Chicken quarter's

My plan is not perfect by any stretch. It has evolved over time. Although I believe the raw plan is much better I can't really say I saw the detriment of feeding from a bag. I am in that category of "what could have been". The dogs I fed bag food to may have lived another year, maybe produced another few years and been in better health, maybe. I have been lucky to have never had a pit dog with food allergies, or needed a more sensitive type feed.

I believe raw is better for no more reason than it is closer to what the dog would eat in the wild, especially in comparison to the bag. With that said, there needs to be balance, which is what they get in nature. And even then I use the multivitamin just because my plan is not one of the high end raw feedings. I mix things up and some days there is no veggie mix, just meats.

After that my next reasoning would be the dogs seem to stay closer to a natural weight. And that may just be my opinion but it sure seems that way. Due to the ease of digestion/assimilation there is less cleanup, but for me less cleanup is a lesser point compared to the dog carrying less waste during the day/. (if that makes sense).

Sorry for the babbling. EWO

I believe dogs being fed a dry or dehydrated food cause the body to retain more water. The body naturally gets water from food and assists in the digestion of the food. So a food with more water makes for your body not retaining as much. The body knows it's own needs and will compensate for things it's
Lacking in diet, even water.

A short little article on supplementing raw food --

http://www.bravorawdiet.com/supplements.html

With feeding mostly chicken quarters, I would add salmon oil every day and the multi vitamin and veggie mix every couple of days, and maybe some plain yogurt, an egg, and apple cider vinegar too.

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A short little article on supplementing raw food --

http://www.bravorawdiet.com/supplements.html

With feeding mostly chicken quarters, I would add salmon oil every day and the multi vitamin and veggie mix every couple of days, and maybe some plain yogurt, an egg, and apple cider vinegar too.

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This is a good read... Thanks

Best thing I ever bought for myself and for handling the dogs greens/veggies.

http://www.nutribullet.com/

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Originally Posted by drz

Best thing I ever bought for myself and for handling the dogs greens/veggies.

http://www.nutribullet.com/

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Nice, I was looking at juicers yesterday and held off and it looks like I'll go with this product, should save space and make clean up easy.

What I do is feed straight up raw and I mix it up a bit day to day......in that basic meal lets say chicken day,I add in yogurt,1egg soft boiled,some organ meat and to make sure they get a balanced meal I supplement with Natures Variety Instinct Raw.No matter the day I throw a little of that in there....Seems to work.The Vet is shocked at my dogs "look" and the results.

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Nice, I was looking at juicers yesterday and held off and it looks like I'll go with this product, should save space and make clean up easy.

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My daily mix with the nutribullet I do for myself is blueberries, apple, carrots, broccoli and kale. I save some of this for the dogs every other day.

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Chicken quarters alone is not balanced but it would not be the end of the world. I use the veggie mix myself. I lean toward the whole prey version of complete small animals when I can but it is not as cost effective for me. The reason I do the veggies is I believe the guts/innards of the whole prey items have those grains/veggies. So if I am doing something other than whole prey I would like to add the veggie mix along with some oils. I also use green tripe as well. It has the enzymes that break down the stuff dogs do not break down that well. With the tripe in the veggie mix it is closer to whole prey without being whole prey. (in theory)

I am not an expert on whether the tripe's enzymes breaks down the veggie mixes to the point (based on the speed of the dog's digestive tract) it is the same as getting it from the tract of another plant eating animal but it does make me think I am doing all I can/the best that I can. That leads me to the warm fuzzies, and then I use the multi vitamin to get all the way over to the warm fuzzy feeling.

I made a post earlier about how I once fed straight meats. Any and everything. No veggies outside of a keep. No supplements outside of a keep. The meats were varied, pretty much anything found in a butcher shop/grocery store. There was no rhyme nor reason of what they got, just whatever came out of the bucket as I passed by. The dogs looked good, were active, were healthy and I was happy with what I was doing. Later I learned I was nowhere near a balance. It was free and I considered it better than bag food. With a little more knowledge back then (1991-92) I could have really took advantage of the free meats.

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Don't give away my secret! Lol I've been feeding green tripe for a long time. My wife calls it "zoo food" because of the smell. But that stuff has just about everything your dog needs. It's fairly expensive in my area but I spare no expense when it comes to my hounds.
I also feed fruit and veggies mix I purée and put 2heaping tablespoons in with feed a couple times a week. Or I use it a few hours prior to a good work out with salmon or wheat germ oil and a splash of water.

Sorry for letting the cat out of the bag. I have been using it for a number of years. The smell is horrific, bad enough in the cans but buy a frozen chub and let it thaw. It would pretty much gag a maggot. That bad. For whatever reason, the dogs love it. They rip thru it like nothing else I have seen. I believe you could hide the taste of battery acid as far as the dogs are concerned. (just kidding). EWO