As Shannon mentioned, the percentages are a guideline to work off of. Each dog is different and will require different amounts of bone in their diets. You really have to just pay attention to your dog and adjust amounts accordingly. With bone it is really easy to tell if they're getting too much or too little. Too little bone results in soft stool and too much bone results in constipation and/or difficulty defecating. If his stools are not too firm or too soft then I wouldn't be concerned about a slightly higher bone ratio.

When I buy any meat or organ I split it up into smaller portions and freeze it in multiple smaller containers. This way I just pull out whatever small amount I need when I'm ready for it.

You generally want to split up the 10% organ into 5% liver and the other 5% a secreting organ such as the kidney. Some people feed organ as a meal unto itself once a week, others prefer to just mix smaller amounts with several other raw meals throughout the week. Either option is fine so long as you get organ into their diet on a regular basis (weekly). I'm one who likes to mix organ in with muscle meat and bone. My dogs eat it just fine but I'll admit I've never tried feeding them a meal of just organ so I couldn't tell you how that would go.

Thanks Shannon and Val. I might back off just a small bit on the bone. His stool normally looks fine though today it felt harder than usual (and it looked like he was straining some). Maybe I'll try removing the muscle meat from the quarter and just give him that every other day instead of an entire quarter each day.

I'm not sure what to do about the secreting organ since the butchers around here are weird and don't carry any. Maybe I can order that kind of stuff online? Not having much luck so far - just finding websites that sell livers, hearts, necks and gizzards. ;__;

On a side-note, he LOVED the Nupro AND coconut oil! Yay!

Thanks Val! I will definitely use that website if it's my only option. I found a butcher in Aiken, SC that I'm hoping will carry organs. *fingers crossed*

So I've FINALLY found a butcher willing to cut me some deals on chicken quarters and backs. Like 65-72 cents a pound (opposed to the $1.19 I have been paying >___<) I was so thrilled today that I bought 45 pounds of quarters without taking into consideration how much space it would take up in my freezer. It all fits, but now there's not much room for our food. XD So I'm off to buy a chest freezer later today.

Anyways, I have a question about the safety of partially unthawing chicken then refreezing it. Is there any danger in doing that? My boyfriend swears it's not safe, so I figured I'd ask here. Unless we portion and skin all that meat tonight (organs included), we will have to unthaw chicken at a later date in order to pull from the bags and portion daily feedings into small bags (like we normally do). I only had ginormous freezer bags at the house, so there are at least 7 quarters per bag (and around 10 bags T____T).

So, we pretty much decided right off the bat to switch Navi over to raw, providing she'd take to it. We were somewhat nervous that she wouldn't like it, considering she's 2.5 years old and has been eating Eukanuba Performance her entire life.

Great news, she LOVES IT! We couldn't be happier. She's actually a pro at eating it, I only wish Drogo would chew his quarters like she does. We couldn't believe how HUGE her bowel movements were when we first brought her home. YIKES! I had forgotten what the stool of a kibble fed dog looked like. Now they are small and compact. Next time we feed, I'll have to take video of them. Navi prances around and literally twirls and becomes air-borne she's so excited. I wonder if she acted that way on kibble?

I do have a question about Drogo though. He's gotten really bad about chewing his food. He literally inhales 2 quarters in probably 30 seconds. He never used to be this bad. I've gone back to holding it for him in fear he'll choke himself. Is there something I can do to make him slow down? I wish there was something I could impale the chicken on that would force him to eat AROUND the obstruction (it would obviously have to be long enough that he wouldn't be able to just swallow that too). Anyone have any ideas? I'd hate to have to hold his food forever.

Hmm, that's a good question on slowing down a raw fed dog. I've not encountered that issue before but you have me wondering now. I might have to search this on another raw feeding forum I'm on if you don't get any suggestions.

Yay for Navi! That's wonderful news.