tortoise
Wild Hare
Relax! Just some extra protein. I believe that micro-prey and algae (source of omega-3) is an important food source in the prey model diet. I even have nutritional information on maggots and such if you would like it.MsPony said:
Feeding your dog raw food
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MsPony
Lovin' The Homestead
*relaxes* ok! Lol I was worried because I have no idea what their facility is like, you know? If I knew where it all came from I would have picked it out and made him excited about eating it.
Which is another thing...my lab, LABRADOR is too CALM to eat raw. He looks at, looks and me and sighs because its WORK lol! I have to dance around it and throw it around a little to get him to touch it.
Which is another thing...my lab, LABRADOR is too CALM to eat raw. He looks at, looks and me and sighs because its WORK lol! I have to dance around it and throw it around a little to get him to touch it.
MsPony
Lovin' The Homestead
So he ate a chiken wing and chicken neck, bones in. Haha of course I'm freaking out its too much bone! Its digests right?
Wildsky
Femivore
There are folks around town here that wait for a deer to be hit by a car or truck or whatever, and they go pick it up and leave it outside for their dogs.Beekissed said:This past spring the boys were walking in the woods and jumped a herd of deer...one of the yearlings was staggering and falling down from malnutrition. The idiots brought it home with some vague idea of feeding it.
Of course, it died. I could very well even have had a disease, who knows? And then......
I gave it to my youngest dog for his own doggy pleasure....the next day I only found a small piece of the hide. And that was gone the next day. The dog had consumed the whole blamed thing, hooves, bones, fur...everything! We found no remains.
Dogs have amazing guts and constitutions, as do carnivores in the wild. Mine will eat most anything and never have any GI upset, diarrhea, ill effects.
I would have let him have his beetle ridden chicken necks....couldn't have hurt him!Bugs are great protein!
We were at a football game a couple of years ago - the sheriff was sitting with us and a call came in about a deer being hit, the folks next to us took off like a rocket to go pick it up!
tortoise
Wild Hare
Yes. LOLMsPony said:
Sorry for laughing. I was freaking out when I was new to raw feeding. Especially when a dog swallowed a drumstick WHOLE, then puked it up and start eating (chewing) it.MsPony
Lovin' The Homestead
Haha its ok Tort laugh away! Oh oh, so guess how I got him to eat the wing?? Had to get a fish filet knife, cut off all the meat and break the 3 bones apart!! Oh and the beck? Break it into pieces!! Stupid labs, lol.
laugh away! Oh oh, so guess how I got him to eat the wing?? Had to get a fish filet knife, cut off all the meat and break the 3 bones apart!! Oh and the beck? Break it into pieces!! Stupid labs, lol.
tortoise
Wild Hare
MsPony said:Haha its ok Tort
Now I'm laughing at your dog. Just skip a meal until he's hungry enough to eat. He'll figure it out quickly and then he'll LOVE it.
Dace
Revolution in Progress
Ms Pony, I am right there with you girl!
I finally got chicken asian market, a bag of backs/rib bones for .59 a pound. Since the bones are really boney (not much skin or meat on them) I also picked up a package of wings.
I plan to give a boney hunk with a fattier/meatier wing. Does that sound ok?
Last night I gave my little fatty boy his first wing. I really expected him to turn his nose up, but he was pretty pleased!
I finally got chicken
asian market, a bag of backs/rib bones for .59 a pound. Since the bones are really boney (not much skin or meat on them) I also picked up a package of wings.I plan to give a boney hunk with a fattier/meatier wing. Does that sound ok?
Last night I gave my little fatty boy his first wing. I really expected him to turn his nose up, but he was pretty pleased!
Dace
Revolution in Progress
I have a question!
I am to feed boney meat 4 days a week and cooked veggies (dark leafy greens, sweet pots- nutrient dense not crap starch)/kefir passed thru the bender 2 times per week.
Tort helped me to determine that my little fatty needs 1/2 pound per day....so I measured out 1 lb bags that can be quickly defrosted.
The pooch is all in, 3 meals down- raw and a little kibble. No problems, no choking (miracle!) no barfing or belly aches......
Should I give him the whole 1/2 lb in the AM or split it between morning and night? He has gotten into the habit if having the bulk of his food in the AM and a small amount in the evening. Is that ok?
I am to feed boney meat 4 days a week and cooked veggies (dark leafy greens, sweet pots- nutrient dense not crap starch)/kefir passed thru the bender 2 times per week.
Tort helped me to determine that my little fatty needs 1/2 pound per day....so I measured out 1 lb bags that can be quickly defrosted.
The pooch is all in, 3 meals down- raw and a little kibble. No problems, no choking (miracle!) no barfing or belly aches......
Should I give him the whole 1/2 lb in the AM or split it between morning and night? He has gotten into the habit if having the bulk of his food in the AM and a small amount in the evening. Is that ok?
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freemotion
Food Guru
Go with whatever he is used to and whatever works. I feed once a day because that is what my older dog decided a few months into eating raw. Once he'd gained most of the weight he needed, he stopped eating in the morning. So when we got the new dog, I just put him on the same schedule. It works here. They do get handouts (like teaspoon size) with our meals and snacks....like a tiny bit of egg with our breakfast, a spoonful of milk when I filter morning milk, a bigger spoonful of kefir when I strain the kefir at night, a couple bites of cooked veggies off my plate at supper, peanut butter 'n' supplements before bed, etc. So they are really not going 24 hours without food.
