raw diet and twisted paws

[Pit Bull Committed]

Jack,

I don't know why my 5 month old pit bull's started to have twisted paws when I switch her from kibbles to raw. I watched your videos of your raw feeding diet for pups and provided everything you suggested on your video for my puppy's raw diet and I don't know why her paws still end up twisted outward. For her raw diet I give her a chicken quarter leg(with the bone), one soft boiled egg, yogurt, chicken heart, liver & gizzard, beef tripe and intestines, salmon oil, and a puppy multi-vitamin pill. She is kept outside in a above pen where she gets plenty of sunlight. She has a good insulated house full of straws to sleep in and I let her out everyday to play. What do you think I am doing wrong? Can it have been that I'm giving her too much to eat or too much yogurt, oil, etc? Her paws was straight when she was on kibbles but I hate feeding her kibbles because her stools aren't as pleasant to clean as if I were to feed her raw.*

*Note: I live up north where the temperature gets to -40° so I feed my dogs a little bit more food than normal.

*This is the vitamin tablet that I'm giving to my pup.
http://m.gnc.com/GNC-Pets-Ultra-Mega...ductId=4448120

[loot]

Maybe it's a lack of calcium in her diet?

[scratchin dog]

That is called carpus valgus, also known as east/ west feet. It can be caused by an injury but is most likely a genetic defect. It may correct itself in time when his chest develops more. Try to keep her off smooth hard surfaces like concrete or wood.

[Pit Bull Committed]

Maybe it's a lack of calcium in her diet?

I don't believe it's a lack of calcium. As I stated above I give her yogurt and a whole soft boiled egg...and plus the multi-vitamin tablet. I'm tthinking the problem could be that I'm giving her too much calcium? :/

[Nut]

it has nothing to do with your feed. if you provided everything that jack had suggested then he must have had allot of dogs with twisted paws. i agree with scratchin dog

[No Quarter Kennel]

What Scratch Dog said

[Pit Bull Committed]

That is called carpus valgus, also known as east/ west feet. It can be caused by an injury but is most likely a genetic defect. It may correct itself in time when his chest develops more. Try to keep her off smooth hard surfaces like concrete or wood.

My pup's paws looks to be similar to carpus valgus...but I don't think her paws was injured or it's a genetic defect. As I stated, her paws/legs were perfectly straight when she was fed kibbles. I just switched her to raw last month and her paws are getting more and more twisted as the day goes by. I don't believe it's the surface that she's on too. As I know many people that keeps their pup's on wooden above ground pen and they have no issues. I'm confident that her paws will straighten back now that she's back on kibbles but I hate to clean up kibble stools as it is super stinky and easily gets smeared all over the place. I honestly think that I'm either missing something special in the raw diet or have too much of something in the raw diet. I've done a lot of research on it online but nothing relevant so far. I really appreciate all the comments and suggestions.

Anyone that has had similar case please share.

[loot]

I don't believe it's a lack of calcium. As I stated above I give her yogurt and a whole soft boiled egg...and plus the multi-vitamin tablet. I'm tthinking the problem could be that I'm giving her too much calcium? :/

I had 1 who's front paws turned outward, added a little extra calcium and it went away,

[Pit Bull Committed]

I had 1 who's front paws turned outward, added a little extra calcium and it went away,

What did you add for the calcium source?

[Pit Bull Committed]

Before she was on raw diet @4 month old. Just to rule out genetic defect.