bigd1622
10-27-2011, 02:08 PM
There's one topic already about raw food, but in this topic i wanted to talk about which raw foods are considered best, maybe for someone who is considering feeding raw. Questions to be answered, Where to start? How much? What kind? What to expect?
This is from my knowledge and some research, you may give complaints, advises and tips, im sure i did something wrong lol.
Where to start? well most of you as i used to probably like to feed your dog quality Dry dog food, so moving from dry to raw isn't hard nor it should be taken lightly. lets use for example an adult 60kg Fila that consumes 750g of dry food a day. normally you would feed him 3 times a day making his last feeding (night time) a little smaller. One way of introducing the meat would be by adding it to its existing diet, now i mean add not replace... continue its 3 meals of dry and just add some meat (small amount). Do this for a few days so that its not a drastic change to his metabolism. try to stay with the same kind of meat in the beginning after a week, replace one of his meals with just meat. Also never give him too much meat at once especially without bones since it will eat too fast and could have bloating problems. try getting meaty bones that works great because it takes them longer time to eat, and the bone has calcium and also while they eat the meat and chew the bone it will clean their teeth.
How much? Now, many of us are asked the same questions how much is really enough? well lets remember that we are working with a 60kg dog and we previously said that he consumes about 750g of dry food. so to replace the one of the meals i would recommend about 200g of meat to start off. a chicken thigh has about 400g so it should be plenty of meat to replace one meal.
What kind of meat? Well, there's a good variation of meats to use when considering raw. I believe the cheapest meat may be of better quality than the one found on dry food. As with any dog you should never jump from one type of dog food to another so its the same with meat. If you are starting to feed it meat we need to start with an easy to digest meat. Chicken is low on fat and has great protein and its easy on the digestive system. so for the first weak start with just chicken and then slowly start introducing other meats. One big advice is to leave pork for last, since pork meat can be hard to digest. Also go easy on the organs such as kidneys since they can give your dog diarrhea if his system isn't well built.
What to expect? Once you begin to feeding your dog meat you will realize that his dumping may change color, and texture... it's perfectly normal for your dog to poop green in the beginning since the meat its going to do a clean up in his system and dump out all the bad stuff that comes in the dry food. His energy level shoul dincrease and teeth will get whiter again You may notice his weight decreasing since the dry good has more fats and fillings it makes dogs fat and not exactly lean. In the case of dogs losing too much weight, you may increase the feeding, instead of feeding 3 times of 400g... increase to 4x350g, you can always give him treats as well. kidney meat is really easy to handle since its dry and harder, so you can use kidney chopped up during training and that's extra food for him.
PS; I'm not a professional, i'm not an expert but that's the way i do it and it works great for me. Please feel free to add advises and critics.
Att, Dario
This is from my knowledge and some research, you may give complaints, advises and tips, im sure i did something wrong lol.
Where to start? well most of you as i used to probably like to feed your dog quality Dry dog food, so moving from dry to raw isn't hard nor it should be taken lightly. lets use for example an adult 60kg Fila that consumes 750g of dry food a day. normally you would feed him 3 times a day making his last feeding (night time) a little smaller. One way of introducing the meat would be by adding it to its existing diet, now i mean add not replace... continue its 3 meals of dry and just add some meat (small amount). Do this for a few days so that its not a drastic change to his metabolism. try to stay with the same kind of meat in the beginning after a week, replace one of his meals with just meat. Also never give him too much meat at once especially without bones since it will eat too fast and could have bloating problems. try getting meaty bones that works great because it takes them longer time to eat, and the bone has calcium and also while they eat the meat and chew the bone it will clean their teeth.
How much? Now, many of us are asked the same questions how much is really enough? well lets remember that we are working with a 60kg dog and we previously said that he consumes about 750g of dry food. so to replace the one of the meals i would recommend about 200g of meat to start off. a chicken thigh has about 400g so it should be plenty of meat to replace one meal.
What kind of meat? Well, there's a good variation of meats to use when considering raw. I believe the cheapest meat may be of better quality than the one found on dry food. As with any dog you should never jump from one type of dog food to another so its the same with meat. If you are starting to feed it meat we need to start with an easy to digest meat. Chicken is low on fat and has great protein and its easy on the digestive system. so for the first weak start with just chicken and then slowly start introducing other meats. One big advice is to leave pork for last, since pork meat can be hard to digest. Also go easy on the organs such as kidneys since they can give your dog diarrhea if his system isn't well built.
What to expect? Once you begin to feeding your dog meat you will realize that his dumping may change color, and texture... it's perfectly normal for your dog to poop green in the beginning since the meat its going to do a clean up in his system and dump out all the bad stuff that comes in the dry food. His energy level shoul dincrease and teeth will get whiter again You may notice his weight decreasing since the dry good has more fats and fillings it makes dogs fat and not exactly lean. In the case of dogs losing too much weight, you may increase the feeding, instead of feeding 3 times of 400g... increase to 4x350g, you can always give him treats as well. kidney meat is really easy to handle since its dry and harder, so you can use kidney chopped up during training and that's extra food for him.
PS; I'm not a professional, i'm not an expert but that's the way i do it and it works great for me. Please feel free to add advises and critics.
Att, Dario