Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Jacquie, you have received some great advice here. The BARF diet sites and books that I know start with just the RMBs. Then when that's all great with good poops, one thing is added at a time. Balance is trumped by letting the gut become accustomed to each type of food.
It will be OK. Just back wa-a-a-y up.
Also, I'd really try small meals... maybe less than you think is required ... because of the number of times we see and read about gut protests simply on the basis of amount.
It's great that you asked, because I have a feeling that lots of owners give up when really it's their dog's gut just saying to slow down and back up.
Thank you all so much for your responses. I have taken everything out of his diet today except ground turkey (ground turkey was what I had on hand). He did great and held everything down. He has not vomited at all today. So tomorrow I will do the same then as you have suggested I will add one thing at a time. I purchased some chicken breasts with the rib meat attached and I will grind that up and see how he does.
And Connie you are so right, I was getting ready to start feeding him kibble and my hubby told me to post and see if I could get any help. You guys are great!
Thank you again for all the help, I will keep you posted.
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I'd like to add that although dogs/puppies need fat in their diet, the amount of fat in a chicken is unbelievable. It rather disgusts me so I cut out a lot of the fat in chicken when feeding to my dog (or me, although I buy boneless, skinless for me). I also cut a lot of the fat laden skin.
Remembering back when Lear was a pup, if he got too much fat in his chicken, he either vomited a little or his poo was disgusting. So started the practice of cutting major pieces of fat and skin out.
The way chickens are raised with no exercise at all, it's no wonder they are almost half fat.
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Good point Sandy. I agree. I cut fat off as well, although Jesea gets all the fat in her meal (not what I trim off the others meals though) since she is hard to keep weight on and using fat seems to help with that. She kinda had a greyhound look to her for a while....UGH.
With the others I trim and I do freeze it for future use though.
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Connie Sutherland Moderator Reg: 07-13-2005
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Good point Sandy. I agree. I cut fat off as well...
Particularly for the brief starting-up period of feeding this completely new food.
IME, too much fat and/or too much food are the two most common gut-upset triggers when dogs first starts fresh food. (Of course, most have zero problem.)
But whatever it might be (if anything) that triggers vomiting or diarrhea in the beginner dog, it's simple to see and fix if we start slowly and add each new thing one at a time. And give small meals.
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