I know this is a greenhorn question but I'm a ask because that what I am..lol
I plan on switching over to raw but I wanted to know is it beneficial to feed raw chicken with kibble being that kibble has majority of wheat,corn, ect in it does the two combined make a well balance meal.
I wouldn't feed both. I switched my entire yard over to raw some time ago, and I only have dogfood here for the spare dog that comes for breeding that eats dogfood AND for the times I'm gone and the wife has to feed. The only grain my dogs get is some rice, and it's less than 1 cup a day. Some days there is no grain involved.
So no, I don't think chicken along with kibble makes a well balanced meal. Feeding raw is like feeding yourself. It's about balance over time not a balance everyday.
not to cause a fuss but I feed both and have for sometime now. and have not had any issues. I feel that there is some good in the dry [I hate using the word kibble]. I have a hard headed snooty bitch that will take the raw out and eat the dry first! go figger that 1. but I will agree that it may not be for some dogs. but for over a 8 month time frame now and 6 apbts no problems.
and I don't think its a green hrn question. hellfire,a man that don't ask questions when he needs answers is spinning his wheels!
I also feed kibble and not a full raw diet but a leg quarter... Same way i feed one while in training, except i add more raw meat of course. i understand the supposed benefits of an all raw diet but 3 kids, 8 hounds, i simply dont have the time... dry feed, salmon oil, leg quarter is what i feed everyday and have had zero problems.
No one is saying anyone will have a problem or any type of issues. I just don't see the point of feeding both of them. While the quarter is better for the dog, the primary meal is still based around kibble.
After feeding kibble to my dogs for a really long time, the only good I even see in kibble today is simply nothing more than convenience. That's the only good I get out of that if it's being fed here.
Waste of money. Save the 30 bucks and spend it on real food since it's cheaper anyways. And if you're already feeding raw AND kibble it can't be anymore time consuming cuz you're already feeding raw. If you're already getting the chicken quarters out, pumping or dumping oil, etc. you're already doing the time consuming stuff.
What's the difference between scooping kibble and scooping rice? The twenty seconds it takes to put the water in the pan for your rice or eggs? It's not anymore time consuming unless you sit there and watch it boil lol.
Everyone's that been feeding raw for some years knows that the little extra time it takes to prepare you get twice back in less cleaning, less health issues, and your dogs look like nothing you ever seen before.
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.
Agreed Skipper.Originally Posted by 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
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