Thinking about raw. Some say it's a no no.

[.sarah]

If you want to hear from owners with dogs your size, join rawfeeding and rawdogs. Both have members with small dogs and I'm sure if you post a question of how they feed, they can help you.

[Danegirl2208]

heres another group you may find helpful..for chis fed raw and chi owners looking to switch:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rawfedchihuahuas/

[ashleycat]

I have a favorites folder listed at RAW lol

[binka_nugget]

It really does vary from dog to dog but it seems like most raw feeders start at 2.5-3% of the dog's weight. I started at 2% for Kai and Kae because I feel Kae needs to stay at a lower weight for his troubled joints, and because I want Kai slightly thinner than "ideal" to make agility easier on his body. I adjusted it based on how the dogs looked after a while. Kai's getting only 1.6%-2% of his weight daily, and Kaedyn's getting about 2%. Both are slowly losing weight but still happy, healthy dogs, so we're sticking at that amount for the time being.

Dog owners should always be aware of pancreatitis. It can happen with dogs being fed kibble, homecooked diets or raw. I'm very careful about keeping my dogs away from fatty foods.. whether a part of their raw meal, or not.

Check out this site: http://www.rawmeatybones.com/ It's Tom Lonsdale's site. He has two PDF versions of his books on there.

[Sevaede]

Heh, thank you everyone! I appreciate the input!

Ashleycat, pretty soon those things will be better!

Cathy, joined the group and favourited the site! I found them both to be awesome! The calculator told me to feed Spanky .68 oz to her!

See, Kfmar, that's what I was thinking. I haven't heard of any cases of pancreatitis since reading up, either.

.sarah, heh, I joined the second one just now (I can't remember when I joined rawfeeding, although it hasn't been a long time)! Thank you much!

Danegirl, thanks for the link to that group!

Ashley, that is fantastic how well Kai and Kaedyn are doing! See, I didn't think that pancreatitis was caused any more by raw than it would be by kibble. I will definitely read about it, though, as my dog health book doesn't cover it. Thank you for the site!