What did your dog(s) eat today?

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

Breakfast: Chicken leg quarter and a whole salmon.

Dinner: Chicken leg quarter, whole salmon and a meaty beef bone.

We buy 1 pound salmons with the heads removed. We went to a local butcher today and he gave us over 5 pounds raw, meaty beef bones and ends for FREE!

[The Cat Factory]

Breakfast: Chicken leg quarter and a whole salmon.

Dinner: Chicken leg quarter, whole salmon and a meaty beef bone.

We buy 1 pound salmons with the heads removed. We went to a local butcher today and he gave us over 5 pounds raw, meaty beef bones and ends for FREE!

I hope the butcher has more beef bones when I go there! Do you know if they sell rabbit there? I want to get some for Chester, but I can't find any

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

I hope the butcher has more beef bones when I go there! Do you know if they sell rabbit there? I want to get some for Chester, but I can't find any

They don't sell rabbit - just lamb, beef, chicken and possibly goat. He has tons of leftovers everyday, so you will get some for sure!

[The Cat Factory]

They don't sell rabbit - just lamb, beef, chicken and possibly goat. He has tons of leftovers everyday, so you will get some for sure!

I will have to get him some lamb when we go there, and goat if he has any. I wonder where I could find rabbit?

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

I will have to get him some lamb when we go there, and goat if he has any. I wonder where I could find rabbit?

I searched the internet and have yet to find a butcher that sells rabbit.

[.sarah]

I searched the internet and have yet to find a butcher that sells rabbit.

Are you open to ordering online? If so then I can give you a few places to get rabbit from

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

Are you open to ordering online? If so then I can give you a few places to get rabbit from

I don't have a credit card, and have yet to sign up for PayPal. Do you know of anyone who ships to Canada?

[binka_nugget]

I searched the internet and have yet to find a butcher that sells rabbit.

I haven't been able to find rabbit at local butchers but I found some ground up patties (whole animal or close as far as I know) from Urban Carnivore.. which is sold at Tisols and a few other places. It's ridiculously expensive though. I think it was around $25 for 4 pounds.. definitely not something I'll be feeding often lol.

[Crazy-Cat-Lover]

I haven't been able to find rabbit at local butchers but I found some ground up patties (whole animal or close as far as I know) from Urban Carnivore.. which is sold at Tisols and a few other places. It's ridiculously expensive though. I think it was around $25 for 4 pounds.. definitely not something I'll be feeding often lol.

Wow! I wouldn't spend that much on rabbit, especially considering it's not whole. I will probably go to several butcher shops, and hopefully I can find some rabbit. There is a place in Langley that sells ostrich, venison, buffalo and bison - but it is probably really expensive.

[Suki Wingy]

I searched the internet and have yet to find a butcher that sells rabbit.

If you go to your county fair this summer and talk to some of the roaster class breeders I bet they could sell you some. I don't know if they would only do live though.

[lv4dogs]

The dogs got some raw for breakfast this morning for a change. I haven't fed raw for breakfast in a couple months or so, since I started to cut down due to my freezer space & pocketbook limitations.

They had some cottage cheese, egg (I always feed my eggs whole, including the shell), carrots, spinach, nupro and oxtails.

[Kfamr]

Could I add some veggies/fruit?

I have tomatoes, carrots, and bananas.

I was thinking of chopping up the fish real fine anyways. I don't think they'd eat a big filet if I handed it to them right away.


As for feeding chicken, can I feed just regular chicken breasts (I have those) or should I wait and buy chicken legs? I was thinking chicken breasts would be better to start with?

[.sarah]

You could add veggies and fruits, but it'll just be filler. Dogs don't need that stuff, and won't get any nutritional benefit unless if it's pureed or pulped to mimic stomach contents.

I would hand it to them whole, you might be surprised. Unless if you want to be chopping it up for them each time, you are setting yourself up for finicky dogs by doing that if they refuse it whole. Fish is one of those foods that my dogs crave. Mandy goes absolutely nuts over fish, probably because it's so much stinkier than other meats.

Chicken breasts are fine, bone-in or boneless. Chicken legs are kind of small (it's easier for them to choke on smaller pieces), I'd get chicken quarters. Quarters are usually cheaper too, I just got 20 lbs for $.49/lb. Some dogs are really good with eating legs though, it all depends on what type of eater your dogs are. Nova and Luka will practically swallow a leg whole, so I usually feed them quarters or whole chickens.

[Kfamr]

Yeah, I was planning on putting the tomatoes/carrots/bananas in the food processor, making a paste out of it, then putting it over the chopped up trout.

I don't want to give them too much but I don't want them to be hungry.

If I can find a good supply I will hopefully be feeding TimberWolf Organics in the morning, and then when I have more time feeding raw for dinner.

[.sarah]

To save on time, I take one day out every now and then and go buy everything and then package it up to make things easier. If I buy chicken quarters, I seperate them all into little baggies and then freeze them until I am ready to feed it. Otherwise a lot of things freeze into clumps and you have to thaw the whole thing to get the portion you want out, which is a pain.

My mom buys Wal-Mart deli bags on E-bay for about $.01 per bag. I package everything up into a meal portion and then freeze it all. You should see my freezer, it's so organized

It takes a couple hours if I do it myself, but only about 30 minutes if I have help. My mom holds the bags open and seals them while I drop stuff in and cut up organs into portion sizes. Then when I am ready to feed I just put the dogs outside and go get four baggies of something from the fridge or freezer.