Well, I'm not going to advocate feeding kibble because I despise it, so of course I think you should switch your dogs to a raw diet!![]()
It is not difficult at all to feed. Some people make it harder than it is. Go buy some whole chickens, cut them in half, and feed them to your dogs. Leave the organs out for now (save them in the freezer). Discard the necks or save them until your dogs are more used to the diet. Feed them chicken until their stools are firm. Then buy another meat. Pork is another good one to start with. Feed that for a week or so until the stools are firm again. Do this with all of the meats that will be a staple in the dogs diet (usually this is chicken, pork, beef, and turkey, and anything else that is readily available in your area). When your dog has been introduced to all of the main meats you can start feeding any of them at any time. Start adding organs in small portions (one chicken liver, a small amount of beef liver, a tiny part of a beef kidney, etc.) and one at a time. If the dog has loose stools cut back on the portion. Organs tend to give dogs the runs for a while but it will improve. Also, most dogs can't handle full meals of just organs, they are usually too rich for their systems to handle all at once.
Feed big. Feed whole chickens, feed pork roasts, feed leg of lamb, feed as big as their head or bigger if possible. If you don't have a big freezer, this may be hard to do and you may have to stick with smaller items. I have a small freezer and have been feeding raw for five months now, but luckily our new, big freezer is coming tomorrow
Anyway, if you feed big you decrease chances of choking (most dogs who choke on raw are fed things way too small)
Right now I feed - whole chickens, lamb shanks, pig feet, pig tails, boneless beef, boneless pork, occassional pork roasts, turkey legs, beef heart, beef liver, beef kidney, pork kidney, chicken gizzards, chicken hearts, chicken liver, beef tongue, eggs, and some other things that I can't think of right now.
Once my freezer comes these are the things I plan on feeding - whole chickens, leg of lamb, pork roasts, whole fetal pigs, whole rabbits, very large turkey legs, and other occasional things like whole quail, whole duck, buffalo, cow and hog heads, pork fries, and anything on sale.
The organs and muscle meat I'll be able to add are - green tripe (cows stomach), beef lung, beef spleen, beef trachea and gullets (for Nova and Mandy - these are great for joint problems), pork stomach, pork heart, pork lung, pork trachea, pork spleen, buffalo liver, buffalo heart, buffalo kidney, and buffalo tongue.
You can ask me any questions, I am all about this diet!







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