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Rottweiler Discussions / Re: tartar!
« on: June 01, 2005, 02:06:09 pm »
It's not the Barf diet. It's called prey model or raw feeding. I give each dog 2-3% of their adult weight of food. Raw meat, bones and organs. What a wild dog would eat in the...wild. I do a gorge and fast method where one day they eat 4-5# of food and then the next day they fast. We are on a wonderful cycle now. Both dogs love their new food. Some foods need to be introduced seeing they are so inexperienced with raw. There is a raw feeding group on Yahoo if your interested.
I thought about raw feeding before but thought it would be too expensive but we ahve saved money. The chemically processed kibble was costing $100 every 3 weeks. Now? About $80 a month. I have a storage freezer in the garage, we weigh everythiing out when we return from the butcher, mark each dogs bag. I take a bag out for each dog the night before, it's thawed by morning. I feed them seperately for safety issue and they love it.
One thing before I go. You know those bare patches on a dogs elbows? Well, both my Rotties, after 5 days of raw feeding, their bare elbow patches were gone! Completely gone! That was when I was totally convinced. They their teeth and breath became so clean, hardly anymore gas (you know
), their coats are shiny without that oily feel. They only thing I supplement is Fish/Salmon oil for the Omega 3. Fish is kind of expensive and I need to make sure they get their Omega 3. They get all they need nutrition wise from the bones, organs and meats.
Thanks Marit for the great questions! Feel free, anytime!
I thought about raw feeding before but thought it would be too expensive but we ahve saved money. The chemically processed kibble was costing $100 every 3 weeks. Now? About $80 a month. I have a storage freezer in the garage, we weigh everythiing out when we return from the butcher, mark each dogs bag. I take a bag out for each dog the night before, it's thawed by morning. I feed them seperately for safety issue and they love it.
One thing before I go. You know those bare patches on a dogs elbows? Well, both my Rotties, after 5 days of raw feeding, their bare elbow patches were gone! Completely gone! That was when I was totally convinced. They their teeth and breath became so clean, hardly anymore gas (you know
), their coats are shiny without that oily feel. They only thing I supplement is Fish/Salmon oil for the Omega 3. Fish is kind of expensive and I need to make sure they get their Omega 3. They get all they need nutrition wise from the bones, organs and meats.Thanks Marit for the great questions! Feel free, anytime!
