Quote: Jennifer Coulter

I do have a chest freezer, best thing I ever bought for my dog!

Cheers,

Jennifer

I want one. I don't really have room for it, but I want it.

I do give canned wild Pacific salmon (bones and skin included), which is cheap at Trader Joe's, and they also get some cooked local salmon in the season (if it's a good season, that is ).

nope the dogs sometimes like their chicken cooked (spoiled muts) I figured add some rice for a little extra something and the garlic is for the fleas and ticks I would feed these guys raw beef but as you all should know most all of the beef and chicken now days has been injected with a salt soultion or something and my other beef source is VERY expencive and very tasty (yes me and the dog fight over the scraps) on another intresting note is my nabors dog likes to go catch fresh rabbit for her dinner sometimes I do now and then toss raw chicken wings and legs at my dog and he gives me a big smile then swallows it lol

(3) I'm not familiar with what beef neck bones are like. Maybe someone else here is.


I have some experience with beef neck bones. I think it would depend on what exactly you get from your supplier to determine if you could call it a meal or not. What I mean specifically is the age/size of the animal it came from and how much meat is still on the bone. They can also be cut all kinds of different ways. I have gotten some from the butcher that are basically bone with very little meat. A large neck bone for my dog (40lbs NSDTR) is more of a recreational bone than a meal. The beef neck bones are quite hard for my dog and he tends to break of peices that are not quite digestable for him and a small peice sometimes comes back up at a later date. I don't feed them anymore. A larger dog may do better on them. I do feed venison neck/spine. Great for teeth cleaning and the bones are mostly consumable for a dog my size. Lamb neck is okay as well. If you do feed a beef neck bone and it does not have a lot of meat on it, and your dog can consume the bone, rather than just clean it off, you may want to feed a meat only or meatier meal at the next feeding to balance things out.

If you are just starting on raw, follow Connie's advice and look at some sample meals for a dog your size. (I think 2-3% of your dog's body weight per day depending on your dogs excersise regime and metabolism) Start with one type of food (chicken quarters (RAW)for example) at a time until your dog is used to it, add different protiens and organ meat one at a time.

This is just my personal experience.

Cheers,

Jennifer

what abou what the "foods you should not feed" page comment about feeding raw eggs...and that it has an enzyme that decreases the absorption of biotin??? i ask b/c many talk about feeding whole raw eggs and the shells...(i know...not everything on there is agreed to...as in the chicken bone comment...)

 Quote: louis larose

what abou what the "foods you should not feed" page comment about feeding raw eggs...and that it has an enzyme that decreases the absorption of biotin??? i ask b/c many talk about feeding whole raw eggs and the shells...(i know...not everything on there is agreed to...as in the chicken bone comment...)

That's a misleading partial truth. Raw egg whites would be a problem if you didn't also feed the yolks, which contain enough biotin to prevent the deficiency that could otherwise caused by avidin in the raw white.

I only feed egg yolk, I have in the pass given a whole egg not cracked as a treat, really to see what portion of the egg would the dogs eat and they would always eat the yolk and leave the rest behind.so now I just use the yolk to put in their food 2 to 3 times a week and I keep the white for us ( egg white omelette)