Raw Food Diet

[23JAM00]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: chitown</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Dear_DiabolicalT</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I considered the raw bones thing, then I had a vision of the raw bloody chicken or poak bone dragging all over my floor an carpet </div></div>
I always thought you weren't suppose to give your pets bones (especially chicken)
<span style="font-style: italic">or maybe that rule is just for cats</span>


anyway, speaking of bones ... my last trip to Jamaica I stayed in a yard with a large female dog named Patches ... would give her scraps from all my meals ... one day I brought back jerk pork (in a container inside a bag) ... I set the bag down inside the gate to chat with some children and when I turned back around there sat Patches with the biggest grin ... right beside the entirely empty bag </div></div>


Dog's don't have a problem with ckn bones that are not cooked yet. They're soft and don't splinter like cooked bones.

[Seveen]

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jamaican dogs eat chicken bones and rice and peas - amazing

[Suesumba]

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k. i gave woody some left over ocean perch steaks last night. he literally wolfed them down. i'll sniff the air when i go in this evening to see if there's a deluge of diarehha (sp).




ETA: mi nevva know seh dawg like fish.

[diabolical_Tanya]

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yes man fish is good for dogs. on the rare occasion that I cook salmon the dog gets the skin

[chitowngirl]

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soh Cornelius nyam steam fish ovah Labor Day even wid di hot, hot, hot peppah wah di man puddung inna ie

pretty impressive for a soft, city-dwelling kitty

[Nanook]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Seveen</div><div class="ubbcode-body">jamaican dogs eat chicken bones and rice and peas - amazing </div></div>

I was trying to get back to this thread but got tied up in weekend stuff...

It is well documented that some breeds of dogs have more sensitive stomachs and are more prone to issues than others. For sure some purebred dogs are less tolerant to many tings than their mixed breed counterparts. Then you add different breeds and mixed breeds and the ending is as varied as the breeds themselves.

Take Husky's for example. What some can easily feed a Husky breed would probably make my Standard Poodle and my Doberman very ill or worse. Actually...I soak their food because they have the deep chests which makes them prone to bloat which is one of the most fatal occurrences that can happen to a dog other than getting hit by a car or something! Soaking the food lessens the amount of air going into the stomach and lessens the chance of Bloat occurring.

Terriers are another example. They were bred to be ratters. yes, eat rats, they don't just kill them! They eat them bones and all. Ok so using my MinPins as an example, which are terrier based and also bred to be ratters...I can feed them darn near anything whereas I have to be careful about what I feed Paris and Rosebud.

A lot of the dogs in Jamaica are Terrier based. Well, I've seen a lot of Ridgeback crosses as well, and I can't tell you how sensitive their stomachs are because I'm not friends with any Ridgeback peeps but you get the idea.

Add to all of this genetics. Generations of dogs used to eating chicken bones etc...are able to more easily digest that stuff than our more highly bred critters.

And then you have the individual dogs within the breed types. Some dogs actually chew their food and others pretty much inhale it. Some of the inhalers regurgitate and eat their food twice. Adding any kind of bones to this kind of dogs diet is a really bad idea!

I pretty much stick to sterilized bones and the pizzles and bully sticks. Some dogs can easily deal with rawhide, while others cannot because they are too eager and it can get caught in a throat and effectively choke them to death. But I do give the big rawhide rolled bones to Rosebud cause I know she will chew on them and not try to inhale it!


My advice is to stay away from store brands and feed only the premium foods. They may cost a little bit more but more of the food value goes into the dogs system and less poop comes out the other end. You feed lesser amounts of the food too, so it goes farther. That pretty much evens out added cost. You can do some research on ingredients to find where exactly they are made. Google is a wonderful thing!

I started feeding Evo Ancestral Diet to my 14 year old and my teeny Emmit this weekend. oh they LOVE it! It is gluten free and I can see improvement on them both already. I was able to just switch their food over a two day period but I know for a fact that if Rosebud or Paris got a hold of a bowl full, I would have a very bad mess on my hands.

<span style="font-weight: bold">EVO is an alternative for raw feeders and home-cooker</span>

If you like the idea of feeding raw, but prefer a gently cooked food that provides benefits that match raw, frozen or home prepared high-meat pet diets, EVO is the answer. EVO is the first grain-free ancestral diet that provides the benefits of modern nutrition in a safe, convenient and cost-effective natural food. Use EVO alone, or as a supplement to your raw or home cooked pet food for a completed and balanced natural feeding.

Only the highest quality beef, lamb, buffalo and venison - including the meat, cartilage, fat, bone and connective tissue - are used in the making of EVO Red Meat Small Bites Dry Dog Food. Whole fruits and vegetables are added to supply important, health promoting nutrients that dogs would find foraging for food. Live, naturally occurring microorganisms are then gently sprayed on after the cooling process.

Moisture 7.5 %
Protein 43.16 %
Fat 22.22 %
Linoleic Acid 4.2 %
Omega 3 0.52 %
Carbohydrates 11.42 %
Fiber 1.52 %
Ash 11.14 %
Calcium 2.55 %
Phosphorous 1.57 %
Magnesium 0.11 %
Sodium 0.38 %
Iron 236 mg/kg
Zinc 226 mg/kg
Copper 18 mg/kg
Iodine 3.8 mg/kg
Manganese 21 mg/kg
Selenium

more ingredients and info

hereso

[Suesumba]

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not a good idea

well... well...


besides the kibble is formulated for cleaning their teeyh

[Peasie]

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I feed Boomer - 65-lb lab/border collie/basset hound mix - Nutro brand for sensitive stomach and skin. No, he's not sensitive but his stool is easy to pick up and not too smelly. That's the main reason for feeding him dry food. He gets occasional table scraps and he is a counter surfer and recycle bin scavenger

I'm not opposed to cooking dog food. With our previous dog - lived with us for 14 years - I would regularly cook rice and chix neck and back along with peas and carrots. He loved it! But he was 30-lb and only liked to poop on walks in the park off leash. He never stole food

[towngyal]

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I feed my boxer mainly rice/veggies with a little bit of meat in it. Usually boiled ground steak or lamb.
I also add blueberries and apples as well. She does know how to pick out the blueberries if they are not smashed down!!!

[Seveen]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Nanook</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ah yes the food thief! And up in the north we call them counter surfers. I don't have a counter surfer at the moment but I no leave it to temptation!


I will go to the butcher and buy knuckle bones. They are relatively safe to give to your dog but I boil the fat from them first. They can still make a mess though so I only feed them outside.

you can buy them dried Bully Sticks

for those of you not clicking the link it is dried bull penis! or sheep or goat in the form of pizzles etc...

Oh my they LOVE them chewies!

and just for the hell of it is the Wikipedia definition of a pizzle..

Animal consumption

Pizzles are almost exclusively used/produced today as chewing treats for dogs,[2] and are prepared by cleaning, stretching, twisting and then drying. The result is a very hard, 80–100 centimetres (30–40 in) long brown stick, which is then sawed into pieces appropriate for the size of the dog.[citation needed]

[edit] Human consumption

In addition to being used as a dog treat, <span style="font-weight: bold">pizzles are also eaten by humans for their health benefits such as being low cholesterol and high in protein, hormones, vitamins and minerals such as calcium and magnesium.</span>[2]. Pizzles for human consumption are prepared either by freezing or by drying. Scottish deer pizzles are thought to boost stamina and were used by Chinese athletes at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[2][3] Pizzles can be served in soup, and if they have been dried they can be turned into a paste. Pizzles may also be mixed with alcoholic beverages or simply thawed (if frozen) and eaten.


aren't you glad you asked!



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nanook i just read this and i click the link and ended up having uncontrollable laughter - had to leave my cube - tears were coming down me eyes . . .

-it is hung vertically

-long very hard brown stick

-thickness, shape and color may slighty vary.

-last incredibly long time

i guess i should get my mind out of the gutter

[Seveen]

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i tried the bully sticks with Sheba

she loves them

but they only last a few minutes

she chews them up like chewing gum

and one GULP and it's gone

[Nanook]

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You crack me up. It sounds like Sheba goes though life with gusto! It sounds like a match made in heaven!!!