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Originally Posted by tanksmom  I'm looking into goinbg raw. My shih tzu just has so many food issues and I've tried everything else, but I'm feeling a little anxious. Will I not give them enough of something important? |
Its natural to feel nervous, but as long as you give the basics i.e different raw meaty bones, muscle meats and organ meats, you won't miss anything.
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Originally Posted by tanksmom Will I be able to find the meats that I can afford but still be good? I'm kinda ignorant about food in general(raised on McDonalds myself) and worry I will fail my babies somehow. And my Vet isn't really susportive. |
Sure, I give my guys unusual stuff when I can source it but their basic diet consists chicken, lamb, turkey and beef because thats what I can get. Unfortuatly most vets do not know anything at all about raw, lots have never even heard of it, they are being paid to promote certain foods, usually hills science diet, which we all know is terrible. There are some great vets who strongly support raw though.
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Originally Posted by tanksmom Could I just give them chicken legs, whole eggs and ground turkey with grocery store livers(in moderation)? I feel like an idiot. I worry I'm in over my head. HELP!! |
That would be a good diet basis and definitely somewhere to start but eventually you would want to give a bit more variety than that.
As has been mentioned, check out the raw feeding thread and ask as many questions as you like. I'm happy to help
http://www.rawdogranch.com/ http://www.njboxers.com/faqs.htm http://rawfeddogs.net/ http://www.rawlearning.com/ http://www.rawmeatybones.com/ http://www.ukrmb.co.uk/showcontent.toy?contentnid=7232 http://www.raw4dogs.com/calculate.htm