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Raw and Dog- How to make it balanced?

  • I'm so sorry for the long story! I know all about cat and ferret raw diets, but the dog diets are confusing me. My bichon is 7 years old and she is prone to BOTH types of bladder stones and has skin allergies to the crap the vet is trying to feed her. I think I've convinced my mom to let me feed her raw, but it will HAVE to be ground. I can give her occasional RMBs, but no way mom will let me feed her that as a diet. So, the two things I'm considering are (she will always be fed at LEAST three different meats, I'm just showing one as an example.) http://www.hare-today.com/product_info.php?cPath=21_32&products_id=60 I can feed that, and it will be balanced and she'll get like, a RMB once a week. I can add some veggies if needed. Commercial raws like Natures Variety. RMB once a week. Buy ground raw meats from the store, buy random organs (always having some liver), and add bone meal powder to make it balanced, mix, and serve. RMBs once a week. Which option should I choose? Also, should I add some veggies? Should I give her some Methigel to help her with her bladder or will the raw take care of it all? Thank you for your help!

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    Pre made raw is VERY expensive and contains too much ground bone and vegetable. It is much better for your wallet and your dog's teeth to feed larger chunks of meat and meaty bones rather than just ground food. If your dog is having skin and ear problems it may very well be a yeast problem and this can take a few months to resolve itself. I feed my dogs about 2/3 meat (including heart) and the rest a combination of meaty bones and organs (brains, kidney liver etc). Try not to feed liver more than about 5-7% of the total diet. It is best to start with one food - chicken or turkey for example and stick with that for a few weeks. Then add in a new food about once a week to be able to watch for a reaction. Feed about 3% of its ideal weight each day and adjust this up if down based on your dog's appearance. Vegetables are not necessary or even desirable until you get the skin problems resolved but if you do decide to feed some leftovers steer clear of high carbohydrate vegetables and ALL grains. I start my puppies on this diet at 4 weeks of age and by six weeks they can crunch through chicken bones and pork ribs so even a little dog can eat 'real' food. "Dogs are Carnivores" An article clearly explaining the physiological reasons behind this classification and the effects of feeding inappropriate foods http://www.thewholedog.org/artcarnivores%E2%80%A6 A feeding guide published by Dr Tom Lonsdale, a vet who advocates raw feeding and has been widely published http://www.rawmeatybones.com/diet/exp-di%E2%80%A6 A website debunking some of the many myths regarding raw feeding and bones. http://rawfed.com/myths

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You're missing the point of a raw diet. I'm not a fan of BARF because #1 dogs are carnivores not bone-ivores and #2 dogs are carnivores and the BARF diet includes veggies. By missing the point I meant ground meat. It defeats the purpose as far as clean teeth go. The dog is quite capable of eating chicken and turkey bones even though it's small because bird bones are soft and very edible so stick to poultry if there's concern of her size or tooth condition but even small dogs can handle some bone you might not think they can. Don't forget to supplement salmon oil for the omegas as well. It is the only supplement you NEED. Everything else is up to you.

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This is the link to join the yahoo raw feeding group. A wealth of information and knowledgeable people. http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rawfeeding/ Just one tip, in buying raw chicken - make sure you are not buying 'enhanced' chicken. Look on the back of the package, if the sodium level is above 80 mg, it is enhanced with a salt solution type broth (not good) You'll find that in Purdue and Tyson raw chicken is enhanced.- and sodium levels will be way up to 350 mg. (it's all about weight per pound, and the more it weighs the more you pay $$$) Info on enhanced chicken: http://www.examiner.com/x-8599-SF-Healthy-Food-Examiner~y2009m6d1-Is-it-chicken-or-is-it-enhanced-chicken http://cspinet.org/nah/vlog/poultry.html The sodium broth will make your dog very itchy (it did mine) I make sure to look very carefully. No enhanced for me or my furry baby. Good luck

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