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I woke up at 5 this morning to find out that Enoch had vomited in his crate and there was pieces of bone in it. Yesterday was his first day of RMBs. It was chicken necks and backs. I'm thinking I might have added too much too soon. I did the ratio of 60% RMBs and 35% muscle meat and no organ meat, yet. I'm also thinking I didn't cut off enough of the skin and fat. I don't know. For today I'm going to go back to the ground turkey until I hear from you guys. He seems fine but I'm not. Where did I go wrong?
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I know exactly what you mean. My dog did the same thing at first, and to see bone come up is scary. I bought some digestive enzymes to add for a while, and it seemed to help.
The other thing that may happen, it did with mine, is bile throw up. My dog did this at random times for a while, and I was worried that there was something wrong. It eventually stopped, and I now chalk it up to the fact that RAW digests so fast. I think the kibble just lays around in the stomach soo long, their bodies have a hard time adjusting to the "emptiness". RAW digests very fast.
So don't get worried by a little bile, it will pass...
Saffron K. Hall Webboard User Reg: 01-24-2003
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One of my gsd's will hurl up bone pieces on occassion if I'm giving them beef ribs or turkey wings/drumsticks.........he'll sneak off somewhere to do it and eat the bone pieces again before I have the chance to clean it up...........what it seems like to me is that sometimes he doesn't crunch them up enough and so does it the second time around. Pretty gross but dogs throw up for such odd reasons................
When first switching to raw from home-made with a lot of cooked meat it was hair-raising because I'd grown up on horror stories about chicken bones killing dogs. When it's all raw it just looks and sounds like a really fun meal.............now that I'm used to it!
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Quote: Maisha Butler
I just fed him ground turkey this morning. I don't know if I shouldn't try the RMBs until I get the digestive enzymes.
Oh, I missed that. No, it's OK.
What you did is OK, too, but not necessary (IMO).
I'd get digestive enzymes (Cindy gave you a link), but meanwhile I'd give less skin and fat (working up) and give softer bones like backs and necks to a beginner, holding off with the leg bones just for a few days.
I'm guessing that either the bones OR the sudden fat triggered it, and this addresses both.
The fact that there were bone pieces just means that the stomach tossed it all back, and not necessarily that the bones would not have been fully softened if they had hung around.
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