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lara2913 · 09-30-2007, 03:59 AM

IMO both raw and home cooked is better than canned food or kibble.

Obviously I am going to say that raw is best because its what I feed and its what my furkids do best on but there are home cookers on here that will obviously say that their way is best.

I would advise you to do your research on both and decide what you believe is best for Suzy.

I will start with some advise on raw and hopefully some home cookers will chime in and offer some advise on that.

The diet consists of muscle meat, raw meaty bones and offal. Then there are the extras that you may or may not decide to include.

The muscle meat can be minced/ground meat, breast meat, diced meat, heart (yes it is muscle not organ) basically any meat without bone.

The RMB's are edible bone covered in meat, beef bones are not usually considered rmb's because they are too hard for most dogs to consume. Some examples are chicken wings, thighs, legs etc. Lamb ribs, chops, necks. Turkey necks and whole (or halved etc) rabbits. Whole raw fish are also considered an RMB but not all dogs can handle them.

The offal is organ meat such as liver and kidney.

Then there are extras that some people feed and others don't such as live yogurt, raw eggs, tinned fish and pureed fruit and veg. I personally feed them all but in moderation (like perhaps a little bit of each 1-2 times a week). The raw fruit and veg should ideally be pureed for them to get the best out of it and remember no grapes or onions.

Some people give a cocktail of supplements and others give none. I only give salmon oil and vitamin e.

Remember that the more you can vary the different foods she eats the wider variety of different vitamins and nutrients she will get. The raw feeders that give heaps of supplements are usually those who for one reason or another cannot feed very many different things. If you get it right and vary it lots then they get everything they need from a raw diet.

Meat should ideally be frozen for 48 hours or more before defrosting and feeding as this completely kills the neosporum caninum.

Here are some good links that you can read through when you have some time,

http://www.rawmeatybones.com/diet/exp-diet-guide.pdf

http://www.rawdogranch.com/

http://www.njboxers.com/faqs.htm

http://www.naturalpetcare.co.uk/nutrition/dogdiet.htm

http://www.holisticvet.co.uk/nutrition.htm

http://www.rawlearning.com/

http://rawfeddogs.net/

http://www.rawmeatybones.com/

http://rawfed.com/myths/

There are also alot of great books about raw out there, a couple that I think are great are 'Switching to Raw by Sue Johnson' and Natural Nutrition for Dogs and Cats by Kymythy Schulze.

I know it sounds very confusing at the moment but once you start it will get so much easier. You will do doubt see the massive benefits too. Good luck with you decision and if you do decide to go with raw then feel free to ask me as many questions as you like

09-30-2007, 03:59 AM	#2
lara2913 Donating YT 1000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: UK Posts: 1,920	IMO both raw and home cooked is better than canned food or kibble. Obviously I am going to say that raw is best because its what I feed and its what my furkids do best on but there are home cookers on here that will obviously say that their way is best. I would advise you to do your research on both and decide what you believe is best for Suzy. I will start with some advise on raw and hopefully some home cookers will chime in and offer some advise on that. The diet consists of muscle meat, raw meaty bones and offal. Then there are the extras that you may or may not decide to include. The muscle meat can be minced/ground meat, breast meat, diced meat, heart (yes it is muscle not organ) basically any meat without bone. The RMB's are edible bone covered in meat, beef bones are not usually considered rmb's because they are too hard for most dogs to consume. Some examples are chicken wings, thighs, legs etc. Lamb ribs, chops, necks. Turkey necks and whole (or halved etc) rabbits. Whole raw fish are also considered an RMB but not all dogs can handle them. The offal is organ meat such as liver and kidney. Then there are extras that some people feed and others don't such as live yogurt, raw eggs, tinned fish and pureed fruit and veg. I personally feed them all but in moderation (like perhaps a little bit of each 1-2 times a week). The raw fruit and veg should ideally be pureed for them to get the best out of it and remember no grapes or onions. Some people give a cocktail of supplements and others give none. I only give salmon oil and vitamin e. Remember that the more you can vary the different foods she eats the wider variety of different vitamins and nutrients she will get. The raw feeders that give heaps of supplements are usually those who for one reason or another cannot feed very many different things. If you get it right and vary it lots then they get everything they need from a raw diet. Meat should ideally be frozen for 48 hours or more before defrosting and feeding as this completely kills the neosporum caninum. Here are some good links that you can read through when you have some time, http://www.rawmeatybones.com/diet/exp-diet-guide.pdf http://www.rawdogranch.com/ http://www.njboxers.com/faqs.htm http://www.naturalpetcare.co.uk/nutrition/dogdiet.htm http://www.holisticvet.co.uk/nutrition.htm http://www.rawlearning.com/ http://rawfeddogs.net/ http://www.rawmeatybones.com/ http://rawfed.com/myths/ There are also alot of great books about raw out there, a couple that I think are great are 'Switching to Raw by Sue Johnson' and Natural Nutrition for Dogs and Cats by Kymythy Schulze. I know it sounds very confusing at the moment but once you start it will get so much easier. You will do doubt see the massive benefits too. Good luck with you decision and if you do decide to go with raw then feel free to ask me as many questions as you like __________________ Indy, Benjamin and Malachi There is no psychiatrist in the world like a puppy licking your face- Ben Williams Last edited by lara2913; 09-30-2007 at 04:01 AM.