Raw feeding
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merrymutts
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I wonder how much of a difference Raw would have made in Mollie's health those last couple of years she lived...when she was developing the health issues ?
I'll bet for sure she'd have LOVED it.
I'll bet for sure she'd have LOVED it.
PromisedLandNewf
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Hi! I haven't been around in a while but I wanted to pipe in on this. I started my dogs on raw about 6 weeks ago and will never go back! I currently am Newf-less but when I do get another one it will go straight to raw and be shown. I believe that had I fed my Newfs raw they would still be with me. They both passed last year.
There is a yahoo group with 16,000 raw feeders and also links to suppliers too. Let me know if you would like the links. I feed whole prey model, no vegis or supplements. Best of luck!
There is a yahoo group with 16,000 raw feeders and also links to suppliers too. Let me know if you would like the links. I feed whole prey model, no vegis or supplements. Best of luck!
R Taft
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I am just wondering about the no veggies............When you see wild dogs (wolves, dingoes etc) eat a carcass. they always go for the stomach/bowel, which is full of vegetable matter. It is one of the first bits to get eaten.
My dogs actually graze our herb/veg patch by choice. Tessa will go to the spinach, parsley, comfrey and quite a lot of the fruits. She eats these and she has taught Katy the same.
Annabelle has always been keen on all the fruit too and she will hit the silver-beet.
Now our dogs have this opportunity, but many dogs do not. So when you feed the prey model do you not add any vegetable matter at all? I think I will have to Google this
Ronnie
PromisedLandNewf
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Hi! I add nothing!! Just 80% meat 10% bone 10% organ balanced over time 2-3% of their ideal body weight.
They don't "need" vegis' like we don't "need" ice cream but sometimes for a treat it's tastes good.
Tons of great info here
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rawfeeding/?yguid=155239117
also..
http://www.rawfeddogs.net/
Check out the recipe section......really helped me see how simple raw feeding is. I wanted to switch for a long time but was so afraid of getting it wrong. It's very simple. Best of luck!
They don't "need" vegis' like we don't "need" ice cream but sometimes for a treat it's tastes good.
Tons of great info here
http://pets.groups.yahoo.com/group/rawfeeding/?yguid=155239117
also..
http://www.rawfeddogs.net/
Check out the recipe section......really helped me see how simple raw feeding is. I wanted to switch for a long time but was so afraid of getting it wrong. It's very simple. Best of luck!
Cascadians
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I've been a caregiver for over 36 years. One patient had an 11 acre garden -- she was in her 90s but that garden was still her pride and joy and she had a full-time gardener since she had gone blind and could no longer do the work.
My (ex) husband and I lived on her estate for over a year doing 24/7 care, and we had 2 Samoyeds. Those dogs loved the garden! They ate absolutely everything the gardener laid out for them, raw, plus they ever so carefully plucked the raspberries from the vines. They wanted those berries so much that they learned to almost nurse them gently out of the thorns and would spend the day inching their way down the rows. They ate the fruit -- kiwis, figs, apples, pears, peaches, berries, cherries, etc with relish and eagerly waited for Mr Brown the gardener to set their veggies in their special "allowed" patch.
Looking forward to making Orka the veggie / fruit mash and expect in the fall when we come across orchards he'll enjoy gnawing on the fruit. Used to watch coyotes, deer and birds get drunksy on the ripening fruit in various orchards.
My (ex) husband and I lived on her estate for over a year doing 24/7 care, and we had 2 Samoyeds. Those dogs loved the garden! They ate absolutely everything the gardener laid out for them, raw, plus they ever so carefully plucked the raspberries from the vines. They wanted those berries so much that they learned to almost nurse them gently out of the thorns and would spend the day inching their way down the rows. They ate the fruit -- kiwis, figs, apples, pears, peaches, berries, cherries, etc with relish and eagerly waited for Mr Brown the gardener to set their veggies in their special "allowed" patch.
Looking forward to making Orka the veggie / fruit mash and expect in the fall when we come across orchards he'll enjoy gnawing on the fruit. Used to watch coyotes, deer and birds get drunksy on the ripening fruit in various orchards.
Capri
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I personally would give A LOT more organ meat = tripe to the dog if we decided to leave the veggies away. I do not understand where they would get the necessary (esp. water soluable) vitamins etc. in the diet if you did not give either the veggies or enough tripe. I do know the quantities they need aren't huge, but in my experience giving veggies also brings fibre into the diet, which is necessary for the good consistency of the feces.
When we feed puppies, their whole diet is based on giving a lot of tripe, a lot of fatty meats and a lot of veggie mash, instead of basing the diet mainly on just meat. Adults would be OK living on it, but in my opinion, not puppies. It would be way too protein-rich for the puppies. They need energy, not necessarily that much protein.
BUT I think there are as many different ways of doing it as there are feeders!
PromisedLandNewf
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Here is another site with great info.
http://www.rawmeatybones.com/faq.php
http://www.rawmeatybones.com/faq.php
PromisedLandNewf
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Mine do like to "pick" blackberries right from the vine! LOL
Cascadians
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So Newfies do it too! :!rolling: Oregon is overrun with Himalayan blackberries. This is gonna be good :LMAO:
Joan Fisher
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Tiika gets raw beef, lamb, turkey, pork and canned fish (sardines, mackerel, salmon). She does not like fish raw and won't eat it. I give her one pound of fresh vegie/fruit mash divided in her two meals a day. She loves fruit! John says she can hear a banana being peeled from a hundred feet away! You can't eat any fresh fruit in her presence without saving her a bit - strawberries, pineapple, apple, oranges, pears, plums, etc. She also harvests the red sumac berries off the trees and treats herself on a daily basis when we are out for our walks.
