That's awesome! Thanks for the info. I may try to feed some raw then. I'm not sure that I could afford it all the time, (not really any good sources for meat in my area) but during hunting season, I might be able to get the dogs some deer meat. :-)

hello,imgiving him some raw and cooked.,but hes not eating the suplement but he does eat organs cooked.im worried that he is not getting all the nutrients he needs ,ill be giving him chicken fish rice,chikne liver and chicken hearts and gizzards..of course not all at once i try to aletrnate hes meal

Perhaps try a different supplement?

Also be sure to use other protein sources as part of his rotation, not just chicken. I'd also try weaning him slowly onto raw organs rather than cooked. You can do that by slowly lessening the amount that the organs are cooked each time.

thankyou so much i will do that before he dindt eat it either way,so i try the greated chease now ill do the same in the way ur telling me.last nighti sprinkled some greated chease on top of supplement and chicken and he ated all .,1more question what bones can i give him i being giving him some marrow bones uncooked,should what other bones can i give him? thankyou again!

Marrow bones are good. The only other bones my dogs get are the raw bones in their food. Perhaps someone else might have other suggestions for you.

I also give my 2 raw marrow bones.....and they also get Zukes Z-Bones (which help keep their teeth clean), Himalayan chews which are fully digestible, and salmon skin bones which are dried salmon skin tied in a knot at both ends to form a bone.

I just rescued a 6 year old female husky who only weighs about 16-17 kg. She was neglected in her last home and I want to give her the best.

I decided to do a prey model diet, but today I gave her Sardines for breakfast and chicken necks later in the day.

Should I just give her the chicken backs and carcasses for the next 2 weeks and not mix the sardines and chicken?

Sorry I just read the prey model diet page, and was previously going off a friends advice! And I don't know what food she eats (seems to love chicken so far!)

Welcome Renee, and kudos to you for rescuing!

Some dogs require more time to change than others, so it really depends on the individual whether you will need to take things more gradually or not. If the sardines are agreeing with her then I see no reason for you not to give them alongside the chicken as you are now.

Not sure where exactly this belong's, but I started Hayden on the raw diet January 20th. Since then he's done GREAT, but when I first started him on it, I noticed his stool was "mushy" and like black in color! I noticed this when he had an accident on my hardwood floor, because his poop actually stained the floor (he had an accident in the middle of the night). I thought maybe it was because his tummy was adjusting to the new food, but it's now March and his poop is still the exact same consistency! It's not runny, it keeps form, it's just very dark (almost black), and more loose than kibble poop would be. Is this normal raw diet poop?

No, that is not the typical stool of a raw fed dog. It is normal to have soft stool and even diarrhea during the transition period but I would expect that to last no longer than a month at the most. The typical stool for a raw fed dog should be small, firm, and white...and it should crumble and almost disintegrate when dry.

I would start your own thread in this forum specifically for this issue that Hayden is having so we can address it more personally. I'd copy the information in your above post and also include what your typical menu for Hayden includes (including average meal weights and what parts you're feeding and how often).

I've always given my dogs chicken and beef livers, raw eggs and veggies, but I'm going to research and see what I can find out. It may be too expensive with 4 dogs, but I'm definitely intrigued. I'm always up for a way to make my furbabies healthier!

My mom has two Yorkshire Terrier's that she is wanting to switch over to raw. One of the Yorkie's has had two GI surgeries. Do you think it would be ok to feed the cornish hen or do you think it would be better putting him on something like Vital Essentials where it's all ground up?

Hayden has been on Vital Essentials since January and I want to start giving him actual meat w/bone "Prey-Model" diet. Would starting him off with a bone-in chicken breast be good and add organs in a few week's or should I just start with organs now since he's already been on Vital Essentials for 5 months?

I would like to feed raw. My brain hurt after reading the first post. So confusing