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Originally Posted by Babz

Greetings!

I have been researching raw for a while now and we are switching as early as next week! YAY! I'm so excited. We are going to start with chicken thighs, bone in, skin off. I'll see how they go on that, and then maybe in a few days add the skin.

I do have a few questions..

Right now my babies are free fed, and self-regulating their food really well. Should i weigh the meat I feed them? I was thinking I would throw one thigh for one dog and let them go on it, and give fillet later in the day.

Also, since I am going shopping for the meat this week, what else should I get aside from chicken thighs, breast, legs? Should I get heart, gizzards? Is it okay to feed hearts and gizzards the 1st few days, since it is considered muscle meat, not organs?

Since I cannot afford organic, I was thinking to supplement with salmon oil. But I found out salmon oil is very hard to find here, and if I can find it I suspect it'd be very expensive, as cod liver oil is already through the roof. I simply cannot afford it. So, I found out I could feed fish instead of supplementing. What kinda fish is good and high in omega 3 and 6, and should I give them the bones or just filleted fish??

Thanks so much for any help at all!!

Using the fish capsules is good way to go if you can't get the oil or feed fish. Mine don't eat a lot of fish either. The one meal I do feed them that isn't raw is canned salmon. Ok... not the best, but it IS fish and it has the bones in it too. My girls love it.

Personally, I would stick with just chicken for at least a couple of weeks, if not longer, before adding anything else to their diet. Then add another meat and wait a while before adding another meat. Too many new meats all at once could cause problems. If you wait a while between new meats, you will also be able to figure out more easily which is the culprit if your dogs should ever have a problem with one particular meat.