Kibble and Raw

[Officially Retired]

I have never fed a dog both raw and kibble. Even when I get a new dog that has been fed kibble I make the switch on day one to raw. Now that being said my raw diet is easy to do even with feedings a big yard. Jack if your reading this look it over and tell me what you think.

Things you need to feed a big yard.

1 5gal bucket

1 1gal bucket

In the 5 gal bucket I put my meat that I'm feeding for that day. ( Chicken, fish, deer, rabbit or beef)

In the 1 gal bucket I mix 2 cups of Honest Kitchen Preference ( www.thehonestkitchen.com ) with either Triple Crown Oil, Coconut oil or wheat germ oil and water

proceed to chain spots with bowls and buckets drop meat and 2 table spoons of honest kitchen in each bowl. By the time I get to the last dog the first dog is done so I can pick up the bowls and rinse. Then I scoop chain spots and kennels and keep it moving.

Good sir, the only potential trouble I see is it doesn't look like you're feeding BONES at all (maybe with the chicken), and the dogs need bones for calcium.
Not sure what the calcium profile is on the Preference, but I would always feed RAW BONES with any raw diet. Always.

Meat has a lot of phosphorus / nitrogen ... which can be problematic over time without calcium to balance it out.
A dog is supposed to have 2:1 calcium:phosphorus ratio ...

Jack

[wrknapbt]

Agreed Skipper.

To the others, feeding "kibble and raw" is ridiculous.
Either keep being lazy and feed kibble, don't improve anything, or step up to the plate and take the time to feed raw right.

People who say they "don't have the time" are lying to themselves.
You'll watch 3 hours of TV, spend 2 hours online, and then cry online about being "too busy" to spend an hour to feed your damned dogs right.
Lameness. Pure, excuse-making lameness.

Jack

you need to recode your php to add a like button.

[wrknapbt]

Good sir, the only potential trouble I see is it doesn't look like you're feeding BONES at all (maybe with the chicken), and the dogs need bones for calcium.
Not sure what the calcium profile is on the Preference, but I would always feed RAW BONES with any raw diet. Always.

Meat has a lot of phosphorus / nitrogen ... which can be problematic over time without calcium to balance it out.
A dog is supposed to have 2:1 calcium:phosphorus ratio ...

Jack

If I feed a meat without bones it's only once or maybe twice a week. And it's funny you talk about the phosphorus thing because my vet who feeds raw now tells people to add the honest kitchen because after she ran some test on her dogs she added Honest Kitchen because it will balance it all out.


Oh and to make sure I don't give out any bad info. When I feed wild game like rabbit or deer it has been frozen for a week if not more before feeding. I get all my wild game from the back yard.

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you need to recode your php to add a like button.

You can always do this

[CRISIS]

i feed both..sometimes my ol lady needs to feed the dogs...

[skipper]

With all due respect i think that covering all my bases actually is that you don't feel comfortable with your knowledge in feeding raw. If you feed a complete raw diet theres no use for kibble at all. Why give something lesser when you actually are giving what the dogs are made to eat. I used to think the same way, but i bought books and studied raw feeding to make sure i covered all my basis. I'm at the second generation of dogs that never seen a kibble in their life now and not planning on switching back anytime soon.

[drz]

A lot of good post from everyone...and not just hearsay but from there own experience. Those that even try to compare the kibble to raw really have no clue!

[AmberLamps]

Surprised Limey's not popped up yet.

[CRISIS]

^^LOL^^

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