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Originally Posted by Jemma  Question.
Jemma has been on raw diet for quite awhile now. But I'm still not sure if I have the ratio right. Her coat seems a little dull to me.
This is what I feed Jemma over a week. Please tell me if I'm missing something.
I buy turkey and chicken mostly and a lttle beef. For some reason beef doesn't agree with her much (VERY lose stool) and hearts also give her very loose stools and stinky.
She is not crazy about pork at all. I cut up all the meat together and then mix all the pieces together. I then bag small portions in freezer bags and freeze them. So she gets a combination of different meats at one feeding. A couple of times a week she'll get green beans. She doesn't like raw carrots but will eat them out of a can, stubborn. She also gets sweet potato. Once every 2 weeks she gets a raw egg. 2-3 times a week a raw chicken bone. She eats the whole darn thing, lol.
Lie I said, hearts, liver, they just don't seem to agree with her digestive system. What can I give her in place of it as I know it's a important part of the meal? Tripe made her throw up, what a mess. So not all raw food agrees with every dog.
Thanks for any input!!! |
I would ditch the green beans and the carrots. I would add a capsule of fish oil a day. I just squeeze it over my dogs food at the morning feeding. My advice would to just go ahead and feed a whole chicken breast, leg, whatever. Yes, liver if given in excess will cause loose stools. I would start with just one or two thumbnail size pieces added to her meal. Remember liver should only be about 5% of her meal. As for beef heart, yes I have found it to be a bit rich as well so I never feed too much of it and when I do, I always feed it with bone. I would say that since you think the coat is dry, make sure you don't remove the chicken skin or at least not all of it. Hopefully between that and the fish oil you will see a difference.
Good luck!