What did your dog(s) eat today?

[wolf_Q]

Nebo had his first "raw" meal last friday. Not meals like you guys feed, I'm a chicken, I bought the pre-made stuff. It wasn't cheap but he sure loved it and so far no digestive upsets that I know of. I got the Nature's Variety Venison frozen raw. I bought two 3 lb bags I'm going to feed it every few days for now and see how he does...he'll get it again tomorrow.

The store I bought it from wasn't exactly close and it's very convenient for me to just buy dog food at my work (not to mention my 20% discount..) but I'm considering buying the dry dog food of the same brand (eventually feeding it/raw every other day). I'm just wondering if it's THAT much better to make it worth the extra expense? I know basic dog food stuff but I'm no expert so any imput is appreciated...

Ingredient list/info on Nature's Variety venison formula
Ingredient list/info on Natural Balance venison formula (currently feeding)

p.s. What is millet? Isn't that something you give to birds?

[.sarah]

Amy, I think supplementing with raw every now and then is better than no raw at all. If you have the finances then I'd continue doing it.

Millets are seeds, I think.


Nova had beef heart and beef brisket this morning.

[lv4dogs]

For both meals yesterday & this mornings breakfast my goys all split a huge deer leg. (don't worry I took it away this morning once they got all the meat off of it).

[lv4dogs]

Last night they ate just a little bit of venison, not too much though as it was so hot out.
This morning they had a big meal to make up for it, venison, beef & liver.

Tonight will be a small meal again as it is even hotter out than it was yesterday. It will consist of beef, beef heart & venison.

[.sarah]

Nova had half of a chicken.

[Kfamr]

All three had whole Trout.

I had 2 whole trout outside between the two of them. Nala ate about a whole one, Kiara & Simba ate halves. I let them decide how much they wanted, and they both left what they didn't want and Nala took it.

[Jadapit]

So, its safe to feed them trout? Do you give them the heads and tails? My son has around 20 trout in his freezer I'm sure he would give me some for the fur kids.

[wolfsoul]

Nebo had his first "raw" meal last friday. Not meals like you guys feed, I'm a chicken, I bought the pre-made stuff. It wasn't cheap but he sure loved it and so far no digestive upsets that I know of. I got the Nature's Variety Venison frozen raw. I bought two 3 lb bags I'm going to feed it every few days for now and see how he does...he'll get it again tomorrow.

The store I bought it from wasn't exactly close and it's very convenient for me to just buy dog food at my work (not to mention my 20% discount..) but I'm considering buying the dry dog food of the same brand (eventually feeding it/raw every other day). I'm just wondering if it's THAT much better to make it worth the extra expense? I know basic dog food stuff but I'm no expert so any imput is appreciated...

Ingredient list/info on Nature's Variety venison formula
Ingredient list/info on Natural Balance venison formula (currently feeding)

p.s. What is millet? Isn't that something you give to birds?

The Nature's Variety definatly has better ingredients -- it has venison meal instead of just venison. Because Natural Balance just uses venison as the first ingredient, which brings it down to the fifth or sixth ingrdient (as plain venison is 70-80% moisture), the first two ingredients are actually grains. Natural Balance still uses human grade ingredients though. I've used their Duck & Potato formula before, Visa did fairly well on it. I also give her the Nature's Variety raw medallions as treats, she really enjoys them! If you buy a big bag of the Nature's Variety kibble, there's a coupon on the side for $2 your next Nature's Variety purchase, 3 pounds and up, so even if you decide not to stick to the kibble, you always get two bucks off your next raw purchase.