The Raw Connection

Specialties

The Raw Connection has the best selection of Raw and Healthy Foods for Dogs and Cats. We offer free nutritional guidance. Our one of a kind location has a broad selection or Raw and Grain Free Diets, Vitamin Supplements and Natural Treats. We carry innovative toys, educational books, beds, leads, collars, training supplies and more.

The Raw Connection hosts on site training classes, and pet services including Divine K9 Dog training and Vet supervised Health Practitioners. Check the blog on our website for monthly updates of our Classes and Services schedules.

History

Established in 2002.

The Raw Connection started as a dog and cat raw food home delivery service on the Monterey Peninsula. The first deliveries were made in a Volkswagon Bug, then a Ford Windstar with coolers, and eventually a Dodge Sprinter with two Sears chest freezers. Advertising was primarily through word of mouth. After growing to approximately 200 customers, we opened a retail store in the Carmel Rancho Shopping Center in Carmel in April, 2006.

In the summer 2013, having outgrown our original shop, we relocated to a much larger store at the entrance of the shopping center. Our new free standing location is spacious allowing for bountiful inventory and includes a large training room and several service rooms for health practitioners.

Meet the Business Owner

Sarah A.

Business Owner

In 1998, I switched my Irish Wolfhounds from kibble to a raw food diet after reading the Dr. Billinghurst book, «Give Your Dog a Bone.» I bought my first chest freezer so I could buy organic meat on sale. I juiced vegetables, mixed in ground meat and organs, added supplements, and fed whole bones.

I had rescued Quincy, an Irish Wolfhound who had been fed a low quality kibble diet during the first three years of his life. Quincy was not well when he came home with me, but blossomed on the raw food. Quincy was just five when he died of intestinal cancer, which I knew was due to his poor nutrition when he was young. I resolved to turn my grief into something more positive by helping owners switch their pets to healthy diets.

My husband, Lew, and I currently share our home with 4 dogs: two Irish Wolfhounds, Gabe and Aden, a Maltese mix, Baron, and our newest addition, Abby, a Havaton.

The Raw Connection also recommends

Marina Pet Hospital

19

reviews

Veterinarians

Sarah A. says,

«I take my dogs to Dr. Riley for their routine visits. She is an excellent diagnostician, wonderful with my dogs, and supports the raw food diet.»