[Page 2] Raw advisors, I need help.

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Raw advisors, I need help.

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Sergeant- Tank

Top dog - American- Bulldog!

Barked: Thu Jul 9, '09 2:38pm PST


	Thank you Maxwell!!! I feel like I can actually feed them raw. So really you just learn as you go how much and what kinds and all that good stuff. Just beware all, when I go shopping next I'm going to come home with plenty of questions. For Example, the Beef hearts were on sale yesterday and I thought about getting them, but would they count as organ meat or meat?

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Spuds

Happy Turkey- Day!!

Barked: Thu Jul 9, '09 2:42pm PST


	It's meat.

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Maxwell

I'm triple- superior MAD- now!

Barked: Thu Jul 9, '09 4:53pm PST


	Delicious meat! But unless you have lots of freezer space don't buy anything but the chicken. If it isn't in the freezer then you won't rush feeding before the dogs are ready to move forward. If you have lots of room then make sure you can read that label and hide in the back. They will be so happy with chicken they won't care about the heart and other goodies you are dying to offer up. So many threads here and elsewhere are starting by well meaning humans offering new meats and too much food before the dog's system is ready. Think like you are feeding a baby new foods. It really is that different for them.

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Ringo

My mommy is a- Beatleholic!

Barked: Thu Jul 9, '09 5:05pm PST


	Try Nature's Variety Raw Frozen prepared diets, chubs, medallions or patties. Everything is premeasured and made for you with feeding guidelines on the package and on the website, http://www.naturesvariety.com. It makes it so easy. I like easy. The medallions and patties contain extra fruit and vegetables and vitamins, everything is in there! Check it out! Also check out Primal Raw Foods as well!!! Good Luck!!!

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Sergeant- Tank

Top dog - American- Bulldog!

Barked: Thu Jul 9, '09 5:28pm PST


	Okay so start off with whole chickens. Does it matter what parts I give which dogs? I know the weighing, I can do that. And I do give them the raw bones right? Also, I am being a little scared about the whole thing, so I don't have to completely change to raw right away. I just want to give them some, see how they do and continue from there.

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Kolbe

Where can I run- today?

Barked: Thu Jul 9, '09 5:29pm PST


	I bumped up the "So you're interested..." thread -- the questions you are asking are super basic so I'm a little worried about you diving in without even knowing what parts of the chicken to feed... pleeeaassee take the time to read through everything in the "So you're interested" thread, I think it will really help you out!

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Sergeant- Tank

Top dog - American- Bulldog!

Barked: Sat Jul 11, '09 3:31am PST


	Thank you so much Kolbe!! That was great and extremely informational. Might I add, from reading your post to posting this one, it took about 3 hours of me going through information. Now for my questions since I do of coarse have some. How do you know which meats are enhanced meats? What are the tiny fishes that are about the size of sardines but aren't and where do you get them? And thank you guys again!!! Edited by author Sat Jul 11, '09 3:34am PST

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Maxwell

I'm triple- superior MAD- now!

Barked: Sat Jul 11, '09 6:53am PST


	I see frozen smelt for $4 a pound at the grocery store. Far too expensive for the Omega3 in them. Salmon, sardines, herring, anchovies and mackerel are good low mercury high O3 fish. Bluefish, bonito and tuna are some that are high in mercury. Google your area to find grocery stores you didn't know existed. Mexican and Asian ones in my area carry the organs and fish my white bread neighborhood market lack. I find whole small oily fish at an Asian market. Before I buy I check for mercury contamination and Omega 3 content. http://www.nutritiondata.com/ http://www.gotmercury.org/article.p hp?list=type&type=75 There is a recent thread on how to check for enhanced meats. The nutrition label will have sodium at over 100 mg per serving for one thing. I turned down one $.69 chicken sale that was enhanced and the following week the $.69 chicken on sale wasn't enhanced. Good job reading! I read every single thread on this forum. It really helped. Over and over again you read how the dogs loved the raw and then the human fed too much variety and the dogs got icky poo and the humans panicked. I think I got THAT lesson pounded into me a little too well but the tortoise wins the race you know!

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Sergeant- Tank

Top dog - American- Bulldog!

Barked: Thu Jul 16, '09 9:57am PST


	So I went to local butcher today and he gave me a bunch of scraps for the dogs. Mostly packaged meat that went "bad" which I'm assuming is just a day or two old that he can't sell for human consumption. Is it okay to give to the dogs? Anything to look for in the meat before I give to the dogs? He said it was mostly chicken and I saw some turkey necks. Its currently in the freezer I assume to freeze it first. I'll wait for the feedback before I give them any.

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Byron

It's all fur!

Barked: Thu Jul 16, '09 11:46am PST


	Go by smell. They have to dump meat that's been around for six months, but it's fine in the freezer for quite awhile longer. Dogs can handle meat that's much more "advanced" than we can. I feed it when it starts smelling "off" but throw it out when I reel back while opening the baggie.

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