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Originally Posted by abbie's mom  mminichan - I'm so sorry for this scare!
OK...all the medallion-feeding folks, please don't jump down my throat about this, but: Just another reason the prey model diet is preferred over pre-packaged. Especially if you have a gulper - which it seems Miss Chloe is  . With RAW meaty bones, your dog must take time to rip, tear and CHEW! They get exercise in a number of ways, not provided with foods that have all the work taken out. a)They have to actually figure out how to eat this thing (mental accuity) b)Ripping and tearing exercises jaw and neck muscles. This is, primarily (plus the fact that pre-packaged usually has stuff they don't need), the main reason I don't give in to the temptation to feed pre-packaged when I'm so tired of messing with raw meat every day. It would be so much easier to just hand them a few medallions and go about my day...*sigh* |
i completely agree. I do feed mostly premade and morgan will eat it within 30 seconds. There is no type of workout for her teeth or mind and i know she isn't getting all the benefits of raw by eating the medallions. i do give her chicken drumsticks as meals sometimes but i know its not enough. To fully benefit from the raw diet you should be feeding a prey-model diet which is what Jen had wanted to discuss with this thread.
I do get a little worried now with this big threads about raw because people are seeing that it can be as easy as giving them a few medallions and their feeding "RAW" now. I encourage people to look at all the links Abbie's Mom and Lara posted. I read all these sites before switching to any type of raw. I know my dog as well and knew she could handle it. It took my a few months to finally decide to make the switch after doing my research. ALso i would like to make the full switch to prey model and i am actively looking for easy ways to do this. Now its mostly about where to get the meat and not spend a lot of money. a good butcher is hard to find here and the few i asked about chicken feet, necks, and backs looked at me like i was crazy, then said we don't have that.
so anyway, abbie's mom and lara and some others can give you the best information on feeding prey-model raw and if you are looking to get into raw this is what you should be striving for IMO. the pre-made can be a jumping off point.