and the smell of his frito feet have changed slightly. Not worse at least!Its nice to hear Hudson is progessing well. Did you notice anything with his poo? I think I'll take photos and do a before and after look for my ab, I'm just waiting for my dog run kennel so I can feed him outside.So Hudson has been on a raw diet for two weeks now. Thought I'd include my .2c to date.
He was always a good weight and had nice muscle so no real big change there. Only in the last couple of days have I noticed his muscles become slightly more defined. His waist was always thin but I also notice it has tucked on the sides, and not just the bottom.
He still gets tears, has a bit of an inflamed chin and itchy but I always assumed these were seasonal related. Too early to tell.
His coat is beautiful as usual
The cons would have to be the inconvenience. Getting meat for a low cost, if you try. Making sure the meat is fresh... Hudson vomits if he eats anything too cold or hot. We can do only slightly frozen. The smell... It's been raining a lot so he us fed inside. I don't like the raw meat smell that lingers in my living room. This also means I disinfect his crate twice a day.
I am not completely sold on raw yet. The plan was to do it for a while, not a quick trial. When we're done we'll decide all raw, kibble or mixed.
I have to say my favorite part is seeing people's reaction when he tears into the meat outside. My husband jokes that they will think we are murderers to feed our beast haha.
rgan ratio. It's not too hard to figure out once you start because his stool will tell you.
HHAHAHAHAHAHAH :laughing6:My personal response...
1) Our dog hasn't gained weight since Feb, when he was 9 months old. He actually lost a couple then came back. All on kibble. He is done most of his growing now and will just be filling out for the next year or so. You won't see big changes on the scale.
2) Do you mean if you are going all raw? I do not supplement veggies, dogs don't need carbs. You can if you want but it's not going to affect his health, unless they are bad veggies like onion etc... I believe if you scroll a few pages back Orsondogge mentions the meat:bone
3) I supplement raw in my cats diet. Since moving to the US she has had nothing but problems with kibble. Some things she'll eat, some she won't. I think because cats don't chew much it can be more difficult, so anything with bones or chewy organs she'll just lick until its dry. My last cat had no problem eating birds and rodents whole. You wouldn't give your cat a rack of ribs... the only real difference I have learnt is not to give a cat too much fish, maybe once a week. Their small bodies are far more affected by the mercury content than dogs. If your cat will eat raw then go for it...
I feed 1/2 cup kibble in the morning (acana) to both my dogs. Around 1pm I give them a bone with a lower meat content. The cuts I give vary- beef neck bone, back rib bone, marrow bone... Anything thats mostly hard bone with some meat. I do this mostly for dental health and to keep them busy. The ripping and tearing of meat or sucking out the marrow from the middle of the bone is good for them. However, their poop was getting quite hard. So i started throwing in some tripe and heart. I don't consider heart an organ so I use it as meat. So I switch off between tripe and heart every other day.Then at night my pups get another 1/2 cup of kibble. And about twice a month they each get a whole trout to eat in place of a kibble meal. It took me forever to figure this out because there is no simple answer. All dogs metabolize differently. I just watched their poop and adjusted accordingly.
Thanks!My personal response...
1) Our dog hasn't gained weight since Feb, when he was 9 months old. He actually lost a couple then came back. All on kibble. He is done most of his growing now and will just be filling out for the next year or so. You won't see big changes on the scale.
2) Do you mean if you are going all raw? I do not supplement veggies, dogs don't need carbs. You can if you want but it's not going to affect his health, unless they are bad veggies like onion etc... I believe if you scroll a few pages back Orsondogge mentions the meat:bone
3) I supplement raw in my cats diet. Since moving to the US she has had nothing but problems with kibble. Some things she'll eat, some she won't. I think because cats don't chew much it can be more difficult, so anything with bones or chewy organs she'll just lick until its dry. My last cat had no problem eating birds and rodents whole. You wouldn't give your cat a rack of ribs... the only real difference I have learnt is not to give a cat too much fish, maybe once a week. Their small bodies are far more affected by the mercury content than dogs. If your cat will eat raw then go for it...
That sucks. I finally found a source here that is SUPER cheap. I have to drive about an hour away to Madison to pick it up, but its totally worth it. They have Bison knuckle bones for like 2.69 a piece. I'm paying way more than that for crappy beef knuckles here. I know there is a Yahoo group you can join and exchange info on unpublished sources, so you may want to try that. Store meat is way overpriced.
