I'm glad too, I never would have thought of it!! Orders open the 28th and I think I'll change my mind about 100 times between now and then!

Just bumping this up to see if I can get any critique on what I've decided to order:

More chicken backs, ground turkey (thigh meat with 15% neck bones), and maybe pork neck bones or duck necks or another RMB. What do you all think? I may not order extra RMBs - it depends on whether or not I get an extra freezer. My friend works at an appliance store and is going to try and get me a good deal on a floor model. I'm very excited!

Also, what to do about veggie glop.... does everyone here feed it? I was considering always using THK as a veggie source, since I don't have a processor. Or should I feed tripe? Some books say they feed veggies every day, others only a few times a week. What's your protocol?

Thanks!!

Sounds good, Katie!

For vegetables, and especially for our small dogs, baby food is awful convenient.

Other than that, vegetable matter for Turbo comes from tripe or leftover vegetables from my plate.

Baby food!! Genius, Michael, genius.

Did you think of this before or after your young one?

One more thing... how long should I wait after we finish the box of THK before adding organ meat? Do you think I'll be okay waiting until next month to order organ meat? The THK *should* last until then but I can't guarantee.

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Baby food!! Genius, Michael, genius.

Did you think of this before or after your young one?

I thought of it after I read where somebody else posted it. You'll find that I have very few original ideas.:laugh:

You could probably add a little organ meat now if you want.

Same drill as with any new food, but be a touch more careful with organs at first. Too much organ meat can cause diarrhea in long time raw fed dogs.

Best to start small and build up as your dogs gut sees fit.

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More chicken backs, ground turkey (thigh meat with 15% neck bones), and maybe pork neck bones or duck necks or another RMB.

Since I'm very familiar with SoCalBARF I'll give my opinions to you on the products you've listed. There are 2 different places on the order form for ground turkey. The product in the 'Turkey' section is .65 per lb less than the product in the 'Ground' section. However, they are different products so you'll want to check into that. Pork neck bones are very sharp. My dogs love them but they scare me and I don't feed them anymore. I feed Pork Brisket Bones instead. The one or two times I got the duck necks there was too much skin on them which I ended up taking off but I think they're popular so it's probably a good idea to post another question on the SoCalBARF forum to get input from people who feed it frequently.

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Also, what to do about veggie glop.... does everyone here feed it?.

I stopped making veggie glop a while ago and replaced it with green tripe which can be ordered every other month through SoCalBARF.

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Or should I feed tripe? Some books say they feed veggies every day, others only a few times a week. What's your protocol?.

On a daily basis, green tripe is 15% of my dogs diet. It's very good for them and they love it. You need to prepare yourself for the stink though. I describe it as cow manure X 25.

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I want to get the goat!! You get the whole thing! I REALLY need a bigger freezer though. I should get on that this weekend...

I bought the goat a few times and my dogs love it, however, very few of the bones are consumable. I usually end up scraping off as much meat as possible and feeding as muscle. It's a 6-way cut goat.

It's also very hard to cut those bones. I started a thread a while back about cutting goat bones. Here is the link:
http://leerburg.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Board=134&Number=172265&Searchpage=7&Main=17626&Words=Cathi+Kemp&topic=0&Search=true#Post172265

Thanks Cathi! That was very helpful information, especially since you're familiar with the product. I looked for pork brisket bones but couldn't find them. I'll look again