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Nola has been thriving on prey model raw for several months now.  At first, he yerped every once in a while after his meals.  Also, he will yerp up some undigested bone but I have found that is normal.  Just take it slow and he will get the hang of it.  Slowly introduce new meats such as pork, beef and rabbit so as to not shock his system. Same advice with organ meat - slowly.  Too much organ meat and you will get an explosive butt.  Remember, the larger the pieces you feed, the better.  It is really cool to watch him chomp on 1/2 a turkey.

I read Lonsdale's book Work Wonders: Feed Your Dog Raw Meaty Bones (Paperback)and that was very informative.

Also try checking these sites:

Switching to Raw:
http://www.switchingtoraw.com/

Jane Anderson's Raw Learning Site:
http://www.rawlearning.com/

Dog Owner's Guide - BARF: Bones And Raw Food:
http://www.canismajor.com/dog/barf.html

Canine Nutrition - Raw Feeding or BARFing:
http://www.bregorreyglens.co.uk/nutrition.html

Should I feed my pet raw food or the BARF diet?
http://www.caninediabetes.org/rawfood.html

Raw Meaty Bones:
http://www.rawmeatybones.com/

Raw Fed Dogs:
http://www.rawfeddogs.net./index.php

BARF FAQ:
http://www.rawlearning.com/rawfaq.html

BARF for Beginners - Top 50 FAQ's:
http://www.njboxers.com/faqs.htm

BARF Australia: What is BARF?
http://www.drianbillinghurst.com/what_is_barf.html

Nutrition:
http://home.earthlink.net/~pawsreflect/nutrition.html

This is a yahoo group about raw feeding, yet you need to apply to join this group:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/rawfeeding/

Yes, the Yahoo group is overwhelming but you can gleen a great deal of information.

I don't have any info on the Giardia.

Good luck!

I so glad that everything worked out.  Congratulation s.

I hope to see you out in the neighborhood.  We are on the west side on Andersonville and will be hanging out at Charlie's Alehouse patio until the weather changes.

We just returned from a long vacation and had left Nola in the care of a petsitter.  The sitter was his former walker so he just adores spending time with the beast (not so much that it is free, mind you).  The sitter arrives right before we leave and stays until we return.  He spends the nights just for our peace of mind.  Nola is on a raw diet so we have to bag all his daily food before we leave. 

If you are looking at a sitter, make sure they are bonded and insured.  In our area, sitters average $50/day.

We used to board Nola but there were a couple of incidents and they don't take un-neutered dogs over the age of 8 months.  Everytime we would pick him up, he would have some sort of wound.  He had gashes on his face plus we found out that a pitbull that was being boarded attacked a boxer and caused some serious damage.   

Good luck in your search.

Adorable.  My cousin has a mal and he is just the nicest dog.

Happy birthday, Bear.  She is so cute.  They grow too quickly.

Congratulation s.  She is just adorable. 

I am so very sorry to hear about Brooklyn and Winston.  You are in my thoughts.

She must be so happy to be a real dog!  She is a doll.