would like to start a raw diet journal

i think it would benefit some members exspecially me just to see how other people are incorparating raw into their dogs diet.
Morning: 1/4 cup oats in hot water
2 tbsp of salmon
1 beef patty


tonight:
1/4 cup oatmeal
2 tbsp of spinach
split chicken breast with bone
half of beef patty
2 chicken livers

 

Yeah that will be nice

 

Cancel the oatmeal and add a chicken thigh!

 

Man oh man, you're actually counting chicken livers?
I wouldn't mind sharing, but my diary would be like...quarter to almost half chicken, kelp, fish oil, leftovers. I mean, I don't get that technical, I just look at what I have in the freezer/fridge, look at the dogs and go from there. I don't have any dogs in keep or anything like that so, as long as the dogs look good and smell right I don't measure, weigh, or stress about anything.

 

im interested in what people are using. i been researching but im still nervous to switch to barf.

 

SAME HERE...INTERESTED BUT AFRAID ABOUT THE BONES IN THE MEAT....:confused:

 

this morning.... i worked em for 1 hour and fed

1 can of tuna
1/4 cup oatmeal
1 egg
andabout 4 chicken gizzards
2 tbsp of spinach


tonight

1 jumbo turkey leg
half of tilipia filet
tbsp of cottage cheese
1 chicken liver
1tbsp of spinach
1/4cup oatmeal

 

i will say i havnt had any problems .... and my dogs seem to have more energy and more happy and are already looking better. seem to be laying down new muscle and ther coat is looking really good. also teeth stay real clean

 

haha Your dogs will be fine! everyones scared I think when they first start. Just watch them for the first little while and everything should be fine their stomachs were made to digest raw food and bones.

 

I've read that you only need meat in the diet. Its so damn hard to find a place in Southern Cali that will sell the damn scrap meat. I don't understand. I've also read that liver is the most important of the organ meat to feed. Don't know how true that it but it makes sense.

 

yes liver is pretty impostant .... i try and add it at least 3 times a week. either chicken liver or cow liver. sometimes i will give kidneys adn i give gizzards alot ... very high in protein and fat is just perfect also with the gizzards

 

go to any safeway store they should have the chicken gizzards and livers there packaged for you!

 

I just started feeding raw last week, so far its been going great.
This morning I fed pork and chicken and later they had chicken thigh quarters.
About a pound of meat total for my 43 pounder.

 

Ok this is a beginner question, When can you start feeding raw in a dog's diet? After 4 months? B/c from the information I gain from a post about best foods for a dog, almost 89% said raw is the best way to go.:confused:

 

Thanks! I was offered 40 pounds of chicken necks from the same place I've been getting my dog's meat for the first time for 28 bucks is that good?? I took the offer gonna pick up tomorrow. Liver was .90/lb for the first time too

 

for anyone in cali GO TO WALMART... thats were i go and i get chicken livers, chicken gizzards, cow livers , cow kidneys , ox tailes and so on.. all at wal mart or good prices .. i bought 20 pounds of chickenleg quarters for ten bucks

 

I am here in california but I don't know if I would trust walmarts meet and poultry at ALL. I already don't enjoy giving costco meat and poultry as opposed to organic but it's what I can work with at the moment. That's what I have been having a concern with myself lately because of the specific food industries here in the U.S. our meat and poultry (if not organic) is completely deathly in so many aspects! all those extra garbage crap given to the chickens, cows, and pigs leaves them to not be a natural chicken, cow, and pig any longer.

Do you guys think if not fed organic natural meat and poultry's the dog's won't receive not even half of the value from being fed raw? I notice that most the people who feed raw on here obtain there products from local butchers and farmers instead of the super markets or am I wrong?

sorry for going off topic a bit.

 

should be fine! if your worried then just stay away from pork.

 

exactly.........

 

If you're worried about human grade meat sold at Walmart, just imagine what goes into kibbled dog food.