[MyFairLacy]

A lot of vets don't recommend it, but that's because they aren't taught much about nutrition in vet school. Companies like Hills (science diet) teach the nutrition classes and tell them their food is the best, donate a lot of money to vet schools and associations, give away freebies to vets selling their food, and offer greatly discounted rates to vet students. I'm starting vet school in the fall and could get 80% off Hills and Purina foods is I wanted to.

I feed Lacy Nature's Variety Raw (Venison and Rabbit). She's eaten it for a year and has done GREAT on it. I recommend doing raw only. But I do know some people that do some kibble and some raw. If you go to Nature's Variety's website they have a "How much to feed" section. You can put in your pet's weight and activity level to find out how much you should feed. This is trial by error though...at first I put Lacy's activity as moderate when it should have been higher so I wasn't feeding her enough at first. But I quickly learned the right amount to feed. If you want to do some raw and some kibble, you can put what percentage of each you want to feed and it will tell you how much to feed. So like if you do 50% of each they might tell you 1 medallion and 1/4cup kibble a day. A lot of people do a meal of one in the morning and a meal of the other in the evening if they do a combo. Like I said though, I would just make the switch to raw. What I do with the medallion before I feed it is tear it into smaller pieces so Lacy can eat it easier. Glad to see you trying something other than the Hill's prescription diet