If he gets hungry enough, he will eat. Sometimes my dogs will not eat unless there is bacon or sausage grease on top of their food. Or sometimes you have to trick a dog into eating if he does not want to.

No dog in the history of the universe has ever starved to death in the presence of food. He'll eat when he wants. Its standard practice with stock dogs in this country to only feed them every couple of days. You wouldnt like chasing scrub cattle with a gut full of food and neither do dogs.

How does everyone store there Turkey,Chicken necks? When I order mine I get a case of them and they always come frozen together and I just can't thaw them out and wrap them up and then freeze them again Any Ideas? Thank You!! ...........Tim

Why can't you thaw them out and refreeze them? I have been doing that since I started feeding them. Most of the scrap meat you will order will come like that, even chicken back and wings.

Shandar, why do you say not to feed more than one meat at a time? I feed mine the hamburger and turkey necks together? 5 months so far and no problems.

Oh Ok,I just thought Is wasn't good to do that. I know my steak would'nt taste very good If I thawed it and then froze it and then thawed It again! But I guess dogs would'nt mind! Thank you Lanegirl!

I just had one more question,My male GSD had Bloat about a year ago and has kind of a sensitive stomach and I was wondering how this Natural diet would be for a dog that has had a history of Bloat. Thank You!!! ............Tim

Not a doc here, but given that most health problems these days are attributed to kibble, I would think this diet would be much better for him overall. Raw food is digested in 4-6 hours vs. 24 hrs for kibble, plus you are no longer feeding him all those chemicals that go along with kibble.

I think that the natural diet is supposed to be better for dogs with a predisposition to bloat because the raw foods do not swell in the stomach like kibble does. I think someone who fed raw posted this somewhere.

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I personally do feel that the natural diet is better for any dog including a dog that has bloated. But, I also think that bloat is not just about food 'swelling' in the stomach. I think there are many more factors involved. Dogs fed a raw natural diet have bloated as well, but the incidence is much lower.

Personally I feel that the 'health' of the stomach lining is very important in whether or not a dog will bloat. Dogs fed a raw diet have stronger stomach linings. But, I also believe that vacciantions, heartworm preventatives, antibiotics etc...also help 'weaken' the stomach lining. Good bacteria is needed in the stomach, intestines etc. Most of the above kills this.

If I had a dog that had bloated , I wold NOT do any more vaccinations (I do very little to begin with), would not use heartworm prevetative pills (instead I would take precuations around misquitos and my dogs) and I would give my dogs enzymes added to the food to help break it down.

In addition I would also feed ground chicken necks/backs , not whole ones.

I've been reading about raw food diets for a few years but never had the confidence to try it. My rescue Dobe changed all that. He came to us with coccidiosis, giardia and probably a dose of stress. Talk about a sensitive stomach! After 6 mos. of extreme flatulance and bouts of diarrhea I finally resorted to a raw food diet. This dog has gone from being an extremely finicky eater with what must have been a trashed gut to an eager eater with a beautiful coat, good weight, no gas and firm stools! (I haven't gotten brave enough to do the bones yet.)