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Originally Posted by Tissy  Is this the Nature's Variety brand? I have been researching raw as well and plan to start out with the Nature's Variety until I feel comfortable getting the ratio right myself. What is the reasoning behind starting with the freeze dried and why the venison?
If I had any reservations about whether my girl would take to it, I don't anymore. Today she ran up on a bone out of a pork roast almost as big as she was....she grabbed it up and took off! Was so cute but hard as heck to catch and get away from her! |
It is the NV brand. Marcel's nutritionist really likes this brand and has used it on her own dogs. Because of Marcel's post-giardia ibs/ibd, she wanted to see how he did with a "meat" back in his diet (currently eats white fish as his protein) and she felt that starting w/ the freeze dried would be the least aggressive way to start "raw".
She likes venison the best as a meat, then rabbit and buffalo - they are the "cleanest" and the least likely for dogs to be allergic to (whereas chicken is highly allergenic). She is iffy about trying lamb right now, she said that would be 6-12 mths. down the road. Duck can sometimes be okay too.
I'm tellin' ya, they LOVE the freeze dried! So I'm sure they'll be in heaven once we progress to the raw medallions/patties. We'll do that after a month on the freeze dried. Let me know if you try it!