What did your dog(s) eat today?

[lv4dogs]

I've just switched to raw about 4 days ago. I was feeding kibble in the morning and raw at night but my huskies (Thor and Sif) started turning there nose up at the kibble. The question I have is do you wiegh your meat or just estimate it? I've only been feeding chicken one time a day and Thor gets a leg with thiegh attached and Sif gets a Thiegh.(my spelling skills are horrible!) Should I feed them more than that? They always seem to be hungry still but I'm afraid of over feeding them but I don't want them to starve. I just had my 12 year old rat terrier pass away from being to fat. Please Help! Thanks.

Welcome to the world of raw!

I am sure if you research past posts & threads you'll find the info you need (and probably more).

How much do your dogs weigh?
What is they lifestyle like? Are they very active, working dogs, or usually lazy?
What is their metabolsim like? Do they tend to gain weight easily or not?

Based on just what you wrote, haveing 2 hisky's I would guess that they *may* need a little mroe than just a chicken quarter a day.

You're starting off right though. Feeding smaller meals & easily digested meats (chicken).
Once their systems are used to it you want to add in more of a variety and some organ meats as well.

Once I know more about your dogs I may be able to help you out some more. And like I said, check back in previous posts here & on other threads (do a search for raw). You'll find plenty of information as well as quite a few links to other sites that are mighty helpful!
Sue

[husky_lover]

Thank you. I've read alot of the other threads on raw feeding that's what made me want to do it.
As for all your questions: Thor weighs about 45 lbs. and Sif weighs maybe 20-25 lbs. She was really Thin when we got her. When they were on kibble I had them on free feed. She would just sit there and eat until she puked. Thor rationed himself. As for activity level They play and run in the backyard all day(we have 1 acre of fenced in land for them) and we take them for a 2 mile walk every night. As for gaining weight Thor rationed himself and he is about right as far as being the right size or that's what my vet said. Sif is thin, you can see and count all of her ribs although she looks alot better now. we have only had her for 3 weeks now. After everything I've read on raw I will continue feeding them chicken for awhile, at least a month. Thank you for your help!

[lv4dogs]

I didn't realize they were that small.

Thor may be allright on approx a chicken quarter sized meal daily, but I would guess he may need just a little bit more. (I would personally feed approx. 1lb a day, if he's quite active I'd feed about 1.5lbs daily).

Sif on the other hand should be eating about double what she should IF she were to be at an ideal weight (personally I'd feed her approx. 1.5lbs daily until she gets some more weight on her, up to 2lbs if she is really active). Once she is of ideal weight you can then slowly start to decrese her meals.
Do you know what her ideal weight should be?


There are caculators out there but I've never used one. lol You'll find links to them in previous threads & posts. Basically you enter the dogs weight & it tells you approx. how much you should be feeding daily.
What I do is start off feeding what I think would be an ok amount (based on research) and keep a close eye on them. If they start to fatten up I feed a little less, if they start to loose weight I feed them a little more.

[.sarah]

Yesterday:
Mandy and Luka:
Pork roast

Nova:
Goat ham

Buck:
Lamb leg portion


Today:
Everyone had a turkey thigh.

[anna_66]

Tuesday:
Meaty soup bones and pigs feet

Today:
We have lots of sausage (didn't know how to order our pig right ) so the girls both had 1 lb of sausage each and Bon had a pork roast. And I just picked up some beef sweetbreads so that will be their treat tonight.

[Sevaede]

Geez! I wish I could switch my cats to raw after reaing the awesome improvements that has happened for everyones pups! They do so AMAZING on Chicken Soup, I wonder what RAW could do for them!

[.sarah]

Geez! I wish I could switch my cats to raw after reaing the awesome improvements that has happened for everyones pups! They do so AMAZING on Chicken Soup, I wonder what RAW could do for them!

Well if you're interested then you might want to check out RawFedCats.org

[bckrazy]

http://www.raw4dogs.com/calculate.htm

There's a calculator, for husky lover. You should feed a skinny dog about 5% of their body weight... which would be 1.5 lbs per day. That's about 1/4 of a Chicken, depending on the size of the Chickens you buy. Don't forget that about 10% of their intake should be organs... but you can just feed them 2 organ meals or whatever per week. Half of the 10% should be liver, as a rule of thumb. I hope your dogs do well with it!

I was in a huge hurry this morning, and I stayed up until like 6 AM D:... so they each got 1/2 lb of frozen Buffalo Farmore. They love that stuff, so whatev.

[binka_nugget]

The Shelties had pumpkin and beef w/organs for breakfast (well.. late lunch really. Mum was in a rush this morning ). They split a chicken leg for dinner.

I introduced Kuri to raw today. He had Go! Natural for breakfast, and beef w/organ, part of a chicken leg and some Tripett for dinner.

[lv4dogs]

Last night's dinner:
Chicken quarter
Beef heart
pork hocks

This morning's snack:
Nanook had beef trachea & salmon
the rest had salmon & eggs