Dogs - Raw Diet Update

[Particle Man]

Originally Posted by Kaneman

Apparently only cooked bones are harmful to animals...even poultry bones

correct. once they get cooked they become brittle and shatter. uncooked bones are actually good because htey clean the teeth and contain marrow... (at least, that's what our vet told us a while back)

[tached1000rr]

Kaneman, what did the change do in terms of their poop? Did it take some adjustment time? No accidents or diarrhea??

[101lifts2]

You are giving your dog chicken bones? Or am I reading that wrong?

[Adeptus_Minor]

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

You are giving your dog chicken bones? Or am I reading that wrong?

Chicken on the bone, to be exact.

[VatorMan]

Is there a rule of thumb-pounds of meat per pounds of dog? Is it only meat you are feeding them? Any veggies ? I am very interested in this.

[Kaneman]

Originally Posted by tached1000rr

Kaneman, what did the change do in terms of their poop? Did it take some adjustment time? No accidents or diarrhea??

There was some vomiting initially which I was told to expect. As far as their poop, the diet has made the poop much smaller and firm and not really that stinky...compared to before. Their poops are about the size of 40lb dog instead of 65-90lb dogs. The idea is that they're able to process and use much more of the food instead of having it go to waste. Its actually pretty funny watching my big ol' dogs take these lil poops.

Originally Posted by 101lifts2

You are giving your dog chicken bones? Or am I reading that wrong?

You read it right, they've been eating the dreaded chicken bone covered in juicy delicious raw meat for months now.

Originally Posted by VatorMan

Is there a rule of thumb-pounds of meat per pounds of dog? Is it only meat you are feeding them? Any veggies ? I am very interested in this.

There are some general rules of thumb but what I found what that everyone had their own individual style. I just keep an eye on their ribs and if they start to show I up their food intake. For my size dogs 1/2 chicken per day seems to work pretty good.

[Kaneman]

Still feeding Raw...and wishing I had an electric grinder. There's a butcher shop where they actually speak ENGLISH but its 5x as far as the 5 around me where they absolutely refuse to try to speak any english. I mean really motherfucker, you can't understand "chicken neck"....come on...

Anyway, the dogs are doing great. I also have a puppy who's been eating raw since the day we got him about two months ago. I feed around a half chicken a day and a couple legs and wings for the puppy. I also have my multi meat mixture that's grinded and frozen to alternate days with.

Grinding by hand is a pain and its kinda gross too. Def gonna invest in an electric one eventually.

[azoomm]

Josh,

Sadie says THANK YOU.

It's been almost a month - the pooping like a duck has subsided. And, so far.... it's dreamy. She's turned into a puppy again. So far, so good.

[shmike]

Originally Posted by azoomm

Josh,

Sadie says THANK YOU.

It's been almost a month - the pooping like a duck has subsided. And, so far.... it's dreamy. She's turned into a puppy again. So far, so good.

"Pooping like a duck"

Did you mean loose or often?

When we switched Ana to raw, she went from shitting twice a day to about 3 times a week.

Her nutritionist recommends ground sweet potatoes for loose stool. We haven't used them once.

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by shmike

"Pooping like a duck"

Did you mean loose or often?

When we switched Ana to raw, she went from shitting twice a day to about 3 times a week.

Her nutritionist recommends ground sweet potatoes for loose stool. We haven't used them once.

No, we expected her to poop often - she always has when changing her diet in ANY way. All the way to changing if she gets some table scrap or weird something.

The girls took her on a walk and called me... "Do we have to pick it up if she poops liquid?"

That was a few days, into a week. Then and now once a day normal/smaller.