RAW feeder here! I do a prey-model diet because it is what is natural. The majority of premade diets (and alot of homemade diets) have too much bone. Rabbits are only 10% bone --- a chicken thigh alone is 15% bone. Alot of premade and homemade diets also have too much vegetable. In the wild, dogs do not eat alot of vegetable matter. Only the stomach contents of the smaller animals are consumed -- the larger animals' stomach contents are shaken out and are not eaten. The taste is bitter, wolves do not like it. So I only feed veggies every couple of days, and not very much. I feed several different kinds of meat and organs. I do not feed vitamin supplements, as I feel they are not needed.
I feel that people make RAW more complicated than it really is. I just think about what happens in the wild and take it from there. I don't measure or weigh. I just feed more or less depending on what Visa's weight looks like. I don't do percentages or things like that. I just make the meal mostly meat, with organs and some bone, and sometimes vegetable or fruit matter. It doesn't matter if the meal isn't nutritionally balanced -- as long as there is variety in every meal, there will be enough nutrition.
Since being on a raw diet, Visa has gained weight, her breath doesn't smell, her coat is shinier, she has more energy, her behaviour has improved, she is more relaxed in stressful situations, she sleeps better, etc. Her teeth haven't improved much, but she doesn't do alot of recreational chewing. I love RAW, I'll do it forever.
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