Would you feed raw?

[bckrazy]

Yes, definitely. =0) I already do, and I cannot predict the future but it would take a lot to force me to switch back! Jessica, I love Steve's Real Food. You have that in MN? It is so convenient and I love their formulas. I feed it occasionally for treats, but I'm feeding Farmore now because it costs about half as much and it has 2 more meat formulas than Steve's. I highly recommend both of these, though. Primal is very good pre-made, too! It's so easy to start off with pre-made raw and supplement with RMB's, it makes the transition much easier.

Zoomer, is $0.50 per day for 2 medium-sized dogs REALLY way too expensive?

[K9soul]

Jessica, I love Steve's Real Food. You have that in MN? It is so convenient and I love their formulas.

Yeah my vet sells it, though it's just more than I can afford right now and I don't have a freezer. A freezer (larger one) is the biggest reason I'm not feeding raw at the moment. My vet believes in raw, as well as holistic medicine in addition to conventional. I'm very fortunate to have him for a vet. One of the biggest reasons that moving away from this area is hard to think about.

[lv4dogs]

I voted I already do. Even though they went 2 days with kibble (due to other circumstances of much more importance). Just because I don't feed it ALL the time right now doesn't mean I don't feed it at all.

PS, just found chicken quarters on sale for 38 cents/lb, they will be on raw all the time by tonight. (gives me some cheap meat fast until I can really go grocery shopping)

[Glacier]

I feed a mixed diet, like most mushers. My dogs get meat, bones, fish ect four times a week or so(more often in the winter) and a working dog formula kibble the rest of the time. They always have bones available just for recreational chewing. Meat is usually wild game(moose, bison & caribou). I just started getting some beef and pork too. I get all my meat for free and pay 10 bucks for 100 pound blocks of arctic char. My food bill would more than double if I fed straight kibble.

I used to get very worked up about what people fed their dogs. Then I got Kayleigh, who had been starved by her first owner. She weighs a healthy 108 pounds now, but came to me at 70 pounds. She has major food issues that will never resolve. So I've changed my opinion and don't really care anymore. Do you feed your dog enough food every day? That's all that matters to me anymore.

When I was a kid, we fed our dogs a wide variety of junk kibbles--whatever happened to be on sale. They lived long, healthy lives. My GSD died at 16, my Irish Setter at 14. I've never fed my own dogs junk and my Hoodoo died before his fifth birthday! Sometimes *@&^ happens, even to dogs who have the best of everything!

[finn's mom]

One of the biggest reasons that moving away from this area is hard to think about.

You can always come here, your vet sounds exactly like my vet. Dr. Ballard is an advocate of raw, and, will go holistic as often as she can. She also still works with conventional methods, too.

[Lori Jordan]

I have for years!!!My Lacy just loves it!