The runny eyes that you're describing are not a side effect of raw feeding but a symptom of detoxing as there are no negative side effects on a species appropriate diet other than maybe constant, pesky myth swatting....
Detox *can* be a somewhat lengthy process if the dog is older and/or has health problems. Detox will sometimes show in the dog's short term behavior as flu like symptoms, runny stools, mucous in stools, temporary flare up in skin problems and things of that nature. My oldest used to have goopy eyes so badly when he was k*bble fed that I could actually pull the muck out of his eyes with my fingers daily! He doesn't have that problem anymore on prey model. But goop is not always just goop. If the eye(s) seems irritated, red, swollen then there's something else going on especially if the dog keeps rubbing it, could be an eye infection! If it's simply just goopy then give your dog some more time to detox!
As far as good things to feed; for most prey model feeders, anything goes! Anything that used to be an animal is considered prey and good to feed to our dogs. Yorkies might be a small toy breed but none the less 100% carnivore but with a smaller bite and appetite. As it proves (most of the time) difficult to locate prey that wolves in the wild usually feast on especially in the whole carcass form, it is more practical for us city dwellers to feed more readily available and cost effective meats commonly found in meat markets, hence the term Prey *
Model*.
I'm posting again the "recipes" link;
Raw Feeding Recipes
Click on each item on that list to view pictures of dogs actually eating these things that have been posted.
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Originally Posted by miss_marley  Did anyone notice that their dog's eyes got goopier after switching to raw? Marley's eyes were never really goopy, but they are now.
Also, has a list been posted of good raw foods to feed yorkies? I keep buying her the wrong things, and it would be so much easier if I actually knew what some good things were. |
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