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raw feeding
Topic Started: 3 Jan 2013, 17:37 (1,226 Views)
fee4
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i know this has been covered a lot-sorry!
but interested particularly from hound owners-how they found going raw.
i have wilfred-5 month old salukixgit amd whuppet-a 3 yr old whippetxgrey

both look in excellent condition-but im just not happy with their digestions (not firm enough!) and i have tried just about every food-from sensitive/organic/fish/puppy/cheap/second mortgage! and never quite got there with Roobs-im wondering if he has a cereal allergy of some sort
and i am wondering if its worth trying him with raw-they have both had chicken wings/mince on the odd occasion-and enjoyed it...so i dont see any problem there!

i thought about trying it for 2 weeks-and take it from there-but would be interested in peoples experiences
cheers!
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My lurcher is on half raw, half kibble. Kibble is a high quality grain free kibble, raw is minces (tripe, chicken with bone etc). Dylan is 11.5 years old, doing great on this diet with good digestion and consistently firm poos.
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Sasha is on raw for lazy people (aka Nature's Menu nuggets).

She is on it because it has basically improved her incontinence from being near a PTS situation to almost totally dry (providing she only has the raw and not much else other than hyde).

I have found her condition has improved on it. She has always been a fit and healthy dog and has a cast iron stomach but I am impressed with the raw. I can't comment on whether it has improved her digestion as she's never had an issue but it has improved her incontinence and also her general condition.
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I certainly think it's worth trying, but unless there is a catastrophic response I'd be giving it for longer than a couple of weeks. Some things do respond very quickly (my first GSD's hyperactivity disappeared after a week), but digestive things can take rather longer to settle down :dunno: It's definitely worth finding what will work for you as well as the dogs as there is a lot of chioce out there these days :)
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My lot are raw fed including Fik Harris who I had a terrible time with on dried And was sensitive to all processed meat apart from white fish and venison.

Raw has been a remarkable change for him and he can eat the lot, with gusto and no ill effects at all :goodjob:

I'm with Beccy though. I'd give it more than a couple of weeks.
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I think with an exclusion diet when allergies are being looked at it's somewhere between 6 and 10 weeks (seems to depend which vet you ask) so it would need to be longer :unsure:
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I've just found that even Sef is scoffing the prize choice minces raw with his biscuits. They're just having a tiny bit squished over their biscuits and they love it. It was only 90p a block at PAH and 3 of them have it over 3 meals (that's how tight I am :taunt: ) Jenni will probably join them on it when her tummy settles a bit. she's till got nervy belly so do want to swop her off for a while yet. But even the little bit of raw they have has meant more solid poo's.
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4 Jan 2013, 12:35
I've just found that even Sef is scoffing the prize choice minces raw with his biscuits. They're just having a tiny bit squished over their biscuits and they love it. It was only 90p a block at PAH and 3 of them have it over 3 meals (that's how tight I am :taunt: ) Jenni will probably join them on it when her tummy settles a bit. she's till got nervy belly so do want to swop her off for a while yet. But even the little bit of raw they have has meant more solid poo's.
Thats what I do, I get two block of raw mince and divide it by 4, so they all get half on their kibble. They love it, and are doing well on it.

I would like to go raw, but my daughter is vegetarian, and wouldnt feed them raw, and I dont really have the time or freezer space for it, so compromise by doing a half and half :)
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Molly would not touch the prize choices raw stuff either - when I tried adding a tiny amount to her chicken and rice dinner she ended up sat in her crate growling as she clearly thought it was worth guarding - but would not eat it :rolleyes:

I am currently cooking the prize choice blocks with rice and veg and she has been happily eating it that way
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I microwaved it for 30 secs yesterday Dawn and they were going mad for it
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4 Jan 2013, 13:37
Molly would not touch the prize choices raw stuff either - when I tried adding a tiny amount to her chicken and rice dinner she ended up sat in her crate growling as she clearly thought it was worth guarding - but would not eat it :rolleyes:

I am currently cooking the prize choice blocks with rice and veg and she has been happily eating it that way
Be careful about fully cooking them (rather than just warming) as most of them contain bone I think.
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The prize stuff is totally minced to mush. Sef loved his this evening. Rena eats her raw cos she's cool.
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Yeah and if you cook it, it's not raw :rofl:
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cheers all-im off to my local doggie place to but minced tripe! also going to have a word with local butcher-to see if he will let me have some bits and bobs....
when i was a kid-my dad would get whole tripes from the slaughterhouse (green!) -hang em over the washing line-and cut them into lumps suitable for our shepherds/mutts and collies-somehow i dont think we will be going back to those days!
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It does contain bone - but as Ali says it is minced to total mush so don't think there are any shards - certainly not in what I have used so far. At the moment I am totally cooking it with the rice and veg so it all becomes flavoured and she eats the lot :unsure: not sure it is that good a way of doing it - but the meat alone is too high in fat for her so she needs to eat the rest of it to bring the levels down and cooking it together at the moment works :fingers:

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4 Jan 2013, 17:39
cheers all-im off to my local doggie place to but minced tripe! also going to have a word with local butcher-to see if he will let me have some bits and bobs....
when i was a kid-my dad would get whole tripes from the slaughterhouse (green!) -hang em over the washing line-and cut them into lumps suitable for our shepherds/mutts and collies-somehow i dont think we will be going back to those days!


:no: :no: :no: I only ever feed green tripe in frozen lumps with a peg on my nose :rofl:

:fingers: Dawn that Molls eats it.
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Charlie did really well on raw condition & digestion wise. My only problem was him being constantly hungry and, as he won't each veg (unless it's part of a roast dinner :rolleyes: ), I never found a solution to that so I've switched back to a tripe based grain free kibble for the time being :err:
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We put Susie greyhound on raw after she almost died from GHE a few years back and she absolutely thrived on it. minced meat with none and added minced raw veg and she had a chicken wing whole every day for her teeth. She lived to almost 16 years old.
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well they had beef bits this morning-blimey it was like watching a david attenborough programme! there was much enjoyment to be had (apparantly!) the proof of the pudding will be happening later today!!!
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One top tip Fee. Watch them if you are feeding them tripe (or anything stinky). I finally tracked down the disgusting smell yesterday and it was a bit of tripe down the back of the sofa :sick:

Don't expect instant good poops. And don't be surprised if they poo a lot less!
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well-were almost 1 month in.
Dogs Love it-with a capital L. they either have minced tripe or beef bits.
chicken wasnt a great hit-offal was Much appreciated...but best in small amounts!!
i find it very easy-im cooking a bit extra veg-and flinging that in -some times a grated carrot-the odd boiled egg....yoghurt.....they even had a ladle of my carrot soup over tripe tonight!
digestions are perfect-i have finally got a bit of weight on the whuppet-and wilfred gleams....
i am off to buy a freezer at the weekend-i have judged the amount of food by eye-so if i think they need a bit more-they get it-a bit less if looking bit too covered-and i think im about right
the Only problem i have found-is the little beggers are even fuller of energy! so i have arms like popeye from the amount of tuggy being played in the evening!
i did expect this to be a bit more complicated then it is-im really pleased!
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