The Raw Diet Tips and Recipes

[Violet Turner]

The amount to feed is 2-3% of bodyweight per day - you could start at 2.5% and see how he does.

Yes, he can eat any chicken bones as long as they're raw. The only limitation is that large dogs shouldn't have small bits they might try to swallow whole, like chicken wings. You could even give your dog a whole chicken, wait till he's had his fill, pick it up, rinse it and put it in the fridge, then get it out at the next meal! (Assuming he's not a guarder or won't eat till his sick.)

Of course, ask your vet if in doubt, but they're likely to know very little about raw feeding and may try to persuade you not to do it.

Yes a lot of vets will recommend not, but the practice i worked at recommended raw diets because of the benefits it has for dogs and cats. Also i know that with chicken bones if there raw you have to be careful of salmonella and e coli witch can be life threating. i have seen many occurrences of this.

 

[JudyN]

They certainly shouldn't be eaten any way other than raw... You just apply normal food hygiene practices same as you would with your own food and make sure you use a reliable supplier. I know people who have been feeding multiple dogs raw for many years and never had a problem related to their diet. Of course, there will be some, just as humans sometimes get salmonella and e coli - and these are the ones that the vets get to see.

 

[Violet Turner]

They certainly shouldn't be eaten any way other than raw... You just apply normal food hygiene practices same as you would with your own food and make sure you use a reliable supplier. I know people who have been feeding multiple dogs raw for many years and never had a problem related to their diet.

i think if you buy it from a butchers they are more reliable i might be wrong but yeah. Also just a quick tip if you have a local butchers, go in and ask for any bones they have spare and they might do them for free like my butchers.

 

[Gary FBN]

In kibble the starch changes the digestion of a dog, its slower to digest. Most raw food/Home cooked contains about15 percent of carbs. (None of which starch material). But for kibble there has to be approximately 50 percent starch for it to hold its shape, which on a high level like 50 percent is quite a bit bigger than raw food. Starch massively rises the pH of a dog’s stomach. Use humans have stronger digestive systems than dogs. That’s why we can eat whatever we want well not really
@JoanneF @JudyN

I can assure you that kibble is capable of having a lot less than 50% Starch. The higher quality kibbles have 80% meat (some a tad higher) and cat kibble can be 90% meat. Its not the starch that holds a kibble together but the production method.

 

[Violet Turner]

I can assure you that kibble is capable of having a lot less than 50% Starch. The higher quality kibbles have 80% meat (some a tad higher) and cat kibble can be 90% meat. Its not the starch that holds a kibble together but the production method.

I don't think your right. but anyway

 

[JudyN]

I don't think your right. but anyway

Are you disputing the nutritional analysis the manufacturers give on their packaging and websites? Starch is a carb, and they don't give carb levels, if you add up the rest (protein, fat, fibre and moisture), in many grain-free brands that adds up to well over 50%.

 

[Violet Turner]

Are you disputing the nutritional analysis the manufacturers give on their packaging and websites? Starch is a carb, and they don't give carb levels, if you add up the rest (protein, fat, fibre and moisture), in many grain-free brands that adds up to well over 50%.

so i wasn't right?

 

[JudyN]

Not if the manufacturers' breakdowns are correct. Where do you get your information?

 

[Violet Turner]

Not if the manufacturers' breakdowns are correct. Where do you get your information?

I did a course in food and diet when i was in collage (a long time ago)