Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Quote: Mallory Kwiatkowski
well-yes, everyone.
i feed my other dogs raw. my vet-and users on this board, raw friends suggested just sticking to a high quality kibble for a while-to be 100% sure they were getting everything, and not growing too fast/slow.
Of everyone i talked to-not one person suggested raw-even other raw feeders. At least not at first.
i personally would have felt better doing just raw.
Well, then I am bowing out. I thought that raw food (not puppy food) was what's needed for slow, steady growth. But I'm not a puppy expert.
i thought that too!
it still puzzles me that kibble would be better.
apparently, because they were so far malnourished-there was a concern about raw being too good-and them suddenly growing so fast that their bones couldn't catch up.
So a large breed puppyfood was recommended-to slow things down-ironically-the same thing i was trying to prevent is now happening.
But the girl is eating the same thing-and her pasterns are great-he was just smaller and more malnourished.
Believe me-i would feel better about totally raw-but the general concensus was-large breed puppy food.
Mallory
My observation has been that my totally raw fed pups grow much more slowly than kibble fed pups. Based on that I would think raw would be better than kibble/grain based foods for a pup with skeletal problems.
I think that a loading dose of glucosamine would be a good thing to get your pup's legs strengthened. I would guess that any excess would just pass through him.
My pup has a growth plate injury and the orthopedic specialist said NOT to suppliment calcium. Maybe the situations are different but the kelp, alphfa and eggs have calcium. I wonder if you are overdosing your pup?
I would forget that both pups eat the ame thing because each is unique how how their system handles everything.
I so hope your pup improves. My thoughts may be way off base but I thought I would chim in on the off chance I might help.
actually-i wrapped them last night, and checked them in the morning-and even let him run around without the wraps-and i could see drastic improvement!
so i will wrap them for a week, and see(changing the wraps every 2 days).
Also-i thought just the alfalfa(and egg)had calcium. I didn't think kelp had it.
they get maybe one egg a week-and not even the shell everytime.
but the supplements were only maybe 3 times a week.....and glucosomine doesn't have calcium-you didn't say that, but i wasn't sure if you were implying it or not......
Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Quote: michelle berdusco
My pup has a growth plate injury and the orthopedic specialist said NOT to suppliment calcium. Maybe the situations are different but the kelp, alphfa and eggs have calcium. I wonder if you are overdosing your pup? ...
Absolutely ---- calcium supplements are indeed only for very special situations, and IMO should never be given to the dog by anyone who has not consulted a vet with a nutrition specialty or who is well-educated themselves.
But --- oversupplementation almost always comes from supplements, and not from food. For example, an egg is balanced in phosphorous-calcium because the egg protein "comes with" the egg shell (calcium) just like meat "comes with" bones. (Ground egg shell added separately would be far different from an egg with its shell.)
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