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Originally Posted by lauraopi  I switched Reese a week ago today to the NV venison...she has done great so far. Her poop is really small and dry now, which worries me...is this normal?? I started mixing some regular ground lamb meat in (since lamb is an ingredient in the venison meal) to try to help because I read that the high bone content in the NV can be a little much for some dogs..I also have been giving her acidophillus and enzymes, as well as bananas for a small treat. She chews on bully sticks, but I know that I am going to switch to a home prepared model because #1 Reese scarfs down her medallions to the point where I think she might choke..she loves the raw, which I am very lucky for as I see that others dont have such luck...I actually fed her off a FORK tonight to keep her from gulping..#2 I see that there are no benefits for her teeth to eat such soft food..no work for her at all...So I have read about the prey model and know its supposed to be a 80% meat, 10% rmbs and 10% organs (1/2 being liver). Is it basically where you feed meat for every meal for a week and then 1 meal out of the week is rmb's and another is organs?? Or do you mix the organs with a meal?
BTW--This is awesome that we are all starting on a great journey for our dogs together!! |
The small dry poops are normal, thats the way their poop is supposed to be. I mean there is a point where it becomes
too dry and in that case a higher meat to bone ratio could be in order.
There isn't really and specific ratio for raw, although many work round one, a ratio that works for one dog may not work for the next and vise versa. For my dogs usually feed muscle meat (any meat without bone) for their breakfast and rmbs of some kind for their dinner. Then the breakfast muscle meat is replaced by organ meat once a week, canned/tinned fish once a week as my guys can't 'do' raw fish, tripe 1-2 times a week and once a week I add 1/2-1 egg each to their meat. I also give them the odd bit of live yogurt as they adore it and do very well on it.
Basically there is no set rules when it comes to feeding your dog raw, you have to do it the way it works best for you and Reese.