Connie - In most cases when pork-related, it was caused my gorging, or eating cooked pork. There was one instance where a lab pulled a thawing pork roast off the counter, and shared it with his Yorkie buddy. It appeared the lab ate most, and was not affected, but the Yorkie did end up with Pancreatitis. He could have very well gotten a large amount as well.. I'm not saying pork is bad... I've been spoon-fed for a long time that "pork is evil" for dogs, and I am trying to get opinions from all of you (ones who have experience actually feeding it, not just seeing worst-case scenarios when they are sick).

On the topic of allergies, I do not believe her allergies are strictly corn-related. I do know that after removing corn from her diet that her allergies decreased signifigantly, but not completely. So part of it is seasonal as well.

On a side note, she has already been on salmon oil, vit e, and alfalfa powder for several months already... The only new supplement will eventually be the kelp.

I am continuing to keep her on my chicken/egg/sardine/veggie mix, switching over to Preference as my veggie source, and will slowly (in the future) expose her to new meat sources, such as the pork, beef, and deer.

Sounds like a good plan. Add turkey to your list of "in the future" meats too. Cheap and readily available.

BTW on your eggs--if you're feeding a lot of eggs, cooking them as you are is actually preferable to raw. And mentally count in those shells as if they were part of the bone in the diet. If poops get too hard or dry, cut back on the eggshells/bone.

I feed a lot of cooked eggs too. I've got a backyard full of chickens, so they are plentiful for me. But even store-bought eggs are cheap enough and are a sometimes overlooked way of adding variety.

Tracy - Yes, turkey too.

I alternate sardines and eggs every other day, as a secondary protein source. And I always leave the shell mixed in when I scramble them up... I don't like using store bought eggs unless the supply from our family farm runs out, which doesn't happen very often!

I make a note to always keep an eye on her stools, and they have been perfectly formed so far.

So... Morgan has been eating chicken legs/thighs, with just a little of the meat trimmed off and cooked with the veggies, and the rest left raw on bone... I offered her half a cornish hen this morning with a few veggies... She ate the veggies, chomped on the hen a couple times, but then left it.. Lol.

Would it be a good idea to maybe cut the hen in a few smaller pieces until she gets used to it? She has done fine with the thighs and legs, so maybe this was just different enough for her not to eat.

Also, I made a "meatloaf" earlier out of turkey burger, green beans, pumpkin, eggs, banana, sardines and a little cottage cheese. I'm curious to see how she likes it tonight...

... Morgan has been eating chicken legs/thighs, with just a little of the meat trimmed off and cooked with the veggies, and the rest left raw on bone... I offered her half a cornish hen this morning with a few veggies... She ate the veggies, chomped on the hen a couple times, but then left it..

Isn't that about the size of the chicken leg/thigh?


Also, I made a "meatloaf" earlier out of turkey burger, green beans, pumpkin, eggs, banana, sardines and a little cottage cheese. I'm curious to see how she likes it tonight...

I hope you did this for your own fun.

I'd make it a small part of a meal first time, because of the new sardines (unless they are not new to the dog).

"Isn't that about the size of the chicken leg/thigh?"

Well, pretty much! Lol. I was giving her thigh or lower leg separate, and she ate it fine. But half the cornish hen... Not so thrilled just yet.

All the ingredients listed for the meatloaf are not new. She has had all of them before, just not mixed in this recipe. I made a big batch to divide and freeze. And it actually wasn't too much work to do, and she liked it. :P

I feed pork (ground,pork neck bones,meat cut off of chops etc) to my dogs & have never had any issues with any of my dogs on it.

It is one of the many meat varieties that I rotate thru their diet. Sometimes the meat is fresh & sometimes it is meat that have frozen.