Does Anyone Feed Raw?

[Freedom]

Seeing as I had to make for 14 pets, I used 2 whole chickens. It says 2.5 pounds of chicken (that is bones, skin and all) so I was just above that. They were small chickens.

Deboning was the worst part of the whole job. It didn't say to remove the skin, but I did take out most of it. Just the thought of all that skin was making me gag.

I think I put in more water and chicken broth; that was the only thing I didn't specifically measure. The rolled oats and barley help absorb that.

I have 3 huge casseroles in the freezer. Using a fourth, I keep it in a pitcher in the fridge. I just walk around with the pitcher and put it in their bowls. No way I got "5 cups." More like 3 gallons!

It is going to last me at least 3 weeks!

Oh, and you can use it as a "liquid" over dry kibble. That will stretch it out, and help make sure they take in enough fluids. (Important for the cats). So if you have a kibble you like, that would also work.

[MonicanHonda]

Could I possibly, if I figured out calorie contents and such, feed half that, half kibble? Dalmatians need lots of liquid also, so I always have to add water to her kibble.

[Freedom]

Of course! You can mix whatever you wish!

You are an adult now; you can even eat dessert BEFORE dinner!

[MonicanHonda]

Lol!

[cloverfdx]

I feed RAW, it is a lot cheaper for me to feed four dogs (3 sporting, 1 retired but still active) on RAW than dry food (kibble). My dogs are all fit & healthy and best of all i know what they are eating, not some unknown ingredients out of a bag .

But at the end of the day feed what your dogs do best on, and feed the best you can afford.

I know i wont be switching back again though.

[Husky_mom]

I fed TOTW (wetlands) to Queeq since she was a tiny weeny puppy and it worked pretty amazing... I got it from Pet Barn.. I think around 23 or so the again I guess was only the 15lbs..hehe... if I recall properly hehe...

[MonicanHonda]

Lol. That price sounds about right. Although... now I'm kinda worried because Delta has been having the explosive poos lately, and it happened either after I bought salmon treats, or I gave her a piece of cooked porkchop. Lol Soooo, I think it happened to close to feeding the porkchop, so I fear it might be the salmon treats...


But I'm very excited to announce that I found a dalmatian breeder who feeds a slight BARF more RAW diet. She had a perfect recipe up for dalmatians and I e-mailed her for more questions. So I'm going to go shopping, check out prices today and wait for her to e-mail me back. I'm SO excited. I hope it works out.