Ok, be patient but please help. I have read "Natural Nutrition for Dogs and Cats". I am convinced that this is the way to go. I am still a little hung up on feeding bones (never done it), but I am willing to give it a go. I am having a couple of concerns.
1. I live in the middle of Chicken country in South Mississippi but I can not find a source for necks or backs.
2. What is safe to start an 8week old puppy on that has been feed kibble? I was thinking wings or leg quarters, but in the back of the book in her shopping list under bones she only list necks and backs.
3. How do you get the protein to fat ratio close to being right. When I had hunting dogs before that was for some reason what we thought was important and would alternate ratios during hunting season. I have access to plenty of venison but don't want to over load on protein.
Brad - I started my 8 week old puppy on wings and while it took a little while to get one chewed, he did it. I helped by cutting the wing in three pieces to make it a little easier until his jaw got a bit stronger - three days later he is fine with it. Good luck with the Raw - this is new to me too but I feel like I am giving Ranger the best possible start.
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1. your supermarket, walmart, or if not, then feed what is available.
2. start with necks, all skin and fat removed.
3. think in terms of how much meat/bone is in a whole animal and try to mimic that. feed heart and other organs as well as necks, backs, wings, tails, ribs. venison is great, just freeze it at 0F for ten days first to kill tapeworm cysts. (the dogs can give you tapeworm). i feed whole heads. again, freeze first.
Venison is fine; I'd definitely freeze it first for a little guy. I would not worry about the protein content of raw food, b/c unlike kibble, it's protein that is actually useable by the animal. Keep in mind that many kibbles show high amounts of protein, but they're not in useful forms for a carnivore to absorb. Also, in nature, a dog wouldn't just eat necks and backs. Wings are fine. Organs are fine. It's all fine...just make sure you mix it up some, keeping the "whole animal" concept in mind. It's harder w/a little one to find the right parts and work out ratios b/c they're so small, but you'll do fine. It's easier when they're huge and you can just throw a whole chicken out in the yard, or a big ol' deer head...like I did just before I left this morning;-)
Jenni, I am worried about my pup getting a wing caught in his thoat and you are chunking dear heads out in the yard. First of all I get the picture and second I think you just beat out all the female hunters that I know for whatever trophy we can come up with.
I started to stock up on some RAW ingredients today and I am diging out the old food processor.
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