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04-26-2012, 04:13 AM | #1 |
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| Feeding 100% raw diet, is it okay? Hi, I am trying to figure out what is the best thing to do for Sheldon's diet and I have become very interested in raw diet. Does anyone here feed their dogs only raw diet and does the raw diet has all the nutrients a dog needs. Sheldon is 5 months. Do you recommend 100% raw or 50/50 raw and kibble? I want to get to the bottom of his itchiness and seems like kibble has so many ingredients that I might just want to do just raw which has less ingredients. Thank you so much for all the help, support and advice you give! This forum has been slowly replacing my face painting forum and even facebook |
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04-26-2012, 04:24 AM | #2 |
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| i believe i remember reading in a thread that feeding a 100% raw diet may not give your furrbaby all the nutrients it needs........but i could be mistaken. good luck i hope you can get him more comfortable with diet change.
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04-26-2012, 05:00 AM | #3 |
Furbutts = LOVE Donating Member Moderator | I feed pre-made raw by Primal, and have for about 4 years now. I love it. I don't feed prey model raw, but I know there are members here who do, and they really like it for their doggies. The pre-made 'complete' formulas (not the supplemental products) are AAFCO approved, so they're considered complete diets just like kibble/canned are (which also have to be AAFCO.) Here is Primal: Primal Pet Foods: Wholesome Raw Food for Dogs and Cats Other premade raw brands are Nature's Variety, Stell and Chewys, Bravo.
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04-26-2012, 05:36 AM | #4 | |
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I would NOT feed both raw and kibble. Commercial kibble digests at a different rate than natural food; plus, most kibble have grains that will contribute to your pup's "itcies". Whatever you decide, I highly suggest a grain-FREE choice.
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04-26-2012, 06:07 AM | #5 | |
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I am looking into "natures variety instinct frozen raw medallions" the price is very reasonable too, $14.99 for a 3 lb bag containing 48 medallions. You feed by weight ex. 7 lb dog gets 4 medallions per day i am feeding to my cats right and may try for my dogs too. I also read that you should do either kibble or raw , not both at the same time... | |
04-26-2012, 07:55 AM | #6 |
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| I had posted at thread about feeding raw one meal and kibble the other.... http://www.yorkietalk.com/forums/yor...-one-meal.html But I started feeding Primal Pre-Made Raw Nuggets morning and night for a couple of weeks and let me tell you, I flipped him over one morning and his allergies had completely cleared up!! We just finished a bag of chicken and last night I bought a bag of lamb. I am going to do the frozen pre-made nuggets from now on and when we travel we will do the freeze dried nuggets Primal just came out with. I am sooo Excited!! |
04-26-2012, 07:57 AM | #7 | |
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I messaged the Primal Raw Rep. on Facebook and he said feeding both were fine... | |
04-26-2012, 08:03 AM | #8 | |
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Right now oscar is eating acana and he itches a lot still. I bought the natures variety instinct frozen raw medallions and i am going to start him off on 1 a day probably for the evening meal. I have heard really good things it. Plus i can buy it local.. | |
04-26-2012, 08:22 AM | #9 | |
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I started Riley off with them about a year ago. I'm going to be sticking to the Primal Raw Breakfast and Dinner from now on. Last edited by RileyDC; 04-26-2012 at 08:25 AM. | |
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| I have still been cutting his 2 - 3 frozen green beans [run under warm water, first....] and one baby carrot and mixing it with the raw... |
04-26-2012, 08:32 AM | #13 |
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04-26-2012, 08:35 AM | #14 |
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| I do want to say one little thing....I had started to feed raw food my vet sells (dont remember what it is...it is fronze and comes in patties and medallion things), to my babies, as I always seem to have problems weaning to kibble....so, I thought I would bridge that area from mommas milk to kibble, with some raw food they were selling. It made my babies sick, because as it turns out, babies that young have not built up the bacteria in their bowels and digestive tract to handle raw food being introduced at that age. When that was pointed out to me, I felt REALLY stupid, as I KNOW that is a truth about babies and their digrstive tracts....I was just so gung ho about doing something that was "healthy and great" for my babies, plus they LOVED it, and it made this weaning thing sooooooo easy, I was just stupified about it! End of raw food for me! I dont feed my adults raw simply because I have always had such good luck with RC kibble and have no reason to complicate my daily events! Last edited by Yorkiemom1; 04-26-2012 at 08:36 AM. |
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