energy was back! He didn't have any bloody stool coming out any more, and his other issues went away. Within six months he was back to a healthy weight and playing like a puppy again, and we can't believe we thought he was becoming an old man - we just weren't feeding him the diet he needed to keep him young. Now we know we have many years of enjoyment ahead with our little guy, all because of the diet we gave him. We couldn't be more grateful. At eleven years old he is not even slowing down!
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Magic is our other problem child. He was attacked by a dog three days before Christmas 2014, and saving his life cost us thousands of dollars - but it was worth it. He starts purring the second you touch him! But he has been very stubborn and refused for a long time to try healthy food. Months after our other pets were eating healthy, raw diets, we still had to give Magic crappy food to get him to eat. It was getting more and more worrying - he was extremely overweight, he was moving slowly, he was acting thirsty all the time (a sign of diabetes) and we knew his life would end soon if we didn't figure him out. So after much time spent, we found a way to tempt him to try something new. After a couple of months, he was fully transitioned, he had stopped acting thirsty, he was becoming playful, and the weight was dropping off. Watching him go from barely being able to jump on the counter for his food to climbing trees and jumping couches ten feet apart has been an incredible reward for the effort he took! We think he must be 14 or 15, but we hope he is with us for many years to come.
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Rawri is our whiney little princess. We absolutely adore her tiny kitty-self, which is why when she started regularly vomiting, and her once adorably petite belly was rounding out and feeling hard, that we knew we had to get her to change her diet. She was a little easier than Magic, but once we got her fully transitioned to a raw diet, her belly started feeling less distended and the vomiting went away. We now have a healthy, demanding kitty and we couldn't be happier!
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We got Asa when she was 1.5 years old, and she has sure made life more exciting! So young she didn't have any real health problems, but we immediately switched her to a raw diet. She took a couple of weeks to be willing to try it, but she wasn't eating her kibble, either - she hated it. So I made her my own home-prepared raw meal with meat, veggies, fruits, egg, and raw goat's milk, and she gobbled it up. Finally she was ready to try the commercial food we fed everyone else, and she hasn't looked back. She has maintained high energy and a good, slim figure. Most huskies start to look - well, husky- as they get older, but not our Asa! She is lean and healthy at almost 4 years old!
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Katara was a stray that we found nearly starving, earning her the nickname of Hungies. We were never able to find her owners, but she has become part of our family. When we switched her to raw, she immediately lost weight and became more affectionate. Now she can't get enough of us - and she is a headbutter! You will find her hiding among our wildflowers, chattering at birds, or curled up on top of Pip - her favorite spot!
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Zoidberg is an asshole.
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